History Videogame / Paranoiac

In ''Paranoiac'' you play as Miki Takamura, who has moved into the house that belonged to her aunt. However, every night she gets attacked by a strange monster, and while all this is going on her mother grows more distant from her and even her neighbor from across the street starts doubting her sanity...

''Paranoiac'' is a freeware survivor horror RPG game made in Wolf RPG Editor, by Creator/{{Uri}}, who also made ''VideoGame/TheCrookedMan'' and ''VideoGame/MermaidSwamp.''

* [[spoiler:NoAntagonist: Unusually for a horror game, it turns out the monster is [[GoodAllAlong benevolent and misunderstood]], [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane if it’s even real.]] The closest thing the game has to a villain is Miki’s mother, who doesn’t have a direct hand in the plot.]]

Riffed by The Real Golden Gamer and Bean Dude here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4AzPIHmank

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* NightmareFace

* [[spoiler: ThroughTheEyesOfMadness]]: [[spoiler: Not only is Miki at least a little insane, it runs in the family, meaning for all we know the monster might really be a hallucination after all.]]

''Paranoiac'' is a freeware survivor horror RPG game made in Wolf RPG Editor, by Creator/{{Uri}}, who also made ''VideoGame/TheCrookedMan'' and ''VideoGame/MermaidSwamp''.

There is an English translation [[http://www.vgperson.com/games/paranoiac.htm here]].

!!''VideoGame/{{Paranoiac}}'' provides examples of:

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: You only win the game [[spoiler:by claiming the monster is real, but you later discover that Miki has schizophrenia.]]

* TheReveal: It turns out that the monster chasing Miki throughout the game is [[spoiler:Miki's dead aunt wanting to reconcile with her niece.]] This happens if the player chooses to believe that the monster is real.

* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: Using the code for the computer before you learn it, will cause the game to think you're in the final day already. This might seem like a good thing until you reallize that any rooms you didn't open [[GameBreakingBug will remain locked]].

* FreudianExcuse: Miki has a rather strained relationship with her mother. First off, they both suffer from mental illness, which affects them negatively. Second, when Miki reports anything about the house, her mother thinks she's crazy and dismisses her claims. Finally, when Miki receives a call from her mother and tells her that she's being chased by a monster, she laughs at her and tells her not to call her again. Her mother has hysteria (now referred to as conversion disorder because of the sexist connotations) which causes her to drive her family away from her.

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* MommyIssues: Miki has a rather strained relationship with her mother. First off, they both suffer from mental illness, which affects them negatively. Second, when Miki reports anything about the house, her mother thinks she's crazy and dismisses her claims. Finally, when Miki receives a call from her mother and tells her that she's being chased by a monster, she laughs at her and tells her not to call her again. Her mother has hysteria (now referred to as conversion disorder because of the sexist connotations) which causes her to drive her family away from her.

* MommyIssues: Miki has a rather strained relationship with her mother. First off, they both suffer from mental illness, which affects them negatively. Second, when Miki reports anything about the house, her mother thinks she's crazy and dismisses her claims. Finally, when Miki receives a call from her mother and tells her that she's being chased by a monster, she laughs at her and tells her not to call her again. Her mother has hysteria which (now referred to as conversion disorder because of the sexist connotations) which causes her to drive her family away from her.

* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: Using the code for the computer before you learn it, will cause the game to think you're in the final day already. This might seem like a good thing until you reallize that any rooms you didn't open [[GameBreakingBug will remain locked]].

* YouShouldntKnowThisAlready: Using the code for the computer before you learn it, will cause the game to think you're in the final day already. This might seem like a good thing until you reallize that any rooms you didn't open [[GameBreakingBug will remain locked]].

* MommyIssues: Miki has a rather strained relationship with her mother. First off, they both suffer from mental illness, which affects them negatively. Second, when Miki reports anything about the house, her mother thinks she's crazy and dismisses her claims. Finally, when Miki receives a call from her mother and tells her that she's being chased by a monster, she laughs at her and tells her not to call her again.

** The good ending: [[spoiler: Miki insists the monster's real. When confronted by the monster one last time, she runs like usual and ends up in the toy room with nowhere to run. Then she realizes the monster was her aunt this whole time, and recalls some fond memories before asking her aunt's forgiveness. Her aunt apparently hugs her which causes Miki to pass out, but Miki is fine the next morning and is able to face life with renewed vigor.]]

''Paranoiac'' is a freeware survivor horror RPG game made in Wolf RPG Editor, by Uri, the person who made ''VideoGame/TheCrookedMan''.

* ParanoiaFuel

* JerkAss: Miki's mother. While it can partially be attributed to [[spoiler: her mother having some of the mental health issues that seem to plague the family as well]], the woman's just ''mean'' sometimes. Such as making Miki live in her aunt's house because [[spoiler: Miki's been diagnosed with depression and her mother doesn't want to be around a "crazy"]]. Or laughing at Saeki when [[spoiler: Saeki has a miscarriage.]]

* JerkAss: Miki's mother. While it can partially be attributed to [[spoiler: her mother having some of the mental health issues that seem to plague the family as well]], the woman's just ''mean'' sometimes.

* ChaseSequence: Every night, the monster attacks and Miki must hide somewhere away from it.