Pools - Exclusive Release Date & Gameplay Trailer

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Check out this eerie exclusive trailer for Pools, the upcoming psychological horror game coming to PC via Steam on April 26, 2024. Watch this new Pools gameplay trailer for a look at what to expect.
Pools is similar to an art gallery where you look around and listen to the sounds. There's no UI, no dialogue, and no music. There are very few things to solve, practically a few mazes. Sometimes the game will challenge your navigation skills. But mostly you're just... there.
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@luigistherapist Месяц назад

The real horror is the fact that we have to walk around in wet shoes and socks for the entirety of the game.

@mrburger Месяц назад

If they had included that [squizzle] sound wet socks make, then there would need to be a trigger warning.

@oger_ROG Месяц назад

Yup trench foot

@leonidasxiv7881 Месяц назад

😬😂

@cry2love Месяц назад

Only few days maximum, compared to the actual frontlines where you have to be soaked for weeks or months in the same clothes and never take off your military shoes, this game is a kids walk

@nicoletoledo.7067 Месяц назад

Yeah.

@frankiewild9931 Месяц назад

This is the type of game that has you on the edge of your seat the whole time thinking there’s going to be a jump scare every corner, but there never will be one.

@lstprj Месяц назад

and when you finally convince yourself that there is no jumpscares, the huge one will appear and you will die of a heart attack

@Tanksnstuffs Месяц назад

@@lstprj Nah, no jumpscares at all. But on new game plus, they will be.

@jackislegitterrified3689 Месяц назад

@@TanksnstuffsWhat's the plot?

@Tanksnstuffs Месяц назад

@@jackislegitterrified3689 No, it was just another guess lol

@_ArmIa Месяц назад

You know what’s even more panic inducing than a jump scare? A sudden musical cue and a prompt that says “Hold shift to run”.

@RandyTwang Месяц назад

Graphics are getting pretty crazy these days. It still doesn't feel real, but more like a surreal dream than a video game.

@thatguy6227 Месяц назад

That’s honestly better

@art-fw7ci Месяц назад

@@thatguy6227 right? It will never feel real anyway.

@joshcantrell8397 Месяц назад

These aren’t the graphics lol. It’s just some dude walking around with an HD camera lol

@mechadeka Месяц назад

@@joshcantrell8397Please be trolling.

@MarioGreco Месяц назад

@@mechadekapretty sure he is lol

@NoExplosionsMcgee Месяц назад

Man if only smell-o-vision caught on so that we can smell the ridiculous amount of chlorine that these pools have!

@guacamole-cult Месяц назад

Omg I’d die of happiness

@deadlyapple8333 Месяц назад

Chlorine only smells like that when it reacts with sweat or piss.

@joshuan. Месяц назад

Came here to say what @@deadlyapple8333said. Mark Rover proved it.

@trevonpietz8057 Месяц назад

Just pour chlorine in a container and piss in it and set it up on your desk for that authentic smell

@Slightlycamouflaged Месяц назад

Just have an open bottle of chlorine on your desk when you play

@1aundulxaldin Месяц назад

So... a game about exploring the watery sections of the Backrooms. No monsters. Only the constant suffocating fear that you might not be alone. Or the much more frightening possibility that you really are, and that escape is unlikely.

@pewerjenius Месяц назад

What's much more frightening is that this will cost money.

@PsychoticPanda_ Месяц назад

@@pewerjeniusWhat's more frightening than that is that people will buy it, further proving that creativity is dead and success only comes from trendhopping and pressing the ray tracing button in Unreal Engine.

@speakatron5634 Месяц назад

The tourist area of the backrooms.

@babybirdhome Месяц назад

@@PsychoticPanda_ Are you more upset that you didn't bother, or that if you did bother, you'd find out that the reality is not quite as you think it is?

@PsychoticPanda_ Месяц назад

@@babybirdhome it's pretty face value. Also you don't sound intelligent you just sound like a neckbeard desperately trying to be seen.

@ozzyg82 Месяц назад

This definitely needs to be in VR.

@nukestatic4951 Месяц назад

Corykenshin need to play this

@tensori-ltd Месяц назад

Agreed!

