Games Like You Are The Loading Screen

THE LOADING SCREEN IS THE GAME

You were told to wait.

That was a lie.

You Are The Loading Screen is a surreal comedy puzzle adventure where a broken loading screen slowly unravels into an absurd journey through corrupted software, fake operating systems, impossible CAPTCHAs, retro arcade games, and self-aware progress bars.

What starts as a simple loading screen quickly becomes something much stranger.

Wiggle your mouse to "increase loading speed." Survive fake Blue Screens of Death. Close endless pop-up ads. Help a server hamster keep the internet alive. Pass nonsensical verification tests. Refuse aggressive microtransactions. Repair corrupted save files. Navigate system failures that may or may not exist.

And when you finally reach 100%...

the game is only getting started.

Progress beyond the impossible limit as the loading system becomes self-aware and begins fighting back. Every percentage point uncovers new challenges, hidden jokes, unexpected mechanics, and increasingly ridiculous attempts to prevent you from ever reaching the end.

FEATURES

A Loading Screen That Refuses To End

What begins at 0% expands into a massive journey that pushes far beyond 100%.

Constantly Changing Gameplay

Each layer introduces new mechanics and surprises:

Retro Arcade Interludes

Take a break from waiting with a collection of classic-inspired arcade games featuring:

Fight The LOADING_OVERLORD.EXE

Face a giant corrupted loading monster in a retro arcade boss battle filled with bullet hell attacks, system corruption, and one final 99% surprise.

Secrets Everywhere

Read tooltips. Inspect error messages. Question every button.

The obvious solution is rarely the correct one.

Interactive Comedy

The game constantly reacts to your actions, mistakes, impatience, curiosity, and willingness to trust suspicious software.

Multiple Hours Of Weirdness

Packed with hidden jokes, secrets, fake systems, optional interactions, achievements, and unexpected discoveries.

WARNING

This game contains:

Nothing dangerous ever happens to your computer.

Probably.

JUST ONE MORE PERCENT...

The loading bar says the game is almost ready.

It's lying.