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Where's Oswald

A short horror experience taking place in a dream or a memory.

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Developer
MV JPL
Publisher
MV JPL
Release
June 30, 2022
4 years and 34 days ago
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Mixed16 reviews56.3%

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About the Game

Encounter Oswald, the entity that pervades your nightmares since childhood.

Where's Oswald is a short horror experience which takes you back to your childhood home. It's late at night and your family is nowhere to be found. What lives in the basement?

Features

  • Unlock Dream Doors by completing sequences or finding the keys. Escape the entities that pursue you and discover the first hints of a broader narrative.
  • Evade Oswald and escape an underground sewer complex to encounter a grave second antagonist. Escape the hospital and wake up from this nightmare.
  • Follows 'house horror' theme and flows into three unique environments.
  • Minimal gameplay mechanics typical of 'walking simulator' genre.
  • Free Roam gamemode. Explore the entire game world at your own pace without the constraints of linear gameplay. Horror events are removed, though that doesn't mean the observant player won't notice anything happen...
  • Game has autosave feature.

Note: Estimated playtime of the linear game is around 30 minutes.
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