《 Welcome to the Game ■ Survival Guide 》

A guide wrote by myself, and the support of the community. Give it a 'Thumbs Up' if this guide helped you. :)

1. The game in it's entirety.

This game is honestly scary.
Meaning.. you need help. Maybe even a strategy. Well, you're looking through the guides and stumbled into this one! Lucky for you, I've spent time on my research, and the lovely community around you have assisted me to write this! From my personal experience within the game, I had nothing until Day 3 on multiple playthroughs of the game, from be it dying to closing the game, and reopening it, nothing. A user by the name ‘cassieouo’ confirms that they've heard footsteps, as well as the chair screeching on Day 1&2, but not kidnapped, a user by the name ‘Baron von Balthazar’ said that he was kidnapped on Day 2. Leaving most of us clueless to what triggers the kidnapper.

I should probably tell you the controls, for those who don't know:
● Right Mouse Button (RMB) to go away from the PC.
● D to look right.
● A to look left. (No idea why.)
● S to look behind you and turn the lights on and off.

Anyway, you're looking for a useful guide and you've came to the right place.
Just remember, expect the unexpected.

2. Beating the game.

So, you basically wanna beat the game? That's wonderful, and I'll do my best to ensure that!

You've made it past the tutorial, and maybe you've played a little of the game and just failure struck with no explanation why. Well, my theory, as soon as you start digging about through those sites, the hunt is on - and the Kidnapper, is out to find and get you. A vital part of this game is that you NEED earphones, or soundproofing headphones. To hear your surroundings is step one to your survival. If you begin hearing footsteps, or maybe even a chair being moved across your wooden floor, a horrible scraping noise - lights out.
As you progress through the hacking attacks, they begin to get more complex, meaning even faster thinking to avoid losing either notes or days, now if you missed the tutorial, Adam stated that you have 30 days, or ‘Game Over’. Make sure you're fully functional and your reaction times aren't slowed.
Another vital tip is in the top right corner, right next to the WiFi icon on the left of it, is a ‘Location Services’ icon, which you need to be on the look for no matter what, because, if you see that icon, turn the lights out and make no sounds. Keep your eyes on the window, as you'll see the kidnapper walk by briefly and leave the area in which you can continue your illegal search for a ‘Red Room’.
I advise you not to ignore ANY noises, no matter how pathetic sounding they may be. If you continue to ignore them, he will pull you from the computer screen and as Adam said - ‘Game Over’. The best way to avoid this is by turning the lights off and just sitting in the dark until it stops. User ‘The Marxist Inquisition’ says he waiting around 10-15 minutes and even then, the sounds being triggered so easily, making the game a wait in the dark for the majority of the time. ‘Captain Craptastic’ said that one minute is enough after hearing sounds to wait in the dark to dissuade the Kidnapper.

Remember, whilst you hide in the dark, although you may wait ranging from one minute, to ten, this doesn't affect the time on your PC, meaning no day goes to waste whilst you hope hiding in the dark with your windows just wide open, hoping he just walks by.

Just to remind you against, lights off when:
● Footsteps can be heard.
● Chairs scraping across the floor.
● Breathing which isn't yours.
● Strange noises not in your actual house but in-game.
● (To be confirmed.) Strange off putting text files on your desktop with no meaning whatsoever.

The kidnapper on the other hand has found to possibly have a correlation with the codes. As soon as you get your first code, or see but miss the first code, you begin to hear noises around you. That is the kidnapper. Remember to keep checking the location services icon which appears when he's tracking you, if seen, lights out. It's also said that if you're using a mic, it's possible the kidnapper may hear you when he's walking past. This has been confirmed unless you disable mic settings.

If the kidnapper is standing next to you, no hacking sequences will occur and time will not advance. If this happens, you have to make sure you have all the codes, Jango says that you have about 2-3 minutes before Kidnapper ends the game for you. You can still complete the game whilst being watched, if you're fast. More information on this to be out later.

3. The website code.

Within the tutorial, Adam goes to explain the websites within A.N.N and the thing being - it's the Deep Web. Nothing like the Surface Web. Deep Web websites are as Adam described, a maze, meaning the difficulty to find these websites is high.
Fear not, gamer from another realm! Our buddy Adam here, preinstalled some convenient tools to ensure our survival, but stupidly enough, not a VPN. He installed A.N.N, a browser of the Deep Web with a homepage filled with these sites in order to find the ‘Red Room’ we oh so need to find.

These websites, there's a catch. They are only open at certain times of the night, whilst some disappear until the next day, new ones appear with more creepy stuff to show. What's weird is how some of these sites actually exist! So our developers here, have knowledge on the Deep Web. A site you find at 10PM, probably won't be there at 2AM.

I also discovered a website known as zeroDay, which for me, contained a button which when clicked, made a sort of bell chime noise, this actually activated a text file to appear on my desktop.

The codes you need to get to your destination, on the other hand.. Will be quite the journey. Throughout each gameplay you do, whether you get kidnapped, end Day 30, or just close the game - the code will change, meaning no writing down the codes on a piece of paper and hoping for the best, sorry, bud.

