CONNECTION THE NIGHTMARE WITHIN | Survival Horror Game Demo

New PC Gameplay. Full Demo Walkthrough. A detective tries to solve the craziest case of his career as he enters someone's mind...
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►About the Game -
Solve the craziest case of your detective career by finding clues, battling zombie-like creatures and hair-raising bosses. Solve mind-challenging puzzles and explore a story of twists and turns. Opt for classic survival horror fixed camera, or over-the-shoulder.
In this heart-pounding horror mystery puzzle game, you'll dive headfirst into a world of horror and intrigue, stepping into the twisted mind of the antagonist using cutting-edge mind-space technology to gather clues and solve puzzles.
Battle creatures and bosses with unique fighting styles that challenge your combat abilities.
As you make your way through the twisted mind, you'll encounter puzzles and challenges that will test your mettle.
Choose between two camera modes to tailor your experience to your playstyle. Want a classic, old-school vibe? Go for Fixed-Cameras mode and feel that nostalgic Resident Evil energy. Or, if you're all about action and thrills, go for Over the Shoulder mode for a more modern perspective.
Are you ready to prove your skills and uncover the twisted secrets within the mind?
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[@Cheshire_Heart]

We have Evil Within at home.

[@conq1273]

Me looking like the kid in the intro when I got home:

[@3рекскролик]

more like alan wake

[@shayladawntaylorst]

I was thinking this was giving Evil Within vibes too!

[@hanansmith4420]

I was gonna say evil within from Wish, but that works too lmao

[@TheMadAfrican1]

The writing is so awful. Evil Within had an incredibly stupid story but this just takes it to unexplored level of stupid.

[@cozybee]

Man, it's so good to see Sebastian Castellanos again!

[@lunarlunatick]

Everytime they say "Mind-space" I hear "MYspace" so I keep picturing thos dude going into some obsolete out of date social media platform.

[@who6242]

That old picture of myspace tom always pops up into my head when they say it.

[@ananananabop]

I was looking for this comment, cause same 😂

[@LianExfeind]

Glad to read that I am not alone!

[@petitemasque5784]

I would like that. Imagine the MC and the cops checking the dead bad guy profile: "Hi, friends this is me. I'm a dead serial killer (and a family member of the main character, plot twist!). I hope we can be friends."

[@sean4285]

He's probably listening to Napster too 😂

[@macrograms]

This is like "so bad it's good" resident evil dialogue, mildly mass effect andromeda faces. Once in the dream it's even better. The post-it notes on trees crack me up.

[@tremapar]

I'd add more to your comment, but my face is tired

[@youtubezaccount]

I read they updated the animations since this video. Supposedly looks much better synced with the voices.

[@shi4084]

I dunno why but Chris clearing his throat to read the poem made me giggle 😂

[@tartatovsky]

A 1 hour demo is crazy considering that indie games like this are usually a couple of hours tops, damn. I'm gonna looking forward to it when the full game comes out

[@DollHouseMadam]

Game - "You want to hook me up to some dead psychopath using this crazy machine?" CJU - "Hell yeah they do!"

[@dragonlevel]

Thank you for playing. We also just released a huge update (new demo version). Thanks!

[@samlo_xo]

Excellent job! Will you be releasing a PS5 version? I’d love to play this!

[@dragonlevel]

@@samlo_xo We plan to do it!

[@ionlycreatedthistochatonvideos]

Would this ever come to Xbox, or would it be strictly PC and Playstation?

[@eddiejames9247]

Y’all got skills, keep up the great work!

[@samlo_xo]

@@dragonlevelyayyy! Can’t wait 😊

[@abluecardigan]

Connecting to the nightmare within? That's when you have a dream where you're forced to endlessly install AOL trial disks from the 90s as the only way you can access the internet

[@_Chantelle]

*Trauma intensifies*

[@davethomasatemyhamster]

Now that was horror!

[@brushdogart]

I had an uncle who built a small chair out of AOL trial disks. The sheer number of them was astonishing.

