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House

Bark Bark Games · 2020-10-30

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 29, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 29, 2024 (Xbox One), Mar 29, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 29, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Mar 29, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Try to survive through the night in a house that's trying its best to kill you and your family.

House is a $9.99 Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2020, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 2176 reviews).

7
playing now
95%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.77★
PlayStation Store rating (241 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The HOUSE stirs...Mumurs grow louder, indistinct but ever nearer. The raging storm banishes hope for morning's light. And Tabby finds herself wishing her father would come home...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 137 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–100k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,215 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19619620202026Week of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2522026-09-15 00:00 — 24 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
502Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2021 — avg 10 · peak 32Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 25May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 35Jul 2021 — avg 50 · peak 201Sep 2021 — avg 15 · peak 45Nov 2021 — avg 10 · peak 28Jan 2022 — avg 24 · peak 64Mar 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 22Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.992020-10-302026-10-142020-10-30 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $3.992021-05-10 — best price $4.992021-08-09 — best price $3.742021-10-04 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $3.492021-11-30 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $6.992022-08-29 — best price $9.992022-11-11 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-06-30 — best price $6.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-07-29 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-26 — best price $14.992026-09-16 — best price $14.992026-09-30 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
51.9%
earned "Slowpoke"
9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)13342%31
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)7916%30
PS4 (PlayStation)1828%31
Switch (Nintendo)40%0
Steam (Steam)30%14

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DGoreIndieActionHorrorPuzzleSurrealViolentSurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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