The Cradle (2025)

- Developer
- GiBar
- Publisher
- RoBot
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation
- Rating
- 3.2 of 5, 25 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 1.1 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
a tense first-person puzzle exploration through darkened offices, where finding batteries and solving locks reveals a hidden, unsettling truth.
first-personpuzzlingdarkexplorationtensemysteriousresource managementatmospheric
What players say
Players are split. Some call it a cheap Outlast imitation with a ripped map, tiny interact cursor, and non-remappable keys. Others praise its atmosphere, puzzles, and detective-like investigation, saying it relies on tension and darkness rather than action.
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