Back rooms: The old Watcher (2025)
- Developer
- TanuTanuGameStudio
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
- Rating
- 2.5 of 5, 6 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 21 minutes
- Where to get it
- Steam
The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
You carefully navigate liminal, backroom-like spaces, scanning for subtle anomalies that dictate whether your chosen path leads forward or to a dead end.
surrealeerieexplorationobservation-basedunsettlingatmospherictensepuzzle-like
What players say
Players agree the default screen effect is painful, but some note you can turn it off by walking backward at the start, though the setting does not save. The game is a short anomaly-hunting experience, taking about 45 minutes, with bugs like repeated anomalies and inaccurate progress tracking.
Screenshots
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