A school that rearranges itself every run
School Labyrinth drops you into a school building at night as one of a group of children who snuck in to test their courage. The building is now a maze: corridors, rooms and stairwells are generated differently on every attempt, so the route you learned last time will not help you this time. The familiar daytime school reads as something else in the dark, and the layout is only part of the problem. There is a disturbing presence moving through the halls alongside you, and it is not one of your friends. The goal is simple to say and hard to do: find an emergency exit and get out.
Playing it with friends
The game supports online co-op for up to four players, and you can also play it alone. The intended shape of a session is a group working through the same generated labyrinth at the same time, talking over what each of you has seen and where you have already been. Splitting up is the practical way to cover ground quickly, since the exit could be anywhere in the building, but splitting up also means someone can end up lost and alone with the presence somewhere between them. Keeping track of who is where, and doubling back to regroup when a corridor stops making sense, is most of the tension. Stealth matters: moving quietly and avoiding attention is a real option, and the game leans on that rather than on fighting your way out.
Before you start
Expect a horror game built around atmosphere and avoidance rather than combat, with procedural generation giving each run a different maze. There is a stage called "Old School Labyrinth" alongside the main one, adding new labyrinth layouts and new enemies to watch out for. The game runs with a controller as well. The one thing worth agreeing on before the first run is how your group handles the anomaly: the game raises the possibility that not everyone beside you is really your friend, so a plan for what to do when that suspicion shows up will save you a lot of arguing in a dark corridor.