Shut InShut In

Game Details:  Horror, 2020

Links:  Moby Games, Steam, Adventure Gamers

Walkthrough Updated:  2/15/2024

Suggested Listening:  Give Up Now (Ash 25)

Shut In is a creepy horror game that deals with feelings of depression and isolation. You have the simple task of getting out of bed and going outside to get some fresh air, but everything is conspiring against you, including your own fears and insecurities. There are 4 different endings, each given their own section below.

Normal Ending

Hooray: Nothing Happened!

Get out of bed, then look beneath the bed and take the small key. Head right and use the wardrobe to get changed. Use the small key to unlock your bedroom door. Go out through your bedroom door.

Walk left, but stop before you reach the flickering lamp. Examine the plug on the wall and switch it off. Go left and head through the next door into the bathroom. Examine the toilet and pull out the plunger. Use the plunger on the bathtub to get a door handle, then use the door handle on the bathroom door. Examine the bathtub again and remove the screwdriver from the shower head. Now quickly use the screwdriver on the bathroom door, then use the door to escape the bathroom.

Return right and enter your bedroom again. Use the screwdriver on the desk drawer to get a USB cable. Use the screwdriver on the plug next to the computer to get a fuse. Leave your room again and head right to the stairs. Use the USB cable on the stairs, then climb down the cable.

At the bottom, go right and head through the wooden door into the kitchen. Search the cupboard next to the refrigerator to get a lighter. Use your plunger on the pot of boiling water, then push the grey button in the bottom. Open the cupboard beneath the sink and crawl inside. In the second kitchen, examine the refrigerator, then use the screwdriver on it to get a spatula. Use this on the oven to get it open, then crawl inside. Do not go to sleep here. In the third kitchen, use your lighter on the refrigerator, then walk through it to return to the corridor.

Head left, past the USB cable, and go through the wooden door into the living room. Walk over to the right and remove the knife from the table. Go back out and climb up the USB cable again. Enter your bedroom and go over to the left. Use the knife to stab the strange lump on your bed. Remove the knife again, then look at it in your inventory to see the number 19. Leave your bedroom and climb back downstairs.

Enter the living room again. Go over to the large TV and change to channel 19. Step just to the left and pick up your front door key. Return out to the hallway. Go left until you reach a chalk drawing of your front door. Use your spatula here to reveal the actual front door. Now use the front door key to unlock the door and try to leave (just keep saying you want to leave and you eventually will).

Secret Ending

Sleeping in a Field

Get out of bed, then look beneath the bed and take the small key. Head right and use the wardrobe to get changed. Use the small key to unlock your bedroom door. Go out through your bedroom door.

Walk left, but stop before you reach the flickering lamp. Examine the plug on the wall and switch it off. Go left and head through the next door into the bathroom. Examine the toilet and pull out the plunger. Use the plunger on the bathtub to get a door handle, then use the door handle on the bathroom door. Examine the bathtub again and remove the screwdriver from the shower head. Now quickly use the screwdriver on the bathroom door, then use the door to escape the bathroom.

Return right and enter your bedroom again. Throw the small key in the bin. Use the screwdriver on the desk drawer to get a USB cable. Use the screwdriver on the plug next to the computer to get a fuse. Leave your room again and head right to the stairs. Use the USB cable on the stairs, then climb down the cable.

At the bottom, go right and head through the wooden door into the kitchen. Search the cupboard next to the refrigerator to get a lighter. Use your plunger on the pot of boiling water, then push the grey button in the bottom. Open the cupboard beneath the sink and crawl inside. In the second kitchen, examine the refrigerator, then use the screwdriver on it to get a spatula. Use this on the oven to get it open, then crawl inside. Do not go to sleep here. In the third kitchen, use your lighter on the refrigerator, then walk through it to return to the corridor.

