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Karjala is a VHS bodycam horror experience set in the Soviet Backrooms, where Karelia's rivers, forests and lakes become a backdrop for encounters with superstitions and ancient rituals. You play as a hot-tempered Soviet soldier sent through a portal to the Backrooms after a fight with an officer, tasked with finding missing scientists while monsters hunt you and your commanding officer attempts to trap you.

The gameplay emphasizes exploration, puzzle-solving, and survival within a tense and frightening atmosphere. As you explore, you'll familiarize yourself with the history of Backrooms exploration by the Soviet military and solve environmental puzzles. Multiple levels of Backrooms present unique features and challenges, each containing hostile Entities that can be terrifying and deadly encounters, requiring careful stealth to avoid.

The game draws from internet creepypasta lore about an unusual place where people become trapped, flavored with the atmosphere of Karelian forests and Soviet aesthetics. The 4:3 VHS format and analog visual degradation evoke the feeling of discovering a mysterious videotape. Audio design plays a critical role—footsteps and ambient sounds become tools for navigation and threat detection in the darkness.

Karjala appeals to players seeking psychological horror grounded in exploration and environmental storytelling rather than action-focused gameplay. The combination of Soviet-era setting, Backrooms mythology, and VHS-era presentation creates a distinctive aesthetic within the survival horror genre.