If you’ve got the stomach for some disturbing space horror, Mouthwashing will have you covered on September 26, 2024. It’s coming to PC.
That’s exciting. Y’know, in an “I can’t wait to be existentially distressed” kind of way. Did you play the demo? I can’t see this one having a happy ending. It’s about a crew of five people stranded in space after a disaster upends their long-haul delivery mission. The captain has been left immolated and is dubiously alive. Supplies are low, and chances of rescue are slim. Everybody hates each other, and these contents are under pressure.
The crew decides to open up the cargo hold and find stacks of boxes packed with bottles of mouthwash. High in both sugar and ethanol, great for what ails you. The game jumps around back and forth in time, and nightmarish sequences are interspersed throughout.
The scariest part, though? Each time the scene transitions, the game looks like it glitches out, and the audio hitches like your computer is crashing. It got me more times than I want to admit.
This is all based on the demo, by the way. Anything could have been changed by now. However, it was a ridiculously effective demo, which is still available if you want to try it out. Its audio-visual tricks just make things all the more uncomfortable. It doesn’t matter if a monster shows up at that point. The isolation of the ship, the people inside, and the vast vacuum around it are scary enough.
Mouthwashing releases for PC on September 26, 2024.
Published: Aug 26, 2024 11:56 am