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Image 1 — [FLASH][Late 2000s/early 2010s] Point and click where you play as a murderer who needs to escape/clean up before the cops arrive
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[FLASH][Late 2000s/early 2010s] Point and click where you play as a murderer who needs to escape/clean up before the cops arrive

Platform(s): It was a flash game, I think it was on Deviantart? There's a chance it could have been on another site though.

Genre: 2D first person point and click/escape room style

Estimated year of release: Late 2000s/early 2010s, definitely before 2018

Graphics/art style:

I remember the artstyle being pretty gritty and dark. It seemed detailed but in a disturbing way more than a realistic way. I think it was a bit cartoony as well. It seemed to be going for a horror noir kinda tone where everything was gloomy. For each room you were in, there was only one point of view that showed the whole room. From your point of view, your character is standing and it's as if you are looking through their eyes. The house/apartment you're in doesn't have much light. It seemed pretty messy too. I'm not sure if the dress I drew was correct but I think it was tacky in the same fashion. The apartment feels very tight and claustrophobic. It doesn't seem very well kept either and/or it's old. The front door of the apartment is frosted/textured glass(it looks like the 3rd picture).

Notable characters:

There's the main character who is a man. Before the game starts, there was a cutscene where it shows you killing a woman while she screams and lightning striking. It doesn't really show your character at all except for a shadowy figure in the cutscene.

The woman is lying on the bed in the bedroom. I think you can tear off her clothes. You don't really see her face.

There is also a little girl banging at the front door and ringing the doorbell. I think there's a way to scare her off but she never gets into the apartment. I'm pretty sure it's implied that she is the child of the woman. You can't see her well. She doesn't pop up immediately, she comes in a bit after the timer starts.

Notable gameplay mechanics:

The cutscene I mentioned before plays. You're on a timer for 3-5 minutes and if the timer runs out, police sirens play with a scene implying that the cops got you. I think the more near the timer you were, the closer the sirens would sound. To go to a different room, you would click on the door to that room or in a direction(backwards from the bedroom to get to the room by the door). There's the bedroom, bathroom, and by the front door. It's possible that there are more rooms but the game was a bit confusing or it seemed hard to win. The gameover screen is a pair of handcuffs with a button to try again.

Some items that I remember were a knife and a newspaper. The newspaper I think implied stuff about your character saying that they did repeat murders and other horrible things >!SA or rape!<, possibly a Jack the Ripper situation.

Other details: I think it was in Russian or possibly French. It definitely was NOT in English.

u/SuspiciousTower214 — 4 hours ago

[PC/Browser][Early 2000s] Obscure Webkinz-like virtual world with ONLY anthropomorphic elephant characters.

I’m trying to identify an obscure children’s online game/virtual world I remember from the early 2000s. I never actually played it, but I remember encountering it online during the same period as Webkinz, Club Penguin, and Toontown.

It was a browser-based virtual world, and I believe there were physical plush toys that could be entered/registered in the game, similar to Webkinz. I never saw the plushes in stores in the U.S., so I suspect the game may have been Australian, British, or otherwise international and never really released in the United States.

The game was centered around anthropomorphic elephants. The elephants were 2D, brightly/fantastically designed, and stood upright on two legs.

The character I remember most clearly was an NPC named Props. He was an elephant with propeller designs all over his body. I vaguely remember him being light brown/gray and possibly wearing aviator/pilot clothing.

I remember him saying something approximately like “If it lifts, I can fly it” and I believe he had an Australian-sounding accent. The exact quote may be wrong.

I recall wanting the Props character/plush as a kid, but I don’t think he was actually available as one of the plushes. He may have been an NPC.

The game was probably around 2006–2009, although it may have survived into the early 2010s.

Does anyone else remember this game? Or was it just me?

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u/midnightmagic_34 — 5 hours ago

[PSX][90's] Fighting game demo where room rotates.

I don't have much info, but I remember playing a fighting game on the PSX (playstation) many years ago & the room/area would rotate every few seconds. I do not remember how the characters look, how the backgrounds look, nor any special moves (if there were any) The most useful bit of info I have is that it was on a demo disc with other games. Might have come from Pizza Hut or it might have shipped with a gaming magazine. Sorry if this isn't enough of a description, but maybe one of you joystick ticklers will know what I'm talking about.

