History VideoGame / SadSatan

As of 2020, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/sadsatan/comments/i4th4v/sorry_folks_the_clean_version_is_gone/ there is no confirmed clean version available]], meaning that you cannot safely download any version of this game. We strongly recommend watching one of the several {{Let's Play}}s available, instead of downloading anything.

As of 2020, '''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/sadsatan/comments/i4th4v/sorry_folks_the_clean_version_is_gone/ there is no confirmed clean version available]]''', meaning that you cannot safely download any version of this game. We strongly recommend watching one of the several {{Let's Play}}s available, instead of downloading anything.

!'''AVOID THIS GAME ENTIRELY.''' Many versions contain child sexual abuse material and some contain malware which ''will'' destroy your computer. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.

Finally, because it ''cannot'' be emphasized enough, '''DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS GAME UNDER ''ANY'' CIRCUMSTANCES. ''WE MEAN IT''. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned DON'T SAY WE DIDN'T WARN YOU.]]''' Don't try to download the clean version, either. '''[[https://www.reddit.com/r/sadsatan/comments/i4th4v/sorry_folks_the_clean_version_is_gone/ There is NO clean version anymore]]''', meaning that you ''cannot'' download a non-illegal version of the game whatsoever. Don't chance it.

!'''AVOID THIS GAME ENTIRELY.''' Many versions contain highly illegal content and some contain malware which ''will'' destroy your computer. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/LedZeppelin There was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan...]]]]

--> ''There was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, Sad Satan.''

* SnuffFilm: The worst versions are littered with actual pictures of horrific mutilation, gore, and, if the Reddit posts are to be believed, [[PedoHunt things even worse]].

* JumpScare: Images will randomly flash on the screen. Depending on the version, it could be as harmless as a picture of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand (the Austro-Hungarian royalty whose assassination caused UsefulNotes/WorldWar1) or Lady Justice, pictures that fuels the above-mentioned CentralTheme such as people convicted of child abuse/rape/murder, to graphic and horrific content such as actual child pornography and snuff.

Finally, because it ''cannot'' be emphasized enough, '''DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS GAME UNDER ''ANY'' CIRCUMSTANCES. ''WE MEAN IT''. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned DON'T SAY WE DIDN'T WARN YOU.]]'''

* NothingIsScarier: Most of the game consists of just wandering down dark, maze-like corridors that have nothing of note happening. No threats, no explicit scares, just... Walking.

* SnuffFilm: The worst versions are littered with actual pictures of horrific mutilation.

Finally, because it ''cannot'' be emphasized enough, '''DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS GAME UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. WE MEAN IT.'''

!Readers are encouraged to avoid this game ''entirely''. Many versions contain highly illegal content and destructive malware.

It was first discovered by Obscure Horror Corner, a silent Let's Player of, you guessed it, obscure horror games. He claimed it was sent to him by an anonymous user on UsefulNotes/TheDeepWeb called "ZK". With his playthrough, OHC provided a link to the game that turned out to be invalid. He revealed it was because the game contained child pornography and actual snuff, and he didn't want to publicize an illegal game so he let's played a heavily modified version instead. Then a person claiming to be ZK appeared on Website/FourChan and called OHC a coward for censoring the game, linking to the "true" version of ''Sad Satan''. It was riddled with the real-life grotesque content OHC warned of, as well as computer-destroying viruses.

Now there are countless versions of the game, some harmless like the version OHC played, others illegal and dangerous to your computer like the "true" version, and the rest in the middle. Several websites and [=YouTubers=], most notably Kotaku, LetsPlay/PewDiePie, and WebVideo/SomeOrdinaryGamers, further publicized the game and helped turn it into the legend it is. Many people theorize ZK and OHC are the same person and it was all a PublicityStunt to popularize OHC and make a legend. Regardless, it worked, and ''Sad Satan'' has the reputation as TheMostDangerousVideoGame of recent memory.

All of this backstory, and the game itself is just a senseless, surreal trek down a series of dark, nightmarish corridors.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Some versions of the game are downright ''dangerous'' to play because they mangle your computer and contain illegal content, hence the myriad of warnings present on this page.

!Readers are encouraged to avoid this game ''entirely''. Many versions contain highly illegal content and destructive malware.

* CreepyChild: The only [=NPCs=] are statue-like children. Later on in some versions of the game, they begin pursuing the player and deal ContactDamage to them if they touch the player, eventually killing them.