10:16

10:16 is a narrative game about the Fallen, a believer in a higher power who hoped to enter Paradise but is sent to Hell instead. You travel through the Nine Circles and plead your innocence to Satan.

The Circle of Heresy

Everyone has treated you kindly so far, perhaps too kindly. In the Sixth Circle, the Keeper of Heresy and the Fallen confront one another in the Keeper’s confined space while an ash storm rages outside. As they pry each other open, the Keeper may break the Fallen first.

Story and presentation

Loosely based on real-world religions and Dante’s Inferno, 10:16 explores possessiveness, melancholy and unfamiliar ash. Its story contains over 8,000 words and has six endings, all of which determine the Fallen’s fate in the Circle of Heresy. The visuals combine photography with hand-drawn illustrations in a lo-fi, grunge style, and the game has full English voice acting by Zack Valence.