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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).

14
playing now
96%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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
  • · 14 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 25% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,176 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 10 of 11 observed days (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

1402026-08-11 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992020-10-302026-08-262020-10-30 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-05-10 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-08-16 — best price $4.992021-10-04 — best price $4.992021-10-26 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-11-30 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $3.742022-02-01 — best price $9.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-05-09 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-08-29 — best price $9.992022-11-01 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-05-15 — best price $7.992023-06-30 — best price $6.992023-10-26 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-04-22 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-07-22 — best price $5.992024-10-28 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492024-12-20 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-10-27 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-26 — 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 CardsFamily 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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