Murder House

Murder House

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Murder House | Walkthrough & Achievement Guide
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  • Go to Settings in main menu → Video → and set it to PSX for better visibility.
  • This game features tanky controls such as Silent Hill or Resident Evil games from PS1.
  • All directions are from the character's perspective.
  • Start a New Game.
  • Approach the photographer and sit on their knees.
  • Leave the photo booth by holding W.
  • Follow the right wall until finding a security gate.


  • Crawl under it with Spacebar key.
  • Follow the left wall until finding the mall entrance.


  • Pick up the key from the floor.
  • Also, read both missing posters on the wall:


  • Continue through the left wall until reaching a second security gate.
  • Use the key on it (press Z to open the inventory and click to use the key).
  • Go through the security door.
  • Follow the right wall and read the poster next to the exit door.


  • Go left to find yet another (blinking) poster:


  • Return to the exit door and go through it.


  • Read both posters on the side:


  • Follow the corridor and remember the only camera change as you'll have to return here.
  • Continue through the corridor until the killer shows up.
  • Then quickly, run back to the restrooms and head inside.
  • Hide on the first stall and wait for the killer to leave.
  • Leave the stall with Esc key and go through the back door.
  • Follow the corridor until finding a large door.


  • Go through it.
  • Pick up the flashlight from the shelf.
  • Make your way through this room and pick up the screwdriver at the very end.
  • Go through the door next to the TV.
  • On the next room, make your way to the next door.
  • Once at the room with lockers, immediately go right and enter the showers.
  • Open the last curtain.


  • Use the screwdriver on the drain to get a Tiny Key (press Z → Click on the screwdriver).
  • Leave and head to the locker right in front of the showers. Use the Tiny Key there.


  • Note the code that shows up: 5534.
  • Return to the large door corridor through the shortcut in the same room you're now and interact with the door with a keypad.
  • Input: 5534.
  • Enter and speak to the janitor.
  • Look out the window and then try to leave. Repeat.
  • Once the lights go off, immediately hide under the desk.

Kicking and screaming You did what you could.
  • As soon as you gain control over your character, go to the back of the house and enter the small basement window.


  • Go all the way left and up the stairs. Head through the door to reach the kitchen.
  • Go through the door by the empty cabinet, to the left of the red door to reach the main hall.
  • Unlock the front door. A scene will play.

  • Go to the van and interact with the side door.
  • Pick up one of the cases and bring it to the living room.
  • Repeat with the second case. Another scene will play.
  • Head upstairs and enter the bedroom.


  • Search the dresser, open the right drawer, and pick up the Fuse from inside.
  • Also, pick up the Pencil from the corner to the right of the bed.
  • Leave, head downstairs, and go to the kitchen through the door at the back of the staircase.
  • Approach the stove and search the cabinet beside (bottom drawer) to find another pencil.
  • Read the note on table.


  • Head to the basement and use the fuse on the fusebox.


  • Leave the basement and make your way back to the group. Scene time.
  • Return to the basement and talk to Dana.


  • Go back to the kitchen.
  • Pick up the Mug from the table and use it on the sink to fill it with water.
  • Head to the basement once again and give the Mug to Dana. You'll get a Small Key in exchange.
  • While in scene, wait for Dana to say:

    "...Two years later, many say he still haunts the home he grew up in..."

  • Then immediately run towards the doorway.
  • Go upstairs and back to the main hall.
  • Use the Small Key Dana gave you on the door underneath the stairs.


  • Pick up the Flashlight and the Pencil.
  • Equip the Flashlight (press Z → Click on the Flashlight; turn on with F) and head to the basement.
  • Pick up the crowbar from the sofa.


  • Use the Crowbar on the dryer to find a Door Knob inside.
  • Go upstairs back to the kitchen.
  • Use the Door Knob on the door to the right of the fridge and head inside.


  • Pick up the Fire Poker by the fireplace.
  • Take the red door for a shortcut back to the main hall.
  • Go out the house and approach the van. Read the note on the windshield.


  • Head upstairs and enter the door on the left.


  • Watch the scene with Gary and Dana.
  • Leave the room through the barely visible door on the right.
  • Go downstairs and to the basement.
  • Find Tom. He'll give you a Large Key.
  • Make your way to the room beneath the stairs and save your game (stand in front of the book → press Z → use Pencil).

  • Go upstairs to sight an horrific scene...
  • Once you regain control, quickly run down the hall and up the stairs.
  • Use the Large Key on the red door to access the attic.
  • Search the dresser with the globe on top and open the right drawer. You'll find Letter Opener.
  • Also, pick up the pencil from the back of the room.

