Don't Die Alone
A downloadable game for Windows
After receiving an unremarkable spam message, an outcasted teen's friend count becomes the difference between life or death.
Note: This game uses a lot of sound effects so make sure to play with sound!
This game features:
12 CGs (With multiple variations for many of them!),
An immersive short story,
A unique monster,
An in universe social media with 50 fictional accounts,
And more!
Content Warnings
- Mentions of bullying
- Light gore
- Death
- Occasional swearing
Credits
Writing, artwork, music, and programming done by StephenW313
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im not gonna lie i saw the monster and screamed dude this was such a good game
Genuinely one of the best indie horror games I've ever played, I absolutely adore it. I feel like despite its short length, you've fleshed out Petra and the themes beautifully, and I love how the horror leans more into the haunting and unnerving rather than being bombastic. Incredibly memorable, which considering I played this game a year and a half ago despite reviewing it today, I can double down on.
I loved it, the art style is interesting and it also scared me :)
cool game and cool art,regret that i didnt play it at hallowen
this seems interesting
yep, it is...
THE SILENT JUMpscare ;0_0
is there a way to play this game that isnt full screen?
This was a really fun story and really developed in a fun and scary way! Loved the scares and spooks and how the player is given control for the friends part and makes one feel a real sense of doom and dread weighing down on them. It was fun and a great crafted experience!
Thank you for playing!
Really liked the game dude
loved it :-)
this was rly good
Hah, I'm not gonna risk it, anyways..
*Proceeds to send game to 15 people*
I shitted myself, thx
mc got me screaming like she talks too much,,, just send the goddamn chain message girl HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
FRRRRRRR HAHHAHAAHA
Holy shit,this is actually one of the best horror games I've played,I actually got scared lol help
i love that you made a whole fake website for the game and the sounds and art 10/10 the ending scared tf outta me T-T
That was amaaazing,i loved it.The art is beautiful and i love social media horror stuff!Very good job!!🤗😊
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The arts amazing here though i kinda just want a good ending to this it feels as if there is one im surprised there isnt
thank you so much for this game! It was really scary and fun to play. The soun and art fits perfectly :D
Good and spooky! The horror on two levels (the obvious and also a kind of social anxiety level) makes it feel unique.
This game is really cool, love the style!
nice game dude, very creepy.
This is great! (sent a private review to dev)
BRO I SCREAMED
This game is really creative i really love the twists ~
This is the scariest Spooktober entry I played yet… You did such a good job with the atmosphere, the sound design, the slow, slow timing and mounting dead. It felt like playing through a Ju-On movie with all these ominous interior shots as CGs and the jumpscare expectation at every turn.
The story was really well-done too (and pretty sad!!), the whole 2000s social media x teenage loneliness worked really well. Thank you for making it!
IMPORTANT DON'T DIE ALONE!! READ THIS:
READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
One year on halloween a 17 year old boy named Josh was found dead. Josh Wanted to host a party and sent invitations to the whole school. When the party started no one came. Except that is not true 3 bullies were there. The bullies tied Josh up and poured gasoline on him and set him on fire in his backyard.
Josh was found dead by his parents the next morning and the bullies got away with it and got even more popular. Josh's spirit was so angry that now he comes back and wants the same thing that happened to him to happen to everyone else that knows about him.
If you send this message to 15 other people josh will not be able to kill you and you will be safe. But if you dont josh will come to your house in 15 minutes and kill you. The choice is yours. Your time starts now
!!! SEND THIS TO AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE IN 15 MINUTES OR YOU WILL DIE !!!"
Loved the game! sorry to do this to you.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AH SHI-
love this :) i rlly liked petra
i sharted my pants playing this game /J, very scaryyy
Very cool game! And it very much deserves the praise. I guess what I appreciate the most are the CGs - there are so many of them! Even for filling a water glass XD That's impressive! And the fact that it was made by one person really makes it stand out (lol, it's also kind of fitting)
Also, cool dynamics visuals with the GUI! (I want to press click on the spam XDDD) I also dig Petra's design. She's different, for sure.
SPOILERS AHEAD
I won't say I got scared because, not really that easy to disturb. But I did get a rush from the final jumpscare. Great idea with the waiting dots on the final message. That's the right way to do a jumpscare. Kudos.
Besides, even if the rest of the story didn't get me jumpy, this has some good gimmicks and the right feel. I especially liked all the dialogues with the grandma.
Not sure about the 3D monster (or title screen). It feels tacky more than uncanny. That would be my one feedback: switching to 2D only.
I got the bad end, of course. I started giving friend requests only to the people I thought likeable first. By the time I realized where this was going, I started giving requests to everyone I didn't like XD (The fedora dude needs to die...)