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u/DarkReaper88 — 4 hours ago

[PC Browser] [2010-2015] Top down zombie shooter with a few levels - a street, graveyard and some sort of church?

The main guy was pretty squished and small, the art style being a non-pixely Metal Slug. I played it on random polish/sometimes non-polish flash/web game sites (game was in english).
The first level was a dark street, the second a graveyard and third some sort of church with columns and I think a boss?
The enemies were varied. It was zombies, but a lot of different types, sizes and speeds.
I for sure remember a pump action shotgun and a mp5k without the stock.
The game seemed surprisingly well-made, but that could be completely untrue since I played it when I was a kid.

u/Tronesos_Azurnat — 4 hours ago

[IOS] [2010-2013] "If..." Furry pokemon ripoff app

I played this game on an ipad when I was really little. I am at least 200℅ sure it was named "If..." as that was the title on the app store. (it made searching for it extremely hard though) The graphics were (low quality) 3d and there were at least some microtransactions but I wouldn't know where.

The main premise was that it was an edutainment game that taught life lessons to kids while also somehow being a monster taming game. You chose if your character was a cat or a dog, and then your standard beginner monster (grass, fire, water). Battles were also present and had your basic attacks, though I wonder if you had to do anything specific to catch the monsters.

inbetween routes you would be asked by your mentor (this terrier looking dog) to solve a puzzle themed around some kind of social lesson. I distinctly remember one where he gave you the option between 3 cups to drink from: a wooden cup, a silver cup, and a golden goblet. The correct answer was the wooden cup because appearently the lesson was to leave better things for others? I dont remember any other details but that puzzle pissed me off so bad it's retained my memory of the game.

If anyone ever finds footage or an apk of it, any help will be greatly appreciated.

u/wabbit-on-weddit — 11 hours ago

[Amiga] [90’ to 95’] Underground toilet which you could flush which would cause the water to rise as you climbed/took the lift to the surface.

Bear with me as I only played this game a couple of times at my uncles around the early to mid 90’s (may even be later and i cant recall which amiga system it was on either) and I can only remember this one aspect of the game. As I was so young I found it really funny that the room flooded after you flushed the toilet. I know the game isnt Wizkid or Flood as Ai had suggested and my uncle recently passed away which is what got me thinking about this game.

I seem to remember it was a side scroller/platformer game. I’ve absolutely no clue on any objectives or story and i think It was colourful. You took a lift or ladder down underground (kinda like how mario would use a pipe) and then they’d be either toilets or urinals and you’d basically flush the loo and escape as the room filled with water. I don’t think this was a main part of the game by any means or where you went once you got back to the surface. Thats all I can remember and i’m certain if i heard the name of it id know straight away.

Thanks for any help.

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u/Crusher2157 — 7 hours ago
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[ROBLOX][2016-2017] Forest Game animal totem

Hello everyone.. It's been like 9/10 years I'm trying to find this game and once in a year I try to search it but no match.. I remember playing this game back then I was a kid possibly on roblox.. There was this menu on a background s forest and on the left u would see a Totem with animal faces on them. I remember by clicking on one of the faces u would transform into that animal.. I remember bear, wolf and a bunny.. I remember just this part where I was a bunny and there was a bear coming to me and I hid Inside a log tree.. Now there are low chances u could find it but it means a lot to me. Thanks everyone.

Possibly not a roblox game! Maybe! 50% roblox 50% something else on a website or idk

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u/Apart_Watercress8588 — 5 hours ago

[PC] [early 00s] A first person game with a medieval-like setting

So I don't remember much about the game as I played it before I spoke English or formed memories properly.

But I played it on my PC. It has a distinct medieval vibe to it. I remember some level where you were holding a dagger, there was a courtyard with green grass and a guard you had to attack, I believe. Think he was carrying a spear or something similar.

I believe you started in a dark dungeon and found your way above ground. Maybe in a prison?

