Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit": The Elks in the third nightmare look absolutely nothing like elk, instead resembling little cyclopses with antlers.Bright Is Not Good: The majority of the second nightmare consists of lush candy colors, but the chapter is also very grotesque and gory.Said legs also make weird creaking noises in a musical sort of fashion. The larger ones resemble hollow jack-o-lanterns, but breaking them reveals them to be shadowy. Two small variants resembles crude scarecrows, and they're capable of teleporting the Child to each other if he gets too close.
Botanical Abomination: The Pumpkins in the third nightmare. Other occasions include cutting bunnies into two new ones, the heads of the Elk exposed on sinew, and a smiley face creature having arms poke out of its face orifices. Body Horror: Unlike the games beforehand, Happy Game dabbles into this frequently, especially during the final sequence of the second nightmare, which depicts mutilated, still-living bodies of the previous characters littered throughout the abyss. Heck, a warning before the gameplay starts directly clarifies that Happy Game is not a happy game. Blatant Lies: The title Happy Game doesn't really bring to mind a violent, psychoactive horror game that is definitely not happy. Big Bad: The Smiling Demon is the one responsible for giving the Child deadly nightmares which he must escape. Balloon Belly: Feeding a rabbit a carrot will have it gain one, but it loses it if they're cut apart. Animate Inanimate Object: You'll encounter some from time to time, including but not limited to living toys, guillotines, rocks, and so forth. The Child and his dog end up riding a Pumpkin to get past some scarecrows, only for it to stampede along with other Pumpkins across a white void. Animal Stampede: A possible variant with "plants" instead of animals. Amusing Injuries: One puzzle has a Ripper seeing his own eyes pop out and starts smiling at it. Ambiguous Situation: Is everything in the game real and the Child really is being tormented by an Eldritch Abomination for its own sick amusement or is everything part of a Dying Dream as the Child, now an adult, dies of what might be an antidepressant overdose? Neither sound particularly pleasant, so it's probably best not to dwell on it. Ambiguously Absent Parent: The main character's parents never appear onscreen. The Demon is present in the flashbacks showing how the Child lost his toys and dog, and in the second flashback the Child seams to actually be able to see the Demon. While most of the events really are nightmares, it's heavily implied the Demon is real and created the nightmares the Child is having. All Just a Dream: The game begins with the child going to sleep. Happy Game contains examples of these tropes: 
The game was released on October 28, 2021. The game follows a similar playstyle to most other Amanita games, but is significantly much darker in tone (and definitely not happy). Unhappy, the boy must now set out to face each nightmare presented by the entity to escape and become happy again. Our main character, a nameless young boy, falls asleep to a horrible nightmare one night, created by a mysterious being, the Smiling Demon, seeking to harm him for unknown reasons. Happy Game is a Point-and-Click Psychological Horror and Surreal Horror game developed by the independent Czech studio Amanita Design.
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