Clock Tower

Clock Tower is a point-and-click survival horror game developed by Human Entertainment for the SNES in 1995, directed by Hifumi Kono and inspired by Dario Argento's film Phenomena. Players take the role of Jennifer Simpson, a newly adopted orphan who arrives at the sprawling Barrows Mansion only to be hunted by a deranged killer known as Scissorman, who wields an enormous pair of garden shears. There is no combat; Jennifer can only run, hide, and solve environmental puzzles. A cursor-based interface and a panic gauge sustain relentless tension throughout. Player decisions lead to multiple distinct endings, and the game launched the long-running Clock Tower horror franchise.