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Loco Parentis / 孤女咒怨
Surreal survival horror, where you alone or with a friend have to solve puzzles and try to survive in the endless entrance among the monsters
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
22 of the 52 reviews raise this.
“Despite minor flaws and bugs I really liked it. Protocol from the same guys (go check it out) looked more like a proof-of-concept. This is a fully-fledged game. +Unique blend of co-op and horror +Great atmosphere of a…”
“I bought this game pretty much on its release day and it's nice to see developers listening to players and implementing changes. Hopefully, they will keep doing that. It's a decent indie horror, best (and sometimes…”
“Holy cow this game was insanely fun. I played with a friend and this was such a unique horror experience. Definitely play co-op the game is much harder alone. The latest update cleaned up a lot of bugs.”
16 of the 52 reviews raise this.
“Despite minor flaws and bugs I really liked it. Protocol from the same guys (go check it out) looked more like a proof-of-concept. This is a fully-fledged game. +Unique blend of co-op and horror +Great atmosphere of a…”
“We need more co-op horror games! This is hilarious!”
“Holy cow this game was insanely fun. I played with a friend and this was such a unique horror experience. Definitely play co-op the game is much harder alone. The latest update cleaned up a lot of bugs.”
7 of the 52 reviews raise this.
“This game makes you think about true love to your mom and in fact if you see a little red-haired girl at entrance, you'd better run away !! 10/10 little red-head girls”
“Despite minor flaws and bugs I really liked it. Protocol from the same guys (go check it out) looked more like a proof-of-concept. This is a fully-fledged game. +Unique blend of co-op and horror +Great atmosphere of a…”
“Super buggy atm, cool storyline though. I'd wait until it's fixed before buying, not super playable atm.”
3 of the 52 reviews raise this.
“Holy cow this game was insanely fun. I played with a friend and this was such a unique horror experience. Definitely play co-op the game is much harder alone. The latest update cleaned up a lot of bugs.”
“great horror game, didnt experience any bugs so far...only when you die or change graphics it lags out but its great overrall”
“Although I was confused with my friend 70% of the time, we still thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The enemy types that get introduced only get scarier and we had an amazing time coordinating, and eventually we even…”
24 of the 52 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Its a game that had potential but as soon you progress the story the more broken the game gets. Needs more optimization, graphic settings dont even exist , lack of bullets and batteries and tons of ghosts and shadows…”
“Despite minor flaws and bugs I really liked it. Protocol from the same guys (go check it out) looked more like a proof-of-concept. This is a fully-fledged game. +Unique blend of co-op and horror +Great atmosphere of a…”
“very buggy.!!!”
10 of the 52 reviews raise this.
“Its a game that had potential but as soon you progress the story the more broken the game gets. Needs more optimization, graphic settings dont even exist , lack of bullets and batteries and tons of ghosts and shadows…”
“Game is trash. Horribly optimized, cant even play with friends, you get stuck cant even move. Dont bother unless its like a dollar, cause thats all its worth”
“This game is hot garbage. Very broken and buggy. Tried this with a friend and when we got to one of the many game breaking bugs, we asked the developer. They stated that we were just doing it wrong and Loco Parentis…”
6 of the 52 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Its a game that had potential but as soon you progress the story the more broken the game gets. Needs more optimization, graphic settings dont even exist , lack of bullets and batteries and tons of ghosts and shadows…”
“Game is trash. Horribly optimized, cant even play with friends, you get stuck cant even move. Dont bother unless its like a dollar, cause thats all its worth”
“Litterally unplayable. Optimization is horrid and there are movement bugs where you just can't move and have to restart the game.”
6 of the 52 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Its a game that had potential but as soon you progress the story the more broken the game gets. Needs more optimization, graphic settings dont even exist , lack of bullets and batteries and tons of ghosts and shadows…”
“VR was unplayable for gf (no sound). Sound mixing was too low for voices. Gameplay was unintuitive at times. Game flags broke making progress impossible without restarting the chapter(s). Lots of issues with restarting…”
“You can hold down the right mouse button to put the gun to your head, and then click the left mouse button to shoot yourself, but it won't undo the suffering you'll experience trying to progress in this game.”
5 of the 52 reviews raise this.
“Game is trash. Horribly optimized, cant even play with friends, you get stuck cant even move. Dont bother unless its like a dollar, cause thats all its worth”
“I really jumped the gun on this one. I was expecting more. The entire game seems to take place in the stairwell and halls of an apartment complex. As one reviewer already noted, this definitely seems like it was…”
“VR was unplayable for gf (no sound). Sound mixing was too low for voices. Gameplay was unintuitive at times. Game flags broke making progress impossible without restarting the chapter(s). Lots of issues with restarting…”
Counted across 52 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 53.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I had this one my wishlist for a little bit and was pleased to get the notification that it became available. I spent very little time learning about the game, because with horror games like this and Pacify, part of the experience is learning how to survive which makes it all…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“The further you go, the scarier it gets. Like it so far!”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Lots of bug fixing required to be honest especially the Controls the game is clearly made for Vr and its almost like they tried so hard to remap it to a Non Vr versoin Decent story , super cheap jump scares”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2022-11 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Game Protocol is about to release for consoles!
It seems that we have jumped over our heads. Fair Games studio's first project Protocol is available for pre-order on Xbox. And on April 30 you can establish contact with an alien life form in a new f
How to play coop
If you still didn't understood how to play coop: 1. Being in start location do not start the game immideately 2. Press SHIFT+TAB to open Steam Overlay. 3. In Steam Friends find your friend and choose
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · Horror · Co-op · Action · Massively Multiplayer · RPG · Dark · VR · Psychological Horror · Violent · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Official site | http://fairgames.studio/adoption/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Win 7 or higher Processor: Intel Core i5 3 Gen or higher Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 650 (min 2 Gb) DirectX: Version 9.0 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 8 GB available space