Submachine 1: The Basement 1.0

Warning: You need to have a program capable of running an SWF file to play this game. You can click here to find one such program right here on our website.

Point and click games used to be all the craze until around the 2010s. Now, they're usually relegated to mid size productions or simple indie titles. The genre also proved incredibly popular among flash game creators, due to the relatively simple planning and programming that goes into such a game. Let's take a look at one of the most surprisingly great point and click Flash series out there - Submachine. Specifically, Submachine 1: The Basement.

To play Submachine 1: The Basement, just run it with whatever SWF player you have.

The first thing to note is that this is a very short game. You can easily finish this game in about 10-15 minutes unless you tend to have trouble with these kinds of escape the room games. The main thing that attracts people's attention when it comes to this game, and just the series in general, is the atmosphere and the art style. Both are foreboding and ominous, and you'll feel a sense of dread even though nothing's really happening.

Gameplay wise, it's a pretty straightforward point and click puzzle game. You have to pick up items that you find along the way to solve puzzles, and also have to drag and drop them from your inventory to place it where it's needed to progress.

All in all, Submachine 1: The Basement is a great introduction to the series and gives you a hint of what's to come. It's just a shame that it's so short.