Bad Parenting

Bad Parenting is a short horror game by the developer 2OO2, released in full as Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face. You play as Ron, a boy who lives in a small apartment with his mom and dad, and you see what happens when a character from a story told to children becomes real.

Who Mr. Red Face is

Mr. Red Face is a figure the adults in the game made up to teach their children. The story goes that he turns up late at night with gifts for children who behave. Ron soon learns that the tale is not that simple. Strange things start to happen in the apartment, and Ron has to try to protect his family from the red-faced man’s plans.

A short, linear story

The game follows one path from start to end. A single playthrough takes about 20 to 30 minutes. The art copies the look of old 1990s cartoons, and the developer tags it as a retro, PSX-style story game. It leans on psychological horror and the supernatural, and the developer warns that it contains disturbing scenes.

From a free download to Steam

2OO2 describes it as their first horror game and offers it as a free Windows download on itch.io. The Steam release followed on 9 October 2024. That version adds a Fanart Exhibition, a 3D room decorated with fan art that you can walk around in, plus four graphic filters and a brightness setting. The developer has also announced Bad Parenting 2.

Controls

Walk with W, A, S and D and look around with the mouse. Press E or click the left mouse button to interact, and hold Left Shift to sprint. The 1 and 2 keys lower and raise the mouse sensitivity.

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