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CROWDED. FOLLOWED.

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Keep the briefcase away from something that could be anyone in the crowd.

Platforms: PC
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (92% of 325 reviews)
Length: 60 to 90 minutes
Players: 1
Made by: NIGHT DIAL
Released: 2024

Not on Switch. CROWDED. FOLLOWED. is on Steam and PC. It is not in the Switch part of the site you came from.

What frightens An unknown victim hands you a briefcase, and now an entity is after it. It comes out of the shadows and blends into the crowd, so in a packed subway, nightclub or riot it could be anyone near you. Your lungs give out as you push through the bodies, and only an inhaler that has to be shaken before use buys you the breath to keep ahead.
Content: brief gore, claustrophobic crowd scenes.

CROWDED. FOLLOWED. is a short first-person horror game by NIGHT DIAL. A stranger gives you a briefcase, and an entity that hides among crowds follows you through a subway, a nightclub and streets full of rioters. You have to keep your distance while your lungs fail and an inhaler is your only help.

About CROWDED. FOLLOWED.

CROWDED. FOLLOWED. is a short horror game by the studio NIGHT DIAL, published by Banshee Games and released on Steam in October 2024. The store puts a run at 60 to 90 minutes.

It begins when an unknown victim pushes a briefcase into your hands. From then on something is after you, and after it. The entity steps out of the shadows and blends into whatever crowd you are in, so the people pressed around you on a subway car, on a club floor or in a street riot are all possible threats.

You play in first person, planning your route and keeping your distance from the thing as it closes in. Your lungs are overworked and you run out of breath; an inhaler gives you a boost, but it needs a few shakes before it works, which costs you time you may not have.

The fear here is not a monster you can see coming down an empty corridor. It is the press of bodies, the faces that all look a little wrong, and the knowledge that any one of them may be the thing following you. The low-poly people and the CRT filter over everything make the crowds look grainy and hard to read.

It suits players who like short horror they can finish in one evening, and anyone who finds crowds and tight spaces more unsettling than empty houses. The store notes brief gore and claustrophobic situations and says it is meant for a mature audience.

How to play CROWDED. FOLLOWED.

Take the briefcase from the stranger at the start; keeping it from the entity is your goal.
Move through each place in first person and watch the crowd for the figure that keeps following you.
Plan a route through the bodies that keeps distance between you and it.
When your breath runs short, shake the inhaler a few times to prime it, then use it for a boost.
Keep pushing toward the way out of each subway, club or street until you get clear.

Screenshots

A dim subway car crowded with dark figures, seen through a CRT filter

The player holds an inhaler in a brick alley by a burning bin as a pale figure stands in the distance

A crowd of people under a green exit sign in a dark underground passage

Silhouetted people in a narrow red-lit brick corridor of a nightclub

The player holds an inhaler beside a payphone on a tiled subway wall

Tips

Shake the inhaler before you need it; priming it in the middle of a chase wastes seconds.
Look at faces as well as movement, since the entity can take the form of someone else.
Do not stop in the thickest part of a crowd if you can go around it.
Play with headphones and the lights low; it is short enough for one sitting.