Submission by drew

Earshot is a horror game where your microphone is the controller. You wake up trapped in an abandoned office building. The lights are dying, the doors are locked, and something in the dark is listening. To get out, you need a keycard, the power back on, and a way through the front door before the building takes you. Every sound you make matters. Whisper and your light lasts longer. Speak and something turns its head. Run and you wake the whole place. The monsters don't care if they can see you. They care if they can hear you. Three of them share the building. The Listener hunts by sound. The Whisperer won't let you past the trapdoor until you whisper a phrase she gives you, into your actual microphone. The Jumpers wait in the vents. You have a few things going for you. A breaker puzzle solved by ear. Broken tapes you reconstruct on a workbench. Lockers to hide in. A charm that lures monsters away once. Crouch to move silent and slow. Run to move fast and loud. Speed or sound, you don't get both. You make it to the door. You step onto the porch. You turn around. They're already coming.