The Employee

The Employee is a first-person game in which you play a web developer applying for a job at a large company. On the day you are due to sign your contract, you can refuse and return to your apartment, where you can apply again later using your personal computer. Your choices can lead you through the game and into a second part focused on emotions such as sadness and revenge, where you must find a way to escape if something goes wrong.

Work at the company

Once hired, you can use a desktop and a work computer. The work computer has mini-games, including classifying files, fixing bugs and doing calculations; completing these activities earns happiness points. You can also talk to colleagues, who may give you missions. Completing missions earns money and happiness points.

Office life

You can buy soda or snacks, eat a burger and make coffee. You need to look after your needs: use the toilets and wash your hands, or poor cleanliness will prevent you from using vending machines and cause people to avoid you. You can also keep your workspace clean, go outside to play basketball or smoke a cigarette.

Coffee affects your energy and work. If you do not drink enough, you become tired and less productive, which can lead to being fired.

Items and missions

You can grab and throw many items around the office, but mission items cannot be thrown because they have a special function you need to discover. Colleagues often ask you to find an object or perform an action with one.