Play Dead!
A story about a band, their junky, broken down van, an abandoned house, and a surprisingly lively dead dog.
Play Dead! is an indie developed by Skelebun Studios, released 1 October 2020 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Play Dead! is
Play Dead! is an indie game developed by Skelebun Studios and released in 2020. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Corey, Kaleb, Brian, and Savannah make up an up-and-coming pop punk band, currently touring in a junky van that breaks down in the middle of nowhere, a little too close to a haunted house. A trip inside to look for help ends with them running out the door with an unexpected stowaway–the ghost of a small dog that once lived there. Kaleb somehow convinces the rest of them to keep the dog, which he names “Thief” after something Corey said when the mutt stole his hat in an attempt to play. As they’d been looking for a new band name anyway, they run with the theme and rebrand themselves as Stop, Thief! From there on out, however, things get exponentially weirder, as they suddenly seem to…
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Play Dead! launched on 1 October 2020, within three weeks of Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact and Mafia: Definitive Edition.
Released around the same time: Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact, Mafia: Definitive Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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