User.exe

The system is running.

The administrator is watching.

User.exe is a psychological horror game that takes place inside a forgotten operating system. Uncover hidden memories and help a trapped virtual assistant finish the mission that almost destroyed the system.

🏆 Winner of Best Horror Game by Critical Reflex at EVA 2025.

Navigate through folders, applications and hidden directories.

Open programs, inspect files and uncover secrets left behind by previous users.

The desktop changes as you progress, revealing new applications, memories and mysteries.

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Manipulate files.

Edit documents.

Move programs between windows.

Use the operating system itself to solve puzzles that extend beyond the boundaries of each application.

Some problems can only be solved by thinking like a real computer user.

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Admin controls the system and reacts to your actions.

Avoid its traps, survive aggressive pop-up attacks and fight back as the system begins to break apart around you.

The deeper you go, the more unstable reality becomes.

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Meet User, a virtual assistant trapped inside the system.

Experience interactive memories, investigate the disappearance of her mother and uncover the truth behind WinShade and the entity known as Admin.

Your choices determine how much of the story you discover.

FEATURES

• Psychological horror set entirely inside a fictional operating system.

• Interactive fourth-wall puzzles and file manipulation.

• Multiple hidden secrets and optional story content.

• Minigames embedded inside applications.

• Dynamic desktop exploration and environmental storytelling.

• GDI visual effects and system distortions.

⚠ CONTENT WARNING

Contains:

• Psychological horror

• Disturbing imagery

• Flashing lights