Pocket Gamer: Space, a wise man once said, is big. It's also pretty dark when your life support systems are down.
That's how The Nightjar begins: you, the lone survivor of some deep space disaster, trapped in the pitch black confines of your ship as it plummets toward the s
Touch Arcade: The Nightjar [$4.99] is a fantastic fabrication of horror, creating a vision of terror from the wonderful and disturbed recesses of the subconscious. Your eyes are rendered useless and your ears become sight. Focusing on finite and nearly faint ‘beeps’ of access panels to exit doors, the paces of creatures, and the echoes of a dead and void space station made my body have claustrophobic reactions and my thoughts feel with the dread of a disgustingly loud and crunchy demise. As Somethin' Else's spiritual successor to Papa Sangre [$4.99], The Nightjar is impressive in design and even more in the execution of an auditory warp into darkness.
148apps: The Nightjar is a game without video, letting the player’s ears do all the work to guide them in the right direction.
Chris Buffa (Modojo): Just because portable games are small and not displayed on 60-inch televisions doesn't mean they don't pack tons of scares.
