Midnight Special
Scared Stupid Inc · 2026-05-21
Modes: Single player
Releases: May 08, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))
Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?
Health check
- · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
- · Review velocity up 143% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (67 reviews).
- · Top 54% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 168 total reviews — how this is computed.
All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2025-05-08)via IsThereAnyDeal
12-month high $14.99 · on sale 18 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)
Review momentum
Price history
Completion
- · 30.8% of players earned A True Gourmand
- · 4% of players earned News Report
- · 0.4% of players earned Slippery Pete
Global achievement rates from Steam.
Details
8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, French, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil
Player tags
2DDark1980sRetroHorrorAdventureAtmosphericExplorationEarly AccessSingleplayer
Census log
- 2025-05-08First review activity on record (week of 2025-05-08).
- 2025-05-08Biggest review week on record: 67 reviews (week of 2025-05-08).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
Recent updates
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