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Malice
You fall through a sinkhole into a nightmarish Japanese mansion with a lingering, sinister presence and terrifying threats… and the only way out is deeper in. Malice is a two-player, compulsory co-op survival horror that forces you to make unforgiving choices and rely on your wits to survive.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Malice begins as a familiar descent into darkness but quickly grows into something more ambitious, using pacing, environmental storytelling, and psychological tension to build a slow-burning horror experience. Developed and published by Nimbus Games, it places the player in a…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 18:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Escape: Malice New Update
The malice entices you once more. The long-awaited update for Escape: Malice has finally arrived! This update is free for all existing players, and features the newly redesigned Act 1 of our escape-ro
[Escape Malice] Update
Greetings Travellers, We’re excited to announce that Malice, our co-op escape room Japanese horror game, is getting an update and will be retitled as "Escape: Malice". This launch will come as a free
MALICE 1.06.2 PATCH NOTES - 2023-04-25
Hello everyone! This is Nimbus Games coming to you. This is a small patch to fix some loading issues that were reported. FIXES Fixed other players chat box is interfering during puzzles Fixed a reconn
MALICE 1.06.1 PATCH NOTES - 2023-04-18
Hello everyone! This is Nimbus Games coming to you. This is a small patch for this new update to smoothen out the player experience based on your feedback. FIXES Fixed missing notes when reloading and
MALICE 1.06 PATCH NOTES - 2023-04-08
MALICE 1.06 PATCH NOTES - 2023-04-08 Hello everyone! This is Nimbus Games coming to you. This is a small patch for this new update to smoothen out the player experience based on your feedback. NEW Add
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, Simulation |
| Player tags | Escape Room · Online Co-Op · Puzzle · Horror · Atmospheric · Exploration · Psychological Horror · Co-op · Dark · Mystery · Supernatural · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Captions available · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese * , Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai * |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://nimbusgames.dev/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: 10 Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 950 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space