You start off playing as Tabby, sister to Melody who you play as in chapter 2 trying to survive and escape your haunted house. You will do this by using certain objects in certain orders throughout certain rooms in the house while slowly learning about the spectral inhabitants.

It's not a difficult game per se. It's just infuriatingly tricky to get everything in the right order, at the right time, considering any/all variables that are likely to occur.

At least for me it was.

Once you understand what to do and can see a clear path, it's just a matter of doing it.

For whatever godforsaken reason I became fixated on getting all achievements and in the process I fell victim to numerous cheap deaths - this house is trying to kill you and it will succeed, merrily, if you aren't paying attention.

That said, some achievements are just tauntingly tedious. This may deeply frustrate some players looking to see all content & endings and grab all trophies.

There is a kind of candy shop morbidity to House. It's a difficult one to recommend and won't be everyone's cup of tea. I give it a thumbs up because I legitimately enjoyed the dark twisted familial tale of secrets and apparitions, as well as the pixel art, BGM/SFX, and overall vibe, despite any/all frustrations.

Also, getting there without use of a guide at *some* point is beyond me. The particular order and sequence of what is wanted from the player is so obscure. I just wish it were slightly less.

I'll admit, though, I became oddly captivated by this strange place with its strange inhabitants. I'll also never look at a bowling ball the same way again.

I did not run into any bugs during my playthrough. Ran perfectly on Steam Deck.

Recommend on sale especially if you're on the fence. You'll know within the return window if it's for you or not.

I watched a play-through of this game (Yub and Markiplier), but neither of them finished it. I had seen it around my fyp a bit but never clicked on it until recently. Once I watched their play-through, I fell in love with it. The style, the music, the thought invoking puzzles. It was amazing. But even so, there were a few things I disliked about it. One: It was very tedious and a little too complex at times. I literally had to go to the steam forums so I could look up a walk-through to even GET to chapter 2. It crashed a few times, but not nearly as many as other people who bought this game. But what really frustrated me most was probably the "Hey, girl!" achievement. I probably saw the trigger at least 5-10 times before deciding to go back and actually get the ending card that I wasn't able to get because if a crash (chapter 2 not cat ending). I had gotten the achievement for completing that so I thought I was in the clear. But once I went back and got that ending again, it was fine. Overall, fantastic game. Suggestions? Maybe make it so Marty can give out hints for what to do if you're stuck. Also, maybe make a little hint npc for chapter 2 as well. But even with it's iffy parts, this is still a 9/10 for me! Definitely get this if you like puzzle games! Just make sure to have the forums on standby just in case!

It is a very fun game. The 8-bit graphics make the deaths a little funny, but there are plenty of jumpscares too. Figuring out how this game works is part of the fun.