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A [[VideoGame/WelcomeToTheGameII sequel]] was released about a year and a half later.

* YourCheatingHeart: You'll find a few heartless cheaters on "Forgive Me".

* ChekhovsGun: In this game, you can only get a small glimpse at the Shadow Web on the Shadow Web Portal website. In the sequel, it's basically the story's Red Room.

A [[WelcomeToTheGameII sequel]] was released about a year and a half later.

A {{WelcomeToTheGameII sequel}} was released about a year and a half later.

A sequel is currently in development.

--> "Dobryy vecher..."
[[labelnote:Translation]]"Good evening..."[[/labelnote]]

"Night, night"

--> "Dobryy vecher..." [[labelnote:Translation]]"Good evening..."[[/labelnote]]

** Also, when the greedy Black Host hackers were requested the details of a little boy from an obvious pedophile, they not only refused the request, but ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome confirmed they had the pedophile assassinated without hesitation]]''.

* TakeThat: Some confessions from the "Forgive Me" site have anons who want to be forgiven for voting for Donald Trump.

On November 11, 2016, the game's content sum was almost doubled with the 2.0 update, adding 30+ more websites, new mechanics, achievements, a new villain, and a duo of HarderThanhard to unlock secret endings.

On November 11, 2016, the game's content sum was almost doubled with the 2.0 update, adding 30+ more websites, new mechanics, achievements, a new villain, and a HarderThanHard mode that unlocks a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXcyUJmgehU secret ending]].

* {{Determinator}}: The shit you're willing to go through just to find a Red Room is insane (digging through mountains of sickening Deep Web content, fending your computer from armies of professional hackers, ''fending yourself from actual home invaders''). However, when you remember Red Rooms are just {{Gorn}} for lifeless sickos, this starts to seem more LoserProtagonist-y.

* FeaturelessProtagonist: The Player is a mute FirstPersonGhost whose only motivation is finding a Red Room, which implies either childlike curiosity or morbid sadism. The Kidnapper also calls them "kid" though only in the demo version.

* HeroicMime: "Heroic" is pushing it (see WhatTheHellPlayer / VillainProtagonist), but the protagonist is still so silent it's unrealistic. Even when a MalevolentMaskedMan breaks into their house and kidnaps them, our hero still doesn't make a single peep.

* MultipleEndings: There's the default ending, a secret ending for beating the HarderThanHard mode, and it's hinted at that there will be even more.

* NightmareFetishist:
** There's plenty of young women on "Forgive Me" that want to be stalked and raped or have self-admitted sociopath fetishes.
** The protagonist might also be this, as a hardcore Deep Web navigator and an active seeker of a Red Room.

** To ''VideoGame/RidesWithStrangers''. One of the websites is titled "Father Donald", and RWS's current antagonist is a priest named Donald.

* TakeThat: Some confessions from the "Forgive Me" site have anons who want to be forgiven for voting for Donald Trump.

* A definitely-straight example is the Executioner.

* WhatTheHellPlayer / VillainProtagonist: There's only a few reasons for why the player plans on watching, and thus supporting, a ''Red Room'', actual innocent people being horribly tortured for the viewers' entertainment...

* FeaturelessProtagonist: The Player is a mute FirstPersonGhost whose only motivation is finding a Red Room, which implies either childlike curiosity or morbid sadism. The Kidnapper also calls them "kid" though only in the demo version. The Secret Ending in the 2.0 versions reveals that [[spoiler: the Protagonist in male, 43 years old, named Larry, works as an accountant, and lives in Buffalo New York]].

On November 11, 2016, the game's content sum was almost doubled with the 2.0 update, adding 30+ more websites, new mechanics, achievements, a new villain, and a HarderThanHard mode that unlocks a secret ending.

* FeaturelessProtagonist: The Player is a mute FirstPersonGhost whose only motivation is finding a Red Room, which implies either childlike curiosity or morbid sadism. The Kidnapper also calls them "kid" though only in the demo version.

** Enter The Pedo Handbook site has [[spoiler: the Kidnapper track you down instantly, leading to a game over]].

* FeaturelessProtagonist: The Player is a mute FirstPersonGhost whose only motivation is finding a Red Room, which implies either childlike curiosity or morbid sadism. The Kidnapper also calls them "kid".

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Hitmen groups and the evil Doctor Murder torture/murder ring advertisements you see refuse to target pregnant women and [[WouldNotHurtAChild those under 18]].

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Kidnappers can hear you through your microphone. So if a kidnapper's approaching and you want to avoid a game over, you have to keep your mouth shut on top of turning off the lights.
** Fortunately, you can turn this feature off in the options menu.

* ImmobilePlayerCharacter: Although you can still get up to switch the lights on and off.
** The 2.0 update averts this even more by allowing the player to go to the door (although it's still limited, uncontrollable movement).

* NightmareFetishist: There's plenty of young women on "Forgive Me" that want to be stalked and raped or have self-admitted sociopath fetishes.
** The protagonist might also be this, as a hardcore Deep Web navigator.

* SchmuckBait: Go on, go to The Pedo Handbook site and click on enter, see what happens.

*** [[spoiler: The torturer also appears to be wearing [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets Masky's mask]].]]

* TimedMission / RaceAgainstTheClock: The entire game is this, as you only have 30 days till all Red Rooms are shut down.
** The hacking minigames are also this.

** While it isn't quite confirmed, a number of the sites seems to be based on ones shown in the [[WebVideo/SomeOrdinaryGamers Deep Web Exploration]] videos.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Whether they're evil exactly is up for debate, but the group of hitmen for hire on the deep web are adamantly against taking out pregnant women and [[WouldNotHurtAChild marks under 18.]]

* JumpScare / ScareChord: When you fail at hiding from the Kidnapper.

* MortonsFork: If you're really unlucky, a hacking minigame can trigger at the same time a kidnapper is approaching, and the hack will continue even if you turn the lights off, forcing you to choose between letting yourself get hacked(costing you a few days and potentially losing your notes--meaning any codes you typed and saved would be lost) or stopping the hack and risking getting kidnapped if you can't block the hack and turn the lights back off in time(instant game over). This goes double late in the game where losing those days and/or codes wouldn't leave you enough time to get all the codes and unlock the Red Room before it's shut down, but blocking the hacks takes much longer, making it more risky to leave the lights on and stop them in this case.

* TheSociopath: A good chunk of the "Forgive Me" anons (specifically the omnicidal maniacs and cheaters) are clearly sociopaths...or pretend to be (see AmbiguouslyEvil). A definitely-straight example is a torturer in a Red Room.

* MultipleEndings: There's the default ending, a secret ending for beating the HarderThanHarder mode, and it's hinted at that there will be even more.

* MalevolentMaskedMan: The kidnapper who breaks into your house wears a balaclava.

* JustifiedTutorial: The game's tutorial is just a Skype friend telling you how to navigate around the dangers of the Deep Web, though he does occasionally break the forth wall to tell you the controls.