A pointedly Japanese horror point and click, dark and uncompromising. A hidden SFC gem for J-horror lovers.
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Adventure1 player16+
Description
Horror survival adventure in which Jennifer flees a killer through a sinister mansion. Published by Human, released in Japan in 1995. Top-down point-and-click narrative progression, constant tension, multiple endings depending on decisions and intense psychological horror atmosphere. A precursor to the survival horror point-and-click genre on Super Famicom.
Clock Tower review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
MAX
Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
Trapped in an isolated mansion, an orphan girl can only flee a killer with giant scissors who hunts her relentlessly. A pioneer of the horror of helplessness, the tale distils dread through vulnerability rather than combat. Its multiple endings and oppressive atmosphere made it a cult forerunner of the survival genre.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
A 1995 Human Entertainment Super Famicom survival horror, Japan-exclusive, regarded as a founding root of the Japanese point-and-click horror genre alongside Mizzurna Falls. The cart is notable for art direction drawn from Dario Argento's 'Phenomena'. Intact boxed CIB with cardboard sleeve and illustrated manual has seen its Japanese cote climb hard, sustained by the franchise's cult stature and by foreign curiosity for unlocalised SFC survival horrors.
Is Clock Tower still worth playing in 2026?
Never released outside Japan, Clock Tower from Human is a dark, slow horror point and click in which Jennifer flees a scissor wielding killer through an eerie mansion. The pacing breaks from any action standard and leans on hiding, observation and patience. The gothic art direction and chilly soundtrack still produce a very effective sense of dread today. A fan translation exists. Recommended to fans of J horror, of point and click and of forgotten pieces of the SFC catalogue.
