Seven years ago, a free game was released onto the internet. This solo-developed horror game was created by Joonas Rikkonen, and last year was the first time that the game was released in a stable condition. This game is called SCP Containment Breach, where you play as a D-class (what the game refers to as people who get tested on in the facility this game takes place in) charged with making an attempt to escape when one of the many anomalies that are kept on-site escapes, causing a facility-wide breach to occur. But this franchise didn’t start out as just a horror game: it started as an innocuous post on 4Chan.
SCP-173. A lab report written in the horror section of 4Chan about a strange creature kept in a containment site that was hidden from normal society. It is described as an animate statue made of concrete and rebar, painted with Krylon brand spray paint. It only moves when something is not watching it, so no less than three people can enter its cell at a time, ensuring the safety of personnel who may be around it who need to blink. Its method of killing is a quick snap of the neck; closing your eyes around this monster ensures your quick demise. No one knew what to make of this unique and disturbing post, but they did know one thing: it was something that had never been seen before.
Soon, these types of posts began to clog the 4Chan board where it had been born. So, along with a few others, the SCP Wiki was created. On this site, the list of SCPs began to exponentially grow. Some notable entries include:
SCP-294, a coffee vending machine that can dispense any liquid, including those that have the potential to be catastrophically destructive. Upon depositing fifty cents, the user is prompted to enter a liquid of choice into the keypad, and the machine can dispense it. When tested, the machine could produce water, coffee, beer, and soda, non-consumable liquids such as sulfuric acid, wiper fluid, and motor oil.
SCP-426, I am a toaster; I can only be referred to in the first person in order to keep ambiguity. When I am in prolonged exposure to an individual, I slowly cause the person in question to believe that they are a toaster. I was given to a couple as a wedding gift, and after two months, an electrical fire caused the house to burn down. I was afterward taken into SCP’s custody, and I have remained there ever since.
SCP-1974, a bathtub that holds the consciousness of two individuals: SCP-1974-1, who is a male American, and SCP-1974-2, a male Russian. The two consciousnesses are in a near-constant state of arguing, and one can hear it if they submerge any body part into the water.
The only SCP that has never been designated is SCP-001. There have been a few proposals, most of which are catastrophic events, but to this day, those who man the SCP Wiki refuse to give this coveted spot away.
A few years after the SCP Wiki was created, a game designer commonly known as Regalis decided that he was going to make a game based off the SCP series. The main question is: how would one go about creating a game about a series that is home to hundreds of thousands of individual creatures? The answer was to create a game that was focused on escaping an SCP lab. The game was titled SCP Containment Breach, and to this day, it is still getting consistently updated.
The player character in the game is a D-Class personnel (in the SCP universe, the foundation often uses death-row criminals in their testing), and during a routine check on SCP-173, it breaches containment. It is now the job of the player to safely evade the many SCPs in the facility and find a way to escape.
This game, along with the efforts of those who work for the SCP Wiki, has kept the SCP Foundation a staple in modern horror and suspense. If you have the time, here’s a recommendation: to find out which SCP you are, go to Google and search “SCP” plus your birthday. Mine, SCP-825, is a medieval helmet that induces visions in those who wear it. And if your SCP interests you, why not search for readings of SCP articles on YouTube? This series is full of interesting creatures, and I am sure that you will find something that is both exciting and entertaining.
