The Company of Myself is a 2009 Flash platformer by Eli Piilonen featuring a hermit as the protagonist whose depressed inner thoughts appears as writing on the "walls" of the game.

[2] It's been frequently cited as an early example of an art game and has received praise for how it deals with issues of mental health.

[3][4][5][6] Tom Fronczak of Destructoid called the game "brilliant".

[1] It was included in Michael Rose's 2014 book "250 Indie Games You Must Play"[7] and has been frequently cited in video games research.

[8][9][10][11][12][13] Piilonen later released a prequel for the game called Fixation.