Climb back up the USB cable. Use your spatula on the lamp plug and take the toothbrush from inside the socket. Go left and enter the bathroom again. Use the bathroom sink on the left to wash your face (1/4). Next use the toothbrush on the sink to brush your teeth (2/4). Leave the bathroom, then climb back downstairs.

Head left and go through the wooden door into the living room. Walk over to the right and remove the knife from the table. Go back out and climb up the USB cable again. Enter your bedroom and go over to the left. Use the knife to stab the strange lump on your bed. Remove the knife again, then look at it in your inventory to see the number 19. Leave your bedroom. Use your lighter on the notepad next to the lamp to see the number 57. Climb back downstairs.

Enter the living room again. Go over to the large TV and change to channel 57, paying attention to the image displayed. Return out to the hallway. Go to the first chalk door to the right and use your spatula on it. Go through the door into a sparse kitchen. Look at the oven and take out the scrawled note, which says "01:". Search the bin here to find a different small key. Go back up to your bedroom again and lock the door from the inside using this different small key. Go through the door.

You will find yourself in an endless corridor. Head right and go through the door again. In the next endless corridor. Head right until you reach some heavy chains - climb these to reach another endless corridor. Go right and pick up a scribbled note from the floor, which says "34". Continue right until the screen goes black and you die, then continue the game. Use the different small key on the door and go through.

You will be back at the normal upstairs hallway. Just to the right, pick up a hairbrush from the floor. Go left and enter the bathroom. Use the hairbrush on the sink to brush your hair (3/4). Leave the bathroom, then climb back downstairs. Enter the sparse kitchen on the right. Go over to the microwave and use it, entering a time of 01:34. Wait for the microwave to beep, then open it and eat the food (4/4). Return out to the hallway.

Enter the living room again. Go over to the large TV and change to channel 19. Step just to the left and pick up your front door key. Return out to the hallway. Go left until you reach a chalk drawing of your front door. Use your spatula here to reveal the actual front door. Now use the front door key to unlock the door and try to leave (when you are eventually promised a good ending, choose to stay). Go back upstairs and enter your bedroom. Walk all the way to the left and get into bed.

Decorated Ending

Sitting in an Armchair

Get out of bed, then look beneath the bed and take the small key. Head right and use the wardrobe to get changed. Use the small key to unlock your bedroom door. Go out through your bedroom door.

Walk left, but stop before you reach the flickering lamp. Examine the plug on the wall and switch it off. Continue left and use the hatch to reach the attic. Go through the door on the left into a plant room. Pick up the watering can. Water the strange plant (1/4), then leave the room and go down through the hatch.

Head through the next door into the bathroom. Examine the toilet and pull out the plunger. Use the plunger on the bathtub to get a door handle, then use the door handle on the bathroom door. Examine the bathtub again and remove the screwdriver from the shower head. Now quickly use the screwdriver on the bathroom door, then use the door to escape the bathroom. Return to the plant room and the plant should have grown - if not, leave the room for a bit and come back until it has grown. Water the strange plant (2/4), then leave the room and go down through the hatch.

Return right and enter your bedroom again. Use the screwdriver on the desk drawer to get a USB cable. Use the screwdriver on the plug next to the computer to get a fuse. Leave your room again and head right to the stairs. Use the USB cable on the stairs, then climb down the cable.

At the bottom, go right and head through the wooden door into the kitchen. Search the cupboard next to the refrigerator to get a lighter. Use your plunger on the pot of boiling water, then push the grey button in the bottom. Open the cupboard beneath the sink and crawl inside. In the second kitchen, examine the refrigerator, then use the screwdriver on it to get a spatula. Use this on the oven to get it open, then crawl inside. Do not go to sleep here. In the third kitchen, use your lighter on the refrigerator, then walk through it to return to the corridor. Return to the plant room and the plant should have grown - if not, leave the room for a bit and come back until it has grown. Water the strange plant (3/4), then leave the room.

