Dinner with an Owl

Dinner with an Owl

BoringSuburbanDad · 2017

A strange, oppressive nightmare you can almost touch

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The WhatsNext verdict

Dinner with an Owl is a memorable little surreal horror adventure whose atmosphere, visual identity, and looping mystery do most of the heavy lifting. Play it if you enjoy eccentric, compact point-and-click games with gothic weirdness and a strong sense of place.

What it does best

  • A strange, oppressive nightmare you can almost touch

  • A distinctive surreal look built from 2D figures and 3D spaces

  • A compact time-loop mystery with a genuinely strange shape

What might put you off

  • Very short and linear

  • Repetitive dialogue and rough edges

The setup

What you are walking into

Dinner with an Owl is a creepy yet funny point and click adventure. It's about the eccentric, not unconditionally human host Franz Brown and his involuntary guests. Help them to leave the sinister mansion! And brace yourselves for some serious surprises!

Where it lives

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Genre

Point-and-clickAdventureIndie

Vibe

HorrorComedy
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