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ONE IN THE BACK

An escape-room styled series of puzzles await in the car that seems to contain neither rhyme nor reason. See if you can solve the mysteries of the photographs, and figure out what it means to be the ONE IN THE BACK.

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October 14, 2025
291 days ago
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About the Game

Try to piece together clues from various photos as you traverse a car and it's inhabitants - from the trunk to the front seat to the --- -- --- ----.

MAIN FEATURES:

  • Escape room-like puzzle system in which several different types of medium to hard difficult puzzles will need to be solved sequentially to progress.

  • Text-less narrative with a mysterious cast of characters and portrayal of past events.

  • Psychological horror elements from the point of view of multiple characters

  • 2D drawn style portraying the main cabin of the car and other areas.

  • Ethereal and ominous soundtrack ambience.

CONTROLS:

  • Mouse point and click

  • Escape to open pause menu

  • Space to open photograph UI