Atmospheric horror game
Slender is a first-person horror game where your only goal is to find eight manuscripts about the Slender Man, a paranormal creature. It follows a previous game called Slenderman that was based on a similar theme but was nowhere near as scary or successful.
How to play Slender
The myth of Slender started quite simply as a rumor and has also been popularized as an internet meme. The story is that Slender Man is a mythical creature often depicted as a tall, thin figure wearing a black suit and a blank face.
According to legend, Slenderman can stretch or shorten his arms at will and has tentacle-like appendages on his back. Slender Man can cause memory loss, insomnia, paranoia, coughing fits (nicknamed "slendersickness"), photographic and video distortions and can teleport at will.\n
The basic premise of the game is the more directly you come in contact with the Slender Man, the faster your sanity drains. You therefore have to careful not to look at the enemy for too long and remember that your flashlight has a limited battery so you must turn it off from time to time to save it. Also, the more you sprint, the lower your maximum stamina becomes, so you must sprint only when you need to.
Is it scary?
Slender does well in creating quite a creepy atmosphere for a very basic game. It feels like just you, your torch and the sound of crickets chirping as you fumble your way through the forest looking for manuscripts. However, the overall aim of collecting 8 pages of the manuscript is quite limited and so the gameplay is a bit limited.
The controls to the game are simple: Mouse -- Look around W,A,S & D -- Move Left Shift -- Sprint Left Mouse Click -- Pick up pages Right Mouse Click -- Flashlight Q & E -- Zoom in/out
Technical issues
Note that you'll need WinZip or WinRAR to unpack this Slender game download.
Since Slender was originally released, there have been several spinoffs with varying degrees of quality. We tested them on the Softonic staff to see which one is the scariest so don't forget to check out how they got on:
Conclusion
Slender is an eerie horror game that's well worth trying whether or not you've ever heard of the Slender Man myth.
Added a subtitle to the game ("The Eight Pages") to differentiate it from future versions.Improved main menu and added music to it. Also now includes links to Slender Man info and YouTube series.Added different light sources (unlocked after beating the game once).Added shadows (not especially noticeable except in lit areas).Your jogging speed now increases gradually as more pages are collected.Removed the cooldown for stamina recovery after jogging/sprinting, and reduced the stamina drain rate. Whenyou start jogging/sprinting, however, it immediately deducts 5% of your stamina. This will allow you to jog orsprint for a much longer period of time, but makes repeated taps of the jog/sprint button cause your staminato drain very quickly (effectively getting rid of a former exploit).The maximum distance you can see decreases as you collect more pages; this is to keep the challenge similarfor people who have fog turned off. For the same reason, Distance Shade can no longer be turned off.Added a menu option to automatically skip the intro.Added a pause feature, but you can only pause if there's no static (which prevents you from pausing the gamein response to seeing the Slender Man).Fixed a bug where the flashlight would try to illuminate a page on the other side of a wall.Removed one of the hidden modes (it was only a matter of time, since it contained copyrighted material).
Changes
Added a subtitle to the game ("The Eight Pages") to differentiate it from future versions.Improved main menu and added music to it. Also now includes links to Slender Man info and YouTube series.Added different light sources (unlocked after beating the game once).Added shadows (not especially noticeable except in lit areas).Your jogging speed now increases gradually as more pages are collected.Removed the cooldown for stamina recovery after jogging/sprinting, and reduced the stamina drain rate. Whenyou start jogging/sprinting, however, it immediately deducts 5% of your stamina. This will allow you to jog orsprint for a much longer period of time, but makes repeated taps of the jog/sprint button cause your staminato drain very quickly (effectively getting rid of a former exploit).The maximum distance you can see decreases as you collect more pages; this is to keep the challenge similarfor people who have fog turned off. For the same reason, Distance Shade can no longer be turned off.Added a menu option to automatically skip the intro.Added a pause feature, but you can only pause if there's no static (which prevents you from pausing the gamein response to seeing the Slender Man).Fixed a bug where the flashlight would try to illuminate a page on the other side of a wall.Removed one of the hidden modes (it was only a matter of time, since it contained copyrighted material).
User reviews about Slender: The Eight Pages
by Xx_Wholesome100RedditKeanu_xX
Quick & simple. Well-crafted game that will have your heart pounding in mere minutes. This game is a great asset of the horror genre. Free download and fast installation - what can go wrong? I definitely recommend this game. More
by Still Chill
helllo y am 9 yirs odl and i am so scaried by the slenderman why are you upt tihs gam so it can fre dolwnoad on the copmuter, you ned to tkae it doen<br />if you arent not take doen it you ahve too at leest maek it so it arent so scarying me maek it sou it is not sacry and the slednenman are not there
my dad is a suer man and he can suiing you so if not do it i suue More
by Aumber Hynes
scary game, keeps you very interested in going farther in the game. Not boring like some scary games
by মোহাম্মদ নাছির উদ্দিন নাছির
no i dont.
i think that its so scary really its so scary . im just a fan of this game.
by Anonymous
Creepy, amazing and quick ( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°).
I think it was creepy as hell! I did get scared...alot. The download was quick and the game was amazingly worth my time. Lenny out ( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°) More
by Anonymous
I like this game.
The graphics are great for a free game, the game play is limited, but, FREE GAME LIKE OMG!!! i like it.
Pros: Its scary<br />Its free
Cons:
Graphics
The limited gameplay More