Please Knock on My Door

Please Knock on My Door follows a single person living with depression and social anxiety. The gameplay is structured around making it through work shifts, deciding whether to answer the door when friends visit, choosing how to respond to messages, and managing energy levels that quietly deplete from every social or professional interaction.

There is no Game Over screen. The story always reaches one of several endings that tie back to the choices accumulated, and every decision saves immediately, with only one save slot. The narrator is fully voiced and keeps insisting they always have your character's best interests in mind, which the writing slowly complicates.

The developer started the project in autumn 2014 as a six-month exploration of personal experience with depression, and it grew into a 1-3 hour piece players can revisit to explore different narrative threads. A custom soundtrack scores each emotional beat. The game carries a content warning: it can be difficult for anyone with recent or ongoing experience of these conditions.