The Black Whale

The Black Whale is a first-person psychological horror game about a factory worker in a dystopian future. Poverty keeps you from moving up in society, and a chip implanted in your brain to automate your work causes unbearable pain. After finding that the expensive drug The Black Whale can ease it, you search for money to buy another dose, whatever it takes.

The worker’s story

You follow the protagonist’s moral and physical decline over several in-game days and across multiple locations. Notes, NPCs and other interactable objects reveal more about the dystopian world as you explore. The story takes about 20 minutes to complete.

Searching for money

You explore locations, read notes, interact with NPCs, find required items and complete simple objectives. You look for anything you can sell, then sell your own property as your circumstances worsen. When you have nothing left, you turn to stealing from others.

The world of the drug

After taking The Black Whale, you enter a world far removed from the cruelty and suffering of reality. There, you can ride black whales and experience life again, before returning to reality and needing another dose.