a pet shop after dark
npckc · 2022 · Interactive Fiction, Horror, Point & Click, Puzzle, Dark
PC
Very Positive90% · 367
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About a pet shop after dark
Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.
a pet shop after dark is a horror point-and-click adventure game where you've taken on an odd job at a little pet shop. The owner tells you the job is easy - all you have to do is water the plants, feed the pets, and stay the night.
There's just one thing - do NOT, under any circumstances, turn off the lights.
Crashes are intentional.
a pet shop after dark is a horror point-and-click adventure game where you've taken on an odd job at a little pet shop. The owner tells you the job is easy - all you have to do is water the plants, feed the pets, and stay the night.
There's just one thing - do NOT, under any circumstances, turn off the lights.
Features:
- A mysterious pet shop to explore
- Invisible pets to feed
- Strange plants to water
- Point-and-click and puzzle elements
Note:
Crashes are intentional.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise this meta-horror puzzle game for its creative fourth-wall breaking mechanics, cute art style, and clever puzzle design that innovates within the genre, with comparisons to DDLC for its smart narrative execution. The main criticisms are that it's very short (completable in 1-2 hours) and works best on desktop, with one puzzle involving waiting that overstays its welcome.
Another good game from npckc. As usual, things aren't the way they seem to be, even the end itself. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=37108557942 found this helpful
Genius game. Must be played on a desktop pc though.
I love cute horror games like this and the artstyle and set up was way too adorable to pass up on! What really impressed me though was the gameplay, using its meta narrative for some really clever and innovative 4th wall breaking puzzles! I won't say too much out of risk of spoiling the experience, but the only game I can think of to compare it to is DDLC. And if I'm comparing it to one of the powerhouses of the genre you know you got something good here! Criminally underrated!!
This is some of the most creative execution of puzzles I've seen in a game before. The puzzles were challenging but still solvable and enjoyable, though the puzzle where [spoiler]You have to wait was slightly long[spoiler]. It's a cute simple puzzle game with spooky (but not full on horror) vibes, and really creative execution.
4th wall breaking delight :3
A very short meta-horror game with a simplistic artstyle. Great for a few scares and providing a heartworming story. I've been recommended this developer from a friend, and can recommend this very small game. I 100%'d it in 1.5 hours and found it leans more into the user's control than what Doki Doki Literature Club does, but unlike Doki Doki this game has a very short runtime and mostly non-animated graphics.
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