Happy Room

Worth buying? What 249 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 249 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%2016

−50%~~$4.99~~$2.49

US Steam price, checked 2 h ago

The verdict

A cheap, chaotic ragdoll-torture physics sandbox with many weapons and achievements, good for stress relief. Skip it if you want lasting depth or hate grindy, RNG-prone challenges.

Great for

Players who enjoy gory ragdoll physics experiments, stress relief and achievement hunting on a small budget

Main risk

Gets boring fast, with sandbox locked behind grindy, luck-based challenges

What players love

Fun, creative ragdoll destruction

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“The combination of creative weaponry and the sandbox-style environment allows for endless experimentation and excitement.”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗

“instead of a wacky Rube Goldberg device, you build the most brutal torture chamber you can imagine. It's great!”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗

“The physics are superb: limbs fly off, the body writhes, and the pain sounds create a cozy meat-grinder atmosphere.”
Steam review · translated · 24.2 h played ↗

Large arsenal and modes

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“easily about 14+ hours of content, there and different modes, weapons and challenges.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗

“The arsenal is impressive: melee, elemental, firearms, explosives, lasers, a disco ball, piranhas, dragons, springs, a gravity gun, portals and more.”
Steam review · translated · 4.6 h played ↗

Fun challenges and achievements

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“the challenges to move forward are the best part. They push you to think how to use the weapons you're given in interesting ways to move forward.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗

“The achievements in this game are fairly easy to get.”
Steam review · 18 h played ↗

Cheap and worth the price

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Cheaper then a movie ticket, and has brought many more hours of amuzement then a movie ever has”
Steam review · 36.7 h played ↗

“amazing $5 game if you like puzzle games and organized chaos. Beyond worth the price.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗

Great stress relief

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“This game is good for relieving stress in a way that games like this just are.”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗

“Overall the game helps you relax after a hard day and vent your anger on a drawn little man.”
Steam review · translated · 11.5 h played ↗

Nostalgic flash-game feel, expanded

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“Its like one of those early flash torture games, but with a lot more content and even a puzzle game mechanic.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗

“it has more character custumization and more gore”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗

What players complain about

Gets boring and repetitive quickly

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“eh. fun for like 30 mins, then it just gets boring”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗

“once you complete the grind and unlock every weapon in the game, there's little more to do besides achievement hunting.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗

“It was a good game for about 10 hours max, but once you achieve everything there's nothing to do apart from going for a high score over and over”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗

Bugs: lost saves, missing start button, won't launch

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“all of my data just got deleted multiple time.”
Steam review · 30.8 h played ↗

“The Start The Test Button Is GONE I Delete My Save And Uninstalled The Game And Installed It Again And The Start Button Is Still Not Ther”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗

“All savegames deleted for the second time. Dont buy!”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

Feels like a free flash game, not worth $5

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“This game is a flash game that costs $5. thats to much.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

“A bit of a waste of money considering you can get an identical version for free.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

Frustrating, luck-based or impossible challenges

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“so many of the challenges are based on luck and so many are unclear and buggy that its just not fun”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

“you eventually get to that point in the game where all the quests at the top get way too challenging, which essentially makes you stuck at them for way too long.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗

“in the armory, achievement 47 is impossible to complete”
Steam review · translated · 11 h played ↗

Sandbox locked behind grindy progression

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“you need to do 16100 damage in the main game in order to play sandbox.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗

“You should be able to do what you want, I just want to enjoy sandbox. But I can't because you force me to deal more damage how obscure.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Inconsistent, janky physics and portal bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“the exact same room layout will not give you the exact same results twice in a row”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

“the dummy would just dissapearinto the portal hole, never to return.”
Steam review · 122.7 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 7

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 GHz

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce 240 GT or Radeon HD 6570 – 1024 MB (1 gig)

Storage400 MB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 7

ProcessorIntel Core i5 2300 or AMD FX6120

GraphicsGeForce GTX 550 Ti or Radeon HD 6770

Storage400 MB available space

OSWindows 7

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 2.8 GHz

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce 240 GT or Radeon HD 6570 – 1024 MB (1 gig)

Storage400 MB available space

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