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Before The Night
Before The Night is a horror action adventure game based on a macabre twist to a fable. Survive in the tiny, cute animal village! Your animal friends will literally turn rabid at night! Uncover the secrets of the world where animals keep human pets. Join the cute pet human "Lisa" on her adventure!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
What reviewers agree on
27 of the 65 reviews raise this.
“Check out our Steam curator , YouTube channel and Twitter! [Kawaii?/Horror] Puzzle action adventure. Survive in the animal weird village. Once you take the life flower...?! Unique nice anime artwork, a bit challenging…”
“I don't usually do the STEAM review thing, but I feel like this game deserves more recognition! This is a horror game in similar vein to Witch's House, but more on solving puzzles and progressing levels. There are no…”
“I played this game for a little bit and honestly I quite enjoyed it a lot. Definitely has to be one of my favourite horror games that came out this year. I love how the art style is cute but also makes the game very…”
27 of the 65 reviews raise this.
“Funny how creepy is the concept of owning pets when you're the one on a leash”
“I played this game for a little bit and honestly I quite enjoyed it a lot. Definitely has to be one of my favourite horror games that came out this year. I love how the art style is cute but also makes the game very…”
“"Before the Night: A Unique Horror Adventure" "Before the Night" is a game that values your time, offering a captivating 3-4 hour experience without needless repetition. Its storytelling is compelling, without forced…”
24 of the 65 reviews raise this.
“Tl;dr cool devs and alright game A bit short for the price, clocking at roughly 4-5 hours if you're not rushing, and pacing is a bit all over the place, but I still enjoyed my experience. The game works on a series of…”
“Check out our Steam curator , YouTube channel and Twitter! [Kawaii?/Horror] Puzzle action adventure. Survive in the animal weird village. Once you take the life flower...?! Unique nice anime artwork, a bit challenging…”
“I don't usually do the STEAM review thing, but I feel like this game deserves more recognition! This is a horror game in similar vein to Witch's House, but more on solving puzzles and progressing levels. There are no…”
10 of the 65 reviews raise this.
“Check out our Steam curator , YouTube channel and Twitter! [Kawaii?/Horror] Puzzle action adventure. Survive in the animal weird village. Once you take the life flower...?! Unique nice anime artwork, a bit challenging…”
“I don't usually do the STEAM review thing, but I feel like this game deserves more recognition! This is a horror game in similar vein to Witch's House, but more on solving puzzles and progressing levels. There are no…”
“As best I can describe it, Before the Night is a horror-themed puzzle game with stealth and top-down shooter elements. Here's a breakdown of that description, for sake of clarity: Puzzle - your typical goal is to…”
8 of the 65 reviews raise this.
“I don't usually do the STEAM review thing, but I feel like this game deserves more recognition! This is a horror game in similar vein to Witch's House, but more on solving puzzles and progressing levels. There are no…”
“Game is really good. Just make sure you don't do a dumb and that you don't use integrated graphics. Game massively rewards you surviving by allowing you to skip major parts of levels via items from previous levels, but…”
“This game is immeasurably gory, but if you can handle that I'd definitely recommend it. It's a very interesting and very dark game with honestly pretty good puzzle design. A really cool mechanic is that If you don't die…”
8 of the 65 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Tl;dr cool devs and alright game A bit short for the price, clocking at roughly 4-5 hours if you're not rushing, and pacing is a bit all over the place, but I still enjoyed my experience. The game works on a series of…”
“Decent little horror puzzle game with 2 cons: 1. Game doesn't pause when you have menu open so you have to exit out of your save to do literally anything else. 2. Lose items on death which punishes experimentation (also…”
“Length <4hrs with deaths <6hrs Before the Night is hard to define, I get combat between Cat Quest and Don’t Starve. While the visuals world feels somewhere between Don’t Starve and American Mcgee’s Alice. A story of…”
4 of the 65 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Decent little horror puzzle game with 2 cons: 1. Game doesn't pause when you have menu open so you have to exit out of your save to do literally anything else. 2. Lose items on death which punishes experimentation (also…”
“In my eyes It has a slow start but It has some pretty good puzzles. You also get to destroy furry's so that's a plus.”
“I really wanted to like this game but I find it has very odd pacing and tbh some of the "puzzles" feel REAL WACK if you don't mind dying in the same spot over and over til you pixel perfect a puzzle go for it”
4 of the 65 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This seemingly cute game doesn't hide a gory story, it displays it right from the beginning. The gameplay was fun enough, but not exactly what i expected it to be. The simplicity of it and the awkward story let me…”
“The game is fun, the art is pretty, the narrative is muddled, and it's got some PETA level bad takes, but its heart is in the right place. Warning for some lovely body horror ♥♥♥♥.”
“Cute and scary at the same time. I do think the animated trailer was great but the store page spoils way too much of the game. The game rewards you by thinking about the level as a puzzle rather than pushing through it…”
3 of the 65 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Five stars, this game, and it's entire existance from moment one is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. I would not recommend this game to anyone it's that ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Espcially if you don't like blood or body horror. Solid experience though,…”
“I really wanted to like this game but I find it has very odd pacing and tbh some of the "puzzles" feel REAL WACK if you don't mind dying in the same spot over and over til you pixel perfect a puzzle go for it”
“I had a great time! It took me 4 hours to complete on normal mode, with a good number of deaths mixed in. The game-play leans a lot towards puzzle solving (which aren't that difficult) and evading the monsters (either…”
3 of the 65 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“CANNOT finish the easiest achievement : Play Before the Night.”
“This game is good: the art is amazing, the plot really good, some gameplay ideas very interesting... However, I can't not mention some of its flaws (in my opinion): the objects in the decor help greatly enrich the story…”
“An epic combination of *CREEPY* and *CUTE*. Also, throwing a cardboard box at an armed cat warrior and having it turn into a lil Cat in a Box - this can be turned into a standalone game! :D Only thing which feels…”
Counted across 65 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-15
“Actually a pretty good survival (sorta) horror set in a bizarre and disturbing world. Playing on Hell difficulty is highly recommended for ultimate tension.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Es un absoluto encanto, la combinación perfecta de puzzles, sigilo y (algo) de combate, un estilo visual adorable + macabro que siempre pega bien en el terror, y una historia escalofriante y muy atrapante. No es particularmente difícil o fácil (aunque si tiene modos de…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“It might mean something else, but it's still pure love. 이 또한 사랑이야.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Steam screenshot feature has been fixed.
Steam screenshot functionality is fixed! I'm sorry for the inconvenience in the play.
Achievements Update
Hello, This is dev. The steam achievements has just been updated. Now you can achieve 100% of your challenges and shine your library. The challenge can be achieved 100% regardless of the difficulty An
HOT FIX & Balance patch
HOT FIX & Balance patch 1. A serious bug that can pass through some doors with a rabbit jump has just been fixed. 2. Player invincible time increased. (Units are frames) Very easy 20 -> 90 Easy 20 ->
Language Update
Hello, I'm the developer of Before The Night. Simplified Chinese translation has just been improved and Traditional Chinese added. The issue of 'Revive , -Press Any Key- ' text not displayed at the ti
Xbox Gamepad Support & Collision Update
The update has just been applied. 1. Xbox Pad Support (in development) The Xbox gamepad is now supported. The internal test has been completed, and it is working normally. The PlayStation gamepad also
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Action-Adventure · Puzzle · Exploration · 2D · Cute · Horror · Cartoony · Cats · Dark Fantasy · Magic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Korean, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 7 |
| Official site | https://twitter.com/ApocalypseCat1 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Dual Core 3.0 GHz+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB VRAM Storage: 500 MB available space