Don't Let It Out

About Don't Let It Out

Don't Let It Out was made by SmileStrawbunny in less than a week in RPG Maker, with its own art and story. It plays in the browser on itch.io or as a Windows download, with an art book in a second download, and it is name your own price. Its main character is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.

The opening text says it plainly: it is coming back. There is something in your bathroom, or there will be very soon. You tried to get rid of it, but there is no use, and no one else in the house seems to know about it but you.

You look around in first-person views drawn in murky greens and blues, turning with arrows on the sides of the screen while a clock in the corner counts the time. Pictures on the walls change, words appear on them, and a pale smiling figure with long blonde hair waits behind glass. The maker warns of body horror, yelling, graphic depictions of self-harm and implied dissociation.

It takes 10 to 30 minutes and has three endings. It suits players who like short, unsettling psychological horror that leaves its meaning to you.

How to play Don't Let It Out

1. Play in the browser on itch.io, or download the Windows version.
2. Look around each view and turn with the arrows on the left and right of the screen.
3. Click on things to examine them and keep an eye on the clock.
4. Make your choices about what to do with the thing in the bathroom.
5. Play again to see the other two endings.

Tips

• Read the trigger warnings on the page first if you are sensitive to self-harm.
• Watch the pictures on the walls; they change.
• It is short; replays are quick.

Questions