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2016 • Playdead • ESRB M

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PS4PCiOSMacXONESwitch
Genres
Mature contentPlatformPuzzleAdventureIndieActionScience fictionHorrorStealthDrama
Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding hostile guards and creatures, and using a mind-control device to manipulate bodies in order to progress. The game features no dialogue or HUD, relying on visual and audio cues to guide the player through its increasingly surreal and dangerous settings.
Critics39 critic reviews
9.2/10
Players1,635 IGDB players
8.6/10
To finish the story
4h
Your rating

Should You Play It?

Great fit if you want

To be frightened on purpose
The option to take it quietly
A character drama you follow to the end
Problems to work out for yourself

Think twice if you want

Something you can play relaxed
A long game to sink weeks into
What it feels like
  • Story-led
  • Tense
  • Patience-rewarding
  • Thoughtful
  • Precision-led
  • Solo
Time commitment
Main journey
4h
Completionist
5h

Very short. One sitting, maybe two.

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Rated
ESRB MPEGI 18USK 16ACB MA 15+CERO DGRAC 15+ClassInd 16

ESRB: Violence, Blood, Blood and Gore

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How Long It Takes

Rushing it
2 hours
Normally
4 hours
Completionist
5 hours

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Story

In a hostile, dystopian world, a young boy flees through a forest pursued by masked guards with flashlights, vehicles, and attack dogs. Escaping the patrols, he crosses into farmland overrun by parasitic worms and rampaging animals, then reaches a seemingly abandoned city where lines of zombie-like people are moved through mind control. Using a mind-control helmet, the boy manipulates these drone-like figures to press deeper into a vast underground facility of flooded chambers and laboratories, where scientists conduct disturbing underwater experiments on human bodies. An underwater creature attaches a device to the boy, allowing him to breathe beneath the surface as he pushes further into the complex, drawn toward something at its center.

Details

Release date
29 June 2016
Developer
Playdead
Engine
Unity
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action, Science fiction, Horror, Stealth, Drama
Genres
Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms
PS4, PC, iOS, Mac, XONE, Switch
Critic score
9.239 critic reviews • Source: IGDB
Player score
8.61,635 IGDB players • Source: IGDB
Combined score
8.9critics and players blended, 1,674 ratings • Source: IGDB
Anticipated by
11 people before release
Type
Main Game
Rated for (ESRB)
Violence, Blood, Blood and Gore
Rated for (PEGI)
Violence
Rated for (CERO)
Violence, Crime
Rated for (GRAC)
Violence
Rated for (ClassInd)
Violência (Violence)
Also released as
Inside & Limbo Bundle (Bundle)
Official titles
인사이드 (Korea)
Companies
Playdead (Developer, Publisher)
Also known as
Playdead's INSIDE, INSIDE.exe, INSIDE

Release Dates

PS4
Aug 23, 2016
PS4
Nov 24, 2016
Switch
Jun 28, 2018
iOS
Dec 14, 2017
Mac
Jun 26, 2020
Mac
Jun 23, 2020
XONE
Jun 29, 2016
PC
Jul 07, 2016

Platforms and Makers

PlayStation 4 logo

PlayStation 4 • gen 8

PC (Microsoft Windows) logo

PC (Microsoft Windows)

iOS logo

iOS

Mac logo

Mac

Xbox One logo

Xbox One • gen 8

Nintendo Switch logo

Nintendo Switch • gen 8

Unity logo

Unity

Playdead logo

Playdead • Developer, Publisher

Engine

Unity

Unity is a game development ecosystem: a powerful rendering engine fully integrated with a complete set of intuitive tools and rapid workflows to create interactive 3D and 2D content; easy multiplatform publishing; thousands of quality, ready-made assets in the Asset Store and a knowledge-sharing community.

Popularity

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Playing
0.000
Want to Play
0.000
Negative Reviews
0.000
Played
0.001
Postitive Reviews
0.001
Total Reviews
0.000
24hr Peak Players
0.000
24hr Hours Watched
0.000
Visits
0.000

Languages

Interface
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Turkish

Tags

deathrobots2.5dside-scrollingsteambirdmultiple endingshidingcameradoglevel selectiondarkness

Characters

1 characters IGDB has catalogued for Inside.

Voice Performance

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