@NecramoniumVideo Месяц назад

VR is dead.

@tensori-ltd Месяц назад

@@NecramoniumVideo VR market is growing 10-30% every year, does this mean everyone is using VR in 5 years? No. But it's not dead either. It's a steadily growing industry worth tens of billions 😄

@ironhell813 Месяц назад

@NecramoniumVideo Sony just released their second consumer console vr model last year and it’s set to be the better one. Vr will take off very soon.

@Rac2nd Месяц назад

Now the real question, can you pee in the pool?

@Furryslayer09 Месяц назад

That is the secret area,the piss room

@swenpai Месяц назад

no the real psychological horror is that you have to hold it in the whole game

@ryandarko2115 Месяц назад

That my friends. Is the true horror

@Aragorn7884 Месяц назад

That's when the _real_ horror begins 💩

@alesavness Месяц назад

Of course

@tensori-ltd Месяц назад

Thanks for featuring us IGN!

@phoenixwhiler943 Месяц назад

What's the obj of this game?

@imposteramogus2167 Месяц назад

@@phoenixwhiler943survive.

@ghuldorgrey Месяц назад

Wheres the gameplay? Theres no effort in making a render of r/liminalspaces pictures and just walking around 😂....

@DJLizardon Месяц назад

Will you be bringing this to consoles?

@phoenixwhiler943 Месяц назад

@@ghuldorgrey there is puzzles. Read desc. But yeah there is games where you just walk around and see the story progress....it's not that crazy

@WEEZAVELE Месяц назад

Is my character gonna yell "Weeeeeeee"", when they go down the waterslide?🤔

@MrEightImmortals Месяц назад

Asking the important questions!

@tensori-ltd Месяц назад

You can. but no one will hear your scream. except your neighbors. 😄

@agustincorales4786 Месяц назад

Modders will step in

@MFajarFan Месяц назад

maybe, and just the echoes follow...

@slayerBO2EPC Месяц назад

With Billy Corgan's voice

@mallard3084 Месяц назад

>game about pools >main character can't swim

@AquiVieneGioGio Месяц назад

Basically One Piece >Series about Pirates >Most characters can't swim

@thegiantratthatmakesalloft9415 Месяц назад

>le funny green arrow meme >le XD

@AquiVieneGioGio Месяц назад

@@thegiantratthatmakesalloft9415 Oliver Queen is here?

@thegamesninja3119 Месяц назад

And from that simple premise comes a new game.

@RODFLOP 26 дней назад

@@AquiVieneGioGio >most characters in one piece can jump to the sky or legit fly > in a game you play a normal human you cant swim and can barely run > you play an actual shut in💀

@forgottenalex Месяц назад

It seems one developer enjoyed a particular level of the backrooms and wasn't ready to leave

@crypto1223 Месяц назад

There is a subsect of the fandom called the Poolrooms

@pinnnkyton Месяц назад

Developer used purchased assets for their "game" , basically as of now it's just prerendered shite vids ...and will be going the same way as every other "developer" who tries to use free market culture to get money 😅 SCP/Backrooms/copypasta/literally anything else 😂 Trying to monetize a internet meme may grab you some cash , but nobody is gonna remember this slideshow game in 3 years

@colddeadwitch Месяц назад

@@pinnnkyton if I'm not mistaken you can play this on the tutorial of VoTV.. 😂

@pinnnkyton Месяц назад

@@colddeadwitch exactly 🤣🤣 that cumfart of a game is exactly the level of quality you expect from these "developers"

@pk6546 Месяц назад

@@pinnnkyton Why are the assets for sale? It still matters how the devs use them in creative ways in their game.

@belugatoons Месяц назад

Stanley decided to go for a swim. All of the other swimmers were gone. What could it mean?

@lucienhalf7105 24 дня назад

Dude it would've been awesome if this was a sequel to The Stanley Parable or something DLC-ish or spin off

@MATTERSGAMES Месяц назад

1:22 lil fella waiting for you

@solidsnake2085 Месяц назад

The slide at 0:11 is literally impossible to ride without falling out of.