Still in the attic, head to the right to find a wooden crate. Use the screwdriver on the crate, then use the plunger on it. Climb into the crate and shut the lid. Try to leave, then use the lighter. Walk to the far right and pick up the gift from a loved one. Head to the far left as the box shrinks, then look away and climb out. Pick up the crowbar that is leaning against the door. Return to the plant room and the plant should have grown - if not, leave the room for a bit and come back until it has grown. Pick the flower (4/4), then leave the room.

Staying in the attic, go right to find a barricaded door to a storage room. Use the crowbar on the barricade, then go through the door. Walk right and clear away the boxes. Pick up some forgotten souvenirs from the shelf to the right. Further to the right, grab the broken toy from the high shelf. Continue right to the stack of papers and tidy them (don't get distracted). Open the heavy curtains to the right. Take the painting of outside, then immediately go left and leave the room.

Go down out of the attic. In the hallway, use the spatula to remove the old photograph from the shelf. Climb down the USB cable. Head left and go through the wooden door into the living room. Use your crowbar to retrieve the trophy that is dangling from the ceiling.

Climb back up to the attic and use the following objects in the seating area:

  • painting of outside
  • freshly-picked flower
  • unrecognizable trophy
  • broken toy
  • photograph of old friends
  • gift from a loved one
  • forgotten souvenirs

Now that the area is fully decorated, sit in the armchair.

Bad Ending

Descent to Hell

Get out of bed, then look beneath the bed and take the small key. Head right and use the wardrobe to get changed. Use the small key to unlock your bedroom door. Go out through your bedroom door.

Walk left, but stop before you reach the flickering lamp. Examine the plug on the wall and switch it off. Go left and head through the next door into the bathroom. Examine the toilet and pull out the plunger. Use the plunger on the bathtub to get a door handle, then use the door handle on the bathroom door. Examine the bathtub again and remove the screwdriver from the shower head. Now quickly use the screwdriver on the bathroom door, then use the door to escape the bathroom.

Return right and enter your bedroom again. Use the screwdriver on the desk drawer to get a USB cable. Use the screwdriver on the plug next to the computer to get a fuse. Leave your room again and head right to the stairs. Use the USB cable on the stairs, then climb down the cable.

At the bottom, go right and head through the wooden door into the kitchen. Search the cupboard next to the refrigerator to get a lighter. Use your plunger on the pot of boiling water, then push the grey button in the bottom. Open the cupboard beneath the sink and crawl inside. In the second kitchen, examine the refrigerator, then use the screwdriver on it to get a spatula. Use this on the oven to get it open, then crawl inside. Do not go to sleep here. In the third kitchen, use your lighter on the refrigerator, then walk through it to return to the corridor.

Head left, past the USB cable, and go through the wooden door into the living room. Walk over to the right and remove the knife from the table. Go back out and climb up the USB cable again. Enter your bedroom and go over to the left. Use the knife to stab the strange lump on your bed. Remove the knife again, then look at it in your inventory to see the number 19. Leave your bedroom again. Use your spatula on the lamp plug and take the toothbrush from inside the socket. Now climb back downstairs.

Enter the living room again. Go over to the large TV and change to channel 19. Step just to the left and pick up your front door key. Return out to the hallway. Go to the far right and through the door to the basement. Just to the right, use your fuse in the fusebox, then take it back out. Notice the steam vent just to the right - walk past it when the steam is not gushing out. Use your fuse in the second fusebox. Now gradually make your way to the right, turning the valves and avoiding the jets of steam until you reach the boiler itself. Turn off the boiler.

Get your lighter ready in your inventory, then go down the new stairs. Head right and use your lighter on the furnace, then immediately go as far left as you can to avoid the explosion. Examine the plaque on the wall, then use your toothbrush to clean it. Examine it again to see the number 618. Go right past the furnace and examine the padlock on the door. Enter the code 618. Use your small key on the door.

In the next hallway, go to the far right. Use your front door key on the door in the floor.