Where is the Game Night drawing in CONTROL Resonant?

In the Unknown, unfinished building basement east of the Evac Building — look for the SECRET map marker, then inspect the board-game table.

What props do I need for the Game Night drawing?

Shelf figurines on the white game sheet, pizza from Pizza Place, a hatted mannequin from the nearby laundromat, and the Urban Mart prop marked on your minimap — then Draw.

CONTROL Resonant Game Night Drawing

Quick answer: The Game Night drawing is part of the Sketchbook collectible line in CONTROL Resonant, located in the Unknown basement. The area is set up around a cluster of game-night-style props, including a pizza box and a mannequin, and engaging with that scene ties into the Work-Life Balance payoff. If you’re hunting Sketchbook entries, this is one of the more atmospheric, scene-based ones rather than a straightforward item pickup.

Where to Find It: The Unknown Basement

The Game Night drawing is located in a basement area referred to as Unknown. The naming itself is a hint about the tone of the space — it’s an informal, half-hidden area rather than a marked, story-critical location, which fits the pattern of where Sketchbook entries tend to turn up throughout CONTROL Resonant.

Inside the basement, the space is dressed as a game-night setup: the kind of improvised hangout area you’d expect from people blowing off steam rather than a sterile facility room. That staging is the whole point of the scene — it’s meant to feel lived-in and a little off, which is a recurring texture in how CONTROL Resonant handles its environmental storytelling.

The Props in the Scene

Two details stand out when you walk into the basement:

A pizza box — a mundane, everyday prop that reinforces the “game night” framing of the space.
A mannequin — a much less mundane addition, and the detail that gives the scene its unsettling edge.

The contrast between the two is doing a lot of the work here. A pizza box alone would just be set dressing for a casual hangout. A mannequin sitting among game-night props is the kind of detail that turns an ordinary scene into something worth stopping and reading more carefully, which is exactly the kind of moment Sketchbook drawings tend to capture.

Work-Life Balance

This scene is connected to Work-Life Balance. Given the setting, a basement dressed for a game night, discovered in the middle of whatever else is going on in CONTROL Resonant’s main narrative, the thematic link is straightforward: it’s a glimpse of people trying to carve out normal downtime inside an abnormal situation. Whether you encounter it as an achievement, a trophy, or simply a thematic through-line, the Work-Life Balance connection is the payoff for finding and engaging with this particular Sketchbook scene.

Why This One Is Worth Seeking Out

Not every Sketchbook entry asks much of you beyond picking it up. The Game Night drawing is one of the entries built around a full scene rather than a single object, which makes it worth slowing down for if you’re the type of player who reads environmental details rather than rushing past them. The basement setup rewards a careful look: the pizza box sets the normal baseline, and the mannequin is the detail that recontextualizes it.

Tips for Finding It

A few practical pointers if you’re specifically hunting for this entry:

Look for basement-level access points rather than main-floor rooms — this is explicitly a basement scene.
The “Unknown” label suggests this area isn’t clearly signposted on a map the way story-critical rooms are, so expect to need to explore off the critical path.
Once inside, the pizza box and mannequin are the two props that mark you’ve found the right room — if you see both, you’re in the correct space.

Completing Your Sketchbook Collection

The Game Night drawing is one entry among a larger set of Sketchbook collectibles scattered through CONTROL Resonant. If you’re working through the full collection rather than just this one scene, it helps to treat basement and off-path areas like this one as prime search territory generally, since Sketchbook content tends to favor the overlooked corners of a level over its main thoroughfares.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Game Night drawing missable? It’s located in an off-path basement area labeled Unknown, which means it’s the kind of entry you could easily walk past without a deliberate detour. Treat any unlabeled basement access point as worth checking if you’re completing the full Sketchbook set.

What am I actually looking for in the room? The two clearest markers that you’re in the right scene are the pizza box and the mannequin. Both are staged together as part of the same game-night setup, so seeing either one is a strong sign you’ve found the correct basement.

What does Work-Life Balance have to do with a basement scene? The scene is framed around people setting up a casual game night in the middle of everything else happening in CONTROL Resonant, which is the thematic link to Work-Life Balance, a moment of normal downtime inside an abnormal situation.

Related Guides

Sketchbook — the complete collectible list, including every other drawing besides Game Night.
Game Night — a closer look at this specific scene and its place in the wider story.