I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

*IMPORTANT: This review is all about the game, not the novel itself. As someone who used to play a few old-school point-and-click games, I understand how difficult it can be to finish one without a guide. Otherwise, you gotta spend more than 30 hours exploring and clicking things until you can guess the developers' minds. I've tried this game, and it's what I've said it is. The problem is that this game is a little bit harder, as the game will NOT allow you to progress even if you did everything correctly until you click on a specific thing, which allows you to see specific dialogues first (this is very absurd). Bugs still exist with no auto-save. I played the Benny part where I needed to plant fruits, and it got stuck there, unable to move or do anything, and yes, I did not do a manual save. Starting from the beginning again is a pain in the a55. So, I suggest saving the progress frequently.

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a point-and-click adventure and ChatGPT vengeance scenario simulator developed by 'The Dreamers Guild' in 1995 and remastered by 'Night Dive Studios' in 2025. Directed by the mind of Harlan Ellison, who co-wrote the game with writer David Sears. The game ITSELF is based on and expands on the short story "I have no mouth, and I must scream," which was ITSELF written by Harlan Ellison, who ALSO narrates A.M. in the game. It's objectively some of the best voice acting in any game to be released in or out of the 'Adventure' genre. 10/10 story, and the writing is close to, if not better than, the source material itself. That being said, it's not a great game. It plays like a classic point-and-click game (because it is), so nothing is explained, and it's full of trial-and-error puzzles. I wouldn't be upset if you use a guide; actually, I HIGHLY encourage it because it's places you can soft-lock yourself if you don't do things in the correct order.

The stupid archaic puzzles and dumbass ♥♥♥♥♥♥ progression really simulate the experience of being tortured by AM for all eternity. Good voice acting and writing it expands on the world of the short story really well

I have no mouth and I must reccomend not because the game is well made it isnt not really, you'll need a guide unless you want to spend hours figuring out all the interactions and dialogue choices that deadend your runs. the puzzles are obtuse and not intuitive to figure out but its fully voice acted, with Harlan Ellison voicing AM and its hella dark, as it should be so if you're a fan of the story you'll enjoy this on its own merit

I haven't finished it yet and I must review! I'm currently on the last human story and I must say the stories are reallly interesting. the voice acting is good and the graphics look amazingly sharp for a game from 1996. something else I found out while playing is that there are slight variations possible within the stories which not many point and click adventures do. I haven't even seen the golem alive in Nimdoks story cause I did an alternative ending by accident. only negative points I'd give is that some puzzles are anoyingly hard or obscure. there was a story in which you needed a shovel and it wasn't even visible in the scene. either it was bugged for me and invisible or this was intentional and could only be found hovering around the trashcan but it made me have to look up the solution. besides that I AM very pleased with this game it rekindled my love for the genre once more

It is your standard, old-school, click and point game. Some of the puzzles or uses of items would have been so hard for me to do without a guide, but that was the way of the world then. The story is terrifying and I think the game did the original work justice. I sure felt the ick several times. Following a guide to get the story would be worth it, in my opinion! Dystopias are super in right now.

I have no personality, and I have to LARP