Inside Is a Metaphor For The Creation Of Life
Now here’s a bit darker of a theory stating that the entire point of Inside, is to be a metaphor about the act of creating life. This one comes from a Reddit thread about the game’s ending. There’s two particular parts in the game that don’t make much sense, which is what this particular theory draws on. First is the part where the boy is drowned by the strange underwater creature and hooked to a cable. To subscribers of this theory, the act is symbolic of the umbilical cord forming.
The second piece, the boy meeting the blob and entering its mass, is supposedly a parallel to the sperm entering the egg. After this, the blob breaks through the “uterine walls,” through the act of giving birth. It’s a theory that you don’t really want to think too deeply about, especially when you factor in the game’s secret ending where the boy literally pulls a plug. This is some dark stuff.
