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Fuse or Lose

Fuse or Lose is a tense multiplayer bomb-passing game of deduction and betrayal. Poke at wires and switches, twist cryptic clues to your advantage, and shove the ticking device into someone else’s hands before it explodes.

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Airicore
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Airicore
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About the Game

You wake up in a filthy basement with strangers, a mask on your face… and a live bomb on the table.

Fuse or Lose is a high-stakes game of hot potato where the penalty is execution. Every round, the device is shoved into your hands. You must complete a task—flip a switch, cut a wire, or decipher a code—to pass the death sentence to the next player.

But be warned: passing the bomb does NOT save you from blowing up. A safe trigger only buys you a few precious seconds of life. You are constantly bleeding time, and the only way to survive is to think faster than the person next to you.

TRUST NO ONE

You aren't just fighting the bomb; you're fighting the people sitting next to you.

  • Deduce the Safe Path: Use fragmented hints to figure out which wires are safe and which will speed up the inevitable.

  • Sabotage the Competition: Play dirty with special items. Steal time from your neighbors, force them to take double turns, or distort the colors on their bomb panel to force a mistake.

  • Hoard Information: Find clues that only you can see. Will you share them to keep the game going, or lie to eliminate a rival?

KEY FEATURES

  • 💀 High-Stakes PvP: A psychological battle where panic kills you faster than the bomb.

  • 🎭 Social Deduction: Read your opponents. Are they passing the bomb because they solved it, or because they panicked?

  • 🛠️ Sabotage & Items: Steal time and distort reality to ensure you aren't the one blowing up.

  • 🕯️ Immersive Horror: A claustrophobic basement setting with disturbing masks and psychological tension.

The last survivor is the only one who walks out of the basement.

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