Considering that the floor is breathing, you could say it's a living room.

as someone with really bad asthma, this is a punch in the face as the floor breathes better than i do

I love how Mark's reactions to jumpscares are ''Hi'' or ''Hello''. Having worked as a scare-actor in Halloween Horror Nights twice before, that was literally some people's reactions to being scared so they would literally go all around the haunted house saying Hi to the ''ghosts'' that scared them how polite.

For some of the confused out there as towards the story here: Samantha is a mother and wife who murdered the men in her life for likely extreme possessive reasons (or at least that's what it seems). The newspaper clipping shows "DIVORCE RATING HIGH" in bold and all the nooses everywhere likely states that the son was suicidal and the father was planning on leaving her or at least she thought he was so she killed them and put them in the floorboards as a sort of macabre way of "keeping" them. The third victim was a neighbor whom she killed out of panic, breaking into his house and hammering him. The 4th was a cop called in to see what's going on before she kills him too, and records it for her dark web streaming channel. The existence of this streaming platform probably states that she was already a killer to begin with, adding a possible reasoning why the husband might have wanted to leave her and the son being suicidal. I watched ManlyBadassHero play this game a while back and this version Mark is playing is likely updated as the faces at 26:38 never undistort and the clip at 7:57 was labeled *1997* not 2007.

that woman really did not like being told they should get a divorce. so killed her husband. son came to check up. killed him someone got evidence, he got killed. cop came by, got killed. all of them got put under the floor. the eyes where either the victims having stared at her when she killed them, or the thought of people looking at her know she was a murderer.

The whole play through mark is like the personification of “this is fine”

Markiplier: plays a game called "The Floor is breathing" Also Markiplier: WHY IS THE FLOOR BREATHING?!

I like to think that when checking for monsters under the bed, it's not to make sure none are there, it's to make sure they're still there. Easier to keep track of them if you know where they are

This game seems to be partially inspired by the story of The Tell-Tale Heart. An Edgar Allen Poe story about a man who lives with an old dude with a creepy eye. The man becomes increasingly convinced the old man’s eye is evil, so much so the man kills the old man. And when the police come to investigate the sounds he confesses to the crime solely because he believes the cops can hear the man’s heart beating under the floorboards like he can. Though the man thinks it’s the old man’s heart beating, many interpret that it’s the own man’s heart beating (Had to fix it because it was a little inaccurate, hope this helps!)

“Yes there are monsters under my bed” *casually checks To-Do list* I love Markiplier

Love how Samantha was inevitably going to be caught because things kept spiraling. Killed her husband (apparently recorded the killing). Son likely felt he had no way out and tried to off himself, either failed and Samantha finished him off or he succeeded and she just mutilated his corpse. Neighbor called in concerned and she was so paranoid she convinced herself he knew what she had done. Killed him too. Police became aware of the missing neighbor and Samantha was the primary suspect. She killed him in a paranoid fervor. Yet in the end she couldn't succeed in finally ending herself. Samantha might've already been a serial killer, like others have pointed out, or she was at least involved in streaming to a less-than-savory audience. If the latter is the case that'd probably be why her husband was leaving (he might've just found out? So she became terrified he was going to out her to the police). She may have then killed him on camera in a panic. If this did happen then it just spiraled into more and more killing to cover up her tracks while broadcasting these killings to a wider audience (for money? To feel more justified in what she was doing? For positive attention admist all the horrific crimes she's committing?) The religious parts popping up now and again were interesting. I wonder if she tried using religion to soothe herself. Maybe she was already religious and felt even more crushing weight upon her for committing such despicable acts. Maybe she tried saying she was doing it in the name of God, and was willing to take anyone in her path down to hell with her. Such a good game!

i love the "go to sleep" twist in the end. establishing the phrase "go to sleep" to always mean sleeping for the night through the tasks list then using its other darker meaning for the ending was well done

Fun fact “grandma” is actually the Screaming Pope made by Francis Bacon.