@chiquita683 Месяц назад

Action Park in the 90s actually had those slides

@mrcheesie10 Месяц назад

Kind of provokes more thought about the origins of a space like this. You either fly down the 90 degree angle and die at the bottom of the slide or more likely fly off the top part and die. Its like some abstract being or AI trying to understand human spaces, but just ends up making multiple death traps unknowingly in the process.

@bennettnez4711 Месяц назад

Psh, not with THAT attitude.

@conit4125 Месяц назад

Maybe if you're bad at slides idoit

@jaefrmbk2k Месяц назад

@@chiquita683W reference 🏆

@dyll_pyckle Месяц назад

Liminal spaces/abandoned mall vibes

@thejoeman4774 Месяц назад

like every other liminal spaces game?

@MichaelRedkey Месяц назад

"poolrooms", my boy

@dyll_pyckle Месяц назад

@@MichaelRedkey what is that? Like the backrooms but for pools?

@daveplayz8938 Месяц назад

@@dyll_pyckle exactly.

@dyll_pyckle Месяц назад

@@daveplayz8938 okie

@unray Месяц назад

This is like one of my strange dreams, before games like this started coming out.

@Sinsanatis Месяц назад

should check out liminal spaces. theres a whole subreddit

@jeffreyrhodes3017 Месяц назад

“Marco” …. “Polo”

@mylifefornick Месяц назад

Genius

@jumpcat9106 Месяц назад

Imagine, your walking down a hallway and say your favorite month and someone shouts out Pole… Thanks google translate

@stevorules1820 Месяц назад

Google translates it to March Pole lol

@dazzaMusic Месяц назад

1:12 important question: do you get a flashlight?

@luisbranko. Месяц назад

What was that shadow?

@JahairohhRoach 24 дня назад

A duck

@theLeomega Месяц назад

is that some heckin liminal spaces???? AHHHHH I'M LOSING IT

@_ArmIa Месяц назад

It’s 2024. Can we please stop using “hecking” and just swear like normal people?

@leftoids.are.cringe Месяц назад

@@_ArmIa I'm pretty sure he's using it ironically. Even the comment itself is mocking redditors for being obsessed with this trend of "horror."

@dogwater5609 Месяц назад

never say that again

@Grantis Месяц назад

The camera needs to turn when you go down the slide

@briansalcedo8444 Месяц назад

The player needs to turn it

@Hucklebubba Месяц назад

If nightmare-based games are the emerging hotness, I'd like to go ahead and put in a request for Sprawling Maze of Filthy and/or Broken Toilets.

@boodlefightbunny Месяц назад

THIS.

@NeebyPls Месяц назад

Stfunkup b4 they actually do it

@MicheleDelGiudice-mykys Месяц назад

Ask liminal spaces/dreamcore/traumacore forums and subreddits if they like your idea.

@diegeticfridge9167 Месяц назад

Really hope there’s no cheesy monster and the scares come from the ambience and environment

@DuskLegend Месяц назад

What do you mean? A monster or monsters is what this “game” is missing lmao

@diegeticfridge9167 Месяц назад

@@DuskLegend brain rot

@DuskLegend Месяц назад

@@diegeticfridge9167 that’s not brain rot, the brain rot is thinking walking around doing nothing is worth your time

@diegeticfridge9167 Месяц назад

@@DuskLegend lol, you are exactly the type of person who ruined the back rooms. The creepy atmosphere is the monster. Not some shitty 3D model that plays a RU-vid mp3 scream when it catches you. Grow up lil bro

@pineappleparty1624 Месяц назад

@@DuskLegend Bingo! lol How do people like this stuff.

@wumbowoody436 Месяц назад

There's something about tiles that just make them such a creepy surface when they cover everything

@Liafram Месяц назад

"Gameplay." It's cool that they're really leaning into liminal spaces, though.

@GolemCC Месяц назад

They're not even original assets

@pineappleparty1624 Месяц назад

@@GolemCC oh that's why it's too plasticy. Wow, they made a walking sim with asset store assets and made it onto IGN?

@DanMiller. Месяц назад

@@pineappleparty1624it's crazy. The steam description is just describing every feature the game DOESN'T have.

