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Silence of the Sleep

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

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Developer
Jesse Makkonen
Publisher
Jesse Makkonen
Release
October 1, 2014
11 years and 308 days ago
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Mostly Positive706 reviews74.8%

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Silence of the Sleep is psychological horror adventure game for PC.

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live.
He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

You will travel through the abstract world of Silence of the Sleep to find the very reason for your
journey...



Now that is a good question!
Here are some info about Silence of the Sleep that I believe are worth knowing:

  • Side scrolling 2D with unique, digitally drawn graphics
  • Unique music from one end to another
  • Minimalistic interface - I won’t hold your hand through the game
  • Challenging puzzles
  • No shooting - Enemy encounters are pretty rare and you can’t kill the enemies, avoid and hide from them to survive
  • Original gameplay and twisting story - Silence of the Sleep has well crafted balance between horror and adventure, this allows me to build different atmospheres which brings variety to gameplay
  • One man game - Graphics, animation, coding, music... You name it!
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