Watcher

Watcher is a first-person horror game in which you experience the increasingly severe nightmares of a distressed protagonist. You collect diary entries to learn what happened, solve puzzles and try to escape the nightmares while a ghost pursues you. The story has two endings.

Story

The protagonist is worn down by increasingly demanding work and their sick partner’s sudden diagnosis of an incurable illness. They write in a diary to cope, but their state of mind continues to deteriorate. Each night brings a nightmare, which grows more severe over time until a ghost emerges from their fears. The ghost relentlessly pursues the protagonist and consumes their soul.

Diaries and escape

Diaries placed throughout the maps reveal the protagonist’s decline and serve as the main way the story is told. You collect them to piece together what happened.

As the ghost chases you, you solve puzzles and make your way to an exit. If it touches you during a stage, you die immediately.