MOLE

You are the Navigator aboard a colossal drilling vessel descending beneath Slavic soil to investigate a mysterious signal. The crew is missing, the vessel is in trouble, and the journey leads through a confined, increasingly unsettling environment.

Move through the vessel to operate its drilling, navigation, communication, and power systems. Use switches, tapes, and other equipment to plot the route, keep machinery running, and solve puzzles built into the ship's controls and spaces.

Explore for notes and other clues as the signal brings strange experiences and fragments of memory into the journey. The story unfolds gradually alongside the descent, while choices contribute to how events resolve.

Players often praise MOLE's oppressive atmosphere, tactile vessel controls, and puzzles that make operating the machinery part of the horror. Many also enjoy how the story emerges through exploration and details in the environment, with sound and visual presentation adding to the tension. Some reviewers find the guidance too sparse or the puzzles difficult to read, and opinions differ on the chase sequences and story elements. The short runtime is also a drawback for some.