Cursed Shorts
Horror puzzle game about spotting anomalies in short videos
Sea of Ghosts · Released Aug 15, 2025
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 118
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Sep 3, 2025
What is Cursed Shorts?
This single-player horror puzzle game takes place on a subway ride home that cannot end until you identify abnormal phone videos. You swipe up for normal clips and left for abnormal ones, pausing to inspect them before the phone's battery runs out.
For you if...
- +you prefer short playthroughs with alternate endings
Not for you if...
- −you prefer action to watching and inspecting video clips
What players say
76% of 118 reviews are positive
Players praise the short-video format as a different approach to anomaly hunting. Criticism centers on the heavy use of AI-generated visuals, which some players say makes deliberate anomalies difficult to distinguish from generation errors.
Screenshots and trailer
Cursed Shorts system requirements
Minimum: GTX 960, 8 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 10 (64bit version only)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-4460
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 (64bit version only)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i7-3770
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Cursed Shorts have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Cursed Shorts run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 3
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean.
Does Cursed Shorts use AI-generated content?
Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:
Some of the short videos and a small number of textures in the game are generated by AI
The statement mentions: Art
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