4. The future of this guide.

Until I make this guide a guarantee to success in the game, I'm not giving up on it. Updates will be done whenever new information is provided, and placed in the appropriate sections of the guide with given credit of the user. I will stream and record this game, so as I progress throughout the game, if I find new things, then in the guide it goes!
I will prioritise this over many things, due to as I write this, over 350 different people seeing this guide and that makes me so happy that people are checking my guide for help and support, hence why I'm bringing out this update for the guide, for ease of access to information, and the information to be placed in appropriate sections as said above.
Feel free to add me, I will accept all, and if you're interested in my streams or YouTube, send me a message and I'll tell you what you need to know.

Thanks for all the support and help in this guide, I couldn't of done it without you guys!

5. Websites that load code.

These websites are websites commonly found to have the 4-digit codes on.
● Black Hat (Click ‘Submit a Post’, On page)
● Family Drugs (Found on site)
● Weed Post (Found on site)
● zeroDay (Click ‘Leaks’, creates .txt)
● Forgive Me (It's 5-8 confessions deep)
● Hot Burners (Click Block 9, On page)
● Warehouse (Click Warehouse 1, On page)
● Cotton (Click DMT, On page)
● Blackout (Click Submit)
● Tango Down (Click Results, On page)
● The Bunker (Page 8, creates .txt)
● Legion (Below wall of text)
● Butcher (Click ‘Gutting’, On page)
● Doll (Click ‘Contact Me', On page)
● Code 8 is found on GateKeeper (After quiz)
● TakeDownMan (Found in middle column as clickable, creates .txt)
● Illuminati (On page)
● Shadow Web Portal (Click the end of the passage, creates .txt)
● Farther Donald (Bottom of page)

To remind you, the codes only appear at certain times, as well as the websites. I believe the codes are completely random on when they appear on the websites, but if you find a website which isn't on this list, please notify me!

6. The Kidnapper

Only a short section, no worries. Thank you to Agent S. Paradox for this information.

Once the Kidnapper as tracked you and is outside your home, and you've gone and turned the lights off, the Kidnapper mutters words in Russian not understandable by most players. The words he says are:
● "Where is the signal coming from? Is it from here?"
He will then continue to walk around, until his footsteps get quiet and stop.
● "Nothing here."
Wait 10-15 seconds, then you can safely turn the lights back on.
● If he catches you, he continues to grab you and say "Good evening."

If you hear two thumps or a "Hmm" - turn your lights off. It's been questioned about the thump noises being the kidnapper climbing over a fence into your garden or weather he's trying to get in through your front door.
Though not confirmed yet, it may be possible to completely avoid the kidnapper once you're near game over. If you notice you aren't getting hacked (ie failing the GateKeeper quiz) or the time isn't advancing, DO NOT EXIT THE COMPUTER. Instead, save and quit. This will start you back up at the next day and the kidnapper will be inactive till at least 11 giving you a short reprieve to continue playing.

7. FAQ

1. What is the 'tracking symbol'?
A. The tracking symbol, is location services. If you've ever owned an Apple device, mobile or tablet, even PC - The icon more or less looks a lot like their location services icon. This icon indicates that the Kidnapper is tracking you and you should turn the lights off for 10-15 seconds until the coast is clear.

2. What is the 'Gateway'?
A. The gateway as I described it, is the 'Gatekeeper'. There's an entire section dedicated to it below.

8. The Gatekeeper

When you enter the website "The Gatekeeper", you will be asked multiple questions. The answers can be found here:

● Mobile R.A.T Date: 04-21-16
● Shadow Web Portal: $200 to enter.
● TangoDown: Minimum age is 18.
● The 1911 costs $1,200.
● Hot Burners sells the AK cheapest, for $800.
● The Butchers Author is Bob.
● The doll Tanya is 22 years old.
● The drug "Roger Doger" on CottonRoad, is the one that burns your throat.
● Legion's text begins with: MIIF
● The password to Tonys FacePage is: gearsUPdownUP
● The person on "Forgive me" who wants to be kidnapped and r..ed is 22 years old.
● The 'TakeDownMans' page has 162 lines of text.
● Cotton Road sells Crystal Meth for $250.

Hopefully, that's all you need. I encourage you do this as soon as you can, due to the fact it takes a lot of time, and the Kidnapper is a pain to deal with while doing this.

9. Current Reported/Possible Bugs

● Kidnapper is able to kidnap you without making a noise or location services showing up whatsoever.
● Location Services icon not appearing when Kidnapper is nearby.

10. 'Chosen Awake' Puzzle.

So, there's a page called 'Chosen Awake' and if you've ever been on there you've probably noticed a bunch of circles and various other things on the site which make no sense. This is actually a puzzle! Providing you have no idea what to do, here's a basic idea:

More or less attempt on clicking the circles, once you've clicked the right one, you'll hear a noise, meaning you can continue scrolling and looking for the next clickable item - if you mess up and click the wrong one - you will have to click everything all over again. Once this is completed, at the bottom of the page 'Chosen Awake', a link to Deep Wiki II will appear, where there are old and new websites found.

