Video Games
Escape an Abandoned Toy Factory While Avoiding Killer Toys in ‘Poppy Playtime’
While we’ve yet to get Chucky in a video game, with titles like MOB Games’ recently-released Poppy Playtime, it’s pretty close. Available now on Steam, Poppy Playtime for the moment only has one chapter, with the future chapters and content being relegated to DLC.
This puzzle adventure game has you trying to survive and escape an abandoned toy factory, while also avoiding the wrath of the vengeful toys lurking in the dark. Luckily, you have your GrabPack, a wearable backpack that sports two hands with extendable arms. The GrabPack will be the key to solving puzzles, where you’ll have to pick up objects, push hard-to-reach buttons, manipulate electrical currents and more.
Obviously, you’ll need a Mr. X type of enemy that haunts you as you make your way through the game, right? Enter Huggy Wuggy: a towering furry blue monster with multiple rows of teeth, just for you. Have fun.
If you haven’t gotten your fill of Backrooms games yet after the success of the Kane Parsons film, Cortez Productions and Perp Games are here to fix that, launching The Backrooms: Lost Tape today on PlayStation 5. Originally released on Steam back in 2022, The Backrooms: Lost Tape ushers you back, quite literally, into the movie theatre.
Separated into two chapters (tapes), you’ll first play as an usher, Josh, who accidentally falls into the Backrooms. As you explore, you will be desperately trying to unravel the mysteries of the intertwined, sprawling yellow rooms to find any means of escape. Each empty space may not be as empty as it seems… malevolent entities stand in your way of freedom.
With the second tape, in an intense mission to find out what happened to Josh, more of the haunting story starts to unfold. Take a deeper dive into the unsettling and eerie world as Nikolas, as this chapter introduces its own unique challenges. Will Nikolas ever discover its secrets and find out what happened to Josh?
The PlayStation 5 release of The Backrooms: Lost Tape coincides with a major update for the Steam version, which has seen the game upgraded to Unreal Engine 5.6. That also entails updated visuals, full controller support, and various bug fixes.