Here is a slightly different kind of free Steam pickup: Ellingby House is now free-to-play on Steam.
This is not an action game, not a roguelite, and not another survival crafting thing where you punch trees until morale improves. Ellingby House is an old-school first-person point-and-click puzzle adventure with pre-rendered 360° panoramas, item inspection, computer puzzles, live-actor FMV elements, and a very British sense of “something has gone horribly wrong in this office building.”
You play as a security guard starting the night shift at Ellingby House, the crumbling London head office of J.R Holder & Sons. The building is supposed to be empty because of renovations, but obviously it is not, because then this would be a very short game about clocking in and immediately going home. Instead, you get corporate collapse, a ransomware outbreak, political scandal, protests, and the slowly growing suspicion that this job does not include enough hazard pay.
The gameplay is closer to classics like Myst than a modern walking simulator. You move between detailed screens, search for clues, solve grounded puzzles, interact with mechanisms and computers, and slowly uncover what is happening inside the building. Steam currently lists the game with Very Positive reviews, with 92% of 54 user reviews positive.
One small note: the Steam page recommends playing on a desktop or laptop with a 16:9 screen, and says the game uses sound and colour in some puzzles, so it may not be ideal for players with hearing impairments or colour blindness.
Play Ellingby House for free on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3247290/Ellingby_House/
This is worth checking out if you like point-and-click adventures, mystery games, FMV weirdness, corporate dread, or puzzles that make you feel clever after making you feel stupid for 20 minutes.
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