Things Too Ugly

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Things Too Ugly is a single player simulation game with horror, mystery, thriller and science fiction themes. It was developed by Professor Space Games and was released on January 16, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

Clock in for the night shift at TEREBRO INC., 1986. As a newly promoted Risk Assessment Data Processor, your job is simple: safeguard the company’s future. But the deeper you dig into the archives, the stranger and more unsettling the details become. Using vintage tools like a GPS and encoder device, you’ll sift through cryptic documents, unravel hidden codes, and piece together fragments of the …

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92%

Audience ScoreBased on 48 reviews

story11 positive mentions

replayability2 negative mentions

Engaging and logical puzzles that are fun to solve and offer a good challenge without being overly difficult.
Atmospheric psychological horror vibe with retro-style visuals, voice acting, and a fitting soundtrack that enhances immersion.
Compact, well-paced game experience meant to be completed in one sitting, providing a neat story-driven investigative adventure.

Game is very short, often completed within 1-2 hours, which some players found insufficient for the price and wanting more content.
Lack of a save system requiring players to finish the game in one sitting, which can be frustrating and inconvenient.
Some UI and control issues including awkward document navigation and difficulty reading handwritten notes without any text transcription.

story
26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story offers a fun and intriguing sci-fi mystery with corporate cover-ups, revealed through puzzle-solving and document analysis. While the narrative is fairly interesting and engaging, it is short, somewhat vague, and could benefit from more character interaction and deeper development. Overall, it’s a smart, concise story-driven experience that appeals to fans of investigative puzzle games.
- “This was a really fun story-driven puzzle game!”
- “As you pour over the details of the case, you uncover a sinister plot at the heart of the companies.”
- “The story has a lot of vague inferences, shadowy motives and hidden agendas.”
- “There's barely a story, the voice acting is completely unconvincing, and the gameplay is literally just read a file and do a worksheet about it.”
- “There's not much of a storyline in Things Too Ugly.”
- “Only the supervisor speaks to you intermittently through the intercom, and I wish there were some other characters involved that could help tell the story.”
music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
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The game's music is praised for its quality and variety, featuring two well-crafted radio stations with distinct tracks and voice acting that add immersion. However, some players noted limited overall music content and minimal sound effects beyond the radio atmosphere. The soundtrack, including standout songs, is considered a charming and enjoyable aspect of the experience.
- “There's a few radio stations with great music for the game.”
- “The radio having different OST and radio jockey voices is a very nice touch of detail.”
- “Good thing the two stations are quite well done, mixing the ambient music in with the usual banal radio announcements and adverts.”
- “You have two radio stations to listen to for music and another for a solution and that's pretty much it as far as the music goes.”
- “There’s next to no sound, except for the dull static over the radio, or if you choose to play some radio stations for background music.”
gameplay
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is generally simple and easy to grasp, featuring enjoyable puzzle mechanics and engaging story elements, though some find it too basic or shallow. It lacks complexity such as saving options, requiring players to complete sessions uninterrupted. Despite minimal tutorials and some thematic weaknesses, the gameplay maintains tension and interest at an accessible pace.
- “The puzzle mechanics are really fun, even though the puzzles themselves are somewhat too easy.”
- “Even if you don't like the depths of the Mississippi, it's a great game that keeps you tense without scare jumps, with fun mechanics and a good plot, and at a ridiculously low price.”
- “The game is rather short, but has a fairly interesting story and gameplay mechanics which kept me engaged.”
- “There's barely a story, the voice acting is completely unconvincing, and the gameplay is literally just read a file and do a worksheet about it.”
- “The gameplay is basic.”
- “A big decision on the gameplay side is the lack of any saving; you start something and if it goes poorly, you have to finish it or redo the whole thing later.”
graphics
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics are praised for their appealing art style and authentic visuals, contributing to immersive worldbuilding despite the game's short length. Developers have also enhanced the experience with thoughtful visual design and voice acting. Overall, the graphics effectively complement the engaging gameplay.
- “The game is very short, however the worldbuilding within the time frame is really nice, accompanied with good art and visuals.”
- “The graphics are nice enough, the music is good though there's not too much of it, the gameplay is simple but engaging.”
- “The devs have really made efforts to make it a fun experience with voice acting and authentic graphics.”
atmosphere
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere is notably eerie and immersive, largely driven by effective sound design and minimal dialogue that emphasize isolation. It successfully creates a creepy, investigative mood fitting for a point-and-click horror puzzle game. Overall, the game delivers a well-crafted, atmospheric experience that enhances the gameplay.
- “The supervisor is voiced but dialogue is very minimal, keeping up the isolation and eerie atmosphere.”
- “If you like point and click puzzlers with a creepy atmosphere that ask you to search documents for clues, this ticks the right boxes.”
- “A neat little atmospheric investigation horror puzzler that’s quite logical.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game has low replayability due to its short length and lack of incentive to play again, though some achievements encourage full replays since saving is not possible.
- “This mechanism, for me, didn't ruin anything because the game is so short and has no replay value at all; there would be no need to sit through the whole thing again after you're done.”
- “Replayability value: for some achievements, as without saves, full replays are needed.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users appreciate the emotional depth primarily in narrative-driven, wholesome, puzzle, and horror games, highlighting how these genres effectively evoke meaningful feelings and engagement.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding is initially tedious due to repetitive tasks like reviewing files and searching for solutions, but it becomes more engaging as you gradually learn through interactions with the supervisor.