A puzzle game you play out loud. An angel and a devil are locked in a VR prison, and the only key is their password — they have to say it, and you have to make them.
One on each shoulder. One argues for better, one argues for worse, and between them people somehow muddle through.
Then an evil genius locked every shoulderman on Earth inside a VR prison. With nobody whispering in their ears, humanity now makes every decision completely at random.
You've hacked into the prison. The cell door opens for one thing only: the password, spoken by an inmate. Get them talking.
No inventory, no combat, no walking. Just you, a microphone, and two very opinionated immortals. Every conversation is generated live — nothing is scripted, and nothing repeats.
Talk into your microphone like they're in the room. Deepgram turns your words into text the instant you say them. Prefer typing? Full text mode is built in.
GPT-5 gives the angel and devil their wit; Eleven Labs gives them their voices. They remember what you said, hold grudges, and improvise like actors who never break character.
Each cell has a target word and a list of forbidden words — for you. Steer the conversation until the password slips out of their mouth. It's Taboo, except your opponent is alive.
party festival, crowd, celebrateTwo prisoners, one cell, opposite job descriptions. They don't agree on anything — including how to get out.
"Perhaps it's a pilgrimage."
Earnest, patient, and constitutionally incapable of suspecting you of anything. Wants to get back to work guiding humanity — and believes you're probably here to help. Probably.
"You meddling fool!"
Suspicious, theatrical, and hilarious when insulted — which is often. Knows you want something from him and intends to make you work for every syllable. Steam reviewers' favorite.
Straight from the prison's security feed. Full trailer and more on the Steam page.
"The bad guy is hilarious."
Steam review"Genuinely surprised at just how fun this game is."
Steam reviewHow the game got made, and what it's like to design puzzles where the opponent is a language model.
How indie developers are using GPT and voice AI to create entirely new kinds of gameplay.
The game design behind creating puzzles where the solution is getting AI characters to say a word.
A technical deep dive into GPT-5, Eleven Labs, and Deepgram — the AI stack powering Shouldermen.
