Doors Closed

Doors Closed is a game about a father who takes a job as a gatekeeper at a secretive research facility after a strange lung disease leaves his son ill. Rumors connect the facility to the disease, but he needs money for medical bills. Each day, you decide who is allowed inside and who is turned away, while impostors try to pass as legitimate visitors.

Check each visitor

Every shift brings new rules and a queue at your window. You compare ID cards with the lab’s computer database, check that each face matches its photo, and search visitors’ belongings. Anyone carrying a weapon needs a valid license. Each morning, your boss gives you new directives, such as refusing all guests or searching every staff member; missing a detail costs you.

As the days pass, impostors become harder to identify. You can read the daily paper for clues about wanted suspects, use an ID scanner to find visual forgeries, and check for undeclared contraband with a metal detector.

Pay and consequences

At the end of each shift, you balance your budget. Your wife sends letters about your son’s condition, and your earnings affect his health: if you make enough money, there is hope, but if mistakes lead to a pay deduction, his health deteriorates. Let three impostors through in one shift and you will be eliminated, not just fired.

Fifteen days on the job

The game spans 15 days of changing rules, rising difficulty and daily pressure. Your choices can lead to multiple endings: you may earn enough to save your son, fail your family or be killed on the job.