Characters found in Welcome to the Game. Be wary of unmarked spoilers.
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Click here for their appearance revealed in the secret ending
The protagonist and experienced Deep Web searcher willing to do anything for a Red Room. In the Who Am I ending, their identity is revealed to be The Nympho from Rides With Strangers. Go to the Rides With Strangers character sheet for more info on her.
- The Cameo: Shows up as part of the Noir cult in the sequel.
- Depraved Bisexual: You can't get more "depraved" than seeking a Red Room for sexual pleasure. The fact that she has male dates as well as targeting Elora in Rides With Strangers only confirms that she isn't picky.
- Featureless Protagonist: No body, no voice, no motivation, no name. This is completely subverted in the Who Am I ending where the player is revealed to be The Nympho from Rides With Strangers.
- First-Person Ghost: Has no body of any kind... until she suddenly spouts full-body awareness in one of the secret endings and looks in the mirror.
- Foreshadowing: When you get up out of your seat, the footstep sound effect sounds vaguely like high heels, hinting at the player's identity.
- The Kidnapper is stated to only abduct women to sell into sex trafficking. The fact that the kidnapper targets you confirms that the player character is female.
- Heroic Mime: To unrealistic proportions. What do they say when a tall, intimidating home invader suddenly busts through their window and man-handles them? Why, absolutely nothing, of course! Not even a gasp or yelp. Entirely subverted in the secret ending where she talks up a storm in a phone call with her date.
- Immobile Player Character: Mostly bound to their chair, but they can still get up to turn the light off.
- Loser Protagonist: Willing to risk their life and personal security for Gorn, which means they're either pathetically curious or a sadistic sicko. It's implied they do have a life outside of Deep Web searching, however, because they're only online for 10 PM to 4 AM every day. The secret ending reveals that Villain Protagonist is more than correct.
- Nightmare Fetishist: Avid Deep Web lurker. The secret ending takes this literally by blatantly stating the player does it for sexual pleasure.
- No Name Given: We're not given a Canon Name for the protagonist. That said, as she's The Nympho from Rides With Strangers, it's revealed elsewhere to be Lydia.
- Samus Is a Girl: As revealed in one of the secret endings added in 2.0.
- Suddenly Voiced: After being an unfettered Heroic Mime for the entire game, the player suddenly begins talking up a storm in one of the secret endings.
- Too Dumb to Live: They're willing to put up with armies of professional hackers and dangerous kidnappers constantly invading their home for Gorn, instead of maybe calling the police Although considering who the player is, it makes sense they don't call the police.Finding another, safer source of Gorn than the Red Room isn't an option, either.
- Villainous Friendship: The tutorial suggests they are good friends with Adam, and as we eventually learn, neither of them are good people.
- Villain Protagonist: See Loser Protagonist above.
- Walking Spoiler: Due to what one of the secret endings reveal.
Adam
- Author Avatar: Voiced and named after the creator, Adam Flatau.
- Creator Cameo: See Author Avatar above.
- He Knows About Timed Hits: Breaks the fourth wall to explain the controls.
- Justified Tutorial: Just a concerned Skype friend telling you the basics of Deep Web navigation.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Tells you basics at the very beginning, returns a few minutes later to remind you about the time limit, and is never spoken of again.
The Kidnapper
Добрый вечер... Translation
A masked Russian criminal who tracks your location and breaks into your house with malicious intent.- Affably Evil: Is at least polite enough to give you a "Good evening" before seizing you by the throat, and in Scrutinized, his translated dialogue is "It's just business".
- All Myths Are True: "Just an urban legend" according to Adam. He isn't.
- Bald of Evil: In Scrutinized, he's revealed to be completely bald with not a single hair on his head. He doesn't even have eyebrows.
- Big Bad Ensemble: Along with the Breather, he is the main threat to the protagonist, whom he is out to kidnap. He is also this with Tanner and the Blueblood killer in Scrutinized.
- Bilingual Bonus: He speaks in fluent Russian.
- Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: His eyes are completely sunken in blackness.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He seems to have a thing against pedophiles. See Schmuck Bait below.
- The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: He'll straight up break the rules on Casual Mode just to kill you if you dare enter The Pedo Handbook.
- Idiot Ball: Or something. If this professional, presumably experienced kidnapper thinks the house is empty, instead of waiting around and waiting for the player to return home or turning on the lights and investigating the house thoroughly, he just leaves. His translated line on arriving at the house suggest that he's following the player's signal, but is confused about which house you're in; not that it excuses him just leaving.
- Jump Scare: He can inflict this on the player if they're not careful. When he's on his way, an arrow symbol will briefly pop up on the taskbar of the computer screen. If they fail to notice it (which can well happen, since it's only visible for a few seconds), then about 15 or 20 seconds later, the player will be forcibly turned around and the Kidnapper will be standing right in front of them. Cue Game Over.
- Malevolent Masked Man: Is a malicious home invader in a balaclava.
- The Mafiya: He's a tattooed Russian crook who kidnaps you for an organised sex trafficking ring
- No Name Given: The credits only list him as "Kidnapper".
- Nothing Is Scarier: What the Kidnapper does to you after a Game-Over is never even implied, but it can't be good. In Scrutinized, it's revealed that he kidnaps women for his employers, who run a sex trafficking ring, but even then its unknown if he works for them full time.
- He is also completely un-connected the Noir cult, because Adam doesn't really believe he exists, he has no connection to the doll maker or even the red room organisers. He is part of a separate group who themselves are completely unknown apart from the fact they are a sex trafficking organisation.
