Not many adventure games are so suffocating that I’ve required multiple breaks because of the subject matter instead of the puzzles. The Cat Lady deals with themes of depression, suicide, and violence and it’s all overtly visually represented—an unrelenting torture movie (think, Inside) set against the surreal, psychological backdrop of Silent Hill or Jacob’s Ladder. The game is very much in the latter camp at first, a slow dissolve of realities. It’s all intentionally subdued, because once the ‘The Arm Scene’ rolled around, I jumped out of my seat in simultaneous horror and amazement. Some music kicks in that in any other context I might find hokey, but it serves the sudden shift in tone perfectly. And so, one of the best horror scenes in gaming was cemented.