Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

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Planned Release Date: Feb 3, 2026

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“The most honest survival game I've ever played”
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Feature List

Survival elements

Story-driven progression

Handcrafted pixel art

Multiple endings

Comedy, drama, and maybe trauma

Original soundtrack by Wilson Tanner Smith

About This Game

How long can you survive unemployment?

The year is 2018, you are trapped in a single-bedroom apartment somewhere in an undisclosed Nordic welfare state. Your objective is to survive in the mind-numbing loop of long-term unemployment and social isolation.

The Game

Survival
You have stats to manage: the physiological needs of the body, and your mental health. Maintain high dopamine levels to avoid a literal death by boredom. Eat, drink (responsibly), use the toilet, wash yourself, hide from responsibilities, and keep yourself sufficiently entertained. Just stay alive, ok? Survive the week. It'll get better.

Story-driven
Advance through your personal story. You survived the day? Then you can go to sleep. Something's calling you. You’ll find an escape in your dreams. It’s when you sleep that you are most alive. In fact, you can be anything in your dreams. A salaryman. A husband. A hero!

Until the alarm goes off again.



Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Depiction of depression, mild nudity, alcohol consumption

System Requirements

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* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
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