Selling Souls (v1.0)

A quiet shift at a neighborhood internet café turns unnerving as an ordinary student takes a part-time job to help cover school costs. Selling Souls frames its horror through familiar after-hours work: fluorescent lights, cluttered booths, shelves of manga, and the uncomfortable feeling that something is wrong long before anyone says it aloud. The premise is intentionally grounded, making its supernatural tension land harder than a more elaborate haunted-house setup. Expect a compact, story-first scare rather than an action-heavy survival horror ordeal.

Most of the half-hour experience revolves around first-person exploration and routine café duties. Players serve customers, clear used seats, return manga to its place, inspect the environment, and pick up items needed to continue the narrative. Those mundane chores form the central loop, with progression coming from noticing changes in the café and following the increasingly sinister trail behind its daily operation. There is no indication of combat, elaborate resource management, or complex puzzle systems; the emphasis stays on atmosphere, environmental interaction, and letting the story reveal itself through each completed task.

Its strongest idea is the contrast between low-stakes service work and escalating dread. Rather than sending players through a sprawling monster-filled complex, the game traps discomfort inside a recognizable workplace where repetition makes every small disruption stand out. The short running time makes it well suited to a single evening session, especially for players who enjoy Japanese-style indie horror, slow-burn tension, and narrative walking simulators such as The Convenience Store or other Chilla’s Art-adjacent experiences. Horror veterans looking for deep systems or multiple hours of replayable challenge may find it slight, but newcomers and fans of concise, unsettling stories get a focused dose of workplace paranoia.