You enter a seemingly-empty cupboard, shut the door and everything is pitch-black. ‘try picking up this’ or ‘try and find the pink elephant’, but the last part eases you into how uncomfortable this world can be. The brightness continues for a few moments more in your bedroom while you’re walked through a very simple tutorial by the bear using suggestion, i.e. Each name twinkles into place before a cancerous darkness engulfs it, setting the tone of the game in a very abrupt and effective manner. After getting rid of the unseen intruder, your mum picks you up and walks you to your room and thus the opening credits start rolling. In the beginning it’s your birthday, your mum gives you a piece of cake and a talking teddy bear and everything is colourful and bright and fun…until someone knocks on the door and the yelling begins. This is where Krillbite Studio has been very clever with Among the Sleep.Īmong the Sleep is a first-person horror game played through the eyes of a two year-old boy looking for his mother.

Hell, some of the things I was scared of as a child I’m still not completely over – don’t tell me you don’t still dash upstairs at night when you turn the hallway light off. The monster in the cupboard the demon that waits for the lights to go off the hand that grasps your ankle from under the bed we forget that children have the most powerful imaginations, during good times and the bad. But then, as happy as the brightest moments are, there are the darker sides to remember.

Our childhoods are filled with creativity from traversing burning lava floors to going on grand adventures with your toys. Finally, a new dialogue has been added and a plethora of improvements were made in terms of visuals, performance and gameplay. Moreover, players now get to choose which pajamas their character wears in the game. It also includes a digital artbook and a digital soundtrack. The Among the Sleep – Enhanced Edition contains the completely new Museum Level, with behind the scenes content and extra footage.

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