Well the game was hard as heck but nevertheless satisfying to finish.

Heres the breakdown of the game:
BUT BE WARNED THIS IS A HUGE SPOILER TO THE GAME. The main fun of it comes from figuring it out for yourself.

Round 1: Don't move at all when ladys singing and while shes singing find the key. It could be in a cupboard, frig, etc.

Round 2: Play hide & seek with the boy. He could be hiding anywhere, but you'll get the hang of where he tends to hide as you play so don't worry too much about the timer you'll learn the hiding spots. You have to find him 5 times and he'll drop a key so make sure to not miss it.

Round 3: Play hide & seek with boy and lady. again, find boy 5 times.

Round 4: Run away from this lizard/aligator guy and turn levers on to turn on the power. He's fast but won't be able to kill you when you have the flashlight off. Turn 5 levers to complete. This round wasn't too hard imo.

Round 5 (final): Play with all 3. This stage is extremely hard. You have to find the boy 5 times and turn 5 levers. If you turn 5 levers, the lizard guy disappears. If you find boy 5 times he'll disappear and the timer will be turned off.
STRATEGY: It's best to find the boy first but i find it easier to turn on the switches to get rid of the lizard first.

SECRET:
You have to find 10(?) monkeys before you beat the game to unlock the secret ending. The game's story actually had a little bit of depth to it lol.

Review:
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Overall, I liked the game. It challenged me in a way that not a lot of games do nowadays. It actually requires strategizing to complete the game efficiently and it'll go hard on you if you just play mindlessly.

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I honestly wanted the game to have a more smooth difficulty curve and had a bit more explanation on what to do in the beginning.

I am sad. I can't recommend this title.

This is a REALLY fun game. Is it scary? Yeah sorta. The fun mostly comes from the challenges that you must complete.

What happened? Bugs, bugs, and more bugs. I can't even get through the second stage of the game.

In the first part of the game you are being pursued by a dark haired woman in a white dress. There is a mechanic where you are supposed to stop moving to stay alive and it seldom worked properly. Even if my hands weren't on my mouse and keyboard, it would still detect movement and kill me.

Once you manage to brute force your way through that, you are met with a hide and seek challenge. This is badly broken and needs to be looked at by the Devs asap. This game has been out for almost two years. Come on.

For the hide and seek challenge, the thing that I was supposed to seek wouldn't spawn. At all. I would trigger the event and all the hiding spots were empty. Yikes.

So here I am all hot to trot for some scary challenges and the game breaks on the second challenge. Bummer. :(

I see that other people were able to get it to work for them so I'm wondering if I have to brute force the second challenge the way I did the first. Not fun.

Buy this on a 75%+ off sale, friends. I would feel bad if you pay full price and end up having the same thing happen to you.

Fingers and toes crossed for a patch!

One of Chilla's earliest games and by far their worst horror game. A frustrating mess of trial and error.

Here are items I found to elicit attention in this title:

Gameplay - You begin play at the front door of a shadowy home, progressing after discovering the key to the door and entering. The second key must be found to unlock the upstairs exit, appearing again just inside the foyer of the structure once more; the start of a journey that is seemingly destined to reoccur. From this second iteration a cry can be heard, the introduction to the game’s first foil. Each enemy may be bested a single way, and experimentation is utilized by the player to discover this means. This acts more on the principal of an intriguing puzzle title with suspense elements, presenting jumpscares to those that fail to evade the antagonists. More of the house becomes available as you play, presenting additional challenges as well as locations for the evasive key. I have witnessed WBD described as ‘difficult but fun,’ yet instead must convey my opinion that it is tedious. For example, the first true rival to appear is that of a pale woman dressed in a black dress-the crying described prior was hers. The player must trigger her ‘chase’ by walking within proximity of her weeping in the upstairs bathroom. She then disappears from view, occasionally humming an indistinct melody. The player must cease movement when the eerie woman pauses her tune lest they be attacked with a stated jumpscare, precipitating the level restarting. Even though the rules for each opponent never falter, I must restate that the play style compels more irritation than enjoyment. Procedural generation of the key’s placement afflicts the experience further, causing hindrance of progress not by skill, but rather by luck. There are also goblinoid figurines spread throughout the dwelling, but they solely allow for the viewing of the ‘true ending’ once all are collected in a single playthrough.

Fear - The most amount of fear I personally experienced in this title was from hearing the crying while reentering the home, but this soon diminished once I was defeated by the first enemy. Welcome Back Daddy relies heavily on jumpscares. Some may find these to be sufficient means to attain suspense from within the player, but when they are expected through repeated exposure the effect diminishes. After playing for a while, I lost all feeling of dread, instead adopting annoyance as the banner sensation.

TL:DR - Though the premise appears to retain intrigue, the primary reason this title is categorized negatively is because of stated reasons, culminating to almost no personal enjoyment while playing WBD even with a high level of enthusiam toward starting the game; it is functional, and has interesting concepts in terms of play, but I personally found it to be tedious and mundane. Horror was the last thing on my mind with repeated sessions of play, and I cannot recommend this title as a puzzle game. I want to say that I am on the fence on this title, but after digesting what I have already played I must voice that I did not have fun with this game, and cannot personally recommend it. Thanks for reading.

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Daddy went for some milk, I thought mommy had it though

Too hard, not worth the time, poor jump scares, also my eyes hurt from the colors and lighting. 1/10

I had hopes for this game, but it just did not deliver. I also shouldn't have started it when I didn't have time to complete it as the game doesn't save (which it notes). This game had some good aspects, but the randomizing of everything just felt awful. I didn't complete the game because it was just frustrating-not well put together. The best part was the title screen dancing dolphin alligator thing. It's cute, but that's it. Time consuming and annoying honestly. Good aspects in the base of it, but poor execution. Knowing what I know, I wouldn't even want a free game code honestly.

Thank god i got this game on sale. At only $0.99, it was still too much.

This game is very difficult but in a good way - it really makes you think! Would really recommend if you like jump-scare horror

8/10

Honestly found this game incredibly boring and frustrating. Thought i'd give it a go despite all the negative reviews. I love a good horror game but this.... this I couldn't get into at all. I tried to give it a good decent go but after running around for a good half an hour trying to find this hiding child more than three times in a row... I was over it. This game is really only for those with a lot of patience who don't need any guidance and can just 'guess' what the developers are wanting you to do. Paid less than a dollar for this so I guess I really can't complain too much.