Games allow people to do and become things they never could in real life. A lot of the time this means something extraordinary, like gaining some sort of superhuman power or traveling to a fantasy world. And other times it's something mundane or just a bit weird, like turning into furniture.
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The key to making such a mundane thing appealing is combining it with other gameplay elements, like adding in a stealth element or making it necessary to change into such ordinary things to complete an objective.
Updated September 21, 2024 by Mark Sammut: Although they occasionally show up as NPCs, anthropomorphic furniture rarely feature as playable characters. Honestly, the concept feels like it has untapped potential. This article has been updated with a new borderline case that allows players to order two furniture-like entities.
7 Honorable Mention: Pokemon (Kind Of)
Lampent And Chandelure Are Furniture, And Bronzor Is Almost Furniture
Pokemon Black and White
- Released
- March 6, 2011
- Developer(s)
- Game Freak
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo DS
- Genre(s)
- JRPG
This might seem like a bit of a cheat, but Pokemon technically qualifies. Now, players control trainers who give orders to their Pokemon, so an argument could be made that the latter are not really "playable;" however, they are effectively an extension of their master. Over the decades, Game Freak has gotten rather creative when it comes to designs, taking inspiration from all sorts of sources. While Pokemon based on inanimate objects have been a thing since Generation 1, Game Freak has mostly resisted the urge to just use furniture. However, "mostly" is the operative word in this situation.
Generation 5 introduced Lampent and Chandelure, which are just plainly a lamp and a chandelier. Like, their designs do not even try to hide the fact that they are just sentient furniture. While not extremely powerful, Chandelure is a decent Ghost/Fire dual-type that could easily slot into most trainers' teams, especially if players are planning to just stick to the single-player campaign.
Except for this evolutionary line, Pokemon also has Bronzor, which is just a mirror.
6 PropHunt GMod
Hide As Props
Garry's Mod
- Released
- November 29, 2006
- Developer(s)
- Facepunch Studios
- Platform(s)
- PC
- Genre(s)
- Sandbox
Garry's Mod or GMod is a sandbox that gives players the freedom and the tools to do several things. Using a version of Valve's source engine, GMod has created a large online community of player-created content and game modes. One of the most well-known game modes is PropHunt. In PropHunt, players are split into two teams, Props and Seekers.
Those on the prop team have 30 seconds to look around the map and disguise themselves as any of the props they come across, including things like tables, chairs, shelves, etc. Those on the seeker team have to find the players on the prop team and kill them using the weapons at their disposal. Seekers lose health if they attack props that aren't players.
5 Propnight
Gone But Not Forgotten
Propnight
- Released
- December 1, 2021
- Platform(s)
- PC
- Developer
- Fntastic
- Genre(s)
- Survival Horror
Unfortunately, Propnight was shut down on January 22, 2024, meaning it is no longer available to play.
Ever wondered what it would be like to combine GMod's PropHunt with the multiplayer survival horror game Dead by Daylight? Well, look no further than Propnight. It combines all the elements of both games in a less gory but pretty creepy multiplayer game. The mechanics of the game are simple and anyone who is a fan of either series is sure to pick it up quickly.
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Players look around the map and disguise themselves as any of the props they can find while one player tries to find them. But instead of Props and Seekers, there are Survivors and Killers, and both have special abilities they can use to win the game.
4 Run, Prop, Run
Become The Hunter (Or Prop)
Run Prop, Run!
For players who like the idea of games like GMod but want something a little more cute and family-friendly, Run, Prop, Run is the game for them. It's a 12-player prop hunt game that's also a platformer. Unlike most Prop Hunt games, when the Hunter catches the Props, they also turn them into Hunters.
A match can start with 11 Props vs. 1 Hunter and then end with 1 Prop and 11 Hunters, making the difficulty harder with each player turned. Hunters get to customize their characters and, with every piece of furniture and prop donning googly eyes, it's a bit more challenging to tell which is another player and which isn't.
3 Fortnite Prop Hunt
A Fun Distraction
Fortnite
- Released
- September 26, 2017
- Developer(s)
- Epic Games
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC, Android, iOS
Fortnite isn't just for people who enjoy battle-royal or survival gameplay, it's also for people who want to be creative and want to test the limits of what they can do in the game. Fortnite has a Creative Mode that gives players a private island that they can build on, and can also invite their friends to join their island and play. They can also go to other players in the community islands with public codes.
One of the most popular types of maps in Creative Mode is Prop Hunt, and there are tons of different islands with uniquely themed games for players to choose from.
2 Midnight Ghost Hunt
I Ain't Afraid Of No Furniture Ghost
Midnight Ghost Hunt
- Released
- March 31, 2022
- Platform(s)
- PC
- Developer
- Vaulted Sky Games
- Genre(s)
- Multiplayer, PvP
Hide and Seek isn't just for the living as the game Midnight Ghost Hunt shows. It's a multiplayer game where the teams are split up into Ghosts and Hunters. Players battle against one another in 4 on 4 matches on several creepy haunted maps. The goal of the Hunters is the find and exorcise each ghost using high-tech ghost-hunting equipment which includes a Vacuum to suck up their ghostly essence and a Spectral Cannon which can be used to blast them away, completely.
The Ghosts are the ones who have to hide, masking themselves as simple furniture. The Ghosts have several other abilities, including making other objects float and shifting into doppelgangers of one of the Hunters, so they can hide in plain sight. Once the clock turns twelve, things switch up as the Hunters become the hunted and must survive the supercharged onslaught of the Ghosts.
1 Peekaboo
Fun Twist On Prop Hunt
Peekaboo
Peekaboo is another charmingly cute PropHunt-inspired game that lets you turn into furniture. It follows the same vein as other games of its kind, two teams with one as the Hunters and the other team as the Props. What makes Peekaboo a notable game is the vibrant visuals of its maps.
From a futuristic cyber-punk-themed city to a dusty old town in the Wild West, each map feels genuinely alive and like it's inhabited. There are many maps, and each one comes with the ability to change the time of day and create a different atmosphere.
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