5 Days a Stranger

About

5 Days a Stranger is a point-and-click adventure where you play Trilby, a thief who breaks into an empty manor only to get stuck inside. What starts as a routine heist turns into a mystery as Trilby joins other trapped intruders to figure out why they can’t leave. The game leans into classic adventure tropes with dialogue choices, item collection, and environmental puzzles. The manor itself feels alive, hiding secrets that tie to its long-dead family and the force keeping everyone captive. Made by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw before his critics' corner fame, the game mixes macabre humor with tense exploration. While short and straightforward compared to later entries in the series, it sets up recurring themes of entrapment and psychological unease. The single community vote labels it "Chill," which feels odd for a horror game but hints at its deliberate pacing. It’s a relic of early 2000s PC adventuring with a cult following.

Storyline

Get in, get the loot, get out... that's how it usually goes for master cat burglar Trilby. But after he breaks into the supposedly vacated country manor erstwhile of the aristocratic DeFoe family, he quickly finds that things are not that simple. Together with a group of strangers, he finds himself imprisoned by some invisible intelligence. A force prepared to do anything to keep them there.