Gullet

Gullet is a short, difficult, replayable single-player game that takes a few hours. After a mysterious phenomenon makes most people vanish and the oceans rise, colossal, furious maws emerge from the sea. Years later, as the last human, with your rations depleted and time running short, you descend into one of these mouth-shaped structures to discover what lies at its bottom and what part it played in the end of the world.

Descend into the gullet

You use sci-fi rappelling equipment to make your way down. Your laser tether is your main tool: control how tightly you grip its handle, using held keys or an analog trigger, to influence your descent speed. The gullet may be alive, and the descent builds tension as you enter its darkness and danger.

Manage your power

Your flashlight, laser tether and D.O.T.S. flare gun share a battery, so using any of them drains the same power supply. Use the lights to see your surroundings and plan your route, and use the battery charger to pass ions over the lithium-ion strip and keep track of your charge. The tether itself also uses power, even while you hang from it.

Presentation

The game has almost no HUD; interactions and information appear in the world. Its graphics draw on fifth-generation consoles of the late 1990s and early 2000s, with modern technologies, and its original soundtrack is inspired by the horror game GOATs.