Overview
'집착의 망자 - 집으로부터의 탈출' (The Obsessed: Escape the House) is a unique text-based adventure game that plunges players into a terrifying scenario: their own home has become a deadly trap. Originally a web browser gamebook created by indie author TT in 2011, this PC port faithfully preserves the original's minimalist approach, focusing on narrative tension and player choice rather than elaborate visuals or sound.
The core gameplay revolves around making critical decisions to survive an intruder within the confines of your once-safe dwelling.
Highlights
- A Legacy of Interactive Fiction: This title is a PC adaptation of a 2011 web browser gamebook, a format that saw a brief surge in popularity in the 1980s, offering branching narratives and multiple outcomes.
- Branching Narratives and Endings: The game boasts an impressive 21 distinct endings, ensuring that player choices have significant and varied consequences, encouraging replayability.
- Minimalist Design, Maximum Immersion: Staying true to its roots, the game features simple visuals and BGM, prioritizing a tense atmosphere and engaging text-based storytelling to draw players into its perilous narrative.
Who It's For
This game is ideal for players who enjoy text-based adventures, visual novels, and horror thrillers. If you appreciate games where your decisions shape the story and lead to multiple conclusions, and you're looking for an experience that relies on atmosphere and narrative depth over graphical fidelity, '집착의 망자 - 집으로부터의 탈출' might be for you.
It's also a great choice for those interested in the evolution of interactive fiction and gamebook formats.
Game Info
- Developer: C's earth
- Publisher: C's earth
- Genre: Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
- Release Date: May 20, 2022
- Platform: PC (Single-player)
- Languages: Korean
- Key Features: Text-based gameplay, multiple endings, choices matter, horror elements.
