Never Left

Never Left is a top down puzzle RPG where you wake up trapped inside a strange, cursed house

Explore its rooms, uncover cryptic clues, solve puzzles and gather the objects needed to perform a ritual and escape.

The deeper you go, the more you begin to question the truth about the house and your own past.

Jam Bug Disclaimer

There's a bug in the jam version (v1.4) where searchable containers with items in them can be infinitely searched. This ruins progression and allows you to skip the entire game.

To avoid that make sure not to attempt searching [E] any containers that you've already searched.

On a more trivial note,, you get a crash screen if you win instead of the ending menu

 Controls

Move around, find hidden objects and solve puzzles.

ButtonAction
WASDMove
EInteract
F11Toggle Fullscreen
ESCQuit (immediately closes the game).

Credit

Made in 48 hours for the 2026 Iraq Game Jam.

! Dulfiqar 'Active Diamond' H. Al-Safi !

< Development & Game Design >

! Hasan Shawarma !

< Development & Game Design >

! Vick !

< Art, Level Design & Game Design >

Download

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never-left-v2.0.1.love 59 MB
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never-left-v1.4.zip 49 MB
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never-left-v1.2.zip 49 MB
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never-left-v1.2.love 46 MB
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never-left-v.1.1.love 46 MB

Install instructions

The `.love` file can run on any OS but you'll first need to download Love2D from love2d.org.