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The Telephone
Developer Daniele Doesn't Matter
The Telephone is a first-person psychological horror game that will transport you to a world governed by anxiety. You will have to explore the house in which you are locked and the mysterious town of Lonely Plain, searching for clues that can help Roberta regain her memory. From the Steam store page
38 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews) · newest Oct 23, 2026 · last updated Oct 24, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
12 positive · 3 negative
95% range 55–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Steam reviews | 12 | 3 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Positive
13 of 16 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
80% recommend · 12 yes, 3 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 15 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (47 of 52 positive).
Players praise the game's atmosphere and sound design as exceptional. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the game has bugs and frustrating mechanics. [4][5] The game is described as a psychological horror adventure with unique telephone mechanics. [1][6][7]
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- [4]
its not worth 15usd, jumpscares are so bad, the graphics are medicore at best, the game involve lots of revisiting the same places again and again, the puzzles are bad... maybe at 5 usd its worth it
- [1]
The Telephone is an extremely dark and disturbing horror game. In this game you wake up in a room with a telephone, and use the telephone to transport yourself to places such as a small village, a creepy house, a cornfield, a small park, sewers, and a school. During your travels you fight against flying demons and an unrelenting scarecrow, but 90% of the game is exploring, finding items, and solving puzzles. The …
- [2]
You know those reviews that say they cannot understand negative reviews? Well this is one of them! This game was completely atmospheric. It starts out in a room with a phone, then expands endlessly from there! The locations get more interesting as you go. Things change, that's all I'll say without ruining it. Sure it take a while to get into the groove, but once you do, it's pretty awesome. Scary at times, but never …
- [3]
Daniele knocked it out of the park again! Sound design, the different settings, overall feel of dread anytime you aren't in a lit area, and also while have some minimal defense mechanisms! Puzzles were similar to that of Lost Alone where collecting pieces, getting them to the right spot, then resolving the puzzle to move forward is a welcome return and shows evolution in the puzzle types/designs. The jumpscares …
- [6]
Another fun and scary game by Doesn't Matter Games! I already enjoyed the previous games a lot, so I was very excited for his newest game "The Telephone". As a solo dev, he did an amazing job. The game has very unique mechanics like the telephone, or having to keep yourself fed. Trying to stay fed can be a bit stressful at times, but it keeps you on edge. There are also collectibles in the game, which for me as a …
Summarised from 23 of the 35 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
The Telephone sits at 80% positive across 15 opinionated reactions from 2 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
38 of 38 · most liked firstIs “since 1947” the Telephone Game version of being “at war” with Iran “for 47 years?”
neutral · AI labelView post →"wah wah wah these desperate poor people on boats, arriving on the side of our continent that nobody uses, make us feel emasculated, so let's strand them in the middle of Polynesia on a sovereign 21 km² island, also don't ask what our term is for the Telephone Game", that's what yall sound like
neutral · AI labelView post →My #LastFourWatched films Game Night (2018) The Weight (2026) Hope (2026) The Telephone Box (1972 short film) #filmsky #letterboxd #LetterboxdFriday
neutral · AI labelView post →its not worth 15usd, jumpscares are so bad, the graphics are medicore at best, the game involve lots of revisiting the same places again and again, the puzzles are bad... maybe at 5 usd its worth it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Telephone is an extremely dark and disturbing horror game. In this game you wake up in a room with a telephone, and use the telephone to transport yourself to places such as a small village, a creepy house, a cornfield, a small park, sewers, and a school. During your travels you fight against flying demons and an unrelenting scarecrow, but 90% of the game is exploring, finding items, and solving puzzles. The game took 4.5 to finish. + The graphics are a bit mid range, however the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BREAKING: Kamuro Shipping Server implodes after a game of Big Walk (below) a Mad Dog is born after being trapped in the Telephone Club for 20 minutes
neutral · AI labelView post →Stupid question, but do any of the video game Mechwarrior games go into the Word of Blake Jihad, aka the Telephone Cult Civil War
neutral · AI labelView post →it's weird because if you look at the drawings they are the way they are because the Monks doing the drawings were drawing animals based on a weird version of the Telephone Game.
neutral · AI labelView post →So this game saved a bunch of notepad files on my desktop. Not a fan of that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I received this game for free from the developer. Thank you so much for the copy! Try to find my streamer card! I'm #54! You play as a woman named Roberta who is locked in a room trying to find out what happened to 10 missing women. You find out 5 of them are dead, so your quest is to find the remaining 5 women to see if they are still alive. The game consists of a linear puzzle horror game with a few jump scares and very good atmosphere. Overall, I enjoyed the game but is the least spooky out…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know those reviews that say they cannot understand negative reviews? Well this is one of them! This game was completely atmospheric. It starts out in a room with a phone, then expands endlessly from there! The locations get more interesting as you go. Things change, that's all I'll say without ruining it. Sure it take a while to get into the groove, but once you do, it's pretty awesome. Scary at times, but never too much. A few good jump scares and the sound effects are completely beyond…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The White House is just a bunch of people playing the Telephone Game, with predictable results
neutral · AI labelView post →And Christianity is the worst version of The Telephone Game ever invented.
neutral · AI labelView post →#asmr #collab #Telephone_Game #asmrefuge The Telephone Game Collaboration. www.reddit.com/r/ASMRefuge/...
neutral · AI labelView post →@cmr2.bsky.social @morganruble.bsky.social @axfrommn.bsky.social @tvdean.bsky.social @ashcampion.bsky.social @earsgato.bsky.social @bluegreen118.bsky.social @cosmiclad.bsky.social I kinda liked the Telephone Game. I wish I could play a shower game with Manuela. 🚿💕
positive · AI labelView post →Another fun and scary game by Doesn't Matter Games! I already enjoyed the previous games a lot, so I was very excited for his newest game "The Telephone". As a solo dev, he did an amazing job. The game has very unique mechanics like the telephone, or having to keep yourself fed. Trying to stay fed can be a bit stressful at times, but it keeps you on edge. There are also collectibles in the game, which for me as a loot golbin, was a fun little side thing to do on the go while experiencing the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's play the Telephone Game together, my CatPride #vtuber #twitch garticphone.com/en/10F9F456
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bible is the most perverted version of the Telephone Game in the history of humankind.
neutral · AI labelView post →Let's play the Telephone Game together! garticphone.com/en/?c=017063...
