Upstairs (2026)

I admit I expected "upstairs" to be something a little more mindbending and increasingly bizarre than literally going up one flight of stairs, but!! I enjoyed this. I enjoy lunchbreak-size point & clicks with outrageously stupid endings, and boy does this have a stupid ending (in a good way that makes sense). My sweet idiot child, why did you not listen. One thing I'll say is that, yes, the fact that you get presented a few VERY useful options that are simply there to mislead you but don't work at all can be a bit frustrating. They absolutely should be there, yes! But I feel if the kid at least did attempt something with a few of them but it quickly and very obviously doesn't work, it would be nice for a few extra chuckles and not make you want to yell at him to be a bit more creative. On the other hand, in retrospect, plain not caring about what YOU want to try is quite in-character, it's just not that obvious when you first start playing. Oh yeah, and the two times I got stuck for a bit were both because the right-click deceived me, as sometimes it makes you "use" things and other times it makes you just "look at" them, so I entirely missed that I could, say, [spoiler]open the …

Quick and snappy. Well worth the price. Dev should keep it up.

A short and sweet little point-&-click adventure game with adorable pixel art. You can complete it in 1-2 hours. It's got a lot of charm, and if you enjoyed something like The Darkside Detective then this has a similar vibe. The humour is quite dark and twisted, there are some gruesome moments. The puzzles are quite easy and don't require much effort, although they do require you to thoroughly explore the environments. Perhaps a bit too much back-and-forth, and a lot of seemingly useful items lying around that you can't pick up for some reason. I look forward to whatever the developer makes next!

Really cool point and click andventure. Great pixelart and a sweet soundtrack. I liked the verb based control scheme. Playtime was around 2 hours for me (rest of the time I sat on the pause menue due to dinnertime) but I like to take my time and I am notoriously daft when it comes to puzzles. The story is dark but full of humor and the little guy did really grow on me during my playthrough. The shorter playtime was a plus for me, because I dont have as much time to game anymore. I would reccomend this game to everyone who likes classic P&Cs with pixelart and a slightly darker storyline. If you have an afternoon worth of time give it a go!

Great little point and click - cynical and funny bit of a challenge in some bits but largely a straightforward adventure. Hope the creator(s) make more.

A nice little (dark) adventure game. Recommended.