Side Eye High

About

Side Eye High is a point-and-click adventure set in a 1997 American high school. You play as Murph, an ex-detective posing as a safety auditor, tasked with uncovering the cause of bizarre student deaths. Explore classrooms, hallways, and lockers to gather clues, interview suspicious characters, and piece together a series of strange incidents. The game leans into a grounded mystery tone with occasional dark humor, as each death defies logic but ties into a larger pattern. Puzzle solving revolves around observation and context, requiring you to connect mundane details to unsettling conclusions. The game’s strength lies in its contrast between a nostalgic setting and a story riddled with uneasy twists. Players appreciate the sharp dialogue and the way it subverts high school tropes with morbid absurdity. While not graphically flashy, the 90s aesthetic feels deliberate, with retro touches enhancing immersion. Early feedback highlights its clever writing and the way it balances humor with tension, making it a standout in the point-and-click genre. The single-player narrative unfolds over seven days, offering a self-contained mystery that wraps up in about six to eight hours.

Storyline

The year is 1997 in the small, suspicious town of Ravenvale Heights, and students at the local high school are turning up dead under mysterious circumstances. The unsettling string of student deaths has the community on edge, as each incident is bizarre and sometimes even darkly ridiculous in its occurrence. Stepping in to uncover the truth is Murph, a weary, grizzled ex-detective who has been sent undercover as a “safety auditor” at the school. Over the course of one week, Murph must discretely investigate these so-called “accidents” and figure out what’s really going on before the culprit (or the truth behind the incidents) slips away. The premise sets the stage for a tense whodunit cloaked in the everyday facade of a 1990s high school, where nothing is as innocent as it seems.