This game really reminds me of the story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe. For some people that don’t know the story: A man was living with an elderly man who had, he called it, one “filmy pale-blue vulture-eye” which he hated. He loved the old man dearly and had no reason to do him harm, yet one day he had plotted to murder the old man because of the eye. For seven nights the man would constantly peek in the old man’s room, giving just enough light to shine onto the old man’s eye. On the eighth night the old man woke up as the narrator slips up and makes a noise, the narrator lights a lantern and shines it right in the vulture-eye. The old man’s heart began to beat very loudly, louder and louder, so the man decided to strike. He made careful calculation of the murder, attempting the perfect crime, complete with dismembering the body in the bathtub and hiding it under the floorboards. Yet right when he hid the body parts he kept hearing a thumping sound which he thought was the dead man’s heart. The next day the police arrived asking if everything was ok, and the man invited them in thinking there was no way they would find the old man. The thumping grew increasingly loud, and he thought the police could hear it (they couldn’t). So he confessed and dug up the floorboards to reveal the old man. As it turned out, there was no actual heartbeat, it was the man’s guilt of killing him, and the guilt was constantly hearing the heartbeat (the final thing that he heard from the old man) remembering what he had done.

3:55 jumpscare + loud sound 6:51 loud sound - not jumpscare 7:34 sudden sound - not loud or jumpscare 14:00 sudden ominous whisper 16:43 jumpscare 17:09 sudden sound - not loud or jumpscare 24:40 sudden - not loud or jumpscare 26:05 disturbing suicidal moment (edit: the “bang”)

The scare at 24:07 just creeps me out the most. Something about her expression and pose that’s slightly shaking is just so eerie. And also just her sudden appearance at the stairs. This game honestly has great presentation and atmosphere and that moment is a great example of it.

I love how Mark makes horror games seem funny. Even during jumpscares the way he screams or shouts just makes me laugh and recover from the spooks

Felt like watching her descent into madness. The eyes everywhere, she felt watched. The “hide” she didn’t feel safe in her own home anymore. “Go to sleep”, her perception of death and suicide is warped. Very well done. Good game.

this kinda reminds me of trauma induced psychosis and paranoia. seeing faces everywhere (maybe of your abuser), being watched, like you're in danger. and the cute note thing makes me think of the little memo paper they give out at mental hospitals

Mark: **hears knocking** Also mark: *WaS tHat tHE fLOoR?!*

Facts: Mark has a strong fear of mannequins, dolls, and breathing floors!

Markiplier 2014: “Animatronics were the thing I was absolutely terrified at.” Markiplier 2022: “Breathing floors are now my true nightmare.”

26:44 I would not be surprised if these versions of the shots come from "This person doesn't exist." The third picture has another 'human', but it's way too distorted and squashed to the side to resemble one. This was an issue (maybe still is) that happened with the images, as well as the result not looking quite right as you look at them closely. The pictures used for the main character and the four victims do look like what you find in Dal-E. :')

I love how the style of this game changes with the days. The first "daily routine" thing looks like a generic horror game, the "open your eyes" part has the quality of a cheesy 90's game with the copypasted 2d trees and assets, and then there's a part with fairly good graphics compared to the previous parts. It's weird but I like it

This should be a trilogy: the floor is breathing, the walls are watching, and finally, the ceiling is hearing

I really like how far and developed the indie community has gotten with analog horror, despite all the buzz words and general / overused graphics, it always seems to get me excited and terrified just from the concept!

I loved the part where the floor said “it’s breathin’ time!” And exhaled all over mark

i dont usually get a welcome home! Mark: *walks into his house* Amy: Home, Mark.

I loved the part, when the Floor said "It's breathing time".

I love how he's always scared when he sees something but then immediately runs up to it

Mark: "Did you just hit me???" Ghost thing: "and ill do it again -_-" 24:45

16:04 Tomorrow is another day - a certain golden Freddy plush

Mark: "Welcome home!" Oh how nice is that? I'm not normally greeted like that. Amy: . . . Excuse me-

Mark: *sees demon in the distance* Also Mark: ʰⁱ ʰᵒʷ ᶜᵃⁿ ᴵ ʰᵉˡᵖ ʸᵒᵘ??

