Look Outside

March 21, 2025 Francis Coulombe, FrankieSmileShow Devolver Digital
Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Adventure Indie
PS4 Switch 2 PC PS5 Switch
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Explore the warped interior of the apartment building you are stuck in. Fight hideous monsters that were once your neighbors. Manage weapons and ammo. Play video games. Craft bombs from household supplies. Cook. Answer the door. DONT let them in. Keep yourself alive and sane as the world just outside your window stops making sense.

Just whatever you do...
DONT LOOK OUTSIDE

A survival horror RPG by Francis Coulombe, with music by Eric Shumaker, made in one month for the Hawktober game jam.
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Release Date March 21, 2025
Developer Francis Coulombe, FrankieSmileShow
Publisher Devolver Digital
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Action, Horror, Thriller, Survival, Mystery
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