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Playdead

2016•Platformer•PEGI 18•About 4 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuredramahorrorscience fictionanimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spaceslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysurrealcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and unsavoury: an inventive platformer, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

89 / 100

1,690 ratings

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About This Game

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding hostile guards and creatures, and using a mind-control device to manipulate bodies in order to progress. The game features no dialogue or HUD, relying on visual and audio cues to guide the player through its increasingly surreal and dangerous settings.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In a hostile, dystopian world, a young boy flees through a forest pursued by masked guards with flashlights, vehicles, and attack dogs. Escaping the patrols, he crosses into farmland overrun by parasitic worms and rampaging animals, then reaches a seemingly abandoned city where lines of zombie-like people are moved through mind control. Using a mind-control helmet, the boy manipulates these drone-like figures to press deeper into a vast underground facility of flooded chambers and laboratories, where scientists conduct disturbing underwater experiments on human bodies. An underwater creature...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureDramaHorrorScience fictionAnimalsMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceComplex relationshipFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardy

Keywords

DeathRobotsSide-scrollingBirdMultiple endingsHidingCameraDog

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Details

Developer: Playdead
Publisher: Playdead
Released: 29 June 2016
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 2h rushed, 4h normally, 5h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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