Developer: Pollaris Studios
Steam Deck Compatibility?: Unknown
Rrp: £4.93 (Itch.io) £4.99 (Steam)
Red Tape is one of those games that’s incredibly short and strange but also utterly unique. The closest game I can compare this to would be the Stanley Parable but really other than the First Person Perspective these two games are very different.
You play as an Angel who has fallen from Heaven into Hell. The thing is, Hell ain’t what it used to be, its less fire and brimstone than paperwork and menial errand work. Still, the Angel doesn’t wish to be stuck in Hell and so strives to work their way uhh… down, the corporate ladder so that they can take their complaint to the… lowest authority, the Devil himself.
This game is absolutely packed with dark humour and has some very funny dialogue. I also enjoyed the graphical aesthetic, even though the game is running on the Unreal 4 engine it really resembles the original Doom. Each of the characters looks like they’ve been cut out from different magazines to make a kind of amalgamation of human/demon and office worker.
Earlier I mentioned that this game is incredibly short, and it is. The whole game can be completed in around an hour or so. But I implore you not to cast it aside (or god forbid abuse Steams refund policy) simply because of that small number. This game is well worth it.
