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Malice

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.

Released Nov 2, 2022 Developer Nimbus Games Platforms Windows Escape RoomOnline Co-OpPuzzleHorrorAtmospheric
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.

23.8%positive965 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 18:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
524-hour peak
125all-time peak
0 10 20 2023 18 avg · Nov 2022

Latest official news

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

Jul 31, 2026
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

Jun 10, 2026
[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

Apr 25, 2023
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

Apr 18, 2023
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

Apr 08, 2023
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

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsEscape Room · Online Co-Op · Puzzle · Horror · Atmospheric · Exploration · Psychological Horror · Co-op · Dark · Mystery · Supernatural · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Captions available · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese * , Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai *
Achievements23
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://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