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Horror Tycoon

Smidge Games LLC · 2022-10-20

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.

Horror Tycoon is an Early Access, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed sentiment (61% of 120 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-16

61%
positive of 120 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Your father left you an empire but he also left you sinister secrets that you will soon uncover as you build and create your own haunted house empire or risk burning in hell for eternity.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (47 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 51,036 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 120 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220222026Week of 2022-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$4.492022-10-202026-10-082022-10-20 — best price $13.492022-11-22 — best price $11.242022-12-23 — best price $11.242023-03-10 — best price $11.242023-03-16 — best price $9.742023-04-14 — best price $9.742023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-08-12 — best price $8.992023-10-26 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-03-14 — best price $10.492024-06-27 — best price $8.992024-07-29 — best price $8.992024-10-28 — best price $8.242024-11-27 — best price $10.492024-12-20 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $9.742025-06-26 — best price $9.742025-10-01 — best price $7.492025-10-27 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $11.242026-03-09 — best price $7.492026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-10-01 — best price $4.492026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

3
achievements tracked
88.7%
earned "Welcome To Horror Tycoon!"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

DemonsHorrorEconomyBuildingStrategyRealisticManagementSimulationAtmosphericReplay Value

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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