Depression The Game
EARLY ALPHA ACCESS
Everyone who logs in the alpha test team gets the game for free.
This means you have to test (patches /remake) for bugs, glitches, or other errors. In addition, you have to submit your detailed feedback.
All in all, you have to do this 60 min after that you have earned your key.
- Alpha Tester
About the Game
Is an interactive game simulating major depression.
You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day… Will he?
- On average the game takes around 15 minutes to complete,
but if you wish to find all the secrets it is 25 to 40 minutes
- This game is not for everyone
- A short but unique experience
Have been suffering from depression for 6 years now.
Developing games helps me to handle it and gives me motivation in life to keep going.
Unfortunately, the topic of depression is still a taboo topic, and the affected people are having a harder time getting real help and opening up. I try to change that! I try to break the taboo with my games and take a new step in the right direction and encourage others to think about it.
If you are suffering like I am please share this game with your family and friends and reach out for help.
This game is based on my personal experiences. Depression is a very complex disease, therefore, there can be many differences.
I am very open to feedback.
Steam User 12
DO NOT PLAY IF YO ARE STRUGGLING.
i played this game trying to drown myself in a relatable game. thinking i couldn't get triggered. I ended up in hospital that night. take care of yourself
Steam User 6
Very relatable
Steam User 6
This is currently my everyday struggle despite therapy, medication, self help. Depression isn't something to take lightly or ignore if your loved one even hints at needing help to survive but, sadly, most people are in denial, don't like those "icky negative downer thoughts", or are too busy with their own everyday life that they don't really pay attention to the signs.
10/10 for suicide awareness
Steam User 5
I can understand why some reviews found this game insulting, given its blatant showcases of self-harm and images that, at least for me, were provocative and cringeworthy. Still, I do appreciate the symbolism shown such as having to take care of what was considered 'tasks'--tasks which in short, a significant part of what depression is. I like that it felt like the character’s feet were dragging, since it made me somewhat absorbed and present with what was going on around. Another thing was the figurative idea that while another door opened, another closed, which meant repeatedly moving room to room, again and again, feeling trapped and stuck in a loop. Plus, having the constant reminder of time through ticks of the clock, down to acknowledging of seeing nothing but death on TV--to having everything black and white with no color--I mean these things I think were portrayed in an effective manner, but I found myself having trouble with truly immersing myself along due to the lack of background story. Not to say the game was bad per se, but it was certainly a short and relatable experience. I'd say try it out and explore its themes.
Steam User 4
Somehow managed to not end myself and get the good ending... hmm... its good... i guess...
Steam User 4
I have mixed feeling about this game. On one hand, it's free; on the other, this game deals with the sensitive issue of depression in a very superficial way. I think the game could be much better if the developers put some more resources and time into it, at least the spell check part. Maybe the story of the guy we're playing as can be further expanded upon, how he got where he was, tragedies in his life, his acts of self-harm, and so on.
Kinda annoyed you can only move forward, meaning if you miss a room, you have to go full circle to get back to the task area.
Other than that, the rest is acceptable for a free game.