
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
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You experience the surreal nightmare of an insect. A squirrel tries to fly. An alligator is going through an existential crisis. A bridge made of flesh is broken.
This bridge eats squirrel’s parts.
This surreal universe can turn out disturbingly relatable. It’s a dark existential experience that can be interpreted in many ways.
As a praying mantis, you explore an eerie world, meet animals, collect dreams, and make impactful decisions.
- Playtime of about 1h
- Exploration game with casual mechanics
- Interactive story with 2 different endings
- Disturbing, violent, and poetic story
- Meet depressing squirrels
- Play as a praying mantis
- “it's so aesthetically and tonally unsettling”
- “When the credits roll you will be thinking about the game, and yourself, and if you should have done it differently”
- “It's a unique, creative, and well done dive into a mind in crisis”
Warning: This game has no save feature during a playthrough.
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Languages: English, French, German
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Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Reviews
interesting pov and storytelling containing some heavy topics. really nice, abstract style; i personally really enjoyed playing. make sure to read the mature content warnings and decide for yourself if you want to go on this little journey. :)
My favorite so far from Erupting Avocado.
I do not understand. 10/10
Such a powerfull game if you're ready to explore some existencial questions regarding "dreams"... 10/10
A beautiful game. With a narrow line between nihilism and hope. You will reap something else from this story than i may have, or all others. What i got, was hope.
꿈에게 상처받더라도 꿈을 놓진 않고 싶었습니다. 그럼에도 자기 자신의 모든 것을 꿈에게 바쳐버리진 않는 것이 좋아요.
This game really leave you with a void in your chest. The story is really cruel but in a way misterious enough to let you grasp the metaphore of it, or at least I got that feeling. An experience I suggest to play to anyone who doesn't stop at what's right in front of them and likes to think more of what's beyond the mere visible layer
A deeply disturbing game pls take the content warning in the beginning serious. I would not recommend playing it because it was this unsetteling. It made me really uncomfortable but I feel like exacly this is something some people that enjoy horror games really like. The best way to describe it without spoiling too much is that you take the perspective of a psychopath, sociopath, whatever a deeply cruel and evil being that preys on the "weak". It felt like I was doing horrible things to the characters of the game. Pls dont play this even if you are mentally stable it really gets on your nerves in the worst way possible. if thats exacly what you are looking for feel free but be warned! Have a wonderful day and take care of yourself! <3
补个票,第一个松鼠开了个飞行的头即使它死了后面的松鼠还是因为想飞会接触飞蛾酿成悲剧,螳螂能做的只有不让松鼠们唤醒飞蛾
整个游戏都非常depressing。游戏性不多,更像一个引人深思的艺术品
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