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87%32k87% positive reviews, Very Positive across 32k reviews·Horror · Multiplayer
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Breaking the Grip is a multiplayer horror and strategy game. As a survivor, complete a ritual to eliminate the spirit before it drives you insane. As the spirit, spread terror and break their will. Who will prevail between life and the beyond?
Breaking the Grip
SteamBreaking the Grip is an asymmetrical multiplayer game blending horror and strategy. Survivors and the Spirit engage in a psychological battle: one seeks to escape its grasp, while the other drags them into madness. Only teamwork, cunning, and nerves of steel will lead to victory.
Will you be the one to survive… or the shadow that hunts them to their last breath?
🔹 Roles:
1️⃣ Candle Collection Survivors must explore the map and gather 5 candles scattered throughout the area.
2️⃣ Banishment Ritual Once all candles are collected, Survivors must complete a ritual to weaken the Spirit.
3️⃣ Weapon of Deliverance After the ritual, Survivors must retrieve the Celestial Dagger, the only weapon capable of killing the Spirit.
4️⃣ Final Confrontation Survivors must strike the Spirit with the Celestial Dagger before it eliminates them all.
🟢 Survivors – Special Powers Each Survivor has a unique ability:
🔴 Spirit – Powers of Terror The Spirit can spread fear and manipulate the environment:
✅ Survivor Victory: Complete the ritual and eliminate the Spirit using the Celestial Dagger. ❌ Spirit Victory: Drive all Survivors into madness and eliminate them one by one.
Prepare for a psychological battle where every decision shapes your fate. The Spirit is patient… but will you be?
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