We Live Under The Stairs

Creator: WetWookie

Average Rating
7.7 / 10
Average Difficulty
18.3 / 100
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Adventure (8) Special (7) Story (9) Puzzle (5) Short (5) Horror (11) Mystery (1) Shortventure2018 (1) Shortventure_2018 (4) "Special" (1) Fear (1)

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Creator's Comments:

WetWookie [Creator]
This is my Shortventure 2018 contest entry. The theme was supposed to be about 'fear' but I screwed up and made it about cuisine and music. Sorry about that.

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Nov 13, 2018

36 Reviews:

0000
i enjoyed it a lot! glad to see fangames like this! amazing atmosphere and good history!

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Rating: 8.8 88       Difficulty: 11 11
Jul 14, 2021
SigmaNoire
Not a traditional fangame by any means, We Live Under The Stairs showcases options for fangames not seen in any other game. I must specifically compliment the game's way of inducing fear with environment and lore instead of relying on jumpscares and/or monsters. Both graphics and music fit the game perfectly, only exception being certain out of place sprites (Minecraft inventory screen ? Really ?) that work against the immersion in the story that the game attempts to create. Gameplay combines point and click games with a fangame in a way that feels very natural. The backtracking that is obviously needed in this type of game doesn't feel annoying as it never takes much time and if you read the text carefully you'll always know where to go and what to do. I recommend everyone to go through the house again after the ending to reveal additional details to do plot.

More games of this kind please.

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Rating: 8.0 80       Difficulty: 10 10
Sep 24, 2019
Artimax
Very unique but having to slowly walk around all the rooms to get to where you need to go annoyed me. With most point and click games, you can very quickly get to where you need to go, but in this game, you have to constantly go back and forth the huge and empty rooms. In some, you get extra speed but it is still an issue. The story was interesting and figuring out what went where was fun. Decent game but it was a little bit tedious for me.

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Tagged as: Horror
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Rating: 6.0 60       Difficulty: 22 22
Aug 25, 2019
ElCochran90
Dysfunctional families make it to the world of fangames, and the themes are dark and eerie. The concept was "fear" and, although it does a decent job at it, it goes more for the tone of suspense. The thriller environment would work better, however, if it wasn't cryptic at times. The execution resembles those "click and use" PC games, so you play more a detective than someone walking through dark corridors to achieve your purpose. This form of gameplay doesn't suit my definition of "fear" at all; at least it didn't add much for me within the genre.

Also, I spent half an hour getting an item because it wasn't intuitive at all: the rope. This killed the mood for me quite a bit. I will admit I am dumb with detective games, but I found this particular find problematic, unlike the other ones, which gave you clues.

The record scene is one for the ages.

Also, be sure to keep playing for a while after the "ending". The extra stuff is quite disturbing and, hey... could a sequel be made out of this??

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Tagged as: Adventure Puzzle Short Horror Shortventure_2018
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Rating: 4.6 46       Difficulty: 20 20
Jul 9, 2019
shign
A good and strange "too deep for you" game. It way differs from what we usually have and offers a dark story about small group living under the stairs.
Despite some flaws (like the fact that you must use the same item every time you are in the ghost room or the fact that you need to talk to the girl to make the rope, which is kinda stupid) the game is worth playing if you are interested by that kind of atmosphere.

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Rating: 8.0 80       Difficulty: 20 20
Apr 27, 2019