Goshiwon | 고시원

Psychological horror on PC

Goshiwon | 고시원 is a first-person psychological horror game set in a low-cost Korean boarding house. You move into Room 307 to study for exams, then start a vlog channel to earn some money. When your friend Minsu brings a ghost costume, you film fake ghost videos together. But after you see someone in the hallway wearing the costume, Minsu says he was still getting changed at the time. The game follows a week in the goshiwon as the boundary between staged videos and what you see becomes harder to trust.

A week in Room 307

You study at your desk, use the shared bathroom, do laundry, and get food from a convenience store or the cheap buffet downstairs. The rooms are barely bigger than a bed, and the kitchen and bathrooms are shared. Your phone is used to answer calls, while a camera lets you film videos, upload them, and read viewers’ comments. Some footage shows things you didn’t see while filming.