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SHUT IN

91% positive of 89 Steam reviews

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Released
2020
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Cael O'Sullivan. Published by Hidden Track.

About the game

SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.

Tagged by players

  • Dark Comedy
  • Dark Humor
  • Emotional
  • Psychological
  • Surreal
  • Horror
  • Psychological Horror
  • Short
  • Funny
  • Multiple Endings
  • Puzzle
  • Exploration

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What players say

  • Recommended
    A real emotional and wild game with such a simple idea. I find it complex and fun to mess around with, and the whole time I play I felt something strange in my heart, the style and narration is perfect at capturing what this game is about, and I find it just perfect!

    3 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I adored this game. I wish it had achievements for my lil goblin brain 😆 But seriously, this is a wonderful, short yet replay-able game. As someone who has struggled with feelings of hopelessness, anxiety about leaving the house, issues with executive dysfunction, and all the little things that come with it all… This game pretty accurately parallels how it can feel inside your mind. It’s technically well made as…

    7.3 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    It’s sort of a scavenger hunt game with psychological symbolism and semi-disguised as terror while other than environmental threats, there doesn’t seem to be any other sort of impending doom. The main objective of the game is diffuse at best and you never quite know what to expect happening next. Deaths are constant and even almost inevitable as you explore or try to force your way through the game but cost no…

    2 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.

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