About Stair Tappers:
Stairs features a man named Adams entering into a factory to investigate the murder of a young woman named Valerie, who may have been victim to two men, all three who went missing over three years ago, but Valerie’s body suddenly turns up in said factory. Adams is here to snap some pictures for his own personal scoop, but soon gets trapped in the factory and begins to descend a series of stairs.The game mostly has you exploring the environments, locating and snapping pictures of scenes, solving some light puzzles, and later in, occasionally sneaking past some monsters & some misc activities. And the game does well with it… During the 2-4 hour course, the game provides a surprising amount of variety, in locations, objectives, and paces itself nicely. While the short length will turn some people off, they don’t pad it out to artificially fill time, and though a slower experience, do good in building up atmosphere and scenes. The atmosphere in general is quite good, with moody lighting and some well-done audio to capture you in specific moments, but it isn’t an overly scary game. There’s a few moments here and there, and I did get unnerved sometimes, but it isn’t trying to litter itself with cheap jumpscares or be overly oppressive. If anything, the type of horror it portrays is more… “Thinking,” horror, and a few mindscrew elements. Things like something changing you may subtly notice, or the path you just treaded suddenly being different, or little details in the environment and notes that get you thinking.
