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DEAD LETTER DEPT.

Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.

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Developer
Mike Monroe, Belief Engine
Publisher
Belief Engine
Release
January 30, 2025
1 year and 184 days ago
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Overwhelmingly Positive1,832 reviews95.1%

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About the Game

AFTER MOVING TO THE BIG CITY

you got yourself an apartment, and secured a temp data entry job- just to keep you afloat till something better comes along. YOUR OFFICIAL TITLE IS A DATA CONVERSION OPERATOR, but you're really more like a warm body who types up all the junk computers still can't read.

D A Y - T O - D A Y

you go to work & process the images displayed on your terminal, and type up whatever random text is in front of you. Whatever can be made out, that is.

Sometimes the mail you receive is a little strange- letters and lost mail, some mangled and twisted, that have travelled from place to place with nowhere else to go.

Sometimes, it feels like it's talking to you directly through the screen...

  • USE YOUR KEYBOARD to type in various prompts, and attempt to decipher damaged images

  • MULTIPLE ENDINGS & buried secrets to uncover

  • NO TWO PLAYTHROUGHS are exactly the same (Estimated playtime: 120min per run)

  • A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MAIL to voyeur through, and catch glimpses into other lives

  • ATMOSPHERIC HORROR MOOD with rich sound designed to crawl under your skin

Mouse & Keyboard are REQUIRED

Key re-binding is available, but a keyboard with Function Keys and Control Keys (Insert, Page Up/Page Down) is strongly recommended.

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