Elevator Hitch
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Elevator Hitch is a short 2.5D surreal horror/escape room visual novel with point-and-click and puzzle elements following the story of two co-workers suddenly finding themselves stuck together in a "Perfectly Normal" 70s office elevator.
They must explore each liminal-looking floor and find a way to
get off the elevator to their actual destinations.
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✄ Development & Story & Graphics ✄
> RachelDrawsThis
> Ekrix
☏ Composer & Sound Designer ☏
> BellKalengar
🗎 Features 🗎
> Original soundtrack
> 60+ CGs and 10+ backgrounds
> 3D map viewing + point-and-click style gameplay
> Character-driven story with lots of dialogue and choices
that effects your entire run> Infinite suffering by incomprehensible horrors
☢ Estimated Play Time ☢
> 1 hour ~ 1 hour 20 minutes
☠ Number of Endings ☠
> 15
[+ Different dialogue choices/interactions that can be found within the run]
Here's the official puzzle/ending guide
for anyone who may need it!
☠ Available Translations ☠
KR (Korean) by RachelDrawsThis
pt-BR (Brazilian Portuguese) by Tea Party Project
zh-CN (Simplified Chinese/Mandarin) by 青灯不弈
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NOTICE:
> There is no manual saving in this game.
> TWs include: graphic gore, blood, violence, disturbing imagery and audio, flashing/shaking images and eyestrain, shortly implied family abuse
This was a game completed in a month for submission in SpooktoberVNJam.
All tips and feedbacks are greatly appreciated.
Thank you for visiting and hope you enjoy the game!
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS |
Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,277 total ratings) |
Authors | racheldrawsthis, Rix, STUDIO INVESTIGRAVE |
Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
Made with | RPG Maker |
Tags | Atmospheric, Escape Game, Horror, Liminal space, Multiple Endings, Point & Click, Psychological Horror, RPG Maker, Spooky |
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Development log
- PROTAG PLUSHIE NOW AVALIABLE36 days ago
- PROTAG PLUSHIE PETITION (W/ MAKESHIP)Sep 28, 2023
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Played this game awhile back ago but I just recently made an itch account so I'm commenting to show my support, this game is by far my favorite Studio Investigrave/racheldrawsthis game
If you havent already PLEEEAAASSEEE go play it, you will not regret it <333
I love elevator hitch, I watched the gameplays and theories of the game several times. Although I can't play it because I don't know how to speak English, because I speak Spanish. It is still a very entertaining game. So if you speak English or any of the languages the game is translated into, I recommend it 100%.
Immaculate! I loved playing this game!
Hey I need help..
The thing is that I'm new with playing on laptop and idk what I'm doing with the controls buttons, I opened the game and started playing but I'm stuck at the beginning where the game first switched to 3d and Idk how to progress idk what to do
Genteeee!!!!! alguém pode me ajudar eu já baixei o jogo em todos os idiomas e está tendo o mesmo problema quando coloco para iniciar/play a tela entorta ficando impossível ler e ver os diálogos, alguém sabe oque pode ser
idk if anyone can help unfortunately,im on mac and i've done everything, I keep trying to launch the game but every time i do it just opens a blank "game" application with no windows or anything, it just says game :( idk if anyone else has had the same, ive got the itch.io app, ive moved the 'game' file to applications, moved it back and used itch.io to launch it, idk man, id really love to play this. idk if its the type of mac im usin or smth otherwise. it also happens with dead plate and married in red :((
Her magnum opus! So good, the character interactions are so realistic and the story has some nice commentary. 10/10! Would recommend.
I'm so cooked I got all endings except ED 14 I SPENT ALL DAY PLAYING ELEVATOR HITCH AND GETTING ALL ENDING AHHHH AND IN THE END, I DIDNT GET THE LAST ENDING I NEED great game btw !! <3
I cannot turn left/right or up/down on mac :( maybe im doing something wrong but i need help
EDIT: I learnt how. when youre "looking down" you can turn. I didnt realize it worked like that.
i love this game however I cant look around in windows and it's preventing me from playing further can someone help
Wasn't sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised.
So I kinda need help? When I download the game in the folder it only appears "Game.exe" and "Game", is it safe for me to click Game.exe? Or is something wrong with my download.
