The Sleeping Sickness
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. Each day, the player chooses where Grayson investigates. The player’s choices will lock and…
The Sleeping Sickness is an indie developed by Paper Scrap LLC, released 7 May 2024 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Sleeping Sickness is
The Sleeping Sickness is an indie game developed by Paper Scrap LLC and released in 2024. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Clickteam Fusion.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Greta Tanner died in her sleep last night. The doctors don’t know what to think. Sure, Greta was old, but not old enough to die without an apparent cause. She didn’t take pills, had no medical problems, and had no recent surgeries. Winter creeps into the small town of Trenton, Alaska. The roads are blocked with snow, and the wind carries an icy dagger. Dr. Grayson, the town’s new resident doctor, examines Greta's corpse. Some bruising. Slight burn marks on her legs – it could be frostbite. Hidden under Greta’s hair are five crescent-shaped wounds. None are severe enough to have been the cause of death, but the marks are fresh and bloody. There has to be a connection. Was Greta murdered? Or…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Sleeping Sickness launched on 7 May 2024, within three weeks of Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Stellar Blade, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Animal Well.
Released around the same time: Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Stellar Blade, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Animal Well.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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