@jazielsstuff9908 Месяц назад

As an avid waterpark enjoyer, this woul be more of a dream come true than being scary.

@rodekirby121 Месяц назад

“gameplay trailer” gameplay: walking

@philipsierra546 Месяц назад

Right?!? What the hell is the purpose of this game?

@insainraven9875 Месяц назад

You’re telling me neither one of you felt tense when the guy started running and then looked behind him?

@mikashi1593 Месяц назад

It's a backroom flashbacks

@yeoboseyoitsrebel-metaloid Месяц назад

You people would not stand a chance playing Yume Nikki 😂

@fudgemonkeyz69 Месяц назад

Y’all never played Myst or Riven? Walking as gameplay is a staple of gaming. Feel the atmosphere. Also there are some puzzles in here as well.

@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache Месяц назад

We aII float down here...

@AloisAgos Месяц назад

Heh, Dad joke. 😅

@NoExplosionsMcgee Месяц назад

Har har har lol

@yusukethespiritdetective7865 Месяц назад

It reference

@cheeseboi588 Месяц назад

You fell off lmao

@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache Месяц назад

@@cheeseboi588 Yup.

@Excommunicado95 Месяц назад

Backrooms spinoff?

@Giggi2222 Месяц назад

Backrooms is creative commons

@nicholasgeorge4156 Месяц назад

Or possibly superliminal. I’d rather it be like that. That game was trippy.

@Siranoxz Месяц назад

More Liminal spaces related.

@XZWN Месяц назад

Dreamcore clone

@NoExplosionsMcgee Месяц назад

Backpools

@226olson Месяц назад

Except for the unlit sections, this looks really chill and calming.

@maxdavies97 Месяц назад

It would be a great twist if there wasn't any monster at all but the environment just keeps you on edge at all times

@DuskLegend Месяц назад

That’s not a twist that’s a waste of money, nothing to do. Even “relaxation” games like Nintendogs or Endless Ocean, hell even power wash simulator have more gameplay than that lol

@jacobp249 Месяц назад

Maybe there could be a 1/1000 chance of something awful spawning in. Or something else ominous to engage the player, like a hidden lore or whispers of *something*. Just walking around won't be fun/interesting for more than a half hour

@___rv Месяц назад

Will rooms autogenerate? Or are they prebuilt?

@MrGoldFunkyBoy Месяц назад

Feel like the genre is going back to 90s PC days of "Myths" but warehouse and facilities.

@AICJDR Месяц назад

Myst?

@HopperDragon Месяц назад

If you mean myst, you're crazy wrong. Must has tons of puzzles and text to read and a deep narrative.

@_portsmyth Месяц назад

@@HopperDragon if you mean Myst, you're crazy right. Mast is an explorative masterpiece.

@BrutalFoX. Месяц назад

back rooms but in pool, should've called this back pools

@pineappleparty1624 Месяц назад

backrooms lvl2 is this.

@HuanLeVuong Месяц назад

At least there is no one there except us, right, right?

@Blacksoul444 Месяц назад

The description of the game already says so, so yes.

@LifetimeThiccness Месяц назад

You trust em?

@robdean9216 Месяц назад

Reminds me of the abandoned building exploration shorts. Only thing missing is the dissonant track and a fake getaway 🏃‍♀️ 🚔

@creeper4481 Месяц назад

Isn't this based on one of those gmod maps that you run away from a png?

@CYBERUS212 Месяц назад

thats based on the backrooms which is liminal horror. this is also liminal horror

@fetus1686 Месяц назад

NOT horror

@iamfiefo Месяц назад

"Okay, here's the pitch. You're a swimmer and you're looking for your towel..."

@wesbesttreacts4515 Месяц назад

So are you like trapped in there and trying to escape?

@phoenixwhiler943 Месяц назад

Read desc

@hatbox_the_empty Месяц назад

Do you fight chlorine?

@MostlyPennyCat Месяц назад

You have a wrinkle meter.

@alexander2685 Месяц назад

Do you have a time to go pee pee meter.

