Beary the Hatchet

About

event Beary the Hatchet is a visual novel that drops you into a nightshift job with a seriously awkward complication. It's Halloween 199X and you’re stuck hiding a corpse in the backrooms after accidentally killing someone during your shift. The game follows your attempts to keep the body concealed while dealing with bizarre coworkers, odd customer interactions, and the ticking clock until your shift ends. Dialogue choices and quick thinking determine whether you survive the night without getting caught. The tone mixes dark humor with tense decision-making as you juggle moral dilemmas and workplace absurdity. What stands out is the game’s ability to balance macabre situations with lighthearted banter and quirky character interactions. Players navigate a web of awkward truths and half-baked solutions, all while the body takes up valuable breakroom space. The 199X setting feels oddly specific yet timeless, and the writing leans into the absurdity of the premise without overdoing it. At just over five hours of gameplay, it’s a brisk but memorable experience that lingers in the "what even is this" category of delightfully weird storytelling.