Any ideas?

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u/jetfuelhuffer — 7 hours ago

[IOS][2011] "Angry Pets" prank jumpscare game

When I was a very little kid (around 2010-2012?) I had this game on my mom's ipad that was titled literally "angry pets" (or dont pet me or along those lines). The gimmick was that it was a prank app where you or an unwilling participant would click a picture of an animal on screen (usually a stock photo, some where animated) and it would progressively get more upset as you tapped. tapping any faster woyld cause the screen to break and trigger a jumpscare. There were multiple variants of the game (cats, dogs, and other animals) and some were premium DLC. Anyone heard of it?

u/wabbit-on-weddit — 13 hours ago

[pc][2004-2008] top down shooter 2d you went on different planets destroying robotic animal looking enemies

protagonist had gun like a zf1 gun from the fifth element movie but in game it had one barrel maine menu theme was brown mix of orange with the pic of protagonist wearing halo like space suit it's colour was like the guns colour in pic above with visor helmet visor screen was orange

You went around another planet shooting stuff in some missions ground was red or green depending on missions there wasn't buildings to breach it was going around shooting futuristic robots and not exactly like robots some looked like crab or giant teddy bear/maybe giant snow bear

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u/Sakazuki_Akainu_ — 16 hours ago

[PC Flash Game][2007-2012?] Stardoll-esque online browser 2D dress up game

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It's not stardoll, momio, tinierme, girlsense, dollz, fashionrun, ladypopular... Help T-T

Update: I still can't find it, but the vibes are like "Whirled". I remember the website with that kind of gameplay and obscure vibe to it.

u/Necessary-Carrot8866 — 15 hours ago

[PC flash game][2010s?] Game where you play as a little girl carrying a purple ball

So there's this game I remember playing a reaaaally long time ago in the 2010s. You play as a little girl who carries a purple ball with yellow stars on it and the gameplay was to throw it into a goal. It was also a platformer, so the girl could jump and pick the ball back up if you didn't get it in the goal first try. I remember playing it on a typical free flash game website (it might have been coolmathgames? but im not too sure).

I even drew what I remember the girl looked like. I'm not super sure she had a pacifier but I included it just in case. And even one of the levels. I specifically remember one of the levels took place while the sun was setting, so the sky was orange.

If anybody has even the slightest idea of what I'm talking about please help! T~T I've had this game on the back of my mind for years and it drives me crazy that I can't remember the name.

u/Cupid_Pop — 1 day ago

[PC][Early 2010s] Third Person Shooter placed in a rocky desert and can dive while shooting like in max payne.

It was so long ago that I played this I forgot some stuff, but specifically I remember being placed in a rocky desert with a single 2 lane road (looked American) and I had to fight a swarm of people and I was able to dive and shoot to kill them like you would in max payne. I don't remember what gun I had. I remember the intro when launching the game being a handful of people (5-7) standing next to each other with weird masks and 1 guy laughing like the joker. Potentially had motorcycles or weapons in their hands in the intro as well, but I'm not too sure its been a long time. I played this on a friend's computer so the rocky desert might've been midway through the progression.

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u/Fickle-Analyst469 — 17 hours ago

[Famicom?][1980s-1990s] Office manager or business simulator video game with "realistic" (for the time) graphics that was japan exclusive with a crazy good jazz soundtrack

I watched a youtube video on this some time ago in which it detailed how the soundtrack was just a real jazz album adapted for the video game. I've tried searching but I can't find it anywhere, worth noting that the console and year are just guesswork based on how I remember it looking and sounding. Attached image is not the game just an example of something close to what I seem to recall

u/joenumberone — 21 hours ago

[PC Game][Late 2000s-Early 2010s] Hidden Object Game that opened on a white background and a jar that looked like lotion. The game's logo was something like a pink star or a pink flower, it appeared in every scene It was a very calm vibes type game, Asian inspired locations

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The game's logo was something like a pink star or a pink flower, it appeared in every scene It was a very calm vibes type game? Some of the scenery based on east Asian locations. 'Secret' or 'Hidden' possibly in the title. As a kid it freaked me out a bit because it had a very strange very liminal vibe. It wasn't horror at all, just odd and empty feeling, thanks to white backgrounds and setting that had a very 'catalogue' quality.

