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HANGMAN

HANGMAN

A strange game of hangman with a strange man. Traverse through the darkness, letters, & watchful eyes to save your friend. Decode notes left behind to uncover the message that you never got, but should have had.

Released Oct 30, 2024 Developer Pixel Poxet Platforms Windows DarkMinimalistPuzzle2DPsychological Horror
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-27)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

83.1%positive77 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“pretty cool”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

14achievements
5.2%median completion
1.8%rarest: LEXICONIC
11.9% of players 11.9% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 6.1% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 11.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
11.9%PERENNIAL — Fail to save yourself
11.9%GALLOW LAD — Fail to save your friend
6.8%LOOK DOWN — Find the secret level
Rarest badges of honor
1.8%LEXICONIC — Solve 90 words in Random Mode
1.9%LEXOPHILE — Solve 30 random words in Random Mode
2.2%LITERATUS — Solve 10 random words in Random Mode

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 01, 2025
July Update!

That's right! A new HANGMAN update is here :D Our resident programmer, Wilder, worked on updating quite a few things in the game! (We promise this was of his own accord---we do NOT have him chained to

Nov 08, 2024
Post-Halloween Treat!

Happy November everybody! Hope it's been treating you well and we hope you had a great Halloween last week! Our team celebrated with a little Ladtholomew (the name of our player character, of course)

Nov 07, 2024
Week 1 Patch

7 New Steam Achievements 25 New words for Random Mode Volume button New sounds and indicators Small thank you to our supporters! Minor fixes If you'd like to know more, read about it in our devlog! [u

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresIndie, Free To Play
Player tagsDark · Minimalist · Puzzle · 2D · Psychological Horror · Horror · Hand-drawn · Word Game · Side Scroller · Spelling · Free to Play · Indie (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements14
Official sitehttps://www.pixelpoxet.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: x86_32 CPU with SSE2 instructions, x86_64 CPU, ARMv8 CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 1.7 GB display memory Storage: 200 MB available space