I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

released on Oct 31, 1995

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a point-and-click adventure game based upon Harlan Ellison's short story of the same title. The game's story is set in a world where an evil computer named AM has destroyed all of humanity except for five people, whom he has been keeping alive and torturing for the past 109 years. Each survivor has a fatal flaw in their character, and in an attempt to crush their spirits, AM has constructed a metaphorical adventure for each that preys upon their weaknesses. To succeed in the game, the player must make choices to prove that humans are better than machines, because they have the ability to redeem themselves. Woven into the fabric of the story are ethical dilemmas dealing with issues such as insanity, rape, paranoia and genocide.


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Besides the gameplay flaws i rlly think people should give this game a try/another shot.

Read the book (its just 11 pages)→ play the game.


A lot of missed potential here - mostly due to how dated the design is, partially due to technical limitations, but there are some weird choices on top of that. For one, it's kind of hard to take the disturbing imagery seriously when the scenarios take place in what are basically just stock adventure game settings - like, the characters are supposed to be being tortured by this massive AI but at the same time they're traveling through ancient Egypt and learning magic from a witch and whatnot. The only one that can conceivably be grounded (ha) in reality is Gorrister's story, and that one still had a magic talking jackal. The game is also extremely buggy- I had to stop playing at the endgame because the game just spontaneously softlocked and stopped from progressing. I wish the game had a remake or remaster or something, because the voice acting, art, and music here are genuinely phenomenal here, they're just stuck in the package of an esoteric 90s PC adventure game. Still makes worthwhile additions to the original short story, but sadly can't quite compare in general quality.

Masterpiece. Best voice acting in video game history. Harlan Ellison is a psycho.

Read the story first (it's 9 pages). Then, if you liked the style, then play this one. But use walkthrough, some logic turns are truly demented.

I lost interest pretty fast

A very disturbing but thoroughly convincing point-and-click adventure game. I found it a bit too cryptic at times, so I often didn't really know how to proceed, but that didn't stop me from finishing it. Thematically, the game is very dark, especially the chapter taking place in the concentration camp was really tough, but I think they handled the topic quite tastefully. I found the last chapter super chaotic and I had no idea what to do :D The walkthrough had to help. I really liked the game, very fucked up but in a good way^^