Leave is a short RPG Maker horror game made in 2013. You play as an unnamed girl who wakes up in her bedroom and finds a man waiting outside for her, and she seems to know him. She decides to go out and see him, but a red-skinned woman soon appears and begins stalking the protagonist, trying to kill her. The way to the man is locked by a bunch of doors and puzzles, so the heroine will have to navigate them.
See also Stygian and Cat in the Box, by the same creator but with an unrelated story.
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This game contains examples of:
- Big Bad: The red-skinned woman haunts the house that the heroine lives in and tries to kill her.
- Creepy Basement: Like the rest of the house, the basement is dimly lit and changes layout as the heroine tries to leave.
- Creepy Doll: The sister's teddy bear bleeds when the heroine destroys it.
- Eldritch Location: Some rooms in the house will change shape. For instance, the heroine's bedroom, at some point, has all the furniture cleared out, leaving only a single box in the middle of the room.
- Flatline: The Game Over screen has a red electrocardiogram in the background and the sound of a flatline.
- Hell Is That Noise: The red-skinned woman makes footsteps wherever she walks.
- Mirror Scare: Going into the bathroom on the second floor and checking the mirror yields nothing at first, but when you try to exit the room, the mirror will break. If you check it a second time, the red-skinned woman will slowly appear behind you, and no matter what you do, she will kill you. Choosing to look at her ends in a Jump Scare, while not doing so has her strangle you.
- Morton's Fork: If you check the mirror after it has been broken, the red-skinned woman will appear, and you are given the options to look at her, resulting in her lunging at you, or ignore her, resulting in her strangling you. To progress, you must ignore the mirror entirely.
- Nameless Narrative: None of the characters are named.
- Surreal Horror: The whole thing has a dreamlike/nightmarish feel to it, and exactly what is going on here or who the man waiting outside and the red-skinned woman are is never fully explained, only hinted at.
- Tampering with Food and Drink: It is implied that either the player character or her sister killed their father by sticking sleeping pills in his liquor, as you have to stick sleeping pills in his liquor bottle and then slash a picture with his face on it to escape the house.
