Before you go down

This is a game about dread. It is dark, it is cramped, and something will come for you. It uses sudden loud sounds and a rising sense of threat to do that.

• Do not play if you have a heart condition, an anxiety or panic disorder, or are pregnant — or if you are unsure, ask a doctor first.
• There is no strobing or flashing light. If you have photosensitive epilepsy, know that the screen does still change suddenly.
• Intended for players aged 13 and over.
• If you feel unwell, stop. Escape pauses at once; closing the tab ends it.
• Sound is the game. Turn the silent switch off and the media volume up before you go down.

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The Crawl

Eighty-seven centimetres across and not tall enough to sit up in. You go forward, you back up, or you turn — the walls decide that for you.

• Up and Down to crawl ahead and back up
• Left and Right for a quarter turn. There is no room to turn around; to retreat, back up
• The arrows at the bottom: ahead, back, and quarter turns. There is no room to turn around; to retreat, back up
• Let go of everything and your pulse draws the map
• Each beat, a red thread shows the ground it covered: solid where it just was, dissolving where it started
• It drifts while you crawl. It comes for you while you listen, and it doubles its pace with every beat: one step, then two, then four
• If it enters your corridor ahead of you, you seize up and cannot move. You will watch it come
• It will not take you from behind. It works its way round to the tunnel ahead of you, and you will hear it moving
• Find the golden light and get out

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The dark is waiting exactly where you left it. Escape brings you back here.

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