Don’t Pick Up sees players making impactful decisions amid a political collapse.
September 14, 2026: Clover Bite, the developer behind the critically acclaimed GRIME and GRIME II, is delighted to announce that fans will be able to play their upcoming title Don’t Pick Up very soon! Developed by Quarter Games, Don’t Pick Up is a unique narrative-driven psychological horror title set in an alternate early 2000s dystopia, and players will be able to check it out for themselves when the demo launches onSeptember 24.
Don’t Pick Up sees players working in a government-certified phone and communication device repair shop in an alternative dystopian 2000s. The authoritarian government’s policies and restrictions shift on a daily basis, changing what the player can legally service, what parts they can use, and which customers they can accept.
The game’s rich world of political intrigue reveals itself as the devices themselves become a source of forbidden discovery. As players go through customers’ phones, they discover information about the various factions, conspiracies, and individuals caught up in the ongoing political collapse taking place in the outside world.
The choices the player makes as they navigate the political intrigue will have a direct impact on how the story plays out – so long as they are prepared to live with the consequences.
Features:
- Maintain full compliance. A first-person psychological horror set in a dystopian alternate history.
- Repair customer devices. Each phone that comes through your door needs fixing. What else you find inside it is your business – and your responsibility.
- Make sound decisions. Multiple endings. Shaped entirely by the choices you make – who you serve, what you report, what you keep to yourself. Choose carefully.
- Follow the daily directives. New government regulations arrive every morning. Stay compliant or suffer the consequences.
- Handle sensitive information with care. Each device may contain things their owners didn’t intend to share. Things the government doesn’t want people to know.
- Serve the community. An escalating political crisis is unfolding more each day, always visible from your window.
Don’t Pick Up will be released on PC via Steam at a later date – Wishlist it today!
About Quarter Games
Quarter Games is a six-person independent game studio founded in 2026. The studio creates unusual, gameplay-driven games with a dark edge. Don’t Pick Up is its debut title.
About Clover Bite
Clover Bite is an independent game publisher and part of Tiltan School of Design and Visual Communication, most known for the critically acclaimed Metroidvania series GRIME and GRIME II. With a passion for deeply crafted worlds and inventive mechanics, Clover Bite publishes games made by teams of students aiming to push the boundaries of what independent games can achieve.
