The Setup
Platform 8 is the companion nightmare to Exit 8. Same rules: walk, notice anomalies, survive. Miss them and the world resets. Only this time, youโre trapped on a subway train that never stops. Played on the Steam Deck with Loop = Life: every reset is a dead survivor. Only one makes it off the train. Like Exit 8, this was my very first time playing โ learning the rules on the fly, with resets as my only teachers.
The Diary
First survivor: Reached the end of the carriage and saw a figure standing at the exit. I didnโt realise youโre meant to move when the lights flick on. The lights came, the figure moved faster than me, and I was erased.
Second survivor: This time the exit door stood wide open, platform beckoning. I trusted it. I stepped toward freedom. The world snapped back to the first carriage, and so did I. Survivors donโt get second chances for gullibility.
Third survivor: Red water pooled in the aisle. The right move was to sprint. I didnโt. Instead, I shut the door on the carriage like that would help. The reset came anyway, cruel and quiet.
Fourth survivor: I let curiosity win. Instead of spotting the anomaly, I pushed through to the next carriage just to see what would happen. The answer: reset. Straight back to carriage one, another survivor erased for being too nosy.
Final survivor: Paranoia sharpened me. I ran when I had to, stopped when the lights demanded it, and turned back from lies. At last, the train gave up its prisoner. I stepped onto the real platform, escaped the loop, and lived. Luck played its part too. Some of the anomalies repeated from earlier failures, familiar traps I finally knew how to dodge. That memory, plus paranoia, was enough to carry me to the platform.
The Video
Hereโs the full successful run, captured on Steam Deck:
Survivorโs Thoughts
The corridor in Exit 8 felt endless. The train in Platform 8 feels worse โ claustrophobic, restless, each carriage identical until it isnโt. Four survivors erased before one finally broke free. Thatโs the real distinction: Exit 8 is a test of attention, Platform 8 is a puzzle box. Both erase you for mistakes, but in different ways.
Continue the Journey
See where it started with Exit 8 โ Lost in the Corridor, or browse more nightmares in the Survivorโs Dread Hub.
