Weird new indie game makes you complete Captcha tests to set fire to trees

A modern nightmare (Black Tabby Publishing)

The creators behind 1000xResist have revealed new game Prove You’re Human, which turns one of the internet’s most annoying features into gameplay.

If you’ve navigated the internet at any point over the past decade, you’ve probably been asked to prove you’re a human being via a Captcha test.

These tests are designed to counter bots when making purchases online or logging into personal accounts, and usually ask you to select tiles with certain objects on them on a 3×3 grid, whether bridges or traffic cones, in order to prove you’re not dead behind the eyes.

If the idea of doing that consistently over a full game sounds like fun to you, a new title from Sunset Visitor, creators of the excellent 1000xResist, and the publisher behind Slay The Princess, is promising exactly that.

Prove You’re Human follows a character who has been split into two – a human and a digital copy. The digital copy has been paid to test a corporate product called Mesa and is convinced it’s just as human as their other self.

As shown in the trailer, the game oscillates between life in the virtual world and live action footage of your human self. In the virtual realm, you roam around and use Captcha on parts of the environment, including trees which suddenly set ablaze, and other more abstract items.

The trailer’s increasingly psychedelic closing half suggests there’s more going on than meets the eye, but according to the Steam description, the end of the game will see you ‘decide if you’d like to re-merge your two selves or discard your work self’. So it’s all very Severance.

There is no release date yet for Prove You’re Human, so it will likely be a while off yet, and it’s only confirmed to come out on PC via Steam. But given the developer’s track record it should be worth waiting for.

Prove You’re Human was revealed as part of the Triple-i Initiative Showcase on Thursday evening, but there were several other standout games, including Graveyard Keeper 2, Don’t Starve Elsewhere, and rhythm beat ’em up Dead As Disco, which hits early access on May 5, 2026.

For fans of indie tabletop horror game Buckshot Roulette, developer Mike Klubnika also revealed his next game called Machine Party, which basically looks like a crossover between Mario Party and Saw. It’s slated to be released this summer on PC.

Dead As Disco is a new rhythm beat ’em up (Brain Jar Games)

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