Intruders: Hide and Seek has you guiding a little kid to safety after a bunch of dangerous people break into their house and tie up their family.
Your family has taken you on a lovely vacation getaway to a country home in the middle of nowhere. Which always goes well in a video game, doesn’t it? You’re the oldest child, but you’re still a kid. This means the whole house around you feels big and looming. Kind of uncomfortable, really. Well, that feeling will get a whole lot worse when a couple of people break into your house during the night and capture your family. They haven’t found you yet, though, so now you need to sneak around and find a way to get your family out of there.
Naturally, you’re not in any position to do anything to the intruders. Home Alone, this is not. Instead, you need to stay out of sight, keeping to the shadows and dipping into closets or into small hiding spots. While I’ve done this in many horror games, something about being a child makes that vulnerability feel that much stronger. I was endlessly nervous trying to keep this kid safe, feeling a sense of my own weakness constantly weighing down on me. Maybe I just worry about kids more since I’m always worried about my own, but having to help a child through this situation made the tension feel crushing and powerful. Definitely made the scares that much stronger whenever one of the intruders caught sight of me.
Intruders: Hide and Seek is a frightening experience in trying to help a vulnerable child escape several dangerous people. That perspective and helpless feeling made the horror feel more intense. I can only imagine how scary it would have been if I’d tried the VR version when I was already this nervous playing it.
Intruders: Hide and Seek is available now on the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, and Steam.
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