About This Demo

This is a free prologue featuring the first chapter of Hell Is Other People.

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"A crooked tree lives its own life, but a straight tree is turned into wood."  (Chinese proverb)

Hell Is Other People is a different kind of horror game. One that doesn’t rely on monsters but on psychological and societal issues. A game where anxiety is your biggest enemy, you’ve got a constant nagging voice in your head that’s mean and paranoid, and the antagonist is not evil, but makes your life hell either way, with their obsessive need for you to conform. A world where people are black and white and you’re a red-haired girl they view as broken and in need of fixing.

What Awaits You in the Prologue:

• Play through the introductory chapter of the story.

• Meet the unreliable voice inside your head.

• Test the Social Skills collection mechanic. Gather ideas instead of physical items to interact with the world.

• Experience the core gameplay loop of balancing your Overwhelm, Paranoia and Dissociation levels and see how they alter your perception.

No generative AI was used in the making of this game.

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Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Hell Is Other People is a psychological horror game. It explores themes of anxiety, isolation, and mental health struggles.