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* CreepyDoll: An optional Burning Trials and Enjoy your Stay track brings the player through a house infested with tiny, evil dolls that attack the player.

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* CreepyDoll: An optional Burning Trials and Enjoy your Stay track brings the player through a house areas infested with tiny, evil dolls that attack the player.player. If you take the other tracks, they'll come back in the final level.



* {{Hellhound}}: Similar enemies can be found along an optional track in Into the Ship's Heart. If you take the other track, they'll come back in the final level.



* ScaryScarecrows: There are optional scarecrow enemies and obstacles in the ''Little Hope'' levels.

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* ScaryScarecrows: There are optional scarecrow enemies and obstacles in the ''Little Hope'' levels. If you take the other track, they'll come back in the final level.
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* DownerEnding: If the player fails to defeat Belial in time, they die and Belial promises their fate is far worse than they could imagine.


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* StalactiteSpite: The player must avoid falling ice stalactites in the final level.

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* DeadGuyPuppet: Most of the enemies in ''The Devil in Me'' levels are animatronic corpses.



* LatinIsMagic: Belial can be heard whispering in Latin throughout the game, with her favorite phrase being "Animam tuam vorabo" (I will devour your soul).

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* LatinIsMagic: Belial can be heard whispering in Latin throughout the game, with her favorite phrase being "Animam tuam vorabo" (I ("I will devour your soul).soul").
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Du'Met is ultimately killed by his own acid trap, when the player pushes it back so it spills acid onto Du'Met's glass container and leaks through, killing him.
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* CreepyDoll: An optional Burning Trials track brings the player through a house infested with tiny, evil dolls that attack the player.

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* CreepyDoll: An optional Burning Trials and Enjoy your Stay track brings the player through a house infested with tiny, evil dolls that attack the player.
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* GenderFlip: Belial, a typically male demon, is female in this game, referring to herself as the "Mother of Lies."
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* LatinIsMagic: Belial can be heard whispering in Latin throughout the game, with her favorite phrase being "Animam tuam vorabo"(I will devour your soul).

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* LatinIsMagic: Belial can be heard whispering in Latin throughout the game, with her favorite phrase being "Animam tuam vorabo"(I vorabo" (I will devour your soul).
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* LatinIsMagic: Belial can be heard whispering in Latin throughout the game, with her favorite phrase being "Animam tuam vorabo"(I will devour your soul).
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* ReusedCharacterDesign: None of the models are new, but this is especially noticeable with Anthony and Claudia, who look just like Mark and Jamie from ''The Devil in Me''.

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* ReusedCharacterDesign: None of the passenger models are new, but this is especially noticeable with Anthony and Claudia, who look just like Mark and Jamie from ''The Devil in Me''.
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* KarmaMeter: Your ending depends on how many of the train passengers you save.

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* KarmaMeter: Your ending The difficulty of the final fight depends on how many of the train passengers you save.
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* GroundhogDayLoop: The player is briefly stuck in one at the start of Abandon All Hope.



* ReusedCharacterDesign: None of the models are new, but this is especially noticeable with Anthony and Claudia, who look just like Mark and Jamie from ''The Devil in Me''.

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* ReusedCharacterDesign: None of the models are new, but this is especially noticeable with Anthony and Claudia, who look just like Mark and Jamie from ''The Devil in Me''.Me''.
* ScaryScarecrows: There are optional scarecrow enemies and obstacles in the ''Little Hope'' levels.
* TheSwarm: Swarms of beetles attack in the ''House of Ashes'' levels.

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* CantMoveWhileBeingWatched: Certain enemies only move when the player blinks or looks away.
*CreepyDoll: An optional Burning Trials track brings the player through a house infested with tiny, evil dolls that attack the player.



* DeathTrap: Anthony and Robert are put in one and can be saved, killed, or abandoned by the player.



* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Belial, a member of the Literature/ArsGoeta, is the main antagonist.

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* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Belial, a member of the Literature/ArsGoeta, Literature/ArsGoetia, is the main antagonist.


