Fear the Timeloop: Prologue is a free action game for PC developed by TacoEaters. It is the prologue version of Fear the Timeloop, a survival horror adventure featuring a time loop mechanic. It lets players experience the first hour of the story to get a better sense of what the gameplay will be like in the full release.

Bleeding and stuck in a loop

In Fear the Timeloop: Prologue, you play as Sheriff James Cooper, who mysteriously finds himself wounded and bleeding inside a strange room. You have only fifteen minutes to tend to your injury, or the cycle will repeat as you get stuck in an endless loop. To make things worse, the entire facility you're in is infested with the undead.

Thus, a fight for survival begins as you navigate multiple floors and shoot down monstrosities using a wide variety of weapons and abilities. The choices you make matter and affect how events unfold as you progress. Now, the combat could be better with more dynamic gunplay and more precise mechanics. Then again, this is just the prologue, and many changes will be made to the full version.

Break the cycle

Overall, Fear the Timeloop: Prologue serves as a nice preview to a game with interesting time loop mechanics, which, for this genre, is a rather distinct and fresh experience. Blast enemies, navigate a labyrinthine building, and make it out alive before you bleed to death. There are still things to improve upon. Nevertheless, it's worth checking out and judging for yourself.