Haunted Heist

Worth buying? What 84 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 84 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 97%Very Positive · 97%2026

$9.99

US Steam price, checked 6 h ago

The verdict

A cheap, chaotic asymmetric proximity-chat party game where Tricksters prank and hunt Heisters in a mansion. Skip it if you want a polished, balanced experience or have no one to play with.

Great for

Friend groups who enjoy proximity-chat chaos, pranks and jump scares in short rounds

Main risk

Balance issues and thin content may leave it feeling unfinished, especially Trickster power

What players love

Hilarious with friends

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“So much fun, had LOADS of moments where I just cried laughing and couldn't see the screen in front of me”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

“Genuine funny moment goldmine. I've been crying laughing with friends.”
Steam review · 25.5 h played ↗

“Really fun game with friends chaotic and crazy but in the best way”
Steam review · 11.1 h played ↗

Two fun asymmetric roles with creative Trickster abilities

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The trickster abilities are so very creative and there's a lot of them to try out.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

“I love the parallel gameplay going from Heister to Trickster, seeing the map in such different ways is awesome.”
Steam review · 25.5 h played ↗

“Both roles are fun to play and the game is amazing”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

Easy to learn, replayable

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Learning curve is super low, I was able to understand the basics of the game in about 15 minutes of playing”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗

“doesn’t get stale over time as you can easily switch up dynamics by changing your role in the game”
Steam review · 28.6 h played ↗

“Really good replayability, every game is different - even if you're playing with the same group.”
Steam review · 12.9 h played ↗

Welcoming community and active devs

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“good game, devs are always in public lobbys too”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

“there are some really great public lobbies filled with players who will gladly help you learn the ropes, including really friendly DEVS.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗

“you will likely play with the devs in the lobbies”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗

Voice modulator and proximity chat

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“The voice modulator is a hilarious yet extremely thoughtfully-implemented feature”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗

“nothing beats the pure evil joy of watching a terrified Heister panic because they heard their buddy calling for help down a dead-end hallway—only for it to be you.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗

“Pretending to be a Heister while the game uses that Heister's recorded voice is incredibly funny.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗

Great value for the price

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Buy the damn game it’s 8 dollars you won’t regret.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗

“For the price, it's an absolute steal and there's a ton of replayability.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗

“you can definitely get your money's worth with just the content”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗

What players complain about

Balance problems

Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews

“There's some balancing issues with tricksters being a little OP unless everyone is walking together”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

“The balancing also feels odd.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

Feels unfinished and needs polish

Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews

“it feels lackluster and missing a lot”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

“It's not terrible but it needs more time to cook.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

Clunky movement and cloak

Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews

“Being in the air feels slippery and you don't have much control.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

“Tricksters can move way too fast and their cloak is weird.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

Crashes and launch problems

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“it perpetually bluescreens computers if you attempt to launch it in Vulcan”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

Little reason to use voice chat

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“there's not really a reason to VOIP and if you VOIP while the tricksters are screwing with your voice, you're just powering them up”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unknown

Minimum

OSWindows 10 64-bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (4 cores)

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB / Intel Arc A380

Storage2 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10/11 64-bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (6 cores)

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super / RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB VRAM)

Storage2 GB available space

OSWindows 10 64-bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (4 cores)

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB / Intel Arc A380

Storage2 GB available space

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