- Released
Jun 29, 2016
3,771 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
- Mac
- +1
Release dates
North America dates- Jun 26, 20202,313 days ago
- Mac
- Jun 28, 20183,042 days ago
- Switch
- Dec 14, 20173,238 days ago
- iOS
- Aug 23, 20163,716 days ago
- PS4
- Jul 7, 20163,763 days ago
- PC
- Jun 29, 20163,771 days ago
- Xbox One
About
Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding hostile guards and creatures, and using a mind-control device to manipulate bodies in order to progress. The game features no dialogue or HUD, relying on visual and audio cues to guide the player through its increasingly surreal and dangerous settings.
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Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 5,327 players- Main story
- 3.5 h
- Main + extras
- 4 h
- Completionist
- 4.5 h
Game info
UnityEditions, DLC & expansions
Editions & bundles 1
Studios
Characters
Age ratings
- ESRBMBlood, Blood and Gore, Violence
- PEGI18Violence
- CERODCrime, Violence
- USK16No content descriptors
- GRAC15+Violence
- CLASS IND16Violência (Violence)
- ACBMA 15+No content descriptors
Languages
14 languagesChinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian and 8 more
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified)简体中文 | – | – | |
| Chinese (Traditional)繁體中文 | – | – | |
| EnglishEnglish (US) | – | – | |
| FrenchFrançais | – | – | |
| GermanDeutsch | – | – | |
| ItalianItaliano | – | – | |
| Japanese日本語 | – | – | |
| Korean한국어 | – | – | |
| PolishPolski | – | – | |
| Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil) | – | – | |
| Portuguese (Portugal)Português (Portugal) | – | – | |
| RussianРусский | – | – | |
| Spanish (Spain)Español (España) | – | – | |
| TurkishTürkçe | – | – |
Themes & tags
- Action
- Drama
- Horror
- Science fiction
- Stealth
- 2.5d
- auto-saving
- bird
- camera
- cat
- checkpoints
- corpse
- darkness
- death
- d.i.c.e. awards 2017
- digital distribution
- dog
40 more tags
- ea app
- environmental puzzles
- extreme violence
- faceless protagonist
- falling damage
- falling sequence
- foreshadowing
- game critics awards
- game developers choice awards 2017
- guidance gameplay
- hiding
- jump scare moment
- level selection
- male protagonist
- mind control
- multiple endings
- no hud
- pig
- plot twist
- puzzle platformer
- robots
- scientist
- secret area
- severed limbs
- side-scrolling
- spiritual successor
- steam
- steam achievements
- steam cloud
- the game awards 2016
- the game awards - best art direction - nominee
- the game awards - best art direction - winner
- the game awards - best independent game - nominee
- the game awards - best independent game - winner
- the game awards - best music or sound design - nominee
- the game awards - best narrative - nominee
- the game awards - game of the year - nominee
- the game awards - nominee
- underwater gameplay
- young protagonist
Story & names
In a hostile, dystopian world, a young boy flees through a forest pursued by masked guards with flashlights, vehicles, and attack dogs. Escaping the patrols, he crosses into farmland overrun by parasitic worms and rampaging animals, then reaches a seemingly abandoned city where lines of zombie-like people are moved through mind control. Using a mind-control helmet, the boy manipulates these drone-like figures to press deeper into a vast underground facility of flooded chambers and laboratories, where scientists conduct disturbing underwater experiments on human bodies. An underwater creature attaches a device to the boy, allowing him to breathe beneath the surface as he pushes further into the complex, drawn toward something at its center.
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Also known as
- Playdead's INSIDEiOS title
- INSIDE.exeWindows Executable
- INSIDEStylized title
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Where to find it
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