Update: So uh, I decided to click and everything but then since it didn’t work I tried to delete it but that ALSO didn’t work so ahah.. I think I ended up getting a virus but I found a way to delete it with the help of my friend’s. If any of y’all know how to do this without getting the “Game.exe” please let me know, this also happened to me with cold front so I had to find a way to play it somewhere else.
hello!! i may be able to help hehe
idk if you have figured it out by now, but i'm assuming you downloaded this game from the web (i, too, downloaded another game made by the creator of this one! its "married in red") bc downloading games from the itch.io website results with a folder in your downloads. you actually need a "launcher", or in simpler terms the app version of itch. just search up 'itch.io app' and the link for desktop app should pop up :D
hopefully this helps :))
Hihi thank you so much for the reply!! I’ll try it as soon as I can ^_^
could someone help me??
after i die there is supposed to be a cutscene after i hit new game (the one where protag is confused about what just happened) but whenever i die it just resets the game. does anyone know how to fix this or if im doing something wrong??? (i play on mac btw)
great game, no notes, but i'm currently spending my entire night trying to get ending 14. please know that you need to get the parents ending before finding the sleeping pill or you can't get it, and that you need to get the butchered ending before getting the screwdriver. don't make my mistakes...
i did everything right and there's nothing new i want to kill myself
i was able to get both without getting those endings so idk what youre talking about
yea, i meant that if you want completion, you need those endings before getting the items or the endings become unavailable /nm
MAJOR MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THIS GAME!!! AND FOR THEIR MOST RECENT GAME ROT IN PARIDISE!!! THIS COMMENT TALKS ABOUT THE NARRITIVE OF BOTH!!! PLEASE PLAY BEFORE READING!!!
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Ive loved elevator hitch for a long time now, but after playing rot in paradise and having that game resonate with me so much, it made me look back and look at elihitch with fresh eyes.
i havent had a good chance to replay it after playing RIP, but even from just what i remember theres so much hiding underneath the surface that i completely missed, all because i was looking at it from the surface.
its a given that we don't get any clear information on protags past. most of the analysis i see is from floor 4, which makes sense. the cross above the bed and how protag reacts to it indicating a bad and unfortunate past with religion and the ending four: parents are the two i see most often, and there are other things that some people pay attention to on this floor, including the sleeping pills themselves (personally i think they hint to protags deeper problems with anxiety and how its effected his sleep)... but there's another floor that i havent really taken into account when trying to understand protag more until now.
presenting the thing that spawned this whole essay:
floor 8.
when i first played elevator hitch the doppels were just something that inflicted that same feeling of confusion i get when first playing a SIG game, "confusion" as in "lack of information". at first glance it just looks like they took protag and coworker and flipped their personalities, but as i talked with them more my ~writer senses~ were screaming at me. i was fasintated by how their personalities were changed, but what i was able to deduce at the time, which was just them falling into desperation due to isolation, just made them feel...shallow. it was part of it, but none of what i could come up with, nor what i read from other people, felt like it was encapturing the whole picture.
then i played rot in paradise.
i already wrote an entire essay about the narritive and how much i loved it in the comments of that game, and to summarize the points i made in the conclusion is that SIG games are rarely ever about what's physically there- its about what those things represent. thats why the thing, the "she" thats being refered to in RIP isnt ever explained, because its just a vehicle for what the game is actually about: the narritive.
after i wrote this multi-paragraph comment, i started thinking about this game. elevator hitch, the one i love and will always hold a special place in my heart, and realized the game isn't about the physical horror of being trapped in a death loop.
its about protag.
i realized that what i was missing in understanding the doppels wasn't missing, i was thinking that the whole entire purpuse the doppels were there was to enforce the horror of being trapped, but that was only there as a vehicle for protags narritive.
i think the doppels purpuse, specifically antag, is to show more about how protag was raised by his parents.
realizing this felt like my brain was being rewired. it felt so clear! of course the game is about protag! he's litterally the protaganist! this made me think about other things i was confused about while playing this game- what does the raidioactive room represent? why is the answer to the test in there? is the floor connected to the fake cubeicule where you get the cake? if so how???