Also, I can't help thinking Chelsea... she was in a party... so Petra did just condemn her to die...
I'm just going to leave that to sink in...
I have to imagine it's fifteen minutes after the message was read not fifteen minutes after it was sent.
When I read "SPOILERS" I thought you'd say the chainmail, thank god
READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
One year on halloween a 17 year old boy named Josh was found dead. Josh Wanted to host a party and sent invitations to the whole school. When the party started no one came. Except that is not true 3 bullies were there. The bullies tied Josh up and poured gasoline on him and set him on fire in his backyard.
Josh was found dead by his parents the next morning and the bullies got away with it and got even more popular. Josh's spirit was so angry that now he comes back and wants the same thing that happened to him to happen to everyone else that knows about him.
If you send this message to 15 other people josh will not be able to kill you and you will be safe. But if you dont josh will come to your house in 15 minutes and kill you. The choice is yours. Your time starts now
!!! SEND THIS TO AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE IN 15 MINUTES OR YOU WILL DIE !!!"
Said "Thank god" I didn't chainmail them, they immediately chainmailed me XD
Here are the people you need to friend for the other ending! :)
MarcelD20
Cheess_P
LclSceneQueen
Smiley_Dog
SakuraBloom
JustFloating
Dark_mood.
)-~TYE~-(
GarySteadman
GirlOfGod
MarthaWebb34
MusicMiles
Fangirl00
4_THA_LOLZ
Are you being serious?
SPOILERS!!
i felt so horrible about this, maybe i just connect with characters too easily but god this felt like actually being.. god i felt so useless, it felt like being too close to a waterfall's end and desperately swimming against it knowing you're going to die
the art is also so cute! petra's design/the artstyle/the computer it all looks so cute! but it all felt bittersweet knowing it was horror game, Petra only having one friend and not being in the person's best friends.. just a subtle detail but it made it all the much worse, especially after being abandoned by everyone.. it felt lonely even with the guy trying to encourage
and THE SOUND ughh the knocks in the window felt odd,the grandma talking about the crickets whispering also put me on edge (maybe because im hearing crickets rn lol)
and the window god it freaked me so much, it's eyes just it's eyes..
and i can't help but hate tony or whatver the ghosts name is, she was so nice and even empathized with his crispy ass and he still killed her, you know what? at first i felt bad but, he deserved it his bullies did nothing wrong. i can see why he doesn't have friends
overall: i loved it! seems she's gonna be in another game, can't wait to see it!
I'm so glad you noticed the best friend detail ahaha, I haven't seen anyone else point it out! And also the window scare, most people miss that one!
Thank you for playing!
honestly this game was one of the few games that kept me on my feet and i love it. Petra was also a pretty cool character especially when she tries to sympathize with josh. loved it and will love to play it again to see if there is a different ending just during the day.
What a creepy sort of nostalgic game lol. Love the premise and the use of sound was really well done. Lovely art as well and the "ghost" using a separate style was a fantastic decision. Best of luck my fav for Spooktober so far! Here's my playthrough -
!!SPOILERS!!
An AMAZING game! It kept me on my toes for a while. Love the internet-interactive system. Great character build with great lines and great story! That part where Petra turns on the lights and then Josh (the evil spirit) turns them back off immediately scared the living daylights out of me, but somehow was still able to get more of a psychology feel than a jumpscare was great, since my favorite horror genre is psychology horror. That scene really gave me ptsd, of course, it wasn't just that scene, all the other scenes where the evil spirit is shown peeking at Petra also gave me ptsd (which is a good thing in this case). One of my worst fears is to have a humanoid creature peek at me through corners, door frames, closets, etc. Really love this game! 10/10 for me, keep up the Amazing work! Definitely WILL recommend to my friends (or even 15 other people lol).
! spoilers ahead !
I LOVED THIS!!!! petra is so sweet, and the fact that she tried sympathizing with the monster only for her efforts to be hopeless really hit me, this is so well made and written (also i love petras design !!!! ) such a cool game :)
This was so freaking cool, I loved how most of the game is played in a computer screen chatting. Also, the increasing unease you feel between Petra's check ups on the granny and the slow but steady appearances of THAT are very well done, it was so spooky!!
The spam messages also took me back down memory lane, I remember I used to be scared of those at first xD Building a whole horror game around that concept is really cool!! The art was fantastic as well, great work!!💕
i watched ManlyBadassHero's playthrough and omg did this game creep me out. it is so good!Petra is so sweet and interesting, i'd love to see her future entries.
Great game! Here's the good ending if anyone wasn't able to get it themselves :0
Spoiler warning!!!