Game profile
Content Warning
Together with friends, players film terrifying creatures in a hostile parallel world to cut viral videos from the footage. The more daring the recordings, the greater the online success.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Horror / Survival, set in a world after the collapse. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays dark throughout. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. There is no story to speak of, the systems carry everything. Co-op is supported, so you can bring someone along. It is available broadly, on 4 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Co-op horror trip
- Film footage
- Viral fame
This fits you if
- you actually want to be scared
- you would rather build something than be told what to do
- cutscenes annoy you and you just want to play
- you have someone to play with
- you are watching your budget
- you prefer a darker, heavier tone
Look elsewhere if
- you play mainly for narrative
- you want something light and easy going
- you play alone, this needs other people
- you specifically want an open world to roam
How long is Content Warning?
About 30 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 5 weeks, or 15 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 78 out of 100, which puts it above 20 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 962 overall. That is the lower end of this database, critics were more reserved here than with most titles. The number does not tell you whether a game is exactly right for the right evening, though.
For comparison, Horror averages 80 points across the database, so this one sits 2 points below its own genre. The figure rests on 81 collected ratings.
Released in 2024 and 2 years old. Recent enough to look and run modern, old enough to be patched and often discounted.
The facts
- Release year
- 2024
- Genres
- Horror, Survival
- Playtime
- approx. 30 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- None, pure gameplay
- Play with
- Co-op
- Setting
- Post-apocalyptic
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox, Switch, PlayStation
- Critic rating
- 78 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content Warning | 2024 | approx. 30 hrs. | 78 | Budget |
| Left 4 Dead 2 | 2009 | approx. 12 hrs. | 89 | Budget |
| Cronos: The New Dawn | 2025 | approx. 15 hrs. | 81 | Full price |
| Signalis | 2022 | approx. 10 hrs. | 85 | Budget |
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