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Hide and Sink

Hide and Sink series is a retro horror anthology chronicling short stories of uncanny childhood events. Part 2: Hide and Sink is a first-person psychological horror game. What starts as an innocent game of after-school hide-and-seek quickly unravels into an uncanny terror.

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Hell0 Dirtty Games
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About the Game

The Hide and Sink series is a retro horror anthology chronicling short stories of uncanny childhood events.
Part One: Paperents
After moving into their new home, 10-year-old Liam begins to sense an unsettling presence lurking in the dark corners of his room. Strange noises echo through the house, and his parents grow increasingly bizarre and terrifying. 

Paralyzed and confined to his bed, Liam finds himself trapped in a room filled with unspeakable horrors, slowly sinking into endless desperation.


Part Two: Hide and Sink
A story of a little girl playing hide and seek with a group of friends after school, while a happy game descends into unsettling fear as darkness arrives.

Key Feature:

  • Millions of Views Worldwide (Part 1): Born as a viral internet sensation, this claustrophobic nightmare has already captured millions of views on different social media globally.

  • Hide-and-Seek Mechanics（Part 2）: The core game of reliving hiding and seeking provides an immersive, atmospheric experience

  • Authentic VHS Aesthetics: A gritty, nostalgic CRT filter that plunges you straight into late-90s psychological terror.

  • Childhood Horror: Experience a deeply unsettling story told entirely from a child's perspective within a suffocating domestic space.

  • Story-rich: Exploring multiple endings of the game and the plots behind each character.

Game Play:

  • Walk and Investigation

  • Some puzzle-solving elements

  • Slightly action controlling (Run and Chasing)

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