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Room 42

You wake up in a locked room with five strangers. Something unknown lurks outside. Will you survive the night?

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Developer
Akumu Games
Publisher
Akumu Games
Release
October 6, 2017
8 years and 301 days ago
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Positive11 reviews81.8%

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About the Game

A horror/mystery experience within fragile walls.

> Summary

You wake up in an unknown place with unknown persons, only to find out there's a strange outbreak outside that turns people into madmen with only thirst for blood. Your only hope for survival lies within thin walls. Will they hold until rescue arrives or will they break? That depends on you...

> Features

  • Find yourself trapped in one of the many Montag Hospital patients' rooms. Breathe in the gloom atmosphere and feel as if you were actually there. You are the protagonist.
  • Interact and share the same fate as the other five strangers and get to know their intricate backgrounds. Every character is their own.
  • Gather information about the impending threat that lurks out there and forge a plan to escape it. Will you make it out alive or...?
  • Original Soundtrack composed by Chris Porter.

> Gameplay

  • Point and click to progress as you study your surroundings, solve puzzles and make your escape.

> Controls

  • Keyboard and mouse.
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