[@iordachemihai-lucian6938]

1990's

[@rayne9323]

Deadly premonition. The observer. This is tickling me in all the right places. I love all the logical solutions to illogical game situations. Everything just fits with this one!

[@AlexOlinkiewicz]

Well needing to enter the mind of a psychopath to try and find answers to stop a world ending event, sounds a bit more believable compared to The Evil Within's lets make a new utopian world with the brain of a psychopath.

[@santosgarcia8644]

Professor Xavier style

[@inplane9970]

Methinks MOBIUS had a morbid curiosity for what the mind could do, using Ruvik as an insanely bad standard. Going from that, they could work backwards and slowly pick out the perfect, clear-minded candidate. Overall, it's two different plot-points with a lot of potential to be interesting. Seems like Connections is already nudging at the fact that the MC and Kane have similar mindsets.

[@RuSosan]

_"... Sounds a bit _*_more believable_*_ compared to Evil Within's let's make a new utopian world with the brain of a psychopath."_ *Project 2025* 👈👈😐

[@URSilentGames]

Throat is cleared . What a beautiful reading of that poem..

[@elizabethfoster4297]

Deadly Premonition and Evil Within were some of my favs so this isnt too bad. Definitely good for a small team.

[@LuisaM-]

this long demo game is giving me way more *deadly premonition* vibes than other games described by other people in the comments, i absolutely enjoyed that one a lot when you played a couple of years ago. ✌🏼

[@Scriptor13]

I agree. Particularly at the begining of the game, I kept expecting to hear a happy little whistled tune.🤣

[@willowful]

@@Scriptor13 Aw yes, or a nice anecdote about an 80's movie

[@Scriptor13]

@@willowful Yup, that too! 😊

[@its649inthemorning]

the protagonist looks a bit like the dude from the gigachad meme lol

[@RuSosan]

Oh right, *that's* what it was. 🤔

[@litacakes3422]

Not sure if you watch anime - but there is an anime called ID: Invaded. This game has a LOT of similar ideas and themes. The anime follows a renowned detective tasked with diving (similarly like this, digitally) into the ID Wells (aka 'mind spaces') of serial killers to solve cases/murders. But I can also seethe Evil Within vibes too.

[@blumiu2426]

So an anime copied The Evil Within, too. Some are inspired, some lift with prejudice. It's not that novel a concept in truth as there was The Cell in 2000.

[@deidreott3860]

I usually hate demo's but this was really good. Really got into it! They made it long enough to get invested and want to play more for a change. Really hope this one actually makes it. Loved watching you play man.

[@saintfayde4438]

Would love to know why, if Kane was only shot dead, they needed to flay his entire body afterwards in order to jack into his brain..

[@rosssnyder4490]

I am convinced they aren't the FBI but are in fact Shadow Haven. Remember Kane said he has some formula & he can't let "them" have it.

[@mandivvy]

I thought maybe it was just his body decayed. But then again they said he was shot dead 5 years prior. Would he look meaty and bloody after 5 years of decomp? Not sure 🤔 lol

[@saintfayde4438]

@@mandivvy Can't be decomposition. His brain is still intact, and he's kept in a tank for preservation. Now, I didn't go to school, so someone can correct me on this, but I feel like organs and meaty bits would decay well before the skin falls completely off and leaves a fully muscular skeleton behind. Decay starts from within and works its way out, no?

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

​@@saintfayde4438Maybe the devs didn't know how decaying works, but maybe they meant to depict Kane decayed. Entertainment gets a lot of facts wrong. I wish they did more research.

[@saintfayde4438]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c I think the more likely answer is they just grabbed a pre-made corpse asset rather than building a model from scratch for a dead character they didn't see a need to show for more than a handful of seconds anyways. Saves time, the player can clearly see he's very much dead and the point gets across. Understandable for an indie dev.

[@cassandramae85]

Thank you so much for continuing to play so many good indie horror games! You are one of the only ones left who still play them and it means a lot! Thank you! ❤

[@BASSOSOVIETICO1987]

That looks like a high budget indie game. I think it will be a very soild action game. Liked the story, it's like “Inside Out“ went rough and need painkillers, and RE mechanics. Definitely like to see you playing a full game.

