Shouldermen
A dialog-driven game where your voice is the controller. Help an angel and a devil escape their virtual reality prison through real-time spoken conversation.
The World Needs Its Shouldermen
An evil genius has trapped everyone's Shouldermen — their angel and devil — inside virtual reality prisons. Without their moral guides, humanity is making decisions completely at random. Your job is to hack into the VR system and help the angel and devil escape by getting them to say the password through conversation.
Key Features
Shouldermen combines cutting-edge AI with innovative voice-controlled gameplay to create something entirely new.
Voice-Controlled Gameplay
Speak naturally to control the game. Your voice is the primary input — have real conversations with AI characters to solve puzzles and progress.
AI-Generated Dialog
Powered by GPT-5, every conversation is unique. Characters respond dynamically to what you say, creating emergent dialog that never repeats.
Custom AI Voices
Eleven Labs provides distinct, expressive voices for the angel and devil. Each character sounds unique and reacts with real emotion.
Real-Time Conversations
Speak and listen in real time. Deepgram speech recognition captures your words instantly, making conversations feel natural and fluid.
Word Puzzles
Each level is a conversation puzzle. Coax the angel or devil into saying the password through clever dialog and persuasion strategies.
Text Input Alternative
Prefer typing? A full text input mode is available, so you can play even without a microphone. Same puzzles, same AI — different input.
See It in Action
Screenshots from Shouldermen — voice-controlled conversations with the angel and devil characters.
From the Blog
Development updates, design insights, and deep dives into the AI technology behind Shouldermen.
Best AI Games on Steam
How indie developers are using GPT and voice AI to create entirely new kinds of gameplay.
Angel vs Devil: Conversation Puzzles
The game design behind creating puzzles where the solution is getting AI characters to say a word.
The Tech Behind Talking to AI
A technical deep dive into GPT-5, Eleven Labs, and Deepgram — the AI stack powering Shouldermen.