In the golden age of indie horror and narrative-driven role-playing games, few titles have managed to carve out a niche as uniquely unsettling yet philosophically rich as Regret Island . While the game’s core storyline—involving a detective stranded on a shifting archipelago populated by the ghosts of their past decisions—captivates players for roughly 15 hours, it is the Regret Island Game Gallery that keeps them coming back for years.
But this is no ordinary gallery. Instead of concept art and soundtracks, the walls hold —playable dioramas of your past playthroughs.
Leave the Gallery menu open for ten minutes without moving. The screen will glitch, and a file called PLAYER_IS_REGRET.exe will appear. Activating it shows you—the actual human player—sitting in your chair through your laptop’s webcam. (Yes, the game asks for camera permissions). This fourth-wall break is terrifying.
Once you have filled every slot in the Gallery, a new door opens in the basement. Inside is a 1:1 recreation of the lead developer’s actual desk from 2021. On the monitor is a letter explaining that the "true" happy ending was cut due to time constraints. It is heartbreaking.
Ready to visit? Boot up the game. Wait for the rain to start. Head to the cliff. The Gallery is waiting for your next mistake.
