Trapped for 109 years by an insane, maniacal AI overlord known only as AM, forced to take part in sick games just for the chance of freedom. The survivors of I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream aren’t enjoying the best of times.
And now – a whopping 30 years on from the game’s original release – you can step into their shoes on console for the very first time.
Proper Retro
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is now available on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, as well as PC.
Immediately bringing to mind icons of the genre like Monkey Island and Broken Sword, this terrifying point-and-clicker will have you controlling five human survivors that are ruled by an AI master, and must take part in a very meta game in order to (possibly) escape. Who knows if AM is telling the truth?
There’s not much point in asking – you just have to get on with it.
And so follows a captivating story that will see you venture across all manner of creepy locations, finding a variety of objects and (in true point-and-click fashion) trying out every single object on every single thing you can interact with – it’s a rite of passage!
Do you have the guts to take on this macabre psychodrama and come out of it with your psyche intact? With characters like ‘Gorrister the suicidal loner’ and ‘Ted the cynical paranoid’ to play as, we’d hasten a bet that you’re already too far gone for that…
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Key Features
- Assume the roles of five different characters, each in a unique environment
- Challenging dilemmas dealing with powerfully charged emotional issues
- Provocative psychological and adult-oriented themes
- Based on Harlan Ellison’s short story “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream”, one of the ten most reprinted stories in the English language
- Full digitized speech with over 40 different characters and state of the art animation
- Harlan Ellison as the voice of the insane master computer, AM.
Play Now!
Based on the Harlan Ellison novel of the very same name, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is a truly unique title, and a perfect play for those wanting to hark back to the golden age of point-and-click titles.
You can pick up the game on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Switch or PC – find it over on the Xbox Store for just £8.39.
Oh, and we’ll have a full review up on our site soon!
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Description
FIVE DAMNED SOULS
Buried deep within the center of the earth, trapped in the bowels of an insane computer for the past hundred and nine years. Gorrister the suicidal loner, Benny the mutilated brute, Ellen the hysterical phobic, Nimdok the secretive sadist, Ted the cynical paranoid.
ONE CHALLENGE
The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of the five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won’t easily forget!