[@pb7857]

9:00 love it: Stranger Things & Lawnmower Man lives rent free in the dev's mind; a person after my own heart :D

[@AngelXerksiel]

That's the right game for me 😅 Reminds me of "The cell" with JenniferLopez..saw that movie recently. I'm an experienced lucid dreamer, therefor I know the difference between Dream and Reality pretty well. Greetings from Germany 👋

[@MK_90X]

Hah I saw that one as a kid. Still thinking back on it sometimes... that horse scene is carved into my memory. Too bad none of the streaming services seem to have it. I wanted to see it again couple of years back but couldn't find anywhere.

[@davethomasatemyhamster]

Los Angeles police top detective.... Now that's a backhanded compliment 😂😂😂😂

[@TheKevphil]

Pretty good for an Indy game! Def enjoy a full game.

[@TerraWindVampire]

Im seeing Evil Within, Premonition, Control, RE, Alan Wake combined into one game. Well done. I'm gonna keep my eye on it

[@mkrowenp]

You reading that poem is chefs kiss! 🧑‍🍳

[@serendipitous5949]

If that was only the demo, imagine the whole thing. Can’t wait to see it.

[@katnisstangerine]

The One Piece shoutout made my partner and I very happy!! Thank you for another excellent playthrough, Chris!

[@SooyiS]

When you said you are mistaken I almost chocked on my drink. I was thinking the same thing.😂😂

[@sannestia_ttv]

I cannot wait until this game hits the channel, everyone better hit the crap outta that like button. This is such a refreshing horror game.

[@phuggard]

This was brilliant, old school classic survival horror. Great work from the Devs.

[@JackNap1er14]

It looks like Dead Space, Resident Evil 7 & Parasite Eve had a baby and this game was the baby

[@blumiu2426]

That was not the combination I expected from the obvious influence lol

[@niphanif]

more like Alan Wake

[@AyaHikari-nj9gw]

yeah it parasite eve,resident evil reference

[@guhrizzlybaire]

I would love to see parasite eve get a little reboot, loved those games

[@blumiu2426]

@@guhrizzlybaire Squaresoft no longer exists, Square-Enix killed it with 3rd Birthday. It matters who makes a game and not just a game comes back because it will not be the same thing, especially years later.

[@EsotericRapport]

The "Have you ever heard of... entering the Mind-Space?" scene at the beginning was super goofy 😂 This was a lot of fun! Absolutely wanna see you play this whole game when it comes out!

[@clubkitten]

Cut scenes, voice actors, good dialogue and story... I'd like to know more about how this game was developed and over what period of time because this demo looks great so far!

[@solsirhibragusowl2221]

Our character eyebrows are furrowed so deeply that his eyes may close. lol

[@livf3107]

Really enjoyed this, don't often go for these surreal scenarios and couldn't get on with Deadly Premonition despite liking parts of it so this surprised me. Looking forward to the full game

[@motionlessinwhite8]

I forgot this was a demo so many times and then was immediately sad when I was reminded I can't wait to see more of this it looks incredible!!! Thanks for playing cj!!!

[@trillium132]

I kept thinking the main character reminded me of someone. And then I realised he looks like a high resolution version of Chad wojak.

[@GamerCatLady1984]

This game looks awesome! I really like how they explained saving without saying this is how you save. Everything was immersive and smooth. Great job

[@petitemasque5784]

Well, obviously from the title alone you can guess what kind of series are they trying to imitate.

[@RuSosan]

Well atleast they're playing it straight and not acting as if they weren't doing that.

[@petitemasque5784]

@@RuSosan Yeah, I kinda love the Asylum approach. They should add sharknados and transmorphers to the game.

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

Love it. Plays with the 90's cop and sci-fi clichés tongue in cheek. Voice acting kind of reminds me of FEAR or the Condemned classics. Great voice work for an indie title. An ideal game for me to just escape into. Definitely keeping an eye on this one.

