A flashlight dimming, an animatronic that hasn't moved, and yet it has.

On gut instinct, Help Wanted only edges ahead of about a third of the games. But the detail tells a more twisted story. People do hold onto it, its attachment sits ahead of nearly two thirds of titles, and the sound design scores nicely, ahead of six games out of ten. Then comes the break: the fun of the long night session drops to the very bottom, ahead of barely 5% of the rest, and the urge to come back isn't much higher. Makes sense, you don't fire up this kind of game "for a quick session" that runs till 3am, you fire it up to be scared. The art style brings up the rear too, right at the bottom.

Against the rest of horror, Help Wanted pays for being a mini-game compilation rather than a landmark adventure. You remember the scares, less the object itself.

So, who's it for? For you if you love dread in full immersion, headset on, and the animatronic universe. Much less if you want a comfort game you relaunch without thinking, here the payoff comes in jump scares, not in relaxation.