"Human desperation" refers to a state of extreme sadness, fear, or despair that people may experience when they are in a difficult situation with little hope for improvement. Full definition
If you want to make a game about human desperation then maybe you need zombies to be the bridge. (whatgamesare.com)
Robert Bresson plumbs great reservoirs of feeling with Mouchette, one of the most searing portraits of human desperation ever put on film. (criterion.com)