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Clock Tower: Rewind

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The 1995 point-and-click classic: run and hide from the Scissorman.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (88% of 508 reviews)
Length: about 1 hour per run
Players: 1
Made by: WayForward, Human Entertainment (original)
Released: 2024

What frightens Teenage orphan Jennifer is brought to the Barrows family mansion, where the other girls disappear one by one and the Scissorman, a small, unstoppable killer with giant shears, hunts her from room to room; you can only hide, run and find a way out.
Content: jumpscares, blood, violence, death.

Clock Tower: Rewind is WayForward's revival of Clock Tower, the 1995 Super Famicom horror game, translated and released outside Japan for the first time. As teenage orphan Jennifer, you explore the Barrows mansion in point-and-click, looking for a way out while the shears-wielding Scissorman hunts you.

About Clock Tower: Rewind

Clock Tower was released in Japan in 1995 by Human Entertainment and is one of the pioneers of the survival horror genre, inspired by the films of Dario Argento. Clock Tower: Rewind, by WayForward with SUNSOFT and Limited Run Games, brought it officially to the rest of the world for the first time in October 2024, on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch.

Jennifer, an orphan, is adopted with her friends by the wealthy Mr. Barrows and taken to his isolated mansion. Soon after they arrive, the other girls vanish, and Jennifer finds herself alone in a house where a small, deformed figure with giant scissors, the Scissorman, appears without warning. You move her through the house by pointing and clicking, searching rooms for items and secrets.

When the Scissorman comes, you have no weapon. You run, and you look for a place to hide or a way to trick him, while Jennifer's portrait shows her growing panic; if it reaches its worst, she may stumble. Item locations, events and the Scissorman's appearances are randomised, so each run plays differently, and there are multiple endings depending on what you find and do.

Rewind lets you play the original as it was or a Rewind mode with extra content and smoother play, and adds an animated intro, motion comics, an art gallery, save states and a creator interview. It suits players curious about horror game history and fans of stalker horror.

How to play Clock Tower: Rewind

Point and click to move Jennifer around the mansion and examine objects and rooms.
Collect items and use them to open new areas and uncover what the Barrows family hides.
When the Scissorman appears, run, and look for hiding places such as closets, curtains and beds.
Use parts of the house to fend him off or escape, and keep Jennifer's panic from rising too high.
Play again to find the other endings; items and events change between runs.