Total Chaos, the survival horror based on one of Doom's best mods, is getting a New Game+ mode featuring an Alien: Isolation-style persistent enemy: 'It does not patrol. It does not follow rules. It adapts'

Total Chaos, the survival horror based on one of Doom’s best mods, is getting a New Game+ mode featuring an Alien: Isolation-style persistent enemy: ‘It does not patrol. It does not follow rules. 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It does not follow rules. It adapts’ News By Rick Lane published 22 February 2026 “There are no safe zones.” When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Trigger Happy Interactive, Apogee) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? 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But compared to the dynamic terrors of Alien: Isolation and Amnesia: The Bunker, it didn’t quite reach the same heights.But Trigger Happy Interactive has taken a leaf from the rulebooks of those two terrifying games. The next update for the survival horror game will introduce a New Game+mode that aims to radically shake up the experience for veteran players.From March 2 onward, players who return to Total Chaos for a second helping will find things are very different in its crumbling island town of Fort Oasis. New Game+ adds a persistent, dynamic enemy in the style of Alien: Isolation named the Hunter. “It does not patrol. It does not follow rules. It adapts,” Trigger Happy explains in a Steam post. “Once it finds you, there is no way to stop it.” Related articles The next update for The Outlast Trials features a terrifying new enemy and map that might be the thing that scares me so much I can’t play anymore World War 1 survival horror Conscript gets a ‘huge’ update that adds a hardcore mode, redesigned levels, new items and gear, and much more SOMA studio says its next game is not ‘stressful or scary’ in the traditional sense, but it’ll still mess you up real good: ‘The goal is to evoke this deep existential terror that stays long after you finish playing’ It seems this persistent-hunting mode will land on the extr