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The Grandfather

The clock is ticking as the monster lurking in the shadows hunts you down. Find the missing pieces of the clock and fix it as fast and quietly as possible before it finds you as you try to piece together what happened to you. Beware the grandfather in a short first-person horror experience!

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May 2, 2025
1 year and 92 days ago
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About the Game

In The Grandfather, you wake up in a weird building and are given only a few instructions before you are thrown into the metaphorical fire: Move, fix the clock, and survive.

Move: You will be able to walk, run, and sprint through the level as you manage your noise level, something the monster will be tracking.

Seek: You will find 12 numbers scattered throughout the level, one for each number on the face of a clock. You will need to find them, collect them, and bring them back to the clock you started in front of. Fix it before the monster catches you.

Listen: The items will give hints on their location if you listen to them.

Discover: As you piece together the story, you will need to fix the clock throughout multiple stages of difficulty.

Intelligent monster: The monster can see you and is listening for you, make sure to hide behind something!

Settings: There are in-game settings to help fine-tune your experience.

Will you survive and fix the clock? Make it to hour 5 and find out!