- Publisher: Hidden Track
- Release Date: Oct 30, 2020
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Apr 8, 2021Blew my mind, changed my life.
I've seen horror games do schlocky references to mental health and 'crazy people' before, but this is the first time I game has really genuinely captured the feeling of depression in a way that I completely related to, and felt totally seen.
It's also, for a game about depression, really consistently, darkly funny.
I loved it. Check it out.
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Mar 23, 2021I call BS that this game is, as its marketing claims, a reaction to Covid-19 lockdowns. It has nothing at all to do with that, and I suspect was thought of beforehand. But it’s definitely about the crappy horror of anxiety and agoraphobia. And as I say, it’s actually about it, rather than some beacon of hope within it. Or it’s just a mean super-short horror game in which you’re repeatedly mocked, both by unfair deaths and a very horrid narrator.
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Jan 14, 2021A psychological horror game full of puzzles that make you afraid to do anything in your house, including getting out of bed. The game deals with depression, isolation and how that affects your inner dialogue and feelings.
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Jan 6, 2021Shut In captures these unprecedented times in a small but unique package. With depth far beyond the initial on-the-surface horror story, this experience taps into the evocativeness of a mental health crisis, and the commentary it makes on the dread suffered by those with mental illnesses is powerful. It isn't all deep, though. The narrator successfully plays on the Undertale vibe and the comedic elements within such a tonally dark tale come across very well.