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School of Nightmares

A bizarre nightmare forged by the suffocating pressure of grades. Escape the endlessly looping classrooms, climb the precarious tower of floating desks, and hide from the horrifying monster to find the scattered books of memory. Can you awaken from this hellish school?

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DawnWorks
Publisher
DawnWorks
Release
June 8, 2026
55 days ago
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About the Game

A Bizarre Nightmare Forged by Suffocating Pressure Tomorrow is the day of a crucial exam you absolutely cannot afford to fail. Unable to fight off the overwhelming sleepiness, you rest your head on your desk, only to wake up in a strange, empty classroom. You must escape this eerie school, where only the buzzing of an old fluorescent lamp echoes, and return to reality.

The Fear of Endlessly Falling Grades Do not feel relieved just because you’ve escaped the classroom. Beneath your feet, the ground has turned into a pitch-black, bottomless abyss, and broken desks and chairs soar into the void like a precarious tower. This is a hell created by the obsession that you must climb higher than others. Overcome the fear of falling, step on the fragments, and crawl your way to the top.

Hide and Seek with the Monster Obscuring the Truth From the darkness of the closed school hallway, a chilling sound of nails scratching a chalkboard approaches. The only way to completely wake up from this nightmare is to find the '8 colored books' while avoiding the horrifying monster born from the selfishness and fear you tried so hard to ignore.

Silence your footsteps. Until you gather the fragmented memories and clues to return the truth to its rightful frame, this nightmare will never end.

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