Welcome to the Game: It Never Ends.

Welcome to the Game, It Never Ends (Reflect Studios Franchise)

WELCOME TO THE GAME 1 - Unknown, 2016

Based on establishment dates of the Doctor Murder website (est. 2012, noted as running up to/until 2016).


Hot Burners uses a quote from an alleged customer from 2015; would assume to use a somewhat older quote to establish one’s business as reputable (regardless of review being legitimate/real or otherwise).
Passports Are Us uses an image of the current Latvian passport, which the design for was established on or around Jan. 28, 2015; the game therefore has to take place after this date.


  
    
      THE WAITING ROOM - Late 2017; Assumption
      Considering the risk that comes with hosting Red Room streams, as well as the surrounding hype, it is unlikely that the streams are a common occurrence.
The reason I assume it is late 2017 is because of the existence and references made in Welcome to the Game 2.
== These two take place within close vicinity; Victim from WR calls Amalea to tell her they were burned / that Adam knows of their snooping into The Prey; It’s not unfair to assume, given Adam’s demeanor and general history across the games, risks would want to be taken care of as soon as possible to preserve his business ==
    
  
    
    
      WELCOME TO THE GAME 2 - Early 2018; Assumption
      Many sites that were present in the first game are either redone entirely or have become dead links. A bit of a stretch because expertise is varied, but it would take a while to do that while maintaining consistent clientele.
The player can find Clint’s resident dossier on the lobby computer. He’s 29, lives in 803, and is described as a “Very quiet individual, sticks to himself, pays rent on time. No issues.” Not really relevant, but this would mean Clint was born between 1988 and 1989. He was a 90s kid, and that’s so cute to me.
    
  
    
    
      SCRUTINIZED - Middle of June 2020
      Computer states that the date is June 14th on the starting night, and report dates are formated as 06/xx.
Social media posts are dated with 2020 (e.g., Jeniffer Connally, aka BloodAngel123). And yes, her name is spelled like that in the game.
    
  
  
    
      DEAD SIGNAL - 2022
      Confirmed by environmental details, such as a newspaper(?) clipping within Ronald’s apartment. I don’t own this title in the series, but have been watching a close friend play it and we both noticed this.
Clint contacts the player and says he has had run-ins with Adam in the past (re: WTTG 2). For him to phrase it this way shows a decent time has passed between the games, as not only is that just how US Americans tend to phrase it, but he’s also telling this to a stranger (albeit, he owes The Shade a favor, and thus it’s equally likely Shade told him to give Ronald any information he had to keep his employee alive)