Intrigue! Mystery! A bunch of dead people!
All this and more in One Step Behind, a fun little point-and-click thriller
that puts you in the shoes of a common criminal with a not-so-common goal. You can play
the game here - and when you get stuck, you can find tips for completing
One Step Behind below.
Cellar
- Click the locker several times to knock the Bucket onto the ground
- Check the Bucket for a Screwdriver
- Click and drag the Screwdriver to the bracket on the pipe
- Click the pipe to get away from the wall
- Grab Red's Handcuffs off of the floor
- Click the Handcuffs twice to find the Hairpin
- Use the Hairpin on the Handcuffs to free yourself
McQueen
- Grab the Ladder on the right side of the screen
- Check the wall to the left of the door twice to climb up and over it
- Grab the Crowbar off of the ground
- Click on the gate to return to the street
- Use the Crowbar on the padlock locking the door to your left
- Return to the alley
- Use the Ladder on the scaffolding and climb up
- Roll over to the lamp after you've been tied up to turn it on
- Pick up the Office Key this reveals
- Use the Office Key on the Middle Drawer
- Open the Middle Drawer to find a Letter Opener
- Use the Letter Opener on the Duct Tape in your inventory
- Leave the apartment via the door
Club
- Enter the back alley
- Drop the Letter Opener in the trash bin
- Return to the front of the club and go inside
- Enter the doorway to your left
- Talk to the man named Bones, standing at a table
- Ask Bones about the job he's done
- Ask Bones about the psycho
- Ask Bones what Paul looks like
- Return to the previous room and click on the guy with the blue jacket to ID him as Paul
- Leave the club and reenter the alley
- Drop the Letter Opener you left in the bin through the open window in the back of the club
- Reenter the club and grab the Letter Opener from the men's room
- Use the Letter Opener on Paul to slip it into his pocket
- Enter the back room where you talked to Bones previously
- Talk to the Bouncer and tell him there's a man with a knife
House
- Check the window and listen to the conversation
- Check the window again to enter the house
- Go through the door to your left
- Grab the Suitcase beside the woman
- Check the woman a second time once you have the Suitcase to find Car Keys
- Leave through the door behind you