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* MirrorScare: In Maiden Voyage, several zombies climb ''out'' of the mirrors rather than simply being reflected in them.
* MurderousMannequin: There is a variety of mannequin enemies.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Most of the game's bosses. The Sailor Girl from ''Man of Medan'' is now a supernatural poltergeist, the Burned Demon from ''Little Hope'' is a major threat, and Du'Met's Murder Castle is far more extensive and terrifying.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Several of the enemies were just props in previous games, like the mannequins from ''Little Hope'' and Sherman's corpse from ''The Devil in Me''.



* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Belial, a member of the Literature/ArsGoeta, is the main antagonist.



* InterfaceScrew: The ''House of Ashes'' level Into The Abyss feature parasites that will jump onto the player's face, covering parts of the screen until they are killed.

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* FeaturelessProtagonist: Nothing is ever revealed about the protagonist beyond their relation to Charlotte.
* InterfaceScrew: The ''Little Hope'' level Burning Trials has the Drowned Demon, who occasionally pops up and vomits to cover the screen. Later, the ''House of Ashes'' level Into The Abyss feature parasites that will jump onto the player's face, covering parts of the screen until they are killed.



* KarmaMeter: Your ending depends on how many of the train passengers you save.

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* KarmaMeter: Your ending depends on how many of the train passengers you save.save.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: None of the models are new, but this is especially noticeable with Anthony and Claudia, who look just like Mark and Jamie from ''The Devil in Me''.
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The game puts the player in the shoes of an unnamed person traveling on a train to meet their sister in New York. Suddenly, one of the train's passengers is possessed by the demon Belial, who attempts to drag everyone else on the train to Hell. The player finds themselves on a roller coaster cart going through various locations from the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology: ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan'', ''VideoGame/LittleHope'', ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'', and ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe''. Along the way, the player can save, kill, or ignore their fellow passengers trapped within the nightmare, before finally facing Belial.

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The game puts the player in the shoes of an unnamed person traveling on a train to meet their sister in New York. Suddenly, one of the train's passengers is possessed by the demon Belial, who attempts to drag everyone else on the train to Hell. The player finds themselves on a roller coaster cart going through various locations from the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology: ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan'', ''VideoGame/LittleHope'', ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'', and ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe''. Along the way, the player can save, kill, or ignore their fellow passengers trapped within the nightmare, before finally facing Belial.
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The game puts the players in the shoes of an unnamed person traveling on a train to meet their sister in New York. Suddenly, one of the train's passengers is possessed by the demon Belial, who attempts to drag everyone else on the train to Hell. The player finds themselves on a roller coaster cart going through various locations from the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology: ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan'', ''VideoGame/LittleHope'', ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'', and ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe''. Along the way, the player can save, kill, or ignore their fellow passengers trapped within the nightmare, before finally facing Belial.

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The game puts the players player in the shoes of an unnamed person traveling on a train to meet their sister in New York. Suddenly, one of the train's passengers is possessed by the demon Belial, who attempts to drag everyone else on the train to Hell. The player finds themselves on a roller coaster cart going through various locations from the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology: ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan'', ''VideoGame/LittleHope'', ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'', and ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe''. Along the way, the player can save, kill, or ignore their fellow passengers trapped within the nightmare, before finally facing Belial.
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Supermassive became familiar with the genre after ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'''s ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.

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Supermassive became familiar with the genre This is Supermassive's second VR rail shooter, after ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'''s ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.

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The game puts the players in the shoes of an unnamed person traveling on a train to meet their sister in New York. Suddenly, one of the train's passengers is possessed by the demon Belial, who attempts to drag everyone else on the train to Hell. The player finds themselves on a roller coaster cart going through various locations from the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology: ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan'', ''VideoGame/LittleHope'', ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'', and ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe''. Along the way, the player can save, kill, or ignore their fellow passengers trapped within the nightmare, before finally facing Belial.

Supermassive became familiar with the genre after ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'''s ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.



* DeathByAdaptation: Du'Met dies at the end of ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe'' levels.

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* DeathByAdaptation: Du'Met dies at the end of ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe'' ''The Devil in Me'' levels.



* InterfaceScrew: The ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'' level Into The Abyss feature parasites that will jump onto the player's face, covering parts of the screen until they are killed.

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* InterfaceScrew: The ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'' ''House of Ashes'' level Into The Abyss feature parasites that will jump onto the player's face, covering parts of the screen until they are killed.



