Clock Tower[c] is a point-and-click survival horror video game developed and published by Human Entertainment for the Super Famicom in 1995.

Jennifer must then explore the Barrows Mansion to find a way to escape while evading Scissorman, leading to one of the game's multiple endings.

Clock Tower utilizes a point and click interface with the player controlling a cursor to direct Jennifer's actions.

Much of Clock Tower's plot and artistic style are inspired by the works of Italian horror film director Dario Argento, most notably Phenomena (1985).

In retrospective reviews, Clock Tower has been praised for its haunting atmosphere, but the puzzles and exploration have drawn criticism for being tedious.

An updated version, titled Clock Tower: The First Fear, was ported to the PlayStation, WonderSwan, and Windows in 1997.

An enhanced port of the game, Clock Tower: Rewind, was released on October 29, 2024 for eighth and ninth-generation consoles, as well as PC.

The player controls a cursor to direct the main character, Jennifer Simpson, and give commands such as investigating objects or opening doors.

Depending on choices made by the player, Jennifer will either discover Simon Barrows trapped in a jail cell inside the courtyard, or her father's corpse in a hidden room.

If the latter happens, Jennifer will find his death letter that tells of his account concerning Mary Barrows and her twins, Bobby and Dan.

If the player has collected all the necessary items and clues, then she gains access to the catacombs of the mansion - using either the Devil Idol or the Sceptor, but the former is canonical as it appears in the sequel.

She follows it, wearing a disguise to fool the guard dog using Mary's perfume, and a black cloak found in the mansion.

Clock Tower was directed by Hifumi Kono, who wished to use the game to pay homage to one of his favorite film directors, Dario Argento.

[7][18] Clock Tower has strong relations to its plot and shares other similarities with Argento's 1980s films, such as occult themes, distressed young women, and bright colors atop a foggy setting.

Due to lack of staffing resources, developer Human Entertainment could not include mouse support and also needed to shrink the map down significantly.

[2] The character graphics in Clock Tower were created by digitizing photographs of real people, a popular technique at the time.

[24] In a retrospective review, Hernando Vallejo of Hardcore Gaming 101 described Clock Tower as "one of the most thrilling experiences the [horror] genre can offer".

[19] Allistair Pinsof of Destructoid praised the graphics, story, and the Dario Argento-inspired style for creating a haunting mood and atmosphere.

However, he found Clock Tower failed to create an interesting adventure experience due to the difficulty of navigating the mansion layout, excessive item hunting, and simple puzzles.

Despite these flaws, he still found Clock Tower worth playing, calling it "atmospheric horror at its most raw, for better or worse".