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →About 6 hour long psychological horror game with several mechanics, inventory, healing items, etc. as well as several relatively simple puzzles. Voice over is in italian but there are english subtitles. Everything written is fully in english. I played through the whole thing, as I usually do with interesting new horror games, and you're welcome to check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoBr4FGezSk
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Telephone Game at Creator Jam is so wonderfully cursed. www.twitch.tv/creatorjam/c... #creatorjam #resonite @creatorjam.bsky.social @resonite.com
positive · AI labelView post →Maybe because for most of human history, people didn't know how to read or write. And the ones who did were... men. That's why they're called Wives' Tales and Fairy Tales. Game of Telephone was made before the Telephone was invented.
neutral · AI labelView post →Daniele knocked it out of the park again! Sound design, the different settings, overall feel of dread anytime you aren't in a lit area, and also while have some minimal defense mechanisms! Puzzles were similar to that of Lost Alone where collecting pieces, getting them to the right spot, then resolving the puzzle to move forward is a welcome return and shows evolution in the puzzle types/designs. The jumpscares still play out usually in a sudden/loud/some say "cheap" way, but if you enjoy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game starts off slow with the need to sleep to get the phone mechanics in but the intrigue keeps ya goin. It has elements of survival games when it comes to the need to eat and horror (this is) staples when it comes to fear meters. Our job is to regain our memory somehow. I remain intrigued enough to see it through. Solid effort here. Sample gameplay: https://youtu.be/6CbDamqvZcw
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is all wrong and is what happens when people play the Telephone game. Piker supports female bodily autonomy and agency. If you have receipts of him minimizing the Holocaust, post them. Lawrence I know less about, but he was talking about established Black politicians & their risk aversion.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Telephone, developed by Daniele Doesn’t Matter and published by Doesn’t Matter Games, is a psychological horror adventure that leans heavily into atmosphere, tension, and introspective storytelling rather than fast-paced action or traditional survival mechanics. From the moment the game begins, players are placed into a disorienting and claustrophobic scenario, controlling Roberta, who awakens in an unfamiliar and confined space with fragmented memories and little understanding of how she…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the creepiest games I've ever played. Would definitely recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mythology is an accurate term, but that doesn't mean it's completely made-up. It's history from before writing, recorded by the victors and distorted by thousands of years of the Telephone Game. But the core information remains: Humans lived in paradise until God came and expelled the Serpent.
neutral · AI labelView post →How To Kill Lynda With The Telephone Cord In Halloween The Game Explore the thrilling method of using the telephone cord to defeat Lynda in Halloween The Game. Get ready for an intense gaming adventure. #HalloweenTheGame #GamingGuide #GameTips xboxplay.games/halloween-th...
neutral · AI labelView post →How to Kill Lynda With the Telephone in Halloween The Game Explore the tactics for defeating Lynda with the telephone in Halloween The Game. Elevate your skills and immerse yourself in this thrilling. #HalloweenTheGame #GamingGuide #GameTips xboxplay.games/halloween-th...
neutral · AI labelView post →How to Execute an Orderly with the Telephone Pole in Halloween The Game Learn how to execute an orderly using the telephone pole in Halloween The Game. Enhance your skills and dominate the competition with our tips. #HalloweenTheGame #GamingGuide #GameTips xboxplay.games/halloween-th...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fiction, written by people centuries years after the actual events. That means it was "passed down by oral tradition." Ever play the Telephone Game?
neutral · AI labelView post →Ah yes, The Telephone Game At İt's Finest.
neutral · AI labelView post →Or in none-horrendous example, the Telephone game. It shows how a bit of information, such as a sentence, can end up as something entirely else. I.e. there were once Americans, who were like: "Ideology of Nazis, bad!", even with culturally smashing hits* - and these days… well, Americans in […]
neutral · AI labelView post →- good horror adventure with captivating (pun intended) story - atmospheric and arty - game creates lots of txt files on my desktop, why??? - only italian voices, not even english - subtitles often cut off for long dialogues so you will probably miss some lines - ending a bit unsatisfying (what about the other closed cells?) - final boss fight very frustrating. come on, people are buying adventures for the adventure, why do devs think they have to include such stuff into games like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has so many bugs i may need an exterminator. Game freezes while examining inventory and you die, have to start over in beginning of chapter. There is manual no save points. You can't pause the game to use the restroom, so you die while on the toilet from starvation or fright. I have 7 hours of play in this nauseating game, going to try for a refund...don't waste your money even if it's on sale
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy playing games by this single Dev...very creative and fun games. And i do not agree with the negative reviews at all. This game is a PC horror game that centers around a mysterious, unsettling telephone used to navigate through a series of cryptic and often disturbing environments with an intriguing concept, and some jump scares. The story is very mysterious and will keep you in suspense the whole game. And the atmosphere and sound design are well done. I have not…
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