[@AlexOlinkiewicz]

18:12 Never thought I hear the day Chris make a ONE PIECE reference

[@RuSosan]

This game is to Evil Within what Daymare 1998 was to Resident Evil. 😏 That said it's pretty good, especially for an 0.5 version of an indie game. Shows plenty of actual effort, thought and promise. Looking forward to the full version.

[@patrickblakethesaint]

"My help...?" "Entering the mind space?" "Psycho Mantis?"

[@stephweasenforth7891]

I have no idea what we’ve done to deserve so many RE inspired games as of late, but I’m in no way complaining.

[@Quinlana83]

That was really fun! Thank you for playing, CJU!

[@AASWORLD]

i really enjoy your games. But please i have a request, please play Scratches again, I would like to see it in newer version of you. From Iraq

[@6coins]

I’d love to see where this one goes! While the theme of exploring another person’s mind or memories isn’t new, I want to see where the devs take the story. Also the run of emotions on my face when you could punch the head off of an enemy! Mr Detective is already well “armed”, I see!

[@2am_cinderella]

Honestly I was very surprised by the quality of the demo and the visuals in particular, it's really good !! Also the seamless camera switch is great for people with motion sickness or who just prefer a different type of camera angle. I enjoyed the story and how they introduced us to the mind space. It might seem a bit silly but kinda logical ? 😂 I think I've seen too many horror games and movies with worse explanations for what's going on. I can't wait to see a full game, it's very promising, especially for a small indie team.

[@SebastianGarcia-go4tx]

Idk who the hell would down vote this video. The man makes awesome content!!! Thank you for all your efforts.

[@DivineOb]

Title screen is amazing. I'm sold.

[@moni2862]

The second brain matter thing looked kinda lika a human was in there.

[@TheTiredTortoise]

I'm a pretty jaded person but this genuinely intrigues me

[@RedVelvetReaper]

Love when the detective says "mind space" the FBI agents look at eachother like "Did he say MY space?" Lol

[@DharricRolyat]

You've had a run of really good-looking and great-to-play games recently. Hopefully this streak is going to continue.

[@bellateef]

It's like a Redfieldean Alan Wake : The Deadly Premonition Within

[@fredd3233]

I always like a good survival horror, and this demo was really impressive ! Looking forward for you play the full game when it's out :)

[@WakkasLove]

This looks amazing. A great demo no real bugs, looked good on combat, interesting story, puzzles...would love to see more!

[@cassandramae85]

I would absolutely love to see you play this full game when it comes out!!

[@JordanJMyers]

Finally get the option for fixed/3rd person camera. Would love RE to do that with their remakes and stuff.

[@evlpots8976]

Always wait for your play through of games, think your commentary is absolutely brilliant

[@PeggyExMachina]

Протагонист гигантский, как Александр Невский 😮

[@andrekusumayadi4820]

This is a long one for a demo! Great game and great playthrough as always

[@glassdiamond2185]

I really liked this. Cool concept and really well done. I hope they don't leave it all the same when they release the full game. The dryer got me every time.

[@gamenrage5998]

At the church with two more agent's dead the game is giving me the vibe that once you go in it is very hard to get out and that is the part they left out due to losing so many of their people that lost connections.

[@DustinBarlow8P]

Homeland Security should probably update their hiring and training practices.

[@zoefelix650]

Yay!! Great bday gift for me! Thx chris!! ❤ I constantly check for your games, waiting for new ones...i love your attitude and commentary... thank you for being you! (And happy early bday to u too!)❤

[@katnisstangerine]

Happy birthday!

[@endofsociety]

Very cool game. Love the transition when going through doors. No loading screen.

[@IndoorDinosaurOhNo]

Jackson: Have you ever heard of.....🤨entering the mind space?? Stone: Entering the 🤨 mind space? Lin: These two idiots could use a little more mind-space entering 🙄

[@agathoklesmartinios8414]

Five minutes in and already getting very Evil Within vibes. TO be honest, I did confuse The Nightmare Within with The Evil Within at first, so I guess I could have concluded that from just the title. That said, this definitely seems to be a pretty impressive game.

