Almost plastic, Not Even Real

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A locked apartment, no memories, and a TV that seems to watch.

Platforms: Browser
Stores: itch.io
Price: Free
Rated: 4.8/5 from 33 ratings on itch.io
Length: 15 to 20 minutes
Players: 1
Controls: Point-and-click part: right mouse button on star markers and animated frames, the Go button to change rooms. Crawler part: arrow keys to move, F to interact. S saves a file; set your keyboard to an En
Made by: Otakuracer
Released: 2026

What frightens You wake in a locked apartment with no memory, in dithered photos framed by an old Windows-style window: the dark TV screen still feels like it has been watching the room, a face stares out with its eyes blacked out, and players single out a scene of pulling teeth. The maker warns of flashing images and disturbing visuals around depression, loneliness and childhood neglect.
Content: flashing images, disturbing visuals, depression, childhood neglect.

Almost plastic, Not Even Real is a short, free psychological horror game by Otakuracer, played in the browser in about 15 to 20 minutes. You wake with no memory in a locked apartment and explore it through point-and-click scenes and a short first-person crawler, as loneliness and something worse close in.

About Almost plastic, Not Even Real

Almost plastic, Not Even Real is a short psychological horror game by Otakuracer, released free on itch.io in April 2026 and played in the browser. The maker describes it as a point-and-click adventure with dungeon-crawler elements, about 15 to 20 minutes long, and states that no generative AI was used.

You wake up in a locked apartment and remember nothing of what came before. The game asks you to sink into cold, suffocating loneliness and the rot of hopelessness. You open its main menu by pulling a zipper tab down, then search the rooms for clues.

The point-and-click scenes are dithered, desaturated photographs shown inside an old Windows-style program window, with star markers and animated frames to inspect. A dark television in the living room still feels as if it has been watching the room. Later a first-person crawler section moves you through a dim 3D space toward an old beige computer, and players mention a Windows 98 sequence, a VHS tape and a scene of pulling teeth.

The maker warns of flashing images and disturbing visuals, with themes of depression, loneliness and childhood neglect. Players describe it as gloomy and melancholic, and some found its loneliness struck close to home. It suits players who like short, strange browser horror such as The Body Monstrous or blank-01.

How to play Almost plastic, Not Even Real

Open the itch.io page and play free in the browser; set your keyboard to an English layout first.
Pull the zipper tab down to open the main menu.
In the point-and-click part, right-click star markers and animated frames to inspect them, and use the Go button to move between rooms.
In the crawler part, move with the arrow keys and press F to interact.
Press S to save; it downloads a file you can load later with the Load button.

Screenshots

A grainy photo of a living room with a sofa, bookshelves and a dark TV inside an old Windows-style window, captioned The TV screen is dark, but it still feels like it has been watching the room

A dim 3D room with an old beige computer and tower on a wooden desk, and the prompt Press F to use computer

An old paint program on a teal desktop showing a grey room with a cloud picture and a small smiling figure, captioned I don't like any of this. Why are they showing us this?

Tips

Use the right mouse button, not the left, to interact with hotspots.
Players report you need a real mouse to get past the VHS tape section.
Read the maker's content warnings first if flashing images are a problem for you.