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How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness

Point-and-click adventure where bedroom objects shape a mock documentary

Point Bleep Studios · Published by Baffled Crab · Released Apr 2, 2018

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 691
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
Steam Deck
Untested
Last update on Steam
8 years ago
Apr 6, 2018
Minimum PC
512 MB VRAM
2 GB RAM · 0.5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness?

This free, single-player adventure takes place in Harold Fletcher's bedroom, where he has been grounded for over thirty years. As documentary filmmaker Nigel Wimble, you inspect objects and choose scenes to film, then watch the assembled documentary and see how a focus group responds.

For you if...

  • +you prefer short games suited to a single sitting
  • +you like replaying stories to discover alternate scenes

Not for you if...

  • −you want action or mechanically complex challenges
  • −you prefer to avoid sexual content and crude jokes

What players say

92% of 691 reviews are positive

Players praise the humor, voice acting, and soundtrack.

Screenshots and trailer

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How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness system requirements

Minimum: 512 MB VRAM, 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows XP SP2+
Processor
1.6 GHz or better - SSE2 instruction set support.
Graphics
512 MB VRAM
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
500 MB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Notes
Headphones recommended

Does How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Achievements
16
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Spanish - Spain.

Does How To Cope With Boredom and Loneliness use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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