The Crimping

The Crimping is a first-person action-adventure game set in a continuous world above and beneath the streets of Portland, Oregon. You explore a haunted hotel and the Shanghai Tunnels, solve puzzles, and face combat and platforming challenges while uncovering the mystery of Rose’s restless soul and the hotel’s otherworldly inhabitants.

Story and setting

The story draws on a real-life ghost story about a hotel once used to “crimp,” or capture, people. Beneath Portland’s historic downtown buildings lies a network of tunnels and cells that were used to capture and enslave tens of thousands of unsuspecting men and women. Many died there, and the tunnels are said to be among the world’s most haunted places. As you investigate the hotel, you may be drawn into the dangers below; your wits and reflexes are needed to survive.

Puzzles and exploration

The game combines puzzle-solving with a range of action and platforming challenges. Its world includes humorous and frightening characters, carefully designed environments and Easter eggs. One of these is a working 1980s personal computer featuring Rogue and other classic games.

Tone and characters

Campy humor runs alongside the game’s ghostly horrors, with humorous AI voices and an assortment of comic and frightening characters.