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1995

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Tonight at a glance

Platforms
Series X|S · PS4 · Linux · Android · PC · iOS +5
Mode
Single player
Age rating
PEGI 18
Violence
Strong
Frights
Strong

Why tonight?

  • It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.

The story

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a point-and-click adventure game based upon Harlan Ellison's short story of the same title. The game's story is set in a world where an evil computer named AM has destroyed all of humanity except for five people, whom he has been keeping alive and torturing for the past 109 years. Each survivor has a fatal flaw in their character, and in an attempt to crush their spirits, AM has constructed a metaphorical adventure for each that preys upon their weaknesses. To succeed in the game, the player must make choices to prove that humans are better than machines, because they have the ability to redeem themselves. Woven into the fabric of the story are ethical dilemmas dealing with issues such as insanity, rape, paranoia and genocide.

  • Science fiction
  • Horror
  • post-apocalyptic
  • murder
  • dark
  • adult
  • dystopian
  • insanity
  • steam
  • multiple protagonists

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

Production

Rating
80 / 100 · 80 players
Developer
The Dreamers Guild, Cyberdreams
Publisher
Cyberdreams, Acclaim Entertainment, DotEmu, Nightdive Studios