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Haunted Lands

Haunted Lands

Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.

Released Mar 10, 2026 Developer alevgor Publisher Alawar Platforms Windows DifficultRetroShoot 'Em Up2D PlatformerPlatformer
View on Steam ↗ $3.89 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

77.5%positive276 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Incredibly difficult, unforgiving. This isn't much of a problem in itself but the frustration, controls and upgrade system ruins it for me which is a shame because it is very true to its 8-bit inspiration. It just takes a little too much with its commitment to stiff controls,…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Haunted Lands was a mostly pleasant surprise for me this year. In a year of truly punishing games full of difficult challenges everywhere, this is actually the hardest one I've played, Pros: +Great art design, very gory and full of skulls, if you like horror imagery, you'll get…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 8 found this helpful

“Gotta give this one a pass. I was really into it for about 5 hours but eventually it just began feeling like a chore designed by a jerk that played his game so long he got really impressed or bored with his own runs. Successfully dodging 5 things in rapid succession only to have…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 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 2026-09-26.

35achievements
6.0%median completion
1.1%rarest: Blood Meridian
77.3% of players 77.1% of players 38.3% of players 32.5% of players 20.7% of players 20.6% of players 18.8% of players 14.7% of players 11.8% of players 11.4% of players 10.0% of players 8.6% of players 7.4% of players 7.0% of players 7.0% of players 6.5% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 2.9% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 77.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
77.3%Vault 101 — Open the vault
77.1%Press Start — Complete the tutorial
38.3%The Root of All Evil — Visit the shop
Rarest badges of honor
1.1%Blood Meridian — Fully clear the Ghost Town mission
1.1%1000 Yard — Achieve 100% completion
1.2%Vault Dweller — Fill the vault

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.89−35% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$5.99base price
$3.89lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US3.89 USD−35%
EU3.82 EUR−35%
UK3.24 GBP−35%
Australia5.71 AUD−35%
Canada5.06 CAD−35%
Japan455 JPY−35%
Brazil13.31 BRL−35%
China16.90 CNY−35%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$2.5 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$4.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Jun 08, 2026
Small Patch v.1.0.10

We’ve released a small update for Haunted Lands focused on fixing an issue reported by players. Please make sure you have the latest version of the game. List of Changes: Fixed a crash that could occu

May 19, 2026
Update 1.0.9 - Checkpoints

Update 1.0.9 for Haunted Lands is now available. Along with bug fixes, this update introduces a checkpoint system. Checkpoints New statues have appeared on levels: one for saving and one for restoring

Mar 20, 2026
Update 1.0.7 – More Bug Fixes & Community Items

A new update (version 1.0.7) focused on fixing gameplay and technical issues is here. We also wanted to let you know that we’re currently working on adding additional checkpoints, which will be option

Mar 13, 2026
Update 1.0.5 – Bug Fixes

We’ve released a small update that fixes several issues. Please make sure you have the latest version of the game (1.0.5) . List of changes: Added player invulnerability during certain cutscenes Fixed

Mar 11, 2026
First Update

First update for Haunted Lands is here, fixing a couple of issues that could interrupt your journey through the cursed lands. Please make sure you have the latest version of the game ( 1.0.4 ). List o

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsDifficult · Retro · Shoot 'Em Up · 2D Platformer · Platformer · Action-Adventure · Old School · Side Scroller · Pixel Graphics · Action · Gore · Adventure (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Japanese
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Official sitehttps://alawar.com/games/haunted-lands
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i5-6400 or analog Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 550 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Storage: 100 MB available space