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Horror Tycoon
Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Broken and abandoned.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 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 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Horror Tycoon Fall Update
🛠️ Horror Tycoon – PATCH NOTES 👻 Developer Update – A Note from the Dev Greetings Haunters! It’s been a little while since the last update – my apologies! Better late than never, and this one is packe
New Horror Tycoon Update 2025
🕯️ Horror Tycoon Developer Update – Experimental Branch Now Live! 🕯️ Greetings, Haunters! It’s been a wild year so far, and I want to start by thanking you for your patience. While I’ve been a little
Management Hotfix
Hotifx patch to fix an issue with sandbox mode not showing all items unlocked.
Management Update
Hey Haunters! It’s time for some spooky updates! After months of hard work, I am excited to roll out the latest changes to enhance your haunted house experience! PLEASE NOTE: Some of the new features
Happy New Year + Some New News!
Greetings Haunters, First, thank you for your continued support as I continue to develop this game, I am looking forward to hearing your feedback on the new changes and new ways to play Horror Tycoon!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Horror · Base-Building · Strategy · Tower Defense · Management · Design & Illustration · Economy · Building · Atmospheric · Simulation · Singleplayer · Replay Value (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 3 |
| Official site | http://www.horrortycoon.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Home (64 Bit) Processor: 2.3 Ghz Intel or AMD Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 570 or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space Sound Card: Onboard Audio