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  • Summary: 7PM is the first formal installment of an anthology horror series by Cellar Vault Games. Taking place in a small low-cost apartment block.

    Play through the day's experience as each of three children living there and their attempts to invite a young mysterious new neighbor to play with them.
    7PM is the first formal installment of an anthology horror series by Cellar Vault Games. Taking place in a small low-cost apartment block.

    Play through the day's experience as each of three children living there and their attempts to invite a young mysterious new neighbor to play with them. However what was supposed to be an offer of friendship quickly takes a dark turn as each of the children experience horrific visitations. Further so, not everyone or everything is as it seems in this apartment block, and dark secrets lurk everywhere if you can see them.

    Spend a weekend experiencing the neighborhood in the apartment block, moving between the different areas, talking to different people and completing tasks and minigame challenges. Slowly uncover hints, find items and encounter new people to talk to.
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  1. 90
    Punctuated by a few big scares, Paper Ghost Stories: 7PM is captivating in its quieter moments, too, with an understated slice-of-life narrative, cultural authenticity, an underrepresented setting, and just the right amount of foreboding. The experience is heightened by a sensible sound design, an effectively eerie score, and an infinitely appealing paper cut-out visual style pulled off to near perfection. A few decisions that lead to unique content make it worth playing again as you fully absorb the detail and charm on offer, especially when a single playthrough is so short. Overall, this unassuming little ghost story adventure does just about everything right. It’s bite-sized indeed, but I truly enjoyed my brief introduction, and I can’t wait to see how this style of game plays out in long-form in the upcoming, full-length Third Eye Open sequel.