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Murder House

Puppet Combo · 2020-10-22

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 14, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 14, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 14, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 23, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

Murder House is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 2342 reviews).

1
playing now
95%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13,596
twitch viewers (latest)
13596.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
4.67★
PlayStation Store rating (1,114 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

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

Murder House is a slasher-inspired survival horror game by Puppet Combo, originally released for Microsoft Windows in October 2020, and later for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in 2021. The game focuses on a news crew arriving at the house of a thought-dead serial killer to film a documentary, only for the killer to re-emerge and hunt them down.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 118 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 47k–105k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,342 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$5.99-50%
GOG$8.39-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2022-04-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 59 of 78 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22422420202026Week of 2020-10-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
472Oct 2020Jul 2026Oct 2020 — avg 47 · peak 110Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 25Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 34Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 20Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 42Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 24Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 39Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 33Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 17Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 21Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 17Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — Jul 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$5.992020-10-232026-10-142020-10-23 — best price $10.792021-02-11 — best price $8.992021-10-28 — best price $7.192022-01-27 — best price $9.592022-08-19 — best price $7.192022-11-22 — best price $9.592023-01-20 — best price $9.592023-03-06 — best price $5.992023-05-23 — best price $9.592023-08-28 — best price $9.592023-11-21 — best price $5.992024-01-05 — best price $11.992024-03-20 — best price $5.992024-05-21 — best price $8.392024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-10-07 — best price $11.992024-11-05 — best price $11.992024-12-19 — best price $8.392025-02-05 — best price $8.392025-03-15 — best price $11.992025-05-01 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $7.192025-09-22 — best price $11.992025-10-09 — best price $7.192025-11-25 — best price $7.192026-02-04 — best price $8.392026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-06-16 — best price $11.992026-08-12 — best price $8.392026-09-02 — best price $8.392026-09-08 — best price $8.392026-09-14 — best price $8.392026-09-20 — best price $8.392026-09-26 — best price $8.392026-10-02 — best price $8.392026-10-08 — best price $11.992026-10-14 — best price $8.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

124162026-06-01 — 40 pageviews2026-06-05 — 61 pageviews2026-06-09 — 33 pageviews2026-06-13 — 22 pageviews2026-06-17 — 26 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 36 pageviews2026-06-29 — 30 pageviews2026-07-03 — 124 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-11 — 36 pageviews2026-07-15 — 31 pageviews2026-07-19 — 30 pageviews2026-07-23 — 21 pageviews2026-07-27 — 39 pageviews2026-07-31 — 18 pageviews2026-08-04 — 22 pageviews2026-08-08 — 29 pageviews2026-08-12 — 18 pageviews2026-08-16 — 29 pageviews2026-08-20 — 34 pageviews2026-08-24 — 28 pageviews2026-08-28 — 27 pageviews2026-09-01 — 40 pageviews2026-09-05 — 32 pageviews2026-09-09 — 31 pageviews2026-09-13 — 27 pageviews2026-09-17 — 25 pageviews2026-09-21 — 32 pageviews2026-09-25 — 28 pageviews2026-09-29 — 25 pageviews2026-10-03 — 44 pageviews2026-10-07 — 42 pageviews2026-10-11 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
48.8%
earned "Kicking and screaming "
37.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-11-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,65721%7
Xbox One (Xbox)82232%10
Switch (Nintendo)110%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

3DGore1980sIndieRetroHorrorViolentSurvivalAdventureRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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