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Midnight Special

Midnight Special

Welcome to Midnight Special, a point-and-click survival horror game drenched in 16-bit pixel art and 1980s retro dread. On a thunderous night in 1987 in Maine, you awaken in a labyrinthine manor. You must click, explore, and solve puzzles to escape. Will you go gentle into that good night?

Released May 21, 2026 Developer Scared Stupid Inc Platforms Windows Early AccessRetroPixel GraphicsSurvival HorrorFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

74.3%positive167 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I do ultimately like the game, and the visuals and story very good, but the sanity mechanic and how it affects the game could be explained a little better.”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Back then, I played the early access version of this and enjoyed it waiting for the full release. After waiting for so long for this game to fully release. I am beyond disappointed. I was expecting this game to be better, yet it broke in many ways during gameplay. It looked…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“this game moves at a snails pace and is about as fun as doing your daily chores. As a player of all things horror i cannot recommend.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2025-05 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

19all-time peak
0 2 5 4 avg · May 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

22achievements
4.4%median completion
0.4%rarest: Slippery Pete
31.5% of players 14.0% of players 13.6% of players 11.5% of players 9.5% of players 8.5% of players 7.8% of players 7.2% of players 7.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 4.4% of players 3.0% of players 1.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 31.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
31.5%A True Gourmand — Make a PB&J sandwich for Jon.
14.0%Engagement Ring — Find the engagement ring.
13.6%Jukebox Hero — Play a vinyl record and sit in the beanbag.
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Slippery Pete — Hidden achievement
0.4%Gravedigger — Hidden achievement
0.4%Candlemass — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

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

Sep 04, 2026
Patch #4: News, updates, bug fixes and improvements to the game

Greetings, all. It has been a while since the last update, and quite a few things have happened behind the scenes. Firstly, Yahaha and I have decided to part ways. This means that moving forward, I wi

Jun 26, 2026
Patch #3: Partial