
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.
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Protect yourself as long as you must in Box of Broken Nails - a surreal horror experience.
Use your hammer and nails to board up an unknown door with something breaking out. Find resources around your house and nail down planks in time. Don't let it open. No matter what.

There is only this one note, it reads:
"Since I started living here alone, the nights felt endless. I barely remember if my halls have been this way before. Lately I hear the sounds of my work from behind the walls. The plates are shattering over and over again. I’m just making things up again, am I not? There was never anything wrong with...
And even if, it changes nothing — what matters is that I simply must continue and make, make…
...Make it go away."
No text notes, no audio logs. The story unfolds through the gameplay itself and what it evokes in you.
A stressful game loop that changes over time.
An unexpected turn of events.
Only one outcome.
Box of Broken Nails contains flashing lights, strong camera shaking, and intentional visual distortion effects. Please use caution if you are affected by flashing or rapidly moving visuals.
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Danish, Indonesian +15 more
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this was a fun game!
Really enjoyed my time with this game, i heard about it through power paks video, and wanted to play it after the intro since it looked interesting, and it was great! very good atmosphere and a abstract story that leave you with a lot to think about. And i only got more respect for the game after going back and finishing the video, excellent work from both power pak and the solo dev, i love art. Edit : some other reviews pointed out that the game should probably have a flashing lights warning, and that is a good consideration to make, all the above still stands, but if the dev goes ahead and adds one that would 100% be a positive, stay safe!
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Hours played at review time, across 197 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
forevermore trapped in the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bing bong maze
Very tense if short game. Had me on the edge of my seat and I was very jumpy after playing. Would recommend for sure!
pretty damn stressful (in a good way)
I do not like the safe, it's smug aura intimidates me.
Surreal, strange, anxiety inducing. Very short, very focused. I'm not sure how to feel after playing this, and I mean that as a recommendation.
Breathtaking game. A Tense 30 minute horror game. With the option for a much larger and grander wondering for it.
Un super jeu, très métaphorique et symbolique qui ne parlera pas à tout le monde tant son interprétation repose sur la personne qui y joue. Rien n’est explicitement expliqué et ca peut frustrer les plus terre à terre. Le jeu est un peu court (~40min) et n’offre pas vraiment de rejouabilité mais reste une expérience. Mon Expérience → https://youtu.be/fVQ5cwkFVoc
surreal
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