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The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood cover art

The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood

Copperbolt · 2025-04-03

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 03, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

He is back. Once again take control of mass serial killer John Wade. Six years later, the infamous Pale Grin resurrects from the grave to terrorize the broken town of Happyhills. This time he has more on his mind than simple killing.

96%
positive of 787 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

Not only John, but also the motivated detective, Bryan Pawalski, is back in action. Determined to take down John Wade once and for all. Next to Bryan, another assailant joins the fray: Mr Carpenter. This man is set out on a warpath to take revenge on the death of his beloved daughter Madison. Who will live and who will die? Play through this stylish retro 80s game as none other than THE John Wade, Detective Pawalski and Mr Carpenter. Each character has a different playstyle to mix up the gameplay.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (69 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 49,836 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 787 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
656520252026Week of 2025-04-03: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$2.242025-04-042026-03-262025-04-04 — best price $2.542025-04-10 — best price $2.992025-10-01 — best price $2.392025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.242026-03-26 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DDarkActionPuzzleAmericaStealthCartoonyDetectiveDark HumorStory Rich

Census log

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

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