* KarmaMeter: Your ending depends on how many of the train passengers you save.
* RailShooter: The genre of the game, and one Supemassive is familiar with after ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'''s ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.

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* KarmaMeter: Your ending depends on how many of the train passengers you save.
* RailShooter: The genre of the game, and one Supemassive is familiar with after ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'''s ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.
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* RailShooter: The genre of the game, and one Supemassive is familiar with after VideoGame/UntilDawn's ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.

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* RailShooter: The genre of the game, and one Supemassive is familiar with after VideoGame/UntilDawn's ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'''s ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.
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* RailShooter: The genre of the game, and one Supemassive is familiar with after UntilDawn's ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.

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* RailShooter: The genre of the game, and one Supemassive is familiar with after UntilDawn's VideoGame/UntilDawn's ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.
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* DeathByAdaptation: Du'Met dies at the end of the ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe'' levels.

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* DeathByAdaptation: Du'Met dies at the end of the ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe'' levels.



* EvilIsDeathlyCold: The final level of the game is ''Frozen Hell'', after all.
* InterfaceScrew: The ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'' level ''Into The Abyss'' feature parasites that will jump onto the player's face, covering parts of the screen until they are killed.

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* EvilIsDeathlyCold: The final level of the game is ''Frozen Hell'', Frozen Hell, after all.
* InterfaceScrew: The ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'' level ''Into Into The Abyss'' Abyss feature parasites that will jump onto the player's face, covering parts of the screen until they are killed.

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''Switchback VR'' is a horror video game developed and published by Creator/SupermassiveGames and released on March 16, 2023. It is a VR rail shooter spin-off of ''VideoGame/TheDarkPicturesAnthology''.

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''Switchback VR'' is a horror video game developed and published by Creator/SupermassiveGames and released on March 16, 2023. It is a VR rail shooter RailShooter spin-off of ''VideoGame/TheDarkPicturesAnthology''.



* DemonicPossession: Belial possesses the passenger Laila.

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* DeathByAdaptation: Du'Met dies at the end of the ''VideoGame/TheDevilInMe'' levels.
* DemonicPossession: Belial possesses the passenger Laila.Laila.
* DraggedOffToHell: What Belial is attempting to do to the player.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: The final level of the game is ''Frozen Hell'', after all.
* InterfaceScrew: The ''VideoGame/HouseOfAshes'' level ''Into The Abyss'' feature parasites that will jump onto the player's face, covering parts of the screen until they are killed.
* JumpScare: The main way the game tries to scare its audience.
* KarmaMeter: Your ending depends on how many of the train passengers you save.
* RailShooter: The genre of the game, and one Supemassive is familiar with after UntilDawn's ''Rush of Blood'' spin-off.
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''Switchback VR'' is a horror video game developed by Creator/SupermassiveGames, published by {{Creator/Sony}}, and released on March 16, 2023. It is a VR rail shooter spin-off of ''VideoGame/TheDarkPicturesAnthology''.

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''Switchback VR'' is a horror video game developed by Creator/SupermassiveGames, and published by {{Creator/Sony}}, Creator/SupermassiveGames and released on March 16, 2023. It is a VR rail shooter spin-off of ''VideoGame/TheDarkPicturesAnthology''.
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''Switchback VR'' is a horror video game developed by Creator/SupermassiveGames, published by Creator/Sony, and released on March 16, 2023. It is a VR rail shooter spin-off of ''VideoGame/TheDarkPicturesAnthology''.

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''Switchback VR'' is a horror video game developed by Creator/SupermassiveGames, published by Creator/Sony, {{Creator/Sony}}, and released on March 16, 2023. It is a VR rail shooter spin-off of ''VideoGame/TheDarkPicturesAnthology''.
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->''"In the ride for your life, choose your path wisely and try to stay alive."''

''Switchback VR'' is a horror video game developed by Creator/SupermassiveGames, published by Creator/Sony, and released on March 16, 2023. It is a VR rail shooter spin-off of ''VideoGame/TheDarkPicturesAnthology''.

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!!''Switchback VR'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* DemonicPossession: Belial possesses the passenger Laila.

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