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Locks
Locks is a horror puzzle-platformer set in a puppet show. The game features a new type of puzzle, and the evil doesn't chase the puppet, as it usually does in platformers, it chases you.
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“"Locks" is another one of those games that makes most indie developers look bad... demonstrating that just because you're an indie dev doesn't mean you need to compromise on graphics, or gameplay. First, of course, we need to know what this is, it's an indie puzzle "platformer"…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedLatest official news
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42% off! KEY FEATURES: New setting: a puppet show. Blends distinct horror styles. (Tim Burton / Junji Ito) New puzzle mechanics involving rotating and zooming both individual props and the entire scen
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Dark · Adventure · Puzzle · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror · Puzzle-Platformer · 2.5D · Side Scroller · Third Person · Surreal (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required) Processor: Intel CPU Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 460 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space