In GAME.exe, the year is 1999 and you're the new owner of a computer that was previously owned by a game developer. The developer in question committed suicide, and now his operating system appears to be haunted by him. You'll spend your time fixing some diagnostic errors, reading a few AOL-style chat messages, and playing the game that he made. The game that you have to win? Run around collecting 9 candles while being endlessly pursued by a monster. Once you win that game and reformat the system, the actual game is over. Honestly, that's really the long and short of the content here. It all takes about 30 minutes, which isn't bad if you can get this title on sale for around a buck.

If you're in the market for a horror game wrapped up in an OS framework, you're best off looking elsewhere; Simulacra, Emily is Away (and its sequels), IMSCARED, and EW/WE are great starting points that far exceed what GAME.exe is capable of. The concept this release presents is good, but its execution is uninspired. It's a simple Slenderman clone inside of a retro structure, with little else. Even if there had been more exploration in terms of what you can discover in the computer, or if the game you have to play had just a bit more depth, this review may have come out on a more positive note. With that said, it's clear that this is a new developer; be proud of what you have created, but now build on it... I would like to see more.

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In GAME.exe, the year is 1999 and you're the new owner of a computer that was previously owned by a game developer. The developer in question committed suicide, and now his operating system appears to be haunted by him. You'll spend your time fixing some diagnostic errors, reading a few AOL-style chat messages, and playing the game that he made. The game that you have to win? Run around collecting 9 candles while being endlessly pursued by a monster. Once you win that game and reformat the system, the actual game is over. Honestly, that's really the long and short of the content here. It all takes about 30 minutes, which isn't bad if you can get this title on sale for around a buck. If you're in the market for a horror game wrapped up in an OS framework, you're best off looking elsewhere; Simulacra, Emily is Away (and its sequels), IMSCARED, and EW/WE are great starting points that far exceed what GAME.exe is capable of. The concept this release presents is good, but its execution is uninspired. It's a simple Slenderman clone inside of a retro structure, with little else. Even if there had been more exploration in terms of what you can discover in the computer, or if the game you have to play had just a bit more depth, this review may have come out on a more positive note. With that said, it's clear that this is a new developer; be proud of what you have created, but now build on it... I would like to see more. [h1]Rating: [b]2.0/5.0[/b] - It's not awful, but it's not great.[/h1] The Horror Network [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/28221963/]Curator[/url] | [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/thehorrornetwork]Group[/url] Click for Gore