- Pædo Hunt: Enter the Pedo Handbook and he gets you on the spot.
- Renegade Russian: Downplayed. He's a criminal of Russian nationality, but there's nothing suggesting he has it out for any countries or people of those countries.
- Schmuck Bait: If you enter The Pedo Handbook, the Kidnapper will literally materialize out of thin air and kidnap you. He even comes on Casual Mode, where he's supposed to be completely disabled.
- The Spook: No one knows where he comes from, who his employers are, what his actual name is and what exactly he plans to do to you when he gets you. Even Adam doesn't fully know if he really exists or not, which is saying something because Adam is extremely connected in the deep web underworld.
- Tattooed Crook: Has a big tattoo snaking up one of his arms.
The Breather
"I FOUND YOU."
A local Serial Killer whose M.O consists of targeting Deep Web users like yourself and calling them before striking.- Ax-Crazy: His psychotic mannerisms are not modest.
- Bald of Evil: Even with the hood on, you can tell he has one shiny dome.
- Big Bad Ensemble: Along with the Kidnapper, he is the main threat to the protagonist, whom he is out to kill.
- Black Eyes of Evil: Downplayed. When he kills you, his eyes bulge out and his Irises become black.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Despite being an Ax-Crazy Serial Killer, he also doesn't tolerate pedophiles.
- Evil Laugh: Prefaces his jumpscare with a sadistic cackle before gutting you.
- Evil Sounds Deep: The man has one rough, bone-chilling voice.
- Gutted Like a Fish: Guts you with it in his jumpscare, and it gives some Michael Myers vibes.
- Harassing Phone Call: What warns the player that he's coming. He usually just breathes into the phone, which gave him his nickname, but he also directly threatens the player sometimes.
- Honor Before Reason: According to Adam, the only real reason you're not so easily killed by him is because he has a strict set of rules he follows when he kills people, even when they make killing a lot harder. In the Breather's case, this means that he will only ever enter your house through the front door despite the window next to you being wide open.
- In the Hood: Wears a hoodie with the hood on.
- Malevolent Masked Man: Wears a surgical mask.
- Pædo Hunt: It is possible for him to appear if you go on the Pedo Handbook.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner: I FOUND YOU.
- Serial Killer: A killer of Deep Web users and hitchhikers, and unlike the kidnapper, Adam assures you that he's completely real.
- Shmuck Bait: He can appear right along with the Kidnapper if you go onto the Pedo Handbook.
- Vader Breath: Most of his phone calls consist of heavy breathing.
- Van in Black: You'll sometimes see an ominous white van parked in front of your house.
The Executioner
Welcome...to the game!
A masked lunatic and the hammy host of the Red Room you finally find. Also the main antagonist of The Waiting Room.- Ax-Crazy: He seems to cap off all of his torture sessions with an execution.
- Big Bad: In The Waiting Room, he traps the protagonist in the titular room and intends to kill them for the Red Room broadcast. He is the main obstacle to the protagonist, who must evade him while seeking a way to escape.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Inflicts this upon the Victim, and probably countless others, for your entertainment.
- Expy: In addition to the Joker (see below), Dr. Trager from Outlast. They're both hammy, talkative, and casual Torture Technicians in medical scrubs.
- The Heavy: He runs the Red Room/Waiting Room all by himself, but he's not afraid to get his hands dirty and personally restrain (read: beat the shit out of) anyone trying to escape.
- Large Ham: A very loud and theatrical villain. Given that he's a Silent Antagonist in The Waiting Room, it's likely that he intentionally hams it up to entertain his audience and is otherwise more serious when alone with his victims.
- Malevolent Masked Man: Wears a hockey-mask and has clearly tortured countless people to death.
- No Name Given: He is simply known as The Executioner.
- Practically Joker: His mannerisms and voice are clearly inspired by Mark Hamill's Joker from Batman: The Animated Series.
- Sadist: He clearly takes pleasure in his job, killing the Victim in a quite theatrical manner.
- Silent Antagonist: In The Waiting Room, quite the contrast to his Large Ham self in the original game.
- The Sociopath: Takes sadistic glee in butchering innocents.
- Suddenly Voiced: Inverted. He was very talkative in WTTG, but in The Waiting Room he doesn't say a word despite being the main antagonist.
- Title Drop: "Welcome... to the game!"
- Torture Technician: As a Red Room host, what you see clearly isn't his first rodeo.
- Vader Breath: Heavily breathes in your ear as you pretend to sleep in The Waiting Room.
Victim
- Action Survivor: The Executioner's monologue in the secret ending specifically emphasizes how much of an Average Joe Larry is: he's an accountant, he's from Buffalo, and he likes birdwatching and walks in the park. Despite this, he successfully escapes from the Red Room and the Ax-Crazy lunatic hosting it onto a highway... somewhat.
- Another Side, Another Story: In the secret ending, you see the original ending through his perspective, only this time, he actually escapes... only to get jumpscared by the Executioner anyways.
- Distressed Dude: Restrained to a chair and mutilated.
- No Name Given: Originally. The secret ending reveals his name is Larry.
- Shoot the Shaggy Dog: Even when the poor bastard finally escapes in the secret ending, the Executioner still re-captures him.
- Slashed Throat: What finally puts him out of his misery.
- Walking Spoiler: The reason most of his entry is censored is because his role is expanded upon in one of the other endings.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Gets introduced as a terrified and confused civilian, gets his body horribly maimed, and gets his throat slit. In the secret ending, however...
