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Emily Wants to Play

Shawn Hitchcock · 2015

Emily Wants to Play

PuzzleSimulatorStrategyIGDB 79Steam 78%

Session Respect Score

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0.0/ 10

"Hour-long horror survival requires commitment and sustained focus."

Best session: 60-90 minutes

Minimum session

60 min

Pausability

At save points

Resume friendliness

Some reorientation

FOMO pressure

High FOMO

Focus required

Intense

Session structure

Self-contained runs

Play in one sitting to maintain tension and survival momentum throughout.

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About

Emily Wants to Play is a unique horror game released on December 10th, 2015. Emily Wants to Play is a game based around you, a pizza delivery boy, making your way through an abandoned house, trying to survive until the large clock in the den hits the next hour. Every hour, another one of Emily's 'toys' becomes hostile, and will attempt to attack you.

It’s 11pm, and you are at the last house on your route. The lights are on, and the front door is opened. But, the windows are all boarded up and the grass is overgrown. It seems like a strange place to deliver a pizza, but at least, it looks like someone is home. You run to the front door since it’s storming pretty bad…

Single playerFirst personActionHorrorSurvival

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Context Tags

No sound needed? One-handed? Good for commutes? Players vote.

🔇No sound OK
🤚One-handed
🎵Background game
🚇Commute friendly
✈️Plane friendly
💤Suspend & resume
Quick to boot
☁️Cloud save
👶Kid can watch
🛋️Couch co-op
🎤No voice chat needed
🌙Solo after bedtime
🎙️Podcast game
🧘Zen mode
🥱Brain off
🔁Satisfying grind
🧒Kid co-op

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Platform Notes

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Platforms

PlayStation 4, Android, PC / Windows, iOS, macOS, Xbox One

Age Rating

PEGI 12ESRB T

Emily Wants to Play — Session FAQ

How long does a session of Emily Wants to Play take?
The minimum meaningful session for Emily Wants to Play is approximately 60 minutes. This is the shortest play window where you can make real progress or have a satisfying experience, based on community data.
Can you pause Emily Wants to Play?
Emily Wants to Play uses save points or manual saves. You'll need to reach a checkpoint before exiting to avoid losing progress — factor this into your session planning.
Does Emily Wants to Play pressure you to keep playing?
Emily Wants to Play has high FOMO. The game may use cliffhangers, timed missions, online leaderboards, or live events that create pressure to keep playing.
What is Emily Wants to Play's Session Respect Score?
Emily Wants to Play has a Session Respect Score of 4.7/10. This score combines minimum session length, pausability, FOMO level, and pickup friendliness into a single metric for how well the game fits busy schedules.

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