Silent Lullaby

Blankets tangled, old wallpaper peeling, and not a single sound except your own footsteps. In "Silent Lullaby," you wake up in a bedroom that isn’t yours—there’s a closet with half-open doors and a cold draft sneaking through the window. No one calls out. The place looks lived-in, but it feels wrong. You have to figure out why everything is so quiet, and what you’re doing here. Some rooms have locked doors, others just creak when you push them. You end up searching drawers and shelves, trying not to bump into anything that might make noise.

How to play?

Starting out, you’ll want to check the closet first. There’s a candle stuck behind a stack of old clothes—you’ll need it for light. Bring it to the bedside table and use the last bit of ash to get a tiny flame going. Now you can actually see where you’re walking. As you move through the house in Silent Lullaby, open cabinets and poke around under beds to collect stuff like keys, first aid kits, and sometimes a bandage if you run into trouble. Everything you grab gets thrown in your backpack, so you’re not juggling things all the time. Sometimes you’ll need to use a key to open a room, or patch yourself up if you get hurt. The house doesn’t always go easy on you. Depending on what you find (and what you miss), there are a few ways things might end. Last time I played, I got stuck in the basement for a while—thought I’d never get out. Kind of wish I’d left that door alone.