Things Too Ugly

Things Too Ugly

Professor Space Games · 2025 · Adventure, Experimental, Indie, Mystery, Story Rich

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About Things Too Ugly

URGENT NOTICE

Welcome to TEREBRO INC., 1986. Your assignment as a Risk Assessment Data Processor begins tonight. A workspace awaits, where the legacy of the corporation teeters on the brink of the secrets you'll uncover.

THE MISSION

Entrusted with TEREBRO INC.'s archives, you'll delve into a trove of documents and recordings, each piece a fragment of its hidden history. Amid the relics of its operations, discern the truths that could either fortify or fracture the company's future.

THE ENVIRONMENT

Beneath the dim glow of a desk lamp and the moon's watchful eye, your office becomes the stage for this nocturnal vigil. With the static hum of a radio for company, you'll sift through data, connecting dots drawn across time. The voice of your supervisor, distant yet direct, guides your journey into the archives, challenging you to piece together a narrative that should perhaps remain covered.

THE TOOLS

Armed with a GPS, an encoder device, and more—you stand as the arbiter of history. Each document, each decision, brings you closer to either preserving a legacy or uncovering a truth too potent to ignore.

THE DECISION

As the night deepens, so does the mystery. What truths lay buried within TEREBRO INC.'s past, and what will you choose to do with them? The fate of the company reputation hangs in balance.
Will you be its guardian or its destroyer?

CONTENT

"Things Too Ugly" is a first-person, interactive psychological horror that combines elements of puzzle-solving, investigative work, and narrative exploration. As a player, you will engage with a variety of challenges, ranging from logical deductions to deciphering encoded messages.

ACCESSIBILITY:

The nature of this game requires deciphering audio and visual clues. For increased accessibility, high-contrast, large-font subtitles are enabled by default and can be toggled on and off. Character dialogue is stored in the help menu as text and audio files for review. File folder contents and GPS maps can be inspected at a larger scale with a zoom-capable camera.
Warning: arachnophobia and trypophobia related content.

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✦ AI summary

Things Too Ugly is a short 2-hour interactive mystery game with atmospheric radio drama elements, puzzles, and light horror themes that players generally find entertaining and well-crafted for its price point. Common praise includes the engaging puzzle design, the atmospheric radio stations with music and voice acting, and the balanced horror tone that appeals to both casual and dedicated horror fans. Main complaints center on control scheme awkwardness (keyboard-only navigation and switching between different control methods) and a desire for more intuitive mouse-based interaction with the ga

Recommended Jan 31, 2026
Things Too Ugly feels like an interactive short radio drama filled with puzzles and a bit of horror. While I've read some reviews complaining about not having a save system, I don't feel like it's needed. The game itself is about 2 hours long, but once you grasp the puzzle system it can be pretty quick. One suggestion for anyone starting out is to play with the radio. There's a few radio stations with great music for the game. I totally missed this until the end of my first playthrough which meant I didn't get to enjoy most of the music. Even during my second playthrough I didn't leave a lot of time to listen since I wasn't spending time scouring files for clues. Overall definitely worth picking up, especially if it's on sale!
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Recommended Jan 11, 2026
I had a nice bit of fun with this game.
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Recommended Feb 10, 2026
Interesting little short game - some of the files took me a bit to figure out but I may have been overthinking.
Recommended Jan 20, 2026
Fun short game. Puzzles are challenging, but not terribly so. Decent creep factor that won't put off people who aren't into to horror but enough to whet a horror fan's taste. Voice acting was a little off-putting but not terrible.
Recommended Jan 15, 2026
Cool short mystery game with hint of horror themes. The radio having different ost and radio jockey voices is a very nice touch of detail. Only downside I do wish you can shift between screens with mouse via clicking by the border or something. Due to being so honed into the docs I tend to forget to utilizes the GPS for some puzzles [this could just be a me issue tho]
Recommended Dec 19, 2025
Nice story and idea, needs fleshing out a bit imho, but for £3, can't complain. However, the controls are bloody awful. The switch between A/D and arrows is annoying as hell. Just let us click the things and rotate with the mouse, same as navigating around perhaps.

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