Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface
Genres: Puzzle, Escape Room, Horror, Mystery, Atmospheric, Adventure
Play modes: free, singleplayer
Release Date: 16-5-2024
Developer: Stately Snail
Our verdict
8.5/10
- Difficulty: Medium
- Players: 1
- Playtime: <1 h
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface is a free, bite-sized prequel to the full game. You are stuck in a cabin deep in a rainy forest, and the owner offers you a deal: beat the game on his old computer and you can leave. The game inside the screen and the cabin around you turn out to be linked, so solving one means poking at the other. It suits horror-puzzle fans who want a quick taster with a retro pixel look.
It holds a Very Positive rating from about 100 Steam reviews, with 97 recommending it. SteamSpy players tag it most strongly as an escape room with horror, atmosphere and investigation, followed by pixel graphics and logic. The single written review is a short rave, so detail on puzzle fairness is thin.
The obvious limit is length: the median player time is around half an hour, and it exists to set up the paid full game. Since it is free, it is well worth a download if you like the idea of a game-within-a-game escape room with a creepy host; just treat it as a demo-sized prologue.
Pros
- Free taster of the full game
- Puzzles cross between a retro PC game and the cabin around you
- Creepy forest-cabin setting with a sinister host
Cons
- Over in around half an hour
- Mainly a setup for the paid full game
- Almost no written reviews to judge puzzle quality
About
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface is a small free prequel to the game Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?. We hope you enjoy it!
Well, well, it seems another traveler has wandered into my home. The night is deep outside the cabin and the rain is relentless. But don't worry, I have an idea to pass the time! You like games, don't you? I have a special one just for you! If you can pass it, a reward awaits you. Lose, and you'll have to stay with me a bit longer than you planned.
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Preface is a mix of horror and first-person puzzle. You find yourself trapped inside a cabin deep in the forest, and its owner suggests playing a computer game in exchange for freedom. But the cabin and the game are intertwined much more than you might think, and the price of losing is your life!
- Play the game within the game!
- A mix of horror and first-person puzzle-solving;
- An old cabin deep in the forest, hiding secrets.