@bakes20k20 Месяц назад

Ive had a dream of this before😮 this is so nostalgic from something I've never seen before

@MicheleDelGiudice-mykys Месяц назад

Must be new to liminal spaces and anemoia

@messrl3369 Месяц назад

we makin it outta the backrooms with this one

@draggoon9121 Месяц назад

Nope in the backrooms you will stay with this one😅

@wmejia4122 Месяц назад

🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

@koldavid4094 Месяц назад

the back rooms flooded edition

@caseyw1286 Месяц назад

P.T. 2: The Swimming Pool. Brilliant work by Kojima here lol.

@jamesconlin5099 Месяц назад

Will there be open ocean

@CMDR.Gonzo.von.Richthofen Месяц назад

NO RUNNING AT THE POOL📢

@Darkside-tr3sx Месяц назад

These hyper real games are incredible!

@dannyl434 Месяц назад

I’ve had dreams like this but didn’t remember them until now, thanks

@sankhadeepburman9709 Месяц назад

Can this be in multiplayer? Then we can throw pool parties.

@ForgedPlanetTV Месяц назад

I've always deamt of a game exactly like this.

@GimmilFactory Месяц назад

Yo dawg we heard you like liminal pools so we made liminal pools for your liminal pools; so you can liminal pools while you liminal pools.

@oldbucket2421 Месяц назад

Isn’t this Return to Render’s back room documentary series? It sure looks like his vision of the back room.

@walkinbird Месяц назад

When will it come to macOS?

@HunterTheXButton Месяц назад

is there anything to the game beyond the somewhat eerie atmosphere or is the entire game just walking

@nexelray3207 Месяц назад

Well there was that one silhouette of a child, so I’m only guessing that you’re not really alone

@jacobw.8631 Месяц назад

I’ve been seeing a lot of games like this lately, and judging by the description, it’s just walking. It’s supposed to be viewed as more of an art exhibit/experience than a video game. If that’s not your cup of tea, don’t play it

@tensori-ltd Месяц назад

@@jacobw.8631 exactly. we try to communicate it clearly in the description so people won't buy it by mistake. we often say POOLS is more of a virtual art gallery than a game in the conventional sense - we think games are art.

@ghuldorgrey Месяц назад

@@jacobw.8631 there is nothing to "play" here... Its literally just walking in a render. Waste of money

@ghuldorgrey Месяц назад

@@tensori-ltd Lame af man. Minimal effort riding on the hype that teenagers have around liminal spaces.

@TwoLeggedTriceratops Месяц назад

0:58 you should make the camera turn into the direction you are heading

@Gerlaffy Месяц назад

Why does the camera stay static when going down a slide... should look where you're going

@cameron4225 Месяц назад

I’ve been wanting a pool rooms game so bad ❤

@Taipantopia Месяц назад

Have a stalker like Mr x, hearing his steps echo and the splashes would be terrifying.

@DeezN00tz99 Месяц назад

can you even call walking sims horrors? this backrooms thing has been done to death already

@BobBob-ds1bd Месяц назад

This in VR would be next level

@digital--hazard1905 13 дней назад

While playing in a pool resort with slides sounds cool, the tone of an empty backrooms like place with no one around but the sound of your footsteps gives a lot of tension.

@RickAstley-qd8bn Месяц назад

Pov: Level 2 of every Backrooms game ever.

@franciscoorellana2733 Месяц назад

This is just the backrooms, I'm not complaining about it, but this is just the backrooms.

@Darrell858 Месяц назад

Can't freakin wait

@SaucyFilms Месяц назад

I've seen this exact game in my dreams before.

@oliverqueen3234 Месяц назад

What the point of this game what is the main objective?

@phoenixwhiler943 Месяц назад

Getting out of the pool

@_Cetarial Месяц назад

Walking around.

@Samurai-no4wu Месяц назад

Swimming

@ClarkeBaldwin Месяц назад

This seems like nothing. Nothing happens in the trailer, there is no apparent peril or antagonist. Nothing following, nothing stalking or approaching, nothing even eerie or spooky. It was just a VR tour of a weirdly designed leisure centre. Hype level 0

@Singularity606 Месяц назад

Based on early footage, there are spooky moments in the game. That point aside, the description you gave does not seem like a negative to me. People can enjoy different things, you know. I'm more "hyped" for this than almost any AAA game.