Some of the locations were almost like spas. One of the scenes I remember best was a Feng Shui bathroom you could decorate however you'd like with a selection of items you could mix and match. The wind chimes chosen changed the music playing. Most of the art was 3-D rendering or photographs.

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u/HLEnterkin — 22 hours ago

[Pc] [unknown] 2d game i tried playing as a kid on my brother's Pc

It was a 2d game with the character and other entities being black like vector (mobile game).

There was some starting sequence, like a cutscene, and then at some point you get chased through a cave by a bear, and some weird worms start falling from the ceiling? Sorry for the vague description, i played this a long time ago and never got past the very beggining cause i got stuck at some part

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u/lewyjenot — 21 hours ago

[mobile/pc+][~2018? existed longer] a roblox slide game

it was a game on roblox with a bunch of slides, u could unlock a lot of vehicles like food?? idk if it was currency or rebirths, and the slides could also be unlocked. then the slides had lots of loops and very colorful overall, and u would land into a human's mouth, it was probably one of the dev's avatars im unsure tho. after that, u would land in their organs and then bounce around. tyty

u/sillyomelette — 1 day ago

[PC] [2008–2014?] 3D futuristic desert/wasteland/alien game with floating vehicles and possibly a female protagonist

This is a long shot because I remember very little about this game.

I think I played it sometime between roughly 2008 and 2014, although the game itself could definitely have been older.

What I remember:

It was 3D.

The setting was futuristic/sci-fi and looked like a wasteland or desert. I specifically remember large sand dunes.

You could ride/pilot some kind of floating or hovering vehicle/vessel.

I remember fighting or crashing into other vehicles/enemies while driving around. I don’t know if they were NPCs or real players.

The vehicle physics are one of the things I remember most. As a kid I thought they were really impressive and the game felt ahead of its time.

I think the protagonist/player character was female, but I’m not 100% sure.

I don’t remember there being much of a story.

My main memory is basically just roaming around this big sandy environment in the vehicle and messing around/fighting things.

It’s possible there actually were missions/objectives and I was just too young to understand what I was supposed to be doing.

The overall feeling in my memory is a futuristic open wasteland with hover/flying vehicles and a lot of freedom to just drive around.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

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u/sav_jay — 18 hours ago

[mobile/pc?][2022-2026?] Anime (?) style game with this bossfight against a magic lady chained up suspended in the air

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Platforms: Maybe Mobile and PC?
Genre: Fantasy rpg game, I think you were able to move around and dodge, it might’ve also been a gacha game
Graphics/Artstyle: Jrpg-anime artstyle I think???
Noteable characters: idk..
Noteable gameplay mechanics: running around I think? (I don’t think it was turn based but it might’ve been)
Other details: i forgot to label it in my awful drawing but there was this light that came from a ceiling and it might’ve been like a temple looking architecture. There was also dialogue during the bossfight. Also I don’t think it was a horror setting kind of game. She had 1 free arm which she kind of flung around when attacking and then let it rest limply on her side. I don’t remember her being like gigantic though

u/MulberryPlus1665 — 1 day ago

[DS] [2000s] game with girl character and i remember purple

It was on Nintendo DS
I think it was 2D, possibly side-view or top-down
You played as a little girl
She explored really dark rooms
I specifically remember big, dark windows in some of the rooms
PURPLE was a major part of the game — purple lighting, environments, objects, or something. Purple is one of my strongest memories of it.
I think she had hearts as her health
There were monsters/enemies that you could fight, possibly stone/rock-type monsters
I believe the fighting happened in real time
I vaguely remember the girl having flashbacks/memories during the game
There may have been some kind of plush/creature companion, possibly with purple eyes, but I’m much less certain about this part
The overall atmosphere felt dark, creepy, mysterious, or gothic, but I don’t remember it being straight-up horror
I would’ve played it sometime in the 2000s/early 2010s

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u/Green_Bar_2196 — 20 hours ago