Stygian is an RPG Maker horror game made in 2015 by the creator of Leave, though with an unrelated story. It stars an unnamed blue-haired man on his way to meet his parents, only to suddenly awaken in a strange world, and meet up with a man and woman who are also trapped in the maze-like realm. The three of them must work together to escape, while encountering puzzles, odd writings, and a tentacled monster chasing them around.
See also Cat in the Box, the sequel. While not directly tied to Stygian's story, it has similar elements, characters that might be familiar, and further lore.
Not to be confused with Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones.
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This game contains examples of:
- Big Bad: The unnamed tentacle monster chasing the protagonist around and trying to kill him.
- Demonic Possession: The woman's dead body is being possessed by the monster.
- "Groundhog Day" Loop: The Reveal is that the three humans have been traveling through the labyrinth again and again, resetting every time the monster kills them.
- Heroic Sacrifice: The glasses-wearing man in the good ending elects to sacrifice his life to let the protagonist and woman escape the labyrinth while keeping the monster trapped inside.
- Nameless Narrative: None of the characters have any names whatsoever.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: The monster was trapped in the labyrinth long ago for numerous evil deeds he committed, and is now trying to escape.
- Tentacled Terror: The Big Bad is a human-sized tentacle monster who wants to escape the labyrinth he was trapped in.
