Explore, admire and listen. That’s it.
Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive.
POOLS isn’t a traditional game. it’s slow, reflective, and intentionally uneventful, perhaps a bit like virtual museum.
So take your time. Breathe. POOLS unfolds slowly, rewarding patience and quiet attention.
No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen. Yet it can feel oppressive at times by invoking quiet fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and the strange beauty of liminal space architecture.
There's no typical story. But as you explore and advance further, you start to notice that the game's world changes around you, deeper you go… Rooms look and feel… different.
Base game features six chapters, each lasting 10-30 minutes.
Inspired by the internet phenomena Liminal spaces, Found footage and The Backrooms, especially the Poolrooms concept. One of the original artists behind the Poolrooms concept is Jared Pike.
amazing game seriously try it if you come across it
Poppyraven
I’ve played all of it and I loved how whilst it’s based on the pool rooms and it’s mostly pools there’s so many different aspects from the backrooms other levels it literally feels like exploring the backrooms when the entities are sleeping and when they wake up or the maniquns do at least they don’t feel like a cheap jump scare they feel like their slowly stalking you which is what the backrooms tend to focus on they need an imprint of your memory to continue so they’ll use psychological tricks and then they’ll get you not jump at you they’ll give you a chance or at least make you think you’ve got one, the atmosphere is genuinely amazing and the graphics are incredible I’ve never played a game like it’s almost indistinguishable from real life this game is genuinely pure art, I recommend using earphones whilst the game in itself is very impressive with or without the atmosphere just won’t hit the same without sound it’s completely immersive and it’s relatively easy to control as well I really can’t believe I’m managing to run a game like this perfectly on an iPhone 12 Pro Max
This game is AMAZING
@Huggys_adventure1
The graphics are amazing and there are sounds that scare me it looks so realistic and it’s so FUN I recommended this to my brother and he LOVED it he played it and literally left the game just because of a sound that scared him😂🤣 but one thing I will say is that you definitely should add multiplayer so we can play with friends idk if you know about Noclip but pls add multiplayer it’s so fun when there’s multiplayer🥳 so pls add it to the game I hope the developer sees this and for the developer:thank you for making a wonderful game like this it’s AMAZING😍 but I wish I could play the full game but I have no money so I can’t play the full game so pls make it free I have no money it was so FUN🤩 so hope you understand why I want it free :)
Wow what a game…
Emily p❤️😍
Ok I was sceptical about the game but really excited, I really enjoyed all the rooms and figuring out how to get to the next, the mannequins are absolutely terrifying (you will know when you play) it’s so eerie and really creepy but in the best way possible, absolutely amazing and terrifying that something will get you but it doesn’t so I love that, still gave me anxiety but not to that point, thank you for an incredible game and will still play even though I have completed it ❤️
Left me wanting more
Spiffy Voxel
I really enjoyed this game. There’s no monsters, although the sound effects might make you think they’re out there somewhere, and no ways to die. (The game literally rewinds if you plunge into the darkness.) But I felt sad at the end, which is pretty abrupt, and would’ve like more areas to explore. That said, the game pays homage to its inspirations very well indeed, kudos to the developer for that.
- Added the ability to crouch! (double-tap the screen to activate)
- Added "Ultra" graphics option
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 2 causing players to fall through the map
- Various UI fixes, including sometimes accidentally selecting UI elements and unable to scroll due to items being selected.
- Various small fixes, including rewind audio not triggering underwater and fixed graphical glitches on the duck.
Version 3.1
In-App Purchases
POOLS: Full Game
Unlock the remaining six chapters in the game
£9.99
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