Pernicious

45KS
Released Nov 23, 2025by sdaj3 user reviews(33% of 3 Steam reviews)

This is a physics - based survival game centered on extreme horizontal evasion.

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About Pernicious

This is a physics - based survival game centered on extreme horizontal evasion. Players take control of a yellow cuboid and, under the strict constraint of only being able to move left or right, engage in a life - or - death game of hide - and - seek with giant blue spheres and small red orbs. Every single move holds the key to the survival of their health bar!

Core Gameplay: A Life - and - Death Struggle in the Horizontal Dimension

Simple Operations, Difficult Strategies: Only left - right swiping is needed, yet players have to predict the rolling trajectory of the giant blue spheres and the突袭 path of the small red orbs.

Health Bar as Lifeline: Any collision with the spheres will cause continuous blood loss, making the difficulty of “shifting left and right” skyrocket exponentially.

Essence of the Experience: Thrills Erupting from Constraints

The setting of “only being able to move left or right” turns evasion into an “art of timing”: Move horizontally 0.1 second before a blue sphere rolls to the critical point, and let a red orb fly past the edge of the cuboid... The low - polygon graphics amplify the vibrational feedback of “near - miss evasions”. Each survival is like completing a micro “horizontal breakout battle”.

With its most straightforward rules, the game forces players to gain an ultimate understanding of “physical trajectories” and “timing control”. There are no complex operations, only life - or - death choices in the “split - second decision of left or right”. It is suitable for fragmented time challenges. In the excitement of “a narrow escape by a hair’s breadth”, players can experience the dual pleasures of strategy and reaction!

Game Controls

- Move Left: A

- Move Right: D

Game details

Game details

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3 user reviews (33%)

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IGRS 3DEJUS LSTEAM_GERMANY 0

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Pernicious price history

Lowest tracked price: £16.75 (Jul 7, 2026) · current best: £16.75.

Pernicious reviews

33% positive reviews all-time.

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System requirements

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  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: i5 3550 / FX-8350
  • Graphics: GTX 660Ti 3GB / R9 270X 4GB

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