Security 51 is available on Steam and GOG with a 10 percent discount until August 27. The full version includes blood sample analysis, microscopic examination, and surveillance camera evidence.
Security 51 is a guard simulation game set at Area 51, published by Alawar. Players check documents, permits, and credentials at a checkpoint leading to a dangerous elevator area. Suspicious visitors may be infiltrating janitors, enemy spies, or non-human entities. The game draws inspiration from Papers, Please and Paranoia SCP.
The game launched on Steam and GOG on August 15, 2026, with a 10 percent discount available until August 27. The full version adds systems not present in the demo, including blood sample analysis and microscopic examination of specimens, plus new locations deeper in the facility. Players can also use surveillance cameras inside the facility as evidence, spotting anomalies such as a person emerging from an elevator that should be empty or an employee who left the facility reappearing.
Alawar announced the release date on June 26, 2026, with the game launching on Steam on July 27. A demo was available on Steam at that time, and the store page listed Japanese language support. The game's consequences of a wrong decision may not surface until days later, adding a persistent tension layer to the genre.
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Alawar has released Security 51, a guard simulation game set at Area 51. Players check visitors' documents and permits, and later use fingerprint and blood tests to spot spies and non-human entities. The game is available on Steam and GOG with a 10 percent discount until August 27.
Publisher Alawar announced on June 26 that its horror simulation game Security 51 will launch on Steam on July 27. The game casts players as a security guard at a facility beneath Area 51, tasked with checking documents, permits, and credentials of people passing through a checkpoint to a dangerous elevator area. Suspicious visitors may be infiltrating janitors, enemy spies, or non-human entities. The full version adds systems not present in the demo, including blood sample analysis and microscopic examination of specimens, plus new locations deeper in the facility. Players can also use surveillance cameras inside the facility as evidence, spotting anomalies such as a person emerging from an elevator that should be empty or an employee who left the facility reappearing. The game draws inspiration from Papers, Please and Paranoia SCP. A demo version is currently available on Steam, and the store page lists Japanese language support.