Prey
Video Game • 2017 •
ReportThis video game contains 24 potentially triggering events.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Artsymess
Throughout the game not only are you stalked by hostile alien creatures, but later on a mercenary using the space station’s systems and an escaped serial killer if you let them live.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Artsymess
This is a big theme of the main game — with Morgan trapped in a simulation and having their memories constantly wiped. Before he escapes the Sim Lab he has relived the same day for months. Both January and Alex try to convince Morgan to follow their plans, citing past conflicting videos Morgan had made for his future self.
In Mooncrash a Telepath will convince Andrius Alekna to bring a disguised Mimic back to Earth with him, impersonating his son back on Earth, guilt tripping him, and repeatedly saying it’s what he wants to do. This is notable as usually Telepaths use psychological torture instead of gaslighting.
In Mooncrash a Telepath will convince Andrius Alekna to bring a disguised Mimic back to Earth with him, impersonating his son back on Earth, guilt tripping him, and repeatedly saying it’s what he wants to do. This is notable as usually Telepaths use psychological torture instead of gaslighting.
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denialol
All the characters seen are adults.
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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JacobRendall
One character drinks while on the job and receives emails from their boss saying its getting out of hand, there's no drinking on screen but lots of bottles around the workstation.
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Animal
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denialol
Player kills various aliens.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Throughout the game you’ll occasionally come across the fresh bodies of alien eels.
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Are there spiders?
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3catsinatrenchcoat
YMMV a to how spider-like the mimics are, but they are aliens.
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Are there snakes?
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Artsymess
No, but there are snake-like eels found in certain areas.
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Are there bugs?
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denialol
Spider-like alien creatures.
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Artsymess
You see the body of Luther Glass restrained for neuromod implantation.
At later points in the game you come across corpses suspended in GLOO.
At later points in the game you come across corpses suspended in GLOO.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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In Claire Whitten’s story quest in the Mooncrash DLC it begins with her killing a man by pushing a knife through his face. The Psychostatic Cutter (the aforementioned knife) can also be used against NPCs.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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BrynE
The body of a crew member found in open space has an audio recording on her that was made as she asphyxiated.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Artsymess
The impostor cook is implied to have killed the previous cook and put them in the freezer. They’re labeled as “mysterious meat”.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Artsymess
The Thermal Phantom and Thermal Mimic use pyrokinesis in battle. There are also many pipes and oil spills that will set alight if damaged. Both the player and NPCs can die in these fires. It is mentioned in the Thermal Mimic’s scan data that it melted off someone’s face.
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Does a head get squashed?
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The heads of possessed humans will explode if they’re killed or they get to close to you.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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It’s implied Danielle Sho does shortly after the last time they speak with the player. It’s also a way you can die in Mooncrash outside of the simulation. Morgan breathes heavy when in areas which have low or no oxygen. You can die of asphyxiation in space if you turn on the oxygen survival option.
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Does someone break a bone?
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morganyu
Towards the end of the game, an audio message by a NPC can be relayed to the player telling them that they've broken their arm and need help, however it's revealed to be a set-up by one of the main antagonists.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Not seen on screen, but someone does get their finger bit off.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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denialol
The player can.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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3catsinatrenchcoat
Neuromods are added through the eye. It is only shown a couple of times but is alluded to more often.
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Is there excessive gore?
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If a possessed human gets close to you, their entire head explodes.
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Children
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Disability
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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fwankie
You can also kidnap Dahl yourself, and a serial killer kidnaps and kills several characters and attempts to do so to the player.
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Does a parent die?
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3catsinatrenchcoat
Several minor characters have kids back on Earth.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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denialol
Spider-like mimics disguise themselves as objects and launch themselves at the player when they get too close. Multiple sudden, scripted jumpscares involving dead bodies or aliens.
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Is someone possessed?
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morganyu
While it's not 'possession' in the traditional sense, there's an alien enemy in the game with mind control powers that can turn human NPCs against the player. Defeating the alien causes all humans it was controlling to fall unconscious.
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Are there ghosts?
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3catsinatrenchcoat
There is an alien that BEHAVES like a ghost (is invisible, makes weird noises like whispers and footsteps, throws things) but is its explicitly an alien, not a ghost.
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Gross
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Does someone spit?
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No one farts or spits, but in Mooncrash on occasion the Mule Operator will make a burp sound after objects are transferred to/from its inventory.
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Is there audio gore?
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Artsymess
Yes. As characters are killed by aliens or if the player suffers from the broken bones or hemorrhage status effect.