the reason RIP resonated with me so much is that i knew people like june's friends, i had a best friend like vonnie! (even down to the food disorder- like that was kinda dejavu-ish ngl) AND i had someone like carmen- a best friend who was a terrible influence on me. this is what i love about how Rachel and rix write narritives. they write for themselves, for what they've experienced, and in doing so they attract such a loyal and passionate fanbase that feels seen. all because two artists have a passion.
thank you so much for sharing these games, they genuinely leave me feeling chilled and evoke that specific feeling of terror, and you both write stories in a way that i havent found in a long time, and i hope people feel as connected to my stories one day that they feel connected you yours. you both are my inspiration, and i want you to know that these games- and your studio as a whole -has cemented its place in my heart, and will always be special to me.
thank you. <3
estou muito triste porque estou rodando esse jogo no celular mas NO EMULADOR NÃO TEM FN, e mesmo se tivesse, acho que não teria como prssionar duas teclas ao mesmo tempo no emulador... :(
heyy im playing on windows and it wont let me move the camera up and down (fn + up or down) someone help??
eeeh i mixed up my review and my comment..! Anyway, it's one of the most memorable game I've ever played, this was so unique and impactful, bravo!
i think im stuck bc the elevator from the beggining of the game doesnt turn into a clickable thing?? hel
it still doesnt work, ive restarted the game and even reinstalled it :(((
to start interacting with a wall/room, you need to press z :) things will then be clickable
im lidewally shardding rait nau gud game dud
Hii i tried to open the game but the window is like zoomed in, i tried to full screen the game but it doesnt fix the issue,can anyone help me? :( also when I start the game the screen glitches and moves
love it !! 10/10 co-worker is so fine
God I absolutely loved this game. I had it pending for some time and wow, don´t regret the hour spent. The game mechanic was pretty interesting and just the endings, great. (I laughed my ass off with the Fall ending.
Generally, great game, plan on trying more of your stuff!
i love the game but now i have chronic shoulder pain after attempting to get all endings in 1 round to see the hidden ending (i failed)
I LOVED THIS
someone please help. i try downloading the game but it keeps saying the file has a virus and wont let me download it. ive downloaded games from this game creator before and had no trouble before. if anyone knows how to fix this or whats wrong then please let me know
Click (see more) and after that you will be able to play anyway [the new button will be next to the don't launch]
Hope this helps!
I'm crying, knees to the floor, covered in sweat, blood and tears. I look over to the computer screen. I finished. No more. I'm done. It's over. I spent 10 minutes trying to see if floor 5 was useful. No. Only one ending. No items. Nothing. I check to see the guide. More endings. An ending if you get all the endings. More Endings. I bleed out and die. End of log.
real
i got a stroke reading the guide but i tried to get ending for endings, and i gave up after the 2nd full round
Are they single? Cause I'd let all three of them hop in my elevator... hehe, if you get my hitch...
FN doesn't move the screen up; It just splits my tabs and it's driving me NUTS
I forgot to leave a review, I think.. Anyways this game is just as great as the other SIG games! I love the different mechanic it uses compared to the rest, really accentuates the "trapped" feeling. The graphics is also so soft and nice, paired with the colors! The Protagonist was the perfect character in such a situation. I enjoy the escape room format!
i love this game soso much (especially the a*hole coworker)
how do i kill the mf, the white mf on the 9th floor
there is no good ending?
Love the scary vibes and our annoying (
funny) companion.<3Great game! I ran into this bug though: When I ask for the guy's lighter and (SPOILERS) I give up asking for it because we died in a previous run, the game gets stuck and doesn't let me do anything.
Other than that, fun game!! Well done!
Amazing and simultaneously horrifying as always. Loved the art style, the vibes and the secret ending is.. concerning :(
I love Dead Plate and Married in Red, and oh I was not disappointed with this one either <3
Here's a video that is an entire walkthrough of the game, with all 15 endings and how to get them! Hope you enjoy :)
This game is so fun but I'm having trouble with the arow keys. I've looked in my settings and there's nothing wrong with my computer, but it doesn't register in the game. :(
same
LOVE YALL!!!!! EVEVATOR HITCH IS SO FUN, I THROUGHLY ENJOYED ALL THE ENDINGS!!!!!! CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT MORE STUDIOINVESTIGRAVE COMES UP WITH NOW THAT THEYRE GAINING MORE POPULARITY!!!!! Bye bye