Kindergarten (2017)

Developer: Con Man Games, Sean Young
Publisher: SmashGames
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Rating: 4.8 of 5, 10,449 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 5.4 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

You navigate a twisted school where every interaction, from show and tell to avoiding the janitor, feels like a darkly humorous puzzle with life-or-death stakes.

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What players say

Players praise the dark humor and time-loop puzzle structure, but many are frustrated by the inability to go back a room or skip dialogue, forcing full-day restarts on mistakes.

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