Potato Thriller is a horror video game, made by Samer Khatib and released in 2016.
A serial killer known as the "Potato Man" is on the loose. As his name implies, he looks like a potato, who deep-fries his victims. You play as a bounty hunter named Quindalin and his robot son of a partner, Dexter, in their attempt to catch him before he claims another victim.
The game is known for its purposely bizarre execution, with strange characters, dialogue, and setpieces.
It is available on Steam
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Tropes:
- Anthropomorphic Food: The eponymous "Potato Man" is a walking potato. There are other living fruits as well, including other potatos, and Lana the Lemon.
- Brown Note: The yell of the Nosey Nose Monsters will instantly kill you by causing your kidneys and organs to explode.
- Cruel and Unusual Death:
- The Potato Man kills his victims by deep-frying them in oil.
- The cry of the Nosey Nose Monsters causes your kidneys and other organs to explode, killing you.
- Fission Mailed: Twice, the game makes you think you died (at the beginning, and at the end when you fight the Potato Man, only to reveal it was just a trick/illusion.
- Gasshole: Lana's husband, the top-hat potato, farts a lot.
- Heroic Sacrifice: At the end, Dexter deliberately kills himself by jumping into the frying oil after his mind is taken over by Source Nose.
- Mind Screw: The whole game, basically, but the first half of the game in particular, with its confusing level repeats and idiosyncratic nature. This turns out to have a point, as it's Dexter getting hacked.
- Serial Killer: The Potato Man.
- Stylistic Suck: The game's dialogue is deliberately poorly written and executed (in fact, many of them use text-to-speech programs), and its graphics leave a bit to be desired.
- Surreal Humor: The game's main focus is on its bizarre premise and execution.
- Synthetic Voice Actor: Many of the characters are voiced by a text-to-speech program.
- Uncomfortable Elevator Moment: During the elevator sequences in Potato Castle, the characters have various fourth-wall breaking conversations, while Lana's husband (the top-hat potato) farts.