Okay so that face, after Mark boarded up the window at the beginning, scared the SHIT out of me. Made me physically JUMP. Haven’t been scared like that in a while. Well done

I wonder if any creators of these games ever find out that mark played their game and see all the positive things he has to say about them if it were me I would be hella honored

Somehow, Mark calling the pope in the painting "grandma" makes this even funnier.

It’s always fascinating to see Mark comment on the same general things of horror games that most people kind of gloss over, like how the houses are always in some sort of strange abyss, or how every other person in the house with the MC is suddenly grandma, lol

16:43 made me jump more than the entire game. Lixian if you edited this, know i'm coming for you

“I was wondering how a hammer was going to fix a window” Glad I wasn’t the only one 😂

Sometimes Lixian's edits are more scary than the actual game, tbh

Newspaper: “Divorce rates at highest” Mark: “GÕÕD.” HSFJDFKJF

i absolutely love watching Mark play horror games because he makes them more of an adventure style game than scary. he deals with everything humorously and it is my favorite thing to watch. jumpscare? "oh hi there friend! how are you?" terrifying message? "...well that's charming"

Something about this just feels much creepier than the average game Mark plays.

Fun fact here!: That painting at around 2:56 is actually a painting by Francis Bacon called "Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X", done in 1953. Quite fitting for how eerie and visceral this game is.

The Grandma picture is actually a real artwork by Francis Bacon. Look him up. His art is immensely disturbing. But also freaking cool.

That level with the underwater sky, trees, 2d houses, and repeating grass tiles was extremely cool.

22:20 I love how the shadows don't even match the suns position.

Mark: Well they didn't say to check that there were NO monsters under the bed... Also Mark: Oh, you're not there anymore. That's weird.

I love how he makes all horror games funny af. "Have a lovely Day"

I actually REALLY like this game! It's dark, doesn't reveal too much too soon, and keeps you on your toes. Also, the Morbius cameo really brought it all together. Loved how he morbed all over the floating eyeballs :)

22:38 even game knows its going to be played by mark

just hopped on to this video, all i know is that "the floor is breathing" is already instantenously a way more terrifying concept than "the floor is lava"

This was pretty well done! Showing the devolving mind of the main character and then slowly revealing what's happened in a slow, and sinister manner made for a really enthralling story. Especially how everything is seen in the eyes of her and shows how she sees things. Was really fun to play and a great game!

The game: "The floor is breathing! Be afraid!" Me, with Alice in Wonderland syndrome: "Oh, so it's JUST the floor today? Boring."

25:03 lmaooo that was the day before I was born

"Time to hit the old, dusty trail" Damn with the amount of times Mark has said that, the 'dusty trail' is probably beaten to death by now.

That “grandma” jumpscare that mark added scared the shit out of me

Okay usually Lixian's jumpscares doesn't get me but 16:43 actually got me, kudos to you Lixian

Even as simple as reading a note, Mark makes it insanely funny every single time he reads it

Love that it was a well-made, atmospheric, spooky horror game and the person who made it decided to go by the name "SlamDunkYaJunk"

"Tomorrow is another day." Having flashbacks from some other indie horror that had this line.

I love how he gets to the painting of the pope and is like “hi grandma! :)”

2:58 this is a famous painting by English artist Francis Bacon. It's called 'Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X' Francis Bacon was known for doing extremely dark pieces of work. I recommend looking up and watching a documentary on his life and work. Shout out to the developers for including this masterpiece of Bacon's in this game! Very fitting!✨

Markiplier, a seasoned 33 year old veteran horror game player, who has probably played over 600 horror games at this point in time…. “I’m a Big Brave Boiii”

When I'm only half-listening to this while doing something else: Mark: "I don't know why I'm doin' grandma, help!" Me: "Wait, what?!"

Mark's voice at 0:38 genuinely sent shivers down my spine and scared me a bit. I don't know why it's so creepy.

My computer bugged out right at 29:25 leaving a prolonged singular note and marks scared face, which should have informed me that it was my PC. However, I was playing a game on another screen which didn't freeze so I thought it was another one of Marks scares, and then both screens began glitching out as the singular prolonged tone began rapidly shifting pitch before both screens went black and the sound disappeared, which was concerning because the screen was the only thing lighting up my room, so now I was sitting in silence and in darkness... So yeah, this isn't the first time my pc bugging out has spooked me, and somewhat surprisingly not the first time it has involved Markeplier....Also good video, gave me the good spooky vibes to be extra spoked by my PC

"AH, here's the thing. No!" I almost choked laughing.

I'm too much of a wimp to play horror games, so I am eternally grateful for Mark to experience them through his videos.

21:50 Just because, I checked and 1/20/2007 was in fact a Saturday. So it makes sense they were getting home a little before 8 every day before, but the time is the afternoon here, they had the day off work. Amidst all the craziness, they were still going to work everyday lol

It would be cool if someone made a mc escher stair painting as a horror game while unknown monsters who have physically adapted to the environment chase you. It would be a very scary game.

Mark: *sees demon in the distance* Also Mark: "hi how can I help you?" 💜💜💜

"The Floor is Breathing" is weird, bizarre and unsettling more than it is terrifying. Brilliant presentation by Mark and his editors.

4:20 "Criminal Faces in Liminal Spaces" Mark's favorite show!

Game: Welcome home! Mark: "Oh, thank you, that's nice. I don't usually get a welcome home. That's awfully sweet of you..." Me: 🤨🤔 Aw, it seems like he could use a bit more welcome home energy...

Markiplier: *plays The Floor is Breathing* KZfaq: Ah yes, Slender: The Arrival!

The real horror in this game is that the main character had extreme psychosis and clearly didn't get the help she needed until it was tragically too late.

21:31 the sadness is "destroying" him

4:30 Mark probably: "The multiverse is littered with the corpses of my failure."

Mark is one of the very few people who can actually make us laugh while talking about something scary.

Mark should play Outer Wilds. It perfectly fits everything he loves in games. It's a mystery, space exploration game that is incredibly story driven and has an entire DLC devoted to horror and spooks. There is nothing I would love more than to see him try it out.

About 4 years ago mark you played a demo for a game called madison! It was a great video and for some strange feeling this made me think of it again, ive seen a few recent things of the game popping up so play the whole game!

lol 20:13; I'm adopted and asian, and one time when my family was doing a family picture and I had to smile, my mom said "Open your eyes!" And I said "THEY ARE OPEN!!!"

i’m telling you, every time i encounter a horror game i just have to look and watch a vid that has markiplier playing it. it’s my coping mechanism

The walls have ears, the hills have eyes, and now the floor is breathing.

Gotta say that Mark calling the Pope grandma is one of the funniest parts of the gameplay

My god at 20:50 I got an ad for a support animal with cute dogs and cats and I started laughing 😂

1:10 Mark -“I don’t usually get a welcome home” Chica - D:

I can't count how many times I use "Markisms" in my daily life. "Oh that's DORK" "I'M A BIG BRAVE BOY" "Grandma?" It makes me chuckle because your content always brightens my mood. I'll even still occasionally call things "Goop juice" from your RE7 playthrough 😅

How does that game know my to-do list… well at least the check for monsters under the bed part!

23:30 I'm going to assume the first door you're breaking down is the door to the...patio??? Porch? Whatever the term is. It's not the actual front door with windows that we see.

dude i LOVED the way the creator of this game caused such anxiety after like the second murder- when you were about to enter the bedroom and you just kept looking around saying "what is it?!" "who is it!?" that kind of anxiety is terrifying but also so realistic for how the character was probably feeling and it just made my skin crawl

I love the Little part of the game where the 5 Little ducks song plays. Each time you watch it one person dissappears like the in the song where one duckling dissappears. And plus the song slowed makes it really creepy and unsettling and gives an uncanny vibe. Very noice detail

18:00 kind of reminded me of paul dannos riddlers voice in the trailer

23:42 He almost broke into the Schmoyo song

Watching Markiplier videos is a weird limbo between being utterly scared and having the most fun in your life.

Markiplier: shows a static screen KZfaq: yes this must be slenderman

I thought Mark was going to say "GraNDMA? IS THAT YOU? at 4:00

So this is weird but whenever I make my... anthromorphic foam animal costumes... I watch your video they make me laugh, scared, etc :)