I saw this on a Mr. Kravin video today and it looked interesting enough for me to spend a buck on and yeah it is quite fascinating.
Your family get into a car crash and you wake up in this purgatory like state, you then go out into 4 main levels where the goal is to simply kill 3 rats to provide for your family, go to sleep, repeat.
Going into these levels, they aren't necessarily scary, but they are eerie, seeing everything empty only to then be bombarded by rats with their squeaks, and to then hearing this gut wrenching music seeing a giant rat jpg outta nowhere. (maybe, maybe not gut wrenching? for me it was cause I got f***ing jumpscared outta nowhere, heard that music, turned around, bam instant rat jpg destroyed me, once you know what it is it's fine)
Ending spoiler talk here: [spoiler] The game has 2 endings as far as I know, one being where you drive off only for the cycle to repeat again. Was cool they actually let you drive during this. And the second, you grab one of the keys, I found one in the toilet of the convenient store and 1 behind the counter of the motel, but you either before or after depending on where you get the key you have to grab a shovel from the painting in the gallery, you then unlock the door in the house, grab your shovel and you can finally move on from this purgatory state. I have no idea which of the 2 is the true intended ending, but this one is probably the "best." Both of them make you feel regardless. [/spoiler]
I would recommend 'Tear Factory,' the game does have legitimate emotions here even if it is a little weird how the atmospheres are, has good music and sound direction, great low poly psx-esque art style, good story, multiple endings, and only costs a buck. Only negative might be how short it was, I kinda wanted to see more story involved here, but I can't complain too much. Also ran perfectly under Proton so if you're on Linux or using a Steam Deck this should work perfectly.
[spoiler] I would succ 5000 daddies..... iykyk [/spoiler]
