Cute art with genuinely scary moments
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Has to be the best horror game on steam, its adorable and terrifying at the same time.”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%Lag Studios2015Horror · Psychological Horror · Adventure
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A free, charming cardboard-cutout horror game with 1000 rooms and creative monsters. Skip it if endless repetitive door-opening and run-forward gameplay bores you.
Great for
Fans of retro indie horror, nostalgic YouTube-era games, and short free scares
Main risk
Hundreds of near-identical rooms make it a boring, easy walking sim
What changed in the last 30 days
19 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mention a crash at the Press Enter screen after a Windows update, broken stamina and monsters, and dislike of the developer's political comments. Few recent reviews, so moderate confidence.
19 recent reviews
What players love
Nostalgic classic that inspired later games
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the game before doors, even before rooms, the actual start of all this but not every person understands it”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Free and great value
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“A masterpiece for free is the best way I can describe this game. You get so much content for free its fun and addictive”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Interesting lore and DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The Dollhouse is VERY scary and I loved the puzzles!”
Steam review · 17.1 h played ↗
Cardboard cutout jumpscares that work
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“I got jumpscared by a cartoon cute cardboard cutout pumpkin that popped out of the wall”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Creative, varied monsters and references
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Really liked how the game has different art styles for each specimen, since they look like you'd see them in other horror games.”
Steam review · 35.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, boring rooms
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“It's 40 floors of walking empty, randomly generated corridors, then 5 floors of exploration that are fun, 20 floors of running from a specimen, than 40 floors of boredom, rinse and repeat.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Not scary; cheap jumpscares
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the jumpscares feel cheap and overly predictable.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Monsters are easy: just run
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“you can just avoid all of them by running away so it doesnt actually matter that much”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and Windows/Linux issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Game crashes in the Press Enter screen before the menu even appears in the last Windows update.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
Dated controls and sparse options
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Why is there a settings option, but no way to edit sound?”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Developer's political comments
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Devs celebrate political violence. Should probably stay away if that bothers you.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable300 MB
Minimum
OSVista
ProcessorIntel Core i3 1.3 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
Storage300 MB available space
OSVista
ProcessorIntel Core i3 1.3 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
Storage300 MB available space
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