History VideoGame / Walk

* ActionSurvivor: The player character. She is presumably a little girl of around kindergarten age, if her uniform is meant to be taken as any indication, and she constantly needs to trick and outsmart the monster chasing her.
* AmbiguousSituation: Why the town is completely abandoned and the only remaining inhabitants are a child and a monster is never explained. Where the monster came from is also not explained. Even stranger is that the girl you play as presumably just got out of school, meaning it wasn't like this at ''some'' point.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Sanpo" is Japanese for "walk" [[spoiler:But it can also be the Japanese writing of "Sampo," an artifact in FinnishMythology that is alluded to in the bonus stage.]]

* FoundFootage: The game takes advantage of having the camera be positioned at a fixed point in a given scene, with a third-person perspective of both the player and the monster. This can have some advantages or disadvantages depending on the angle; sometimes you can see the monster before it sees the player, and sometimes its the opposite. The game stays in this style until the final stretch where it switches to the ''monster's'' perspective.
* GoryDiscretionShot: We never actually see how the monster kills the girl when you get a GameOver. The only real hint of an idea that we get is her screaming and the monster crowing.
* HumanoidAbomination: The monster has a human-like form, but its body is entirely black with no shadows or reflection of light, it causes the camera to glitch out when it's onscreen, its "hair" is indistinguishable from the rest of its body, and it has a pale mask/face that's fixed into a grimace. Whatever this thing is, it's not a human.

* SurvivalHorror: The entity chasing you cannot be fought against, and the player's only true options are to run and hide.

** [[spoiler:Possibly averted, the bonus chapter implies her to be none other than Louhi, the flying witch and the antagonist in Literature/TheKalevala.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: Why the town is completely abandoned and the only remaining inhabitants are a child and a monster is never explained. Where the monster came from is also not explained. Even stranger is that the girl you play as presumably got out of school, meaning it wasn't like this at ''some'' point.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Possibly the case with the player. The whole goal of the game is to avoid getting killed and make it home, but once you do, no parents of the player character are shown and their house (which consists of a television, a bed, a tv and a porch) are way too small to hold more than one person. If she did have parents, they might be dead or out of the picture.

''Walk'' (or it's original title 散歩, pronounced ''Sanpo'') is Japanese stealth horror game made in March 2021. Released as part of the Haunted Playstation 1 Demo Disk, you play as a schoolgirl as she makes her way home through the streets of the city which is completely deserted, save for you and a shadowy entity that stalks around and tries to catch you. To survive, you must sneak around the streets and collect useful items that will help you make your way home in one piece.

The most notable thing fans of ''Walk'' will point out as a creative highlight is the fixed camera angles taking the position of security cameras, which create a unique FoundFootage aspect to the story, and limit your ability to navigate the streets - as well as hide from the monster.

* HumanoidAbomination: The monster has a human-like form, but it's body is entirely black with no shadows or reflection of light, it causes the camera to glitch out when it's onscreen, it's "hair" is indistinguishable from the rest of its body, and it has a pale mask/face that's fixed into a grimace. Whatever this thing is, it's not a human.

** [[spoiler:Possibly averted, the bonus chapter implies her to be none other than Louhi, the flying witch and the antagonist in TheKalevala.]]

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler:In the hidden level, you are suddenly a grown Finnish man wandering the woods, reaching a tower that you try to scale, before the monster arrives and kills you.]]

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler:In the hidden level, you are suddenly a grown finnish man wandering the woods, reaching a tower that you try to scale, before the monster arrives and kills you.]]

* DoubleMeaningTitle: Sanpo is japanese for walk [[spoiler:But it can also be the japanese writing of "Sampo" an artifact in FinnishMythology that is alluded to in the bonus stage.]]

** [[spoiler:Possibly averted, the bonus chapter implies her to be none other than Louhi, the flying witch and the antagonist in TheKalevala.]]

* AndNowForSomethingCompletlyDifferent: [[spoiler:In the hidden level, you are suddenly a grown finnish man wandering the woods, reaching a tower that you try to scale, before the monster arrives and kills you.]]

!!Due to this game's short nature, spoilers are left unmarked. Proceed at your own caution!

* {{Yokai}}: The monster appears to be a Tengu, a type of Japanese crow-demon. This would explain the crows seen flying around the town, and the feathers and claws the monster has. The monster also grows black bird wings and crows like a bird when it manages to kill you.

''Walk'' (or it's original title 散歩, pronounced ''Sanpo'') is Japanese stealth horror game made in March 2021. Released as part of the Haunted Playstation 1 Demo Disk, you play as a schoolgirl as she makes her way home through the streets of the city which is completely deserted, save for you and a shadowy entity that stalks around and tries to catch you. To survive, you must sneak around the streets and collect useful items that will help you make your way home in one piece. The most notable thing fans of ''Walk'' will point out as a highlight is the fixed camera angles taking the position of security cameras, which limit your ability to navigate the city as well as hide from the monster.

* {{Yokai}}: The monster appears to be a Tengu, a type of Japanese crow-demon. This would explain the crows seen flying around the town, and the feathers and claws the monster has. The monster also grows black bird wings when it manages to kill you.

''Walk'' (or it's original title 散歩, pronounced ''Sanpo'') is Japanese stealth horror game made in March 2021. Released as part of the Haunted Playstation 1 Demo Disk, you play as a schoolgirl as she makes her way home through the streets of the city which is completely deserted, save for you and a shadowy entity that stalks around and murders you if it catches you. To survive, you must sneak around the streets, collecting useful items that will help you make your way home in one piece. The most notable thing fans of ''Walk'' will point out as a highlight is the fixed camera angles taking the position of security cameras, which limit your ability to navigate the city as well as hide from the monster.

''Walk'' (or it's original title 散歩) is Japanese stealth horror game made in March 2021. Released as part of the Haunted Playstation 1 Demo Disk, you play as a schoolgirl as she makes her way home through the streets of the city which is completely deserted, save for you and a shadowy entity that stalks around and murders you if it catches you. To survive, you must sneak around the streets, collecting useful items that will help you make your way home in one piece. The most notable thing fans of ''Walk'' will point out as a highlight is the fixed camera angles taking the position of security cameras, which limit your ability to navigate the city as well as hide from the monster.

* PolygonalGraphics: The game is rendered with polygonal graphics for the moving characters (The player, the monster, the fish, and the crows) while the backgrounds are real photos with a lower pixel count to blend the two styles properly.
* SurvivorHorror: The entity chasing you cannot be fought against, and the player's only true options are to run and hide.

The game is currently in demo mode and is very short. It can be downloaded [[https://hauntedps1.itch.io/demodisc2021 here.]]