
If you're some place dark, you can hit to hold Teddy, and he'll emit light for you to see by. If you're holding an object, you can toss it by right-clicking. You can manipulate almost everything by clicking and dragging on it to move it around, which can let you, say, drag a chair over to the wall and climb on top of it to reach the doorknob, or pull out drawers to use as steps to reach higher ground. Being only two years old, you're not very big, and simple things like opening a door represent unexpected challenges.

You use to move around, holding to run or alternating between walking and crawling with, and climb with the.

Which is to say, it's physics-based action adventure from a baby's perspective. right? With subtle storytelling and thick, surreal atmosphere and imagery, Krillbite Studios has created an adventure that's at once one of the most magical and most terrifying games I've played in a long time.Īmong the Sleep sort of controls like Amnesia: The Dark Descent, but for babies. After all, you're just a little kid, and everyone knows little kids have overactive imaginations. The deeper you go into the house and what lies beyond, the more you'll begin to question what you're seeing and hearing. You don't know what's happening or what's wrong, but you do know you want your mother, who has always made everything all better. Late at night after your second birthday, when you received a very special teddy bear, you're awoken by something. But in Krillbite Studios' indie adventure game Among the Sleep, you're just a toddler. Who was the last character you played in a horror game? Chances are, even if they weren't a laser-toting space marine, they were probably at least an adult, and thus physically capable of basic tasks and defense.
