Creepy Tale: Some Other Place

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A quiet fishing trip ends in a dark fairy-tale land.

Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (94% of 659 reviews)
Players: 1
Made by: Creepy Brothers
Released: 2024

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What frightens A quiet autumn fishing trip takes Martin to 'some other place', a dark fairy-tale land of eerie forests, monsters and creepy stories, where he has to find the way home and save whoever he can.
Content: blood, fantasy violence.

Martin set out for a quiet autumn morning of fishing and ended up somewhere else: a dark fairy-tale land of grim forests, strange folk and monsters. In this hand-drawn puzzle adventure you solve your way through it, uncover its secrets and try to save everyone you can on the way home.

About Creepy Tale: Some Other Place

Creepy Tale: Some Other Place is a puzzle adventure by Creepy Brothers, released on PC, Mac and Linux in May 2024 and on PlayStation, Xbox and Switch later that year. It tells a new story set in the same fairy-tale world as the earlier Creepy Tale games.

An autumn morning promised Martin a quiet fishing trip, but events carry him to 'some other place'. To get home he has to cross a land of misty dead forests, carved stone faces, caves and crooked huts, meet the people and creatures who live there, uncover its secrets and save as many of them as he can.

You walk Martin through side-view scenes, pick up items and solve puzzles. The store promises a wide variety of puzzle mechanics; the screenshots show a star-chart globe, a coded table of numbers and symbols, and a machine with dials and buttons. The art is hand-drawn with stop-frame style animation, the story is voiced in English and Russian, and the game is best played with a gamepad, as the makers advise.

The horror is that of an old, dark folk tale: a giant mouth of teeth in the trees, a toad-like creature by a cauldron, gnomes in a candlelit cave. On Xbox it is rated Teen for fantasy violence and blood. It suits players who like eerie storybook atmosphere and steady puzzles more than chases and jump scares.

How to play Creepy Tale: Some Other Place

Plug in a gamepad if you have one; the makers recommend it.
Walk Martin through each scene and look for things to pick up or interact with.
Use items on people, objects and mechanisms to clear the way.
Solve the puzzles that block your path, from codes and charts to machines.
Help the people you meet where you can, and keep going until Martin finds the way home.

Screenshots

Martin stands before a huge carved stone face in a misty, dead forest

A toad-like creature sits by a cauldron and a spinning wheel outside a moss-covered hut under a red sky

Martin in a cluttered, lamplit hut with shelves of jars and a ladder to the loft

Martin holds up a candle in a dark cave beside bearded gnome-like figures

A star-chart puzzle on a dark globe with constellations and two red stars

Hands hold up a parchment chart of numbers and symbols, a puzzle clue

Martin walks through a grey forest of fallen trees past something lying on the ground

Tips

Look closely at notes, charts and drawings; they can hold the answer to a puzzle.
When you are stuck, go back through earlier scenes for an item you may have missed.
Talk to everyone you meet; the store says the goal is to save everyone you can.
Play with sound on; the game has a full score and voice acting.

Questions

Do I need to play the earlier Creepy Tale games first?

No. The store says it tells a completely new story set in the same fairy-tale world.

Is Creepy Tale: Some Other Place scary?

It is an eerie, dark fairy tale with monsters and grim scenes. On Xbox it is rated Teen for fantasy violence and blood, and the makers say its puzzles suit players of any age.

Is it on consoles?

Yes, on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch, as well as PC, Mac and Linux.

Can I use a controller?

Yes. The Steam version has full controller support and the makers recommend a gamepad.