
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.
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Protect yourself as long as you must in Box of Broken Nails - a surreal horror experience.
Use your hammer and nails to board up an unknown door with something breaking out. Find resources around your house and nail down planks in time. Don't let it open. No matter what.

There is only this one note, it reads:
"Since I started living here alone, the nights felt endless. I barely remember if my halls have been this way before. Lately I hear the sounds of my work from behind the walls. The plates are shattering over and over again. I’m just making things up again, am I not? There was never anything wrong with...
And even if, it changes nothing — what matters is that I simply must continue and make, make…
...Make it go away."
No text notes, no audio logs. The story unfolds through the gameplay itself and what it evokes in you.
A stressful game loop that changes over time.
An unexpected turn of events.
Only one outcome.
Box of Broken Nails contains flashing lights, strong camera shaking, and intentional visual distortion effects. Please use caution if you are affected by flashing or rapidly moving visuals.
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Danish, Indonesian +15 more
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this is not for you
what the ♥♥♥♥ is going on
A tense and thrilling 30-40 minutes horror. No dialogue, no words. Just gameplay mechanics, atmosphere, and environmental storytelling. The game leaves some parts ambiguous, so if you're looking for interesting lore or a well-defined narrative, you'll be disappointed. But the game gives enough information to get invested and immersed: You are alone. You have access to a hammer, nails, and wooden boards. Something is banging on the door, with enough force to start cracking it. Go. Well worth the $5 price tag.
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Hours played at review time, across 195 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
would you spend 30 hours in a 30 minute game?
Fantastic short (or not!) game! Very tense feeling and makes you think, and most importantly, feel.
나는 못질을 한다. 하지만 그 이유를 모른다. 그리고 아침이 온다...
i have been playing a 30 min experience for 4h
i am fifteen dollars into this thirty minute horror game
Local woman has panic attack trying to keep the damn door shut
i am 2 hours into this 30 minute horror game....
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