This reminds me a lot of Fears to Fathom in the visuals, game play mechanics, and title logo. The atmosphere is awesome.
True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe
- Release Date:
- Jul 21, 2025
- Developer:
- Frost Fox Studios
- Publisher:
- Frost Fox Studios
- Platforms:
- Windows
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About This Game
A LONELY JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
Mary is an 18-year-old girl who’s just moved out and taken a night-shift waitress job at a desolate roadside café on the edge of nowhere. Each night, the silence grows deeper. Customers grow stranger. And the feeling that someone is watching becomes impossible to ignore...
This is the first episode of the True Nightmare series — a psychological horror that feels disturbingly real.
Work the Night Shift
An immersive first-person experience of working as a lone waitress in a remote roadside café.
Take orders, prepare meals, serve customers, and clean up — all by yourself.
Explore the World Around You
Leave the café and uncover nearby locations filled with eerie details and hidden clues.
Discover unsettling sights as you piece together what’s really happening.
Talk, Listen, Observe
People talk. Some say too much. Others hide what you need to know.
Dialogue and overheard conversations may reveal more than you expect.
Uncover What Lurks in the Dark
Not everything can be explained. But the more you see, the more you know something is wrong.
Something hides just outside the light. Don’t look too long — it might look back.
Key Features:
Atmospheric Psychological Horror
Retro VHS Aesthetic
First-Person Café Simulation
Branching Dialogue & Multiple Endings
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User Reviews
I honestly really want to like this game since it does look like Fears To Fathom when I first saw the game and I was right when I played it but I can't. Just like Fears To Fathom, you can't really take the game seriously and it would be a funny game instead of horror and it was funny Let me say what I like about the game, definitely inspired by Fears To Fathom, the art style, dialogue choices, character models, you can drive around and the twist at the end, I really didn't expect that and it was good but sadly that's where the good ends. Now for the bad, I wish your settings can be saved cause for some reason, the game doesn't save your settings and I would need to keep changing them back while playing or coming back to the game later, the killers tend to roam around too much and doesn't stay at one spot for too long and this makes it hard for me to get to one spot to another. And when you need to run to escape at one point, I feel like the killer is too fast and if you get stuck ...
If you got this game thinking it would be well done, you'd be wrong. However, if you got this game thinking it would be hilarious, janky indie horror, THEN you're in for a treat. Play the prologue first. Then the full game. It's not long even playing both (and honestly is overpriced for what it is/how long it is) but it was a great time of janky mechanics, awkward dialogue, many misspellings, assets I knew easily from other games of this style, and just... generally a fantastic mess. If that doesn't sound good to you, skip this game. But if you're like me and my community, you'll love it.
I really, really liked it! There are quite a few Fears to Fathom like games out there, and for some reason, they’re always fun for me. The only downside was the ending — it felt a bit rushed. There are multiple endings, but getting the good one almost feels random since it’s so easy to miss. Also, not being able to reload a previous save to “fix” your choice is something I think should be improved. In general, I think the ending could use some rework. Instead of just a text screen explaining what happened, make it a cutscene — even simple zoom-ins on the characters with text underneath would feel much better. Just dropping plain text always feels a bit lazy. Adding a third ending, a proper happy ending, would also be great. Maybe you have to call someone beforehand, quickly complete a side task, or do something extra, and in return you’re rewarded with five more minutes of gameplay and a happy ending. The groundwork is already there — it would be such a nice addition...
A fun quick 2hr game. Its a little buggy but nothing that bothers the game play, just don't crash your car. There's a part where you have to move a table completely to the side or else the door says locked. Got confused not knowing that and ended up look for a non-existent key LOL.
While waiting for the next fears to fathom game, I decided to get this one for the clear similarity between the style of this game and F2F. While I think the demo sets up a pretty strong foundation for what could be a F2F-like game, the full game feels like its missing some of that charm. Also at the time of playing, achievements are bugged, and second half of the game feels very directionless.
I'm very much on the fence about this one, as it wasn't necessarily a bad game, but I can't say it's a good one either. The forced grainy filter just made it hard to see a lot of things, the translations/subtitles were a mess, and I did encounter quite a few bugs. BUT I did laugh a lot while playing, so I do recommend it ONLY if you are looking for a good chuckle with maybe a couple good jump scares.
10/10 Nice Story :)
System Requirements
Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-6350
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB | AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 | AMD Ryzen5 1600
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1660Ti 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
FAQ
How much does True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe cost?
True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe costs $7.99.
What are the system requirements for True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe?
Minimum: Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-6350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB | AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space Recommended: Recommended: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 | AMD Ryzen5 1600 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1660Ti 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space
What platforms is True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe available on?
True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe is available on Windows PC.
Is True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe worth buying?
True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe has 69% positive reviews from 13 players.
When was True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe released?
True Nightmare - Roadside Сafe was released on Jul 21, 2025.
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