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INSIDE

June 29, 2016PlatformerESRB M

Overview

About INSIDE

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding hostile guards and creatures, and using a mind-control device to manipulate bodies in order to progress. The game features no dialogue or HUD, relying on visual and audio cues to guide the player through its increasingly surreal and dangerous settings.
Story setup
In a hostile, dystopian world, a young boy flees through a forest pursued by masked guards with flashlights, vehicles, and attack dogs. Escaping the patrols, he crosses into farmland overrun by parasitic worms and rampaging animals, then reaches a seemingly abandoned city where lines of zombie-like people are moved through mind control. Using a mind-control helmet, the boy manipulates these drone-like figures to press deeper into a vast underground facility of flooded chambers and laboratories, where scientists conduct disturbing underwater experiments on human bodies. An underwater creature attaches a device to the boy, allowing him to breathe beneath the surface as he pushes further into the complex, drawn toward something at its center.
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At a glance

Released
June 29, 2016
Platforms
PC, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Xbox One
Genres
Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Action
Play modes
Single Player
Age rating
ESRB M
Time to beat
~4 hours
Media

Screenshots

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for INSIDE.

Rushed
2hoursMain story only
Typical
4hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist
5hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 19 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

INSIDE offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified INSIDE. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBMA 15+
CEROD
  • Violence
  • Crime
CLASS_IND16
  • Violência (Violence)
ESRBM
  • Violence
  • Blood
  • Blood and Gore
GRAC15+
  • Violence
PEGI18
  • Violence

Puzzle platformer. Play as a boy, travelling through a dangerous landscape while evading ominous forces and making grotesque discoveries.

USK16

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