PC players craving a bit of horror during the Summer can’t go wrong with Silver Chains, that is, as long as they’re okay with something that ultimately comes as feeling a little familiar.

Silver Chains succeeds because, rather than piling on the terror, it leaves you to dwell on the thoroughly unsettling situation you’re in.

It's a mediocre horror game with a lot meaningless jump scares.

As gamers, we have visited many haunted houses, but that of Silver Chains is not among the most interesting or among the most disturbing ones.

Apart from a few pulse-pounding moments in an otherwise generic haunted house story, the weakest link in Silver Chains is that it’s just not very scary or engaging enough to survive as an adventure game otherwise.

This is a big failure for Cracked Head Games, but it might lead them not to repeat the same mistakes in their next project.

Mundane exploration mars the experience of Silver Chains, a haunted-house horror game which compromises a decent narrative with frustrating gameplay.