The Evaluation

About the Game

You wake in a locked room with a television and a coded door.

A hooded figure appears on the screen and explains the rules: solve the puzzles, or people die.

Welcome, detective.

The Evaluation is a first-person horror puzzle game set in an abandoned drive-in movie theater. Explore a dark, interconnected environment filled with ciphers, codes, hidden mechanisms, and disturbing trials designed to test your ability to observe, decode, and survive.

Across the theater grounds you will uncover clues hidden in buildings, underground tunnels, shipping containers, and broadcast equipment. Each puzzle reveals another piece of the system controlling the night’s events.

But mistakes have consequences.

Fail a puzzle and the hunter may come for you.

Features

• Complex cipher-driven puzzles
Decode symbols, number systems, radio transmissions, and environmental clues.

• A single interconnected environment
Explore an abandoned drive-in theater, including concession buildings, tunnels, containers, and power stations.

• Dynamic threats
Incorrect actions can trigger a hunter that roams the map. Hide and survive.

• Environmental storytelling
Notes, recordings, and hidden details reveal what happened at the theater.

• Permadeath tension
Death resets your progress, forcing careful observation and planning.

• Non-linear puzzle solving
Discover clues across multiple locations and connect them to unlock new areas.