Showerthought: That 'cozy' murder mystery game I installed last night stressed me out more than my actual job

I got 'Unraveled Threads' on Steam thinking it would be like a chill puzzle game for winding down. Three hours in, I was sweating over timeline clues and almost threw my mouse. Turns out I do not want to solve murders after work. Has anyone else tried a supposedly relaxing game that just made you anxious instead?

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shane_wilson22d ago

Bro you're telling me you got stressed playing Unraveled Threads? That game literally gave me a headache trying to figure out who poisoned the tea. I had to quit after an hour because my brain was fried. lol it's like they took a cozy mystery vibe and turned it into a full blown logic exam.

andrew85422d ago

Wait did you actually finish it though? I was totally with you at first, I remember thinking "this is just another cozy mystery, I'll breeze through it" and then bam, the tea poisoning puzzle hit me like a truck. Honestly before playing I would've said the same thing as you, but after pushing through that headache I actually changed my mind. The way they hide clues in the dialogue and require you to track everyone's alibis across different time stamps is brutal at first but once you get used to it, it's kinda genius. I ended up loving how it forced me to think differently than your typical point-and-click adventure.