Blank Frame

Blank Frame

Through Tunnel · 2022 · Horror, First-Person, Psychological, 3D, Psychedelic

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About Blank Frame

In the small town of Dim River, Henri wakes up in the middle of the night to a sudden and loud noise. A strange metal cabinet has fallen through the ceiling from the apartment above, effectively blocking his front door. The night life of the town goes on, oblivious to Henri's struggles as he tries to solve his predicament, perhaps not completely on his own.

The night is going to be long and peculiar...

Blank Frame focuses on atmosphere and story instead of constantly startling the player with cheap and unnecessary jump scares. Blank Frame is meant mainly for fans of slow paced surreal/psychological horror games and films.


The night will take the average player about an hour and a half to two hours to play through on your first attempt and is meant to be played entirely in one sitting. Two different endings can be achieved depending on how you go through the game.


Game play is a combination of point and click and walking simulators with a dark and psychological tone. However, it is possible to die in this game. Thankfully chances to die are rare and can be avoided fairly easily so deaths do not feel cheap.

In Blank Frame you will...
    Experience a dark and winding story line, always unsure of what is coming next.
    Solve various puzzles that Henri faces to find his way out of predicaments.
    Face one of two endings based on your choices during this 1 1/2 to 2 hour long experience.

The team behind Blank Frame:
Riku Lempiäinen - Creator & Designer
Robbert van Bruggen & Johann Hackl (Gazers) - Soundtrack

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Mar 4, 2025
At some point in this game a radio station host has someone call in on the night show to share a scary experience he just had somewhere outside. And it acts as ominous foreshadowing and a red herring suspense builder while simultaneously expanding upon the scale of oppression well past the confines of the apartment building. This sole moment secured it a thumbs up from me.
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Recommended Sep 19, 2024
Good game, although it's really buggy, so keep that in mind. There's several ways to softlock or glitch your controls which I personally only managed to fix by completely reinstalling the game. Game has no save function, because of this you must play it in one sitting. While the game isn't super long, it's longer than I thought for a game of this price - this is a plus but makes the no saving really awful, pair that with the fact that you may end up completely locked out by various bugs it can feel like a bit of a drag. One of the most notable bugs I had 2 times now was if you skip dialogue with fast forwarding(hitting space or clicking on the screen) you can end up glitching your UI making you completely unable to progress, in which case the only fix for me past that point was reinstalling as it would happen from that point on regardless of if I skipped dialogue or not. Game is definitely a gem, it's got a cool concept and I appreciate the homage to Silent Hill: The Room, which for its time was a innovative and ambitious project. It gives very vaporwave, muted pixels, PS(not ps2 imo) vibes. It's an interesting creative piece of art that was surprisingly well made, bugs aside.
4 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 9, 2024
This title straight up oozes with atmosphere. That great comforting feeling of a city at night, altough sadly you´re holed up inside. While the game is short at a little over 2 hours, that means it doesnt overstay its welcome. It also gives room to interpret a deeper meaning into the story. Can´t really complain about the price already but should you see it on sale definetly grab it for a snack. [hr][/hr] [h2][url=store.steampowered.com/curator/45222250-Little-Accidents-Collection/]Check out my Curator Page[/url][/h2]
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Recommended May 25, 2026
Totally average but still a great time! Recommend if you're looking for a short horror experience with fantastic atmosphere :D / CONS / - No save system :( this messed me up right at the very end which was annoying - The text is SUPER SLOW and I accidentally skipped text thinking I could speed it up LMFAO.. I'm an extremely fast reader so this could've just been a me problem though - A little bit boring and uninteresting, but like nothing offensive.. It's a short horror game by an independent developer so this is not that big of a deal / PROS / - AMAZING atmosphere! Reminded me of staying at my sister's apartment right in the middle of the city, I felt so incredibly immersed! - Great sound design!! Again, I felt like I was really there ^ I also loved Aava's theme music, I looked forward to it when talking to her - Cool monster designs - Just overall a good time! I loved the silent hill 4 esc themes, the puzzles were simple but good, and I really enjoyed myself playing it. Also nice that it has 2 endings! I hope to see more from this dev in the future <3
Recommended Jul 8, 2025
A quick game with heavy themes of loneliness, isolation, connection, suicide, and emptiness with clear artistic and environmental inspiration taken from Silent Hill. Pros: Sound design is great Music fits the atmosphere well and its well made Environments feel natural despite pretty much being limited to an apartment The tv shows connect interestingly with the themes It shows accurate depictions of isolation, longing, and loneliness I loved the surreal elements of the game, such curtains being sewn together. Cons: Unclear progression. At multiple points you will find yourself having to just click random things in order to move the game along and there really could have been a better direction from the game to let you know what you need to do next. This does happen but I hit multiple walls playing this and had to rely on a guide. Dialogue is written a bit clunky and doesn't really feel natural At one point the main character just throws a bloody knife out the window? Why? Who would do that? The sound effect for the piece of paper on the window loops way too long. I don't really think that it needed to be there in order for us to notice it or maybe they could have just …
Recommended Jan 27, 2025
I like it, if it's on sale I'd recommend it elsewise you don't really get a ton, being unable to pre-empt item collection is kind of annoying, the art style and vibes are great though.

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