@DuskLegend Месяц назад

@@Singularity606why are you defending this so hard? It doesn’t matter if “people can enjoy different things!” you shouldn’t even compare this to those AAA or even indie games because if little to nothing happens, it’s not even a game. The creator has left comments calling it an “art experience” or some nonsense

@Singularity606 Месяц назад

@@DuskLegend This is perfect for me and I'm not going to stop enjoying it.

@DuskLegend Месяц назад

@@Singularity606 okay, but it’s not a game, it’s a game in progress. You can enjoy whatever you like

@Singularity606 Месяц назад

@@DuskLegend Also said that the fans and developers are in the wrong, that it's only worth one dollar and so on.

@dt6esdff413 Месяц назад

it needs bodycam pov to be immersive

@Holycryptonite47 Месяц назад

What a submersive experience!

@gaswe9236 Месяц назад

Wow another backrooms horror walking simulator with no gameplay or originality, can't wait

@HPMCCPooTis Месяц назад

Straight up a whole game is worth one level of the Backrooms.

@DreamTravelerZenddrex Месяц назад

This a pretty unique dreamscape.

@brinklebros7136 Месяц назад

The sloshing sounds are nice :3

@garrettously3605 Месяц назад

The forboding atmosphere is on point but what is the purpose if there is nothing out there to be afraid of or wary about... it's just a backroom walking simulator with amazing graphics

@kenetickups6146 Месяц назад

That is the point though not all horror needs jumpscares

@igoldenknight2169 Месяц назад

Honestly the gameplay looks boring.

@DuskLegend Месяц назад

Because there is none lol

@BlackAera Месяц назад

The lighting is insane

@conkerlive101 Месяц назад

So pretty much another tech demo with the most basic barebones gameplay imaginable?

@DuskLegend Месяц назад

Yeah lol

@0Blueaura Месяц назад

so uh, just another subliminal pool game? how many did we have already? for free? repetetive? boring..

@demetriusdaffara Месяц назад

The colored floats part, specially, feels like those graphic cards demos of 2010s

@112OceanAvenue Месяц назад

0:29 it’s giving Cube (1997) when they stick their heads out of the hole and look out.

@untillthat Месяц назад

The real horror is there is no real horror.

@mountainofsound Месяц назад

No UI, No dialogue, no music. You're just there...... So what part of this is suppose to scare me?

@DuskLegend Месяц назад

You don’t get it! It’s kind of creepy! Zoomers ruin everything, including horror lol

@thevishyfishy Месяц назад

Ive had nightmares incredibly similar to this exact scenario

@notsure1969 Месяц назад

Wow. Just look at those pools.

@CompleteProducer84 Месяц назад

On paper this sounds like it could be scary/phobic but it didn’t really hit like that

@nevm5776 Месяц назад

Surely somethings lurking beneath the waters

@djn2872 Месяц назад

Coming to pc. Where else would it be avaliable

@Mr.RexXx843 Месяц назад

I’ve had actual dreams/nightmares about a place like this…

@MultiTarantula1 Месяц назад

Looks like it similar to game where u escape the train station but jump scares would be different in each room

@oscargolfmusic 27 дней назад

when is the multiplayer?

@Daleyeeah 5 дней назад

There was no splash at the bottom of the slide

@elementoon1651 Месяц назад

AlfaOxtrot would LOVE this.

@donstone2884 Месяц назад

1:08 Vergil confirmed

@IAMLLIAM Месяц назад

very cool tech demo

@rylexthegreat2655 Месяц назад

Well that was.........something

@kahale Месяц назад

Been waiting on this for years, hell yeah

@Scenesencive Месяц назад

lol

@kamotecruiser4083 Месяц назад

01:04 where is the splash and bubbles?

@snowyowl1717 Месяц назад

"Don't forget to bring a towel"!

@anponmon 18 дней назад

This game feels oddly relaxing though idk why

@aisorymizy1580 Месяц назад

Its so shiny And the slide My inner child is happy

@NoDebut Месяц назад

Need this in VR plz