Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 is an immersive, innovative indie horror game with a genuinely spooky atmosphere and great gameplay. While other horror games mostly involve walking around, Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 features well-crafted, simple puzzles that give you plenty of things to do as you explore a sinister abandoned toy factory.

Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 is a short, inexpensive survival horror game made by an independent developer. It's somewhat similar to games like Five Nights at Freddys. In Poppy Playtime, you get to explore an abandoned toy factory in first person. While you're there, you complete puzzles and begin to unravel the mystery of Playtime Co.

The developers of Poppy Playtime plan to release the game in short episodes. So far, only Chapter 1 is available. Chapter 2 is planned to be released sometime in early 2022. 

Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 is a very well-made game, but it's worth restating that it's quite short. If you're experienced with this sort of game, it's very realistic to finish Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 in well under an hour. The game is quite inexpensive on Steam, so it's probably worth the cost, but if you're trying to fill a whole afternoon with one game you might be a bit disappointed.

One of the best parts about Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 is its spooky atmosphere. The game does a great job with visuals, sound design, and pacing. Exploring the spooky toy factory is great fun. You'll enjoy and appreciate all of the careful work that went into creating the detailed world at the same time as the game scares you. 

The team that developed Poppy Playtime was inspired by other popular survival horror games like Five Nights at Freddys. According to them, other games often feel like 'walking simulators' in which you don't get to actually do anything. Instead, you amble about while things pop out at you and scare you. In Poppy Playtime, you have to solve a number of simple, intuitive puzzles while you explore the abandoned toy factory. This gives you plenty of tasks to concentrate on and gives you goals that you can achieve rather than just walking around.

The puzzles in Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 aren't super challenging. Instead, they serve to give you a bit of direction for your exploration. As you progress, you'll restore power to machinery, flip switches to unlock doors, collect stretchy hands to increase your reach, and solve puzzles that involve using your stretchy hands to trigger certain switches. The point of the game isn't to stretch your brain as you work through difficult challenges. Instead, the puzzles provide a perfect excuse for you to look for specific things as you explore the scary factory instead of wandering aimlessly.

It's not clear exactly when Chapter 2 will be released, how long Chapter 2 will be, or whether you'll need to own Chapter 1 to play Chapter 2. While we wait, however, Poppy Playtime Chapter 1 remains an immersive, innovative, and scary introduction to a great world of horror. Given how inexpensive it is, it's definitely worth checking out so you can learn what all the fuss is about!