Video Game / Sad Satan

Avoid downloading this game entirely. Many versions contain child sexual abuse material, and some contain malware which will destroy your computer.

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There was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan...

Sad Satan isn't known for being a game, it's the story behind the game that's made it so infamous.

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 The Deep Web 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 4chan and called OHC a coward for censoring the game, linking to the "TRUE" version of Sad Satan. Unsurprisingly, this "TRUE" version was nothing more than a hastily-made clone infested with gore, highly illegal content, and computer-destroying viruses that could even escape virtual machines.

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, PewDiePie, and 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 Publicity Stunt to popularize OHC and make a legend. Regardless, it worked, and Sad Satan has the reputation as The Most Dangerous Video Game of recent memory.

And all of this backstory for a "game" that consists of nothing more than aimless trekking down dark, nightmarish corridors...

As of 2020, 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 Plays available, instead of downloading anything.

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The game provides examples of:

• Broken Record: Several of the audio files that are played get repeated ad-nauseum, back-to-back, contributing even further to the sensory abuse detailed below.
• Central Theme: The game is for the most part a nonsensical mishmash of random Nightmare Fuel, but it seems to have a single overarching topic that recurs the most, being child abuse. This leads to theories that the game's twisted, nightmarish experience is supposed to personify that of child abuse.
  • There's a background conversation of Jimmy Savile, a celebrity that got away with molesting over 400 children.
  • A photograph of a Lady Justice statue, possibly a reference to the failures of the justice system to stop abusers.
  • There's an image flash of Rolf Harris, another celebrity-turned-sex offender, in a Santa outfit with children.
  • There's also an image flash of Tsutomu Miyazaki, the infamous "Little Girl Murderer".
  • The only enemies in the game are tortured-looking, nightmarish children.
  • The game features "Alabama Song", a song from the 1927 play Little Mahagonny about a group of prostitutes who bide their time drinking and soliciting sex. The game features The Doors' Cover Version of the track, which rewrites the line "show me the way to the next pretty boy" as "show me the way to the next little girl."
  • The Ominous Music Box Tune naturally elicits something creepy and child-related.
• Creepy Child: The only NPCs are statue-like children. Later on in some versions of the game, they begin pursuing the player and deal Collision Damage to them if they touch the player, eventually killing them.
• Deliberately Monochrome: Some versions of the game are entirely black and white, while others are just mostly.
• Endless Corridor: The setting.
• The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: As per the warning on the page, the "TRUE" version of the game should be treated as being radioactive because it will destroy your PC and has gore and extremely illegal content in the game files, while other versions should generally be avoided regardless.
• Freeze-Frame Bonus: Many of the jump scares appear for a split second on-screen, and a variety of screens in Obscure Horror Corner's videos consist of Wingdings messages that similarly show up for a second or so.
• Ghostly Gape: Some of the pictures, particularly one of the infamous Otaku Killer, have their eyes and mouths edited out to give this effect.
• Jump Scare: 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 World War I) or Lady Justice, pictures that fuels the above-mentioned Central Theme such as people convicted of child abuse/rape/murder, to graphic and horrific content such as actual child pornography and snuff.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: In an in-universe sense, as the game has been spread across the internet in clean and dirty versions alike.
• The Most Dangerous Video Game: The content of some versions of the game really can leave an impact on the player due to the fact it's real, plus the worst versions are stuffed with computer viruses with symptoms that range from sluggish performance, keylogger installations, to even permanent, irreversible shutdown, allegedly.
• No Plot? No Problem!: The game isn't even a game. It's an experience, if anything.
• Nothing Is Scarier: 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 until you die.
• Numbers Station: One of the background tracks (specifically, "swede.wav") is a heavily warped real-life Cold War numbers station called The Swedish Rhapsody. It includes a girl counting in German and an Ominous Music Box Tune.
• Rule of Scary: The Game.
• Sdrawkcab Speech: Several parts of the game's audio are reversed versions of their sources. A few examples...
  • The game is named after, and includes, the infamous reversed lyric heard in Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven".
    There was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, Sad Satan.
  • The bloodcurdling scream is actually a reversed version of the original recording.
  • The song "I Love Beijing Tiananmen", as heard in Hong Kong '97, has a portion of it heard in reverse.
• Sensory Abuse: The game's main schtick is that its visuals and audio are butchered and specifically tailored to make you feel physically ill. It's terrifyingly effective.
• Shout-Out:
  • The title is a reference to an infamous reversed lyric in the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven". As a matter of fact, all sounds and music derive from somewhere.
  • The Ominous Music Box Tune (swede.wav) is called the Swedish Rhapsody, one of those creepy Cold War Numbers Stations.
  • The bassy slowed down track (alab2.wav) is "Alabama Song" by The Doors.
  • The bloodcurdling screaming (derscream.wav) is an Aztec Death Whistle.
  • The repetitive highpitched track (hong-kong-reverse.wav) is "I Love Beijing Tiananmen", specifically the Hong Kong '97 version of it.
  • The "none whatsoever" conversation (jim.wav) is Jimmy Savile defending himself on his child sex abuse allegations.
• Snuff Film: The worst versions are littered with actual pictures of horrific mutilation, gore, and, if the Reddit posts are to be believed, things even worse.
• Stylistic Suck: This game looks and sounds cheap, poorly produced, unfinished, and overall sloppy. It only serves to enhance the overall unease the game causes, enough to induce nausea and headaches in some individuals because of how the game is basically one long assault on your senses.
• Surreal Horror: No explanation as to who you play as, endless treks down seemingly random corridors, random images of serial killers, pedophiles, and abstract horrors popping up, messed up visuals, and butchered audio. Fits this trope to a tee.
• Title Drop: The reversed portion of "Stairway to Heaven" that contains the words "Sad Satan" is played at certain points.
• Touch of Death: The creepy children have these in some versions.
• Unwinnable by Design: Some versions of the game do have an ending, but others trap players at a dead end or have the NPCs relentlessly pursue them until death.
• Vagueness Is Coming: A lot of the messages that are shown throughout the game speak of vague pleas for help and warning the player to turn back to avoid... Something.

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Once again, readers are encouraged to avoid this game entirely. Many versions contain highly illegal content and destructive malware.

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