
Shouldermen is a puzzle game that uses your voice as the controller. Help an angel and a devil escape a virtual reality prison by helping them guess the password. The fate of the world hangs in the balance until they are free to stand on shoulders and guide people towards right and wrong.
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You know the devil on your shoulder? The Shouldermen are those tiny angel and devil doppelgangers that stand on your shoulder giving advice when you are making tough decisions. An evil genius has sparked global chaos by trapping everyone's Shouldermen in secure VR prisons leaving humanity to make decisions at random.
Your job? Hack into the VR prisons and help the Shouldermen to escape by getting them to say the password out loud.
Dialog Driven Gameplay: Engage in real-time spoken conversations with the characters to play the game.
Text Input: Direct control over what you say.
Word Puzzles: How will you coax the Shouldermen into saying the password so they can escape.
Shouldermen isn't just about saving the world. It's about discovering who you are. Your journey through this AI generated labyrinth will leave you reflecting on what makes us human long after you've played.
This game uses high quality voices from Eleven Labs.
Voice recognition is handled by Deepgram.
The character dialog is generated using GPT-5 from Open AI.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 22 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
I enjoy how different this game feels compared to traditional puzzles. Talking your way through challenges creates a unique kind of immersion.
Very original puzzle concept. Instead of solving physical puzzles, you’re solving conversational ones. The personalities of the characters are fun
The game surprised me with how interactive and intelligent the characters are. It could definitely benefit from better graphics and more background variety...maybe changing the environment after every few questions. Overall, I like the game, and with improved visuals and more characters, I could see myself putting a lot more hours into it.
I like how the game encourages experimentation. There isn’t always a single obvious solution you test different conversational strategies until something clicks.
Very inventive concept. Instead of solving physical puzzles, you’re solving conversational ones.
Game's broken with the new update. My mic turns green when I talk and they look at me but never respond, and the logs show nothing for the conversation. Also reconnecting causes a fatal error. I tried with my ROG ALLY's built in mic and Astro A10's. Switched inputs on steam and in-game. Even if it did work it's good for about an hour of entertainment.
Duuude, this is such a bummer. I ask some questions that I feel like could be the solution that can make me win, and suddenly "Servers problem. Try again later". Why do I feel like this is a way to make it harder? It's kinda bull$#it. Also the game just suddenly restarts and starts you with a new word randomly. It's fun but too broken. Not really worth the $2.99 when it pulls stuff like this, honestly.
The first of its kind to use AI AND your own voice in a single player game. You can tell it's a labor of love because ChatGPT and ElevenLabs (currently the best voice generator out there) aren't free and the game is dirt cheap. Wish I could donate more to the devs to support further development. Hopefully Outdoor Devs get some investors so we get more of this!
It’s a simple game, but surprisingly engaging. I had played something similar on Google AI Studio, so I wanted to try a more complete version. What stood out to me is how you actually have to develop strategies to get the “bad” one to break. In my playthrough, he even named himself Archon (not sure if that’s the same for everyone), which made it more memorable. I’d recommend trying to break him first unless you find a clever workaround to make him say the word. Otherwise, he’s extremely stubborn. There are multiple strategies, and even after the word is revealed, you can still win if you adapt. Figuring that out is part of the fun, so I won’t spoil too much. If you’re looking for a simple but interesting guessing-game experiment that can occasionally frustrate you, it’s definitely worth trying.
Funny as f**k
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