If horror games revolve around how effectively they place the player into a state of feeling vulnerable, then Among The Sleep is certainly starting off strong on the concept level alone. After being tucked into your cot and left to the lullabies of the baby mobile overhead, you’ll then sneak out around the empty house in first person to the delight of the unknown horrors. Movement is mostly done by crawling but standing on your little legs for short periods of time is possible. Being so short means that climbing over obstacles is a must too.
The game doesn’t just take place in the confines of your house though, or at least that’s what it seems. Being so young, you’re susceptible to suggestion and your imagination will run wild. On this particular night many mystical happenings occur which force you to actually flee your home and enter a surreal world, though it won’t guarantee your safety. Is it a dream or reality? Luckily you’ll have Teddy to help protect you on your way back home.
Krillbite Studio have already picked up a couple of awards for the game and we can see why with the release of the first gameplay taken from the first level. It’s looking very good, and by that we mean it comes across as pretty creepy. We particularly like how the kid hides around corners and looks down while crawling at times; builds up the tension.
Though this is a “gameplay teaser”, we’re not entirely convinced that this is in-game footage, hopefully it is though. There’s no release date on the game as of yet but when it is ready for us it will be available on PC and Mac.
