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Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition

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Your first assignment at Sintracorp: find the Witch and kill her.

Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
Stores: Steam, Epic, GOG
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (95% of 9,603 reviews); Metacritic 81 from 15 critics; 4.7 of 5 on PlayStation Store (246 ratings)
Length: About 8.5 hours for the main story, 19 hours to see everything
Players: 1
Controls: Keyboard or controller; GOG lists controller support.
Made by: Baroque Decay
Released: 2019

On GOG: one of the GOG horror games.

No. 30 of the witch horror games · No. 23 of the dystopian horror games · No. 25 of the horror games about depression · No. 24 of the artificial intelligence horror games · No. 11 of the tower horror games

Get it on Steam Nintendo eShop (Switch)PlayStation Store (PS4, plays on PS5)Xbox (One, Series X|S; Executive Edition content included)GOG Epic Games Store

What frightens On his first day at Sintracorp, Brian learns his job is to kill a witch who haunts the tower. Coworkers hide blood-soaked secrets, creatures breathe in the dark corners of each floor, and the Witch hunts you while you solve puzzles. Gore and grim themes arrive between the jokes.
Content: gore, blood, violence, suicide, murder, depression, strong language, crude humor.

Yuppie Psycho is a 2D pixel-art horror adventure from Baroque Decay. Brian Pasternack, a low-class young man from the suburbs, starts work at the huge Sintracorp, only to learn that his job is to hunt the witch who made the company rich and now torments its staff. Office satire and dark comedy sit beside gore, creatures in the dark and seven possible endings.

About Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition

Yuppie Psycho is a horror adventure by Baroque Decay, first released on PC in 2019. The Executive Edition, now given to every owner, adds new areas, new bosses and hours of new content. It came to Switch in October 2020 and to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in November 2022, published there by Neon Doctrine.

The story is set in a dystopian society of the 1990s. Brian Pasternack, a young man with no prospects, lands a job at Sintracorp, one of the largest companies in the world. During a very odd orientation he learns what the job really is: hunting a witch whose powers made the corporation's success possible and who has come back to torment its employees. His guide is Sintra, a doll-faced AI made by the company.

You ride the elevator between the floors of the tower, talk to colleagues, find clues and solve riddles, and use different lights to see what waits in the dark, all without letting the Witch catch you. The floor you work on matches your worth to the company. As you progress, shortcuts open between areas, which cuts down on walking back and forth. Saving happens at printers and uses up an item called witch paper, so you cannot save everywhere.

The pixel art and office satire make many scenes funny, but the game turns to gore and distress without warning. There are seven endings, decided by your choices and the side stories you finish; one review puts a single run at about ten hours, and HowLongToBeat lists about 8.5 hours for the main story and 19 hours to see everything. Some puzzles can drag, and dark corridors with limited vision are a large part of the tension. The music is by Garoad, composer of VA-11 Hall-A.

It suits players who like story-led 2D horror with a dark sense of humour. It is rated Mature by the ESRB for blood and gore, violence, strong language and crude humour, and PEGI 16.

How to play Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition

Buy Yuppie Psycho on Steam, GOG or the "Epic Games Store" for PC (Steam and GOG also have Mac and Linux), or on Switch, PlayStation 4 or Xbox.
Explore Sintracorp floor by floor using the elevator, and talk to your coworkers.
Collect clues and items and solve the riddles that open new paths and shortcuts.
Use light sources to see into dark areas, and run or hide when a creature or the Witch comes.
Save at the printers; each save uses a sheet of witch paper.
Make your choices with care; they decide which of the seven endings you reach.

Screenshots

Yuppie Psycho: Brian with his briefcase stands at a reception desk under the words KILL THE WITCH written in dripping blood

Yuppie Psycho: Sintra, a doll-faced guide with a white mask face and yellow eyes, tells Brian his main task is to kill the Witch, in a green room with giant statue heads

Yuppie Psycho: office staff cheer as Colonel Dumont rides a rearing horse through a meeting room and shouts an insult

Yuppie Psycho: in a dark office Brian shines a flashlight on a creature covered in pink hands

Yuppie Psycho: Ms. Sosa, with wild dark hair and a coffee mug, warns Brian that SHE is hidden inside the company and watching them

Yuppie Psycho: Brian and Kate, a woman in a wheelchair, in a dark room with HELP ME written in blood on the wall

Yuppie Psycho: at an office party with balloons, Brian wonders who would have thought the punch had alcohol

Tips

Investigate your coworkers; their secrets and side stories are a large part of the story and affect the ending.
Keep a light source ready before going into dark parts of a floor.
Do not spend witch paper on every save; keep some for before risky areas.
Keep older save files if you want to see other endings without replaying the whole game.

Questions

What is the Executive Edition?

A free update for every owner that adds new areas, new bosses and hours of new content to Yuppie Psycho. The console versions include it.

How long is Yuppie Psycho?

HowLongToBeat lists about 8.5 hours for the main story, 11.5 hours with extras and 19 hours to complete everything.

How many endings does Yuppie Psycho have?

Seven. Your decisions and the side stories you finish decide which one you get.

How does saving work?

You save at printers, and each save uses up a sheet of witch paper, so saves are limited.

What platforms is Yuppie Psycho on?

Windows, Mac and Linux on Steam and GOG, Windows on the Epic Games Store, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (playable on PS5) and Xbox One and Series X|S.