11. Thank you.

One man - writing this ENTIRE guide. No, that's not how it happened.
This guide began as a small, stupid guide which had no chance of helping you finish the game. It was short, useless, and very messy. Since I uploaded this guide, I've had huge support from the community, and everybody. You've helped build this guide alongside me, and I can't thank you guys enough. We have one of the best guides out there for this game, and it'll continue to grow until perfection!
I bought 'Welcome to the Game ' more as a "Can this scare me?' And it very well did first time playing, no idea how to play etc. I decided, damn, I should make a guide. I did that. It was a brief, stupidly written guide. Now - I've refurbished the entire guide, and now we're here. With over 1,500 unique visitors, and 40 favourites, we are helping YOU finish the game!

As I've said, the guide will continue to be pushed updates throughout the games updates, and throughout all I'm missing right now. I've put a good few hours into this guide, writing up everything, and making sure it makes sense.

Once again guys, thank you so much.

12. Website Opening Times.

I'd like to say a HUGE thank you to 'jango5550' for this. Seriously man, you're amazing. Huge contribution by him. It's currently incomplete so updates for this section will obviously happen as much as possible. Some of them don't include the hints, but that's already covered. The times listed aren't complete, but if you visit the sites at these times you are 100% gauranteed to be able to access them. The format Jango uses for ease of use is (10/11) meaning 10PM to 11:45PM.
● Black Hat Post (10/11)
● Cotton Road (12/1/2)
● Farther Donald (1/2)
● Forgive Me (Always open.)
● Hot Burners (11/12/1)
● Illuminati (3)
● Legion (10/11/12/1)
● Shadow Web Portal (12/1/2)
● TakeDownMan (12/1/2)
● Tango Down (11)
● The Bunker (10/11/12/1/2)
● The Butcher (Always open.)
● The Doll Maker (10/11/12/1)
● The Gatekeeper (Always open.)
● The Loogaroo (?)
● Warehouse 33 (1/2/3)
● Weed Post (Always open.)
● zeroDay (Always open.)
● Hail Satan (1/2/3)

The sites with a (?) are still a work in progress on timing.

UPDATE: Some sites won't appear. It's randomized. Just wait, or try different game saves!

[thiccmaniac]

Just wanna mention, i found a code on grandmas fantasy

[s0_RoNerY]

I have something to mention, but I don’t know if this has been changed or not. Twice thus far while playing, I had The Breather kill me, and this after I saw the "Location Services". When I saw the Location Services pop, I knew what to do because of guides I've read.

However, when I did indeed see it, when I turned around to shut off the light; and this is the strange part, The Breather killed me. This has happened again, by the way. And I do check the door because the squeaky of the door knob sound cue that plays that he's near, does not play out. It use to. I can barely here that or door the slamming.

[s0_RoNerY]

Please, do yourself a favourite and WRITE down codes down. You'll thank me later for it. It's bad enough if you fail a hack (which i don't know why I get hack a lot and resetting the modem does not help, or there are times in a new game I do not get hacked at all. Like I said, RNG and why many can not win the game) you lose all your notes. Not going to sit there and have consequences for failing the typing when the timer is a ripe off and does not give you more time to input the typing when the coding is just gibberish. Like stringData? Or int_ d0x0? Eh?


Please write them down on paper. Especially the keys. There will be times the game does not throw every thing at you, and then there are times, in a new game when it does. Again, the games are RNG.

[s0_RoNerY]

Great stuff. I do want to add that people say both games are hard games, but I beg to differ. Why people think and say they are hard is because of, imo, RNG. You can shut off the lights and check the door all you want, but in the end you will either be Kidnapped or killed. It's the same with Scrutinized. I've noticed the RNG in that game too. The knowledge of knowing how the games is good, but because I feel RNG is presented, it might do you little good. I'm still struggling to beat WTTG and WTTG2 (finding WTTG 2 to be more annoying than WTTG).

[SlowOpey]

Lot of useful information, but the thing about the noises is a bit dramatic. In my experience, the only sound cue that means kidnappers are coming into your house is the two footprints in grass followed by a moan from the //right//. Moans from the left are no problem.
No clue about the Breather. My boyfriend swears he can hear the door move, but I can't

[Spudton]

I found a code on "Steroid Queen" !!

[tjs.pzone97]

I cant answer adams call i tried two new mouses they work fine with everything else has anyone ever had this issue

[Dumemoto]

How are you supposed to get anything done in this game if you HAVE to turn the lights off with EVERY noise?

[EAGLE Parts B]

I'm trying to copy and paste links into my notes (Using CTRL + V and CTRL + C). It seems to sometimes work and sometimes not work. Know the reason to this, or is it a bug? :/

[Muffin]

Gosh I'm really sorry, I just saw the response! I forgot which thread I had commented on for a full month lol Thanks so much for the tip -- I'll definitely try it out next time I'm playing :)