From this point on, the killer will randomly show up around the house and will try to kill you.
Be extremely cautious.

  • Go back downstairs and investigate Dana's head. You'll find Death Egg.


  • Enter the room just to the left (where you had the previous scene with Gary and Dana).
  • Use the Letter Opener on the cabinet at the very end. Pick up the Gun from inside.

Payback! Time to fight back


  • Go downstairs to the Kitchen.
  • Use the Letter Opener on the cabinet to the left of the Sink. You'll get a First Aid Kit.
  • Head to the basement.
  • Go through the right doorway towards the room with the mattresses on the floor and use the Letter Opener on the previously locked cabinet. You'll receive a Magnet.


  • Go back to the living room and use the Magnet on the hole at the corner. You'll get Medium Key.


  • Go upstairs and use the Medium Key on the door about halfway the corridor. Head inside.


  • After the horrific scene, pick up the Black Light from under the mattress.
  • Also, read the note:


  • Go to the attic.
  • Use the Black Light on the light bulb.


  • Move the cabinet with the white liquid under and ride down the dumbwaiter.
  • Use the Letter Opener on the cabinet at the very end of the hallway. You'll get Pistol Ammo.
  • Open your inventory and use Pistol Ammo to reload your Gun.
  • Enter the room immediately to your right and pick up the Rope from the skeleton.


  • Enter the room to the left of the cabinet room and read the note:


  • Also, investigate the cabinet and pick up the pencil from the right drawer.
  • Enter the bottom left room in front of the torture devices and read yet another note:

Bookworm You've read thoroughly


  • Leave to find yourself back at the basement. Make your way to the kitchen.
  • Interact with the camera and get the Tape.
  • Go back to the main hall and upstairs for a scene.
  • Enter the room where you found the Black Light and collect the Egg from Gary's body.


  • Go to the bedroom with the TV and use the Tape on the videocassette recorder.
  • Use the Rope on the large cabinet.


  • Head inside the hole.
  • Search the bathtub to find an Egg.
  • Investigate the left drawer on the wall cabinet to find Bandages.
  • Leave through the top door.
  • Go downstairs and enter the red door.
  • Use the piano and press the keys in the following order: 3-3-3-1-2-2-1-5-5-4-4-3


  • You'll receive another Egg.
  • Save your game in the room beneath the stairs before progressing further.
  • Interact with the basket and put all the four eggs inside.

  • Make your way back to the basement and to the torture room hallway.
  • Enter the now open door:


  • Go through the narrow passage and use the ladder at the very end.
  • Approach the cabinet and pick up the Shotgun.


  • Equip the Pistol and prepare yourself to fight the last boss.
  • Try to leave the greenhouse to trigger the fight:
  1. Start with the Pistol and switch to the Shotgun when you run out of ammo.
  2. Stay away from the boss; shoot once/twice and then immediately run away.
  3. Use the First Aid Kit or the Bandages when low on health.
  • Once you defeat the boss, run around a bit until trigger the ending sequence.

Be Kind, Rewind You've escaped the Murder House
Tape Master You've survived the entire tape
  • Load any save and die to the killer.

Massacred! Emma's just a statistic now


  • Replay the Prologue but let the killer get you on the first chance.

Helpless Victim You didn't make it to the end of the prologue.
22 Comments
can somebody explain how to exit the game and get the opportunity to play AFTER the credit screen (car keys) ? i played it 2 times and nothing happend when i wait around 10 mins in the credit screen.
Alien Dec 23, 2022 @ 7:17am 
How do I get out of the greenhouse
malen't Nov 26, 2022 @ 3:16pm 
how can i use the pistol and shortgun???
Drakeema Oct 26, 2022 @ 5:01am 
Where do we find out what the piano keys are..? I don't see any numbers or letters, except on the Easter posters in the dungeon room area, and those don't make sense.
Drakeema Oct 26, 2022 @ 4:59am 
"Leave through the top door."
Aren't all the doors in that room on the same horizontle plane..?
lylat  [author] Jul 26, 2022 @ 6:21pm 
Sure, go ahead.
Ant1noob Jul 26, 2022 @ 6:19pm 
Hi, can I take your guide to Murder House and translate it for russian-speaking users? I'll leave a link to the original guide.
Panda1Actual Mar 26, 2022 @ 1:05pm 
Thanks for the walkthrough! I loved it and it was really useful!
Banake Jan 29, 2022 @ 8:41pm 
Thanks.
JamTreez Dec 30, 2021 @ 10:39am 
tried 3-4 separate runs now but cannot interact with the piano.. everytime i try it just says "i dont have time for that" any ideas? thanks!