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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morganyu
Upgrading or getting new powers involves sticking a machine with a needle on it into your eye. A one-time animation of the player character doing this is shown the first time a power is obtained, and it is noted by several characters that one of their eyes is red from repeated usage.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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There’s a quarantine chamber, where you see someone who’s been mindjacked by a Telepath.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Yes. These rooms are labeled as Trauma Centers, and are entirely avoidable, though you will miss out on certain objectives and loot.
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Does someone have cancer?
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3catsinatrenchcoat
A very minor character, but it is potentially a plot point, depending on how you play.
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Mental Health
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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The impostor chef suffers from several undiagnosed conditions as evident by a Telepath’s aversion/fear of him after peering into his mind when attempting to colonize/control it. He is a serial killer, cannibal, and terrorist. The violent actions which he takes on screen are hitting another (robot) character over the head with a wrench for interrupting him and later trying to kill you several times with explosives. The bodies of four of his victims can be found in the freezer room in the Crew Quarters.
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Several NPCs you find dead seemingly killed themselves so the Typhon couldn’t get to them, which is also revealed in some audiologs. Luka Golubkin, the “imposter cook”, will kill himself with a Recycler Charge in your final confrontation with him in the Escape Pod Bay on the Talos I Bridge.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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An NPC says “if I ever turn into one of those things, shoot me”. Another NPC says in an audio recording “I’m going out on my own terms” before shooting themself.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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JacobRendall
There's lots of squeezing through gaps and going through maintainence tunnels but you can always turn around with full 360 degree movement and escape. If you're unlucky you could get cornered by an enemy while in a tunnel.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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denialol
No, but some corpses have an emaciated appearance
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C0nn0r
Several NPCs commit suicide, as indicated by the notes they leave behind. However, no characters explicitly kill themselves or display signs of trauma.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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JacobRendall
One of the enemies makes your camera sensitivity super high and adds a slight shake to your view. You can cure it with alcohol or get a permanent upgrade to cancel the effect or just choose to ignore the enemy completely.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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In flash backs, flash forwards, when enemies are nearby, and some enemy attacks. The more psychedelic effects come from flash forwards and enemies like the Poltergiest using its lift field, the Weaver afflicting the player with the fear effect, and the Telepath using its psyshock. You can not progress without encountering and battling these enemies, as well as experiencing the flash forwards cutscenes. Lights will also flicker whenever Typhon organisms are nearby, but not like strobe lights and more like a simple malfunction.
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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No proper childbirth, but Weavers birth Crystoids to defend themselves. This is not graphic or reminiscent of childbirth in any way.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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morganyu
There's a questionnaire at the start that proposes an alternate solution to the 'trolley problem' where pushing a fat guy onto the train tracks will stop an oncoming train from killing people tied to the tracks. There's also an achievement called 'Push the Fat Man' that is rewarded for killing one of the main characters, who is fat, and there's a visual gag in that character's apartment with boxes on top of a treadmill and unread emails from his physician telling him to exercise.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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ddecpticons
During one quest, you find a woman trapped in space whose girlfriend has died before the events of the game. It is implied that she runs out of oxygen and dies after you complete the quest.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Mostly, yes. It can also be seen as bittersweet. You can choose your ending but all of them result in the Typhon making their way to Earth. At the very end you can choose whether to give humanity a beacon of hope by shaking Alex Yu’s hand, or choose the bad ending where you kill everyone in the room.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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denialol
The game takes place in a space station, no cars are seen.
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Does a plane crash?
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An escape shuttle crashed into a Weaver and is promptly destroyed by Typhon
In Mooncrash in Vijay Bhatia’s story quest you have the option to destroy Claire Whitten’s escape pod, which crashes and explodes in the distance.
In Mooncrash Peter is forced to crash his ship onto the Moon to avoid slowly suffocating to death in his ship. He manages to make it back to Earth, though!
In Mooncrash in Vijay Bhatia’s story quest you have the option to destroy Claire Whitten’s escape pod, which crashes and explodes in the distance.
In Mooncrash Peter is forced to crash his ship onto the Moon to avoid slowly suffocating to death in his ship. He manages to make it back to Earth, though!
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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morganyu
Not a nuclear explosion, but a couple of the possible endings involves the detonation of the space station that the game takes place on, which creates a rather large explosion.
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Is there blood/gore?
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denialol
Bloody or grossly emaciated bodies are seen around the station. Large blood splatters when people are shot. Mind-controlled people have their heads explode if you get too close; you see a large red cloud, and a stump.
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Is there gun violence?
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morganyu
The player can find and use a pistol and a shotgun that seem pretty realistic in their functionality. There's also a stun gun, a laser cannon, a packing foam gun, a toy crossbow and grenade-like devices.
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