For Goodness Sake

About

For Goodness Sake is a text-driven indie game where you race to finish chores before midnight in hopes of avoiding Krampus. As you tackle tasks around the house, the story weaves in eerie reflections on missing classmates and morally gray scenarios that force you to weigh choices. Each decision ripples into the next, blending personal guilt with survival instincts. The gameplay leans heavy on dialogue and branching options, pushing you to reconcile what’s right with what’s necessary to stay on the “nice list.” The game’s strength lies in its tight, unsettling atmosphere and its willingness to probe uncomfortable ethical questions. At just a few hours long, it prioritizes impact over polish, with sparse visuals letting the tension simmer in the text. Community feedback highlights its bold narrative risks and how it turns holiday folklore into a psychological test. While some call it underdeveloped, others praise its boldness in making morality feel like a trap. Short but sharp, it lingers longer than its runtime suggests.

Storyline

Every early December another kid from your school goes missing, and rumors on the playground have circulated that it's related to Krampusnacht- the night that a half-goat half-demon named Krampus comes and steals away naughty children and spares the good. But what is it that determines if people are taken by Krampus? For Goodness Sake is a very short horror text heavy game, focusing on several trolley problem situations. While completing the chores around the house, you find yourself reflecting on situations involving the neighborhood kids that have gone missing & ultimately deciding what you think might have been the right thing to do. Will you be taken by Krampus at the end of the night like the others, or will you be spared?