🎮 Time to clock in. Things Too Ugly is an atmospheric narrative puzzle game set in 1986, placing you in the role of a Risk Assessment Data Processor at the mysterious TEREBRO INC. As a night shift worker armed with period-appropriate technology, your task is to dig through corporate archives while uncovering what appears to be an increasingly unsettling company history. The perfect lead-up to the second season of Severance, don’t you think?

The core gameplay revolves around document analysis and puzzle-solving, featuring a variety of challenges that include mathematical problems, logic puzzles, and language-based mysteries. Players can interact with their environment primarily through an antiquated computer terminal and a radio system used to communicate with their supervisor. The inclusion of tools like GPS and an encoder device suggests that the players will need to employ multiple vintage technologies to piece together a full narrative.

While not explicitly marketed as a horror game, Things Too Ugly seems designed to create a growing sense of unease as players delve deeper into TEREBRO’s archives, enhanced by fully voiced characters and what promises to be a branching narrative where player choices may ultimately determine the fate of the company’s reputation. We don’t want to jump the shark, but so far, it seems to be a promising title for players who enjoy investigative gameplay, narrative-driven experiences, and puzzle-solving in an atmospheric retro-corporate setting.

👾 Platforms: Steam for PC, Playstation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox

💵 Price: USD 7.99 on Switch

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