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INSIDE (stylized as INSIDE) is a puzzle-platformer adventure game developed and published by Playdead in 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. The game was released for iOS in December 2017 and Nintendo Switch in June 2018. In this game, the player controls a boy in a dystopic world, solving environmental puzzles and avoiding death.
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Inside is a puzzle-platformer game. The character of the player is an unnamed boy who explores a dark and mostly monochromatic environment presented as a 2.5D platform game. The game is also mostly silent, with the exception of occasional musical cues, the boy's vocals, dogs barking, equipment, and other sound effects. The player controls the boy who walks, runs, swims, climbs, and uses objects to overcome obstacles and progress in the game. The boy gains the ability to control bodies to complete certain puzzles. At various points in the game, the player may discover hidden rooms containing glowing orbs. If all the orbs are deactivated during a playthrough, the player unlocks the game's alternate ending.
There are many ways that the boy can die, such as being mauled by dogs, shot with a tranquilizer dart, blown apart by shockwaves, ensnared by security machines, or drowned.