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As kidnapped boy Jamie, explore a captor’s cellar, solve escape puzzles, and evade threats in a first-person horror story.
Released 02 Jul 2020
Escape the Captor
Solve Cellar Puzzles
Search for Story Notes
Don't Be Afraid - The First Toy, is an introduction to the dramatic story of a boy kidnapped by a psychopath. Exploring the giant house of your torturer you will soon discover things worse than your childish nightmares. Take on the role of Jamie and see what phrase “The First Toy” actually means.
Developed by Broken Arrow Games · Published by Eneida Games
You play as Jamie, a young boy who wakes up trapped in the cellar of the man who kidnapped him. Alone and vulnerable, he must find a way out of the captor’s property.
Explore the dark surroundings, search for useful items and clues, solve puzzles that open the way forward, and survive encounters with the kidnapper and other threats.
Notes and details in the environment reveal fragments of the story as Jamie tries to understand what happened and escape. The narrative unfolds through exploration rather than being presented all at once.
In the supplied reviews, players often praise the unsettling atmosphere and tension, especially the use of sound, lighting, and creepy surroundings. Several also enjoy exploring, solving puzzles, and piecing together the story through notes. Opinions differ on the puzzles, which some find engaging and others find too simple or unclear, and reviewers often describe the experience as short.
"The First Toy" is a standalone story that shares a word with “Don’t Be Afraid” , a horror adventure game.
Take on the role of a child, and try to survive in the terrifying property of the psychopathic kidnapper. Keep your cool to get out of the madman's clutches. Nothing is as it seems here, but don't be afraid...unless you already are?
Your name is Jamie, you are young boy and this story will completely change your life.
If you survive...
You wake up in a terribly dark cellar, surrounded on all sides by terrifying noises and strange unknown items that you didn't even dream of in your nightmares. You are vulnerable and completely alone. Shreds of memories, without any logical connections, flash inside your head. Is someone detaining you? How did you get here?
With every step you make, you will get further from your innocent past. The frightening truth awaits.
The fate of an victim is sealed once it is in the hands of a sadistic psychopath.
If you want to survive, grow up. Quickly.
Take on the role of a child and see how he sees the world,
Find the notes describing the story and find out who is responsible for your kidnapping,
Survive a clash with a terrifying psycho,
Solve the riddles that will get you out,
Try to escape the psychopathic killer.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 4 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
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