[@divinerequiem29]

Was anyone else waiting for the female agent to say "Jinkies" 😂

[@samlo_xo]

Love this! I love when the demos are long, it makes me way more excited for the full game. Great video as always, CJU!

[@MK_90X]

The premise seemed goofy but the more you played the more I liked it! 👍 Vibes from Resident Evil, Alan Wake even... Wasn't expecting this. Definitely play the full version for us!

[@MsNovemberDaisy]

This looks very cool and I love the premise of the mind space and getting to explore it. It reminds me of the movie The Cell.

[@michellelozano1842]

I love it when the heads explode too...😂 thanks for the entertainment Chris ❤

[@Deadtorights0710]

The mind space lab reminds me of that Stranger Things lab lol

[@Morbid666Malice]

This is just Great Value “The Cell” but a video game and without the avant-garde artsy weirdness.

[@G3N3515DM]

fixed camera gave me some serious Eternal Darkness vibes

[@DoraRoseD]

The sounds and the music are pretty good!

[@Starburst2005]

Everything but the movements and the voice acting is actually really good

[@Blurockstarr]

I can’t wait until the full game is out. This definitely has me intrigued and I want to know what happens next.

[@greywitchwanderer9608]

The guy on the news in the beginning looks like Robbie Soave from Rising :The Hill

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

I love it! It's like if a cheap AI was told to make a cheesy script based on the evil within. And the cringe voice acting? Chef's kiss

[@Y2KK94]

Definitly looks like part resident evil and the evil within games. Would like to see this played in the future. (Note from another you tube channel I saw - there will not be a "The Evil Within 3" because the company was terminated)

[@sywrexile3078]

I assumed it would be a great deal of reading, but the small amounts of VFX was refreshing.

[@KeyframeHolder]

I used to enter the MySpace all the time. I wonder how Tom is doing... Looking fwd to the full play through.

[@angelariley5163]

wow please chris play this when it releases

[@emiliyangeorgiev966]

Very pleasant surprise this game, I definitely wish listing it !

[@smitty928]

The guys face in the intro had me cracking up. Why so serious guy?

[@NightBazaar]

Similarities to Resident Evil are colored vials (herbs in RE), the church (mansion in RE), finding keys to unlock doors, etc., it's still an interesting game. Sort like a different version of RE, which is okay by me. Unfortunately, no Merchant. "Ha ha ha! Welcome, Stranger! What're ya buyin'?"

[@nightmarehound]

Hmm, reminds me of The Medium! Love these kinds of premises.

[@rachelsheppard9122]

The Evil Within must have been the inspiration behind this.

[@rezaabimanyu9048]

Hey this game is quite promising. Can't wait for the full released.

[@TheHolySwordOfLight]

Main character looks like Casper Van Dien or Dolph Lundgren 😮

[@terra7283]

This game looks really great, wonderfull gameplay options, also with camera. Great story as well. Looking forward to the full game. Giving me an Evil Within vibes, which is awesome. Long demp as well. Reslly look forward to full release❤

[@zanny8121]

It's giving the evil within 2 vibes, where detective castelliano was put into a machine so he could save his daughter

[@bbfifi1991]

This game looks great! But what makes the detective so special that if he disconnect from the mind he can just reconnect but the other agents died in the mind instead? I know he is the MC player so he never die but story logic wise could be improved (like the MC has stronger mind than the others? Or the FBI developed something that can pull him out of the mind before he truly died?)

[@FleshMelter]

Did Chris ever play that game that uhh John Wolfe played? I think it was called Never Ending Nightmare? The one with the stairs and the awful dialogue and animation but it was absolutely hilarious.

[@FleshMelter]

Dangit it's not that game. I'm never gonna find it

[@joshbradley5139]

Yep, Chris played that and it was hilarious. It's called "Typical Nightmare" 😉

[@FleshMelter]

@@joshbradley5139 yes! Thank you, you're awesome. I have to go watch it now lol. It's such a messy game but it is entertaining to watch at least.

[@justinweathers7180]

This is like a B movie But sometimes those are the best LoL

[@shan_dan93]

Cool game, neat concept !!! I'm eager to watch you play the full game !!!!!!!