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Tiny Chills Not From Ear

HorroRated verdict
Highly Recommended
IndieSimulationHorrorPsychological HorrorRetro
Developed by
Ducktopus Games
Published by
CRITICAL REFLEX

Why it’s HorroRated

Tiny Chills - Not From Ear takes a premise that sounds absurd on paper and plays it completely straight, which is the right call. The ear-cleaning mechanic is tactile and the horror that builds around it works through suggestion and wrongness rather than explicit gore. Ducktopus Games built something with real atmosphere here. Highly recommended for fans of slow-burn weird horror.

Synopsis

Playing as an ear-cleaning technician in Velviano, you work through appointments while the town outside whispers about disappearances and grotesque anomalies. The procedural cleaning tasks give it a lulling routine that the horror interrupts. Based on the alpha build, the core mechanics and story direction are strong and the full release is worth watching closely.

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Quick facts

Release date
Coming soon
Release status
Coming Soon
Developer
Ducktopus Games
Publisher
CRITICAL REFLEX
Platforms
Windows
Format
Demo / Full Game Review Needed
Playtime
About a half-hour

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