About

The Stark County Threat Assessment Test is a free-to-play analog horror game in which players take a test made for officers of the fictional Stark County Police Department to assess the threat levels of photographs, specifically those of people and mugshots, due to an increase in kidnappings and murders in the area. The game plays with creepypasta imagery and overall attempts to scare the player. Stark County Threat Assessment Test was featured in many let's play videos across YouTube and TikTok in early 2023. The gameplay is similar in structure to The Mandela Catalogue and the precursor game Assessment Examination that was popularized in 2022.

History

Stark County Threat Assessment Test was created by Reese Manse and published to his itch.io website^[1] on January 23rd, 2023. The game's "Story" is described as:

After an apparent spike in disappearances and murders Stark County has put together a test for officers to take to see how well they can detect a threat. Officers will be rating the threat level of each image on a scale from one to ten.

Let's Plays

The first known let's play video was uploaded by YouTuber^[2] DerpySheep on January 23rd, 2023, earning 70 views in three weeks (shown below, left). Going into February 2023, more viral let's play videos surfaced on YouTube, like one uploaded by YouTuber^[3] KeemSama on February 1st, 2023, earning roughly 19,800 views in two weeks (shown below, right).

Also on February 1st, YouTuber KeemSama uploaded a clip from his let's play to TikTok^[4] where it received roughly 4.6 million plays and 480,100 likes in two weeks (shown below, left). A few days prior to KeemSama's upload, on January 30th, 2023, TikToker^[5] @emortalmarcus posted a let's play clip of the game, earning roughly 155,600 plays and 6,500 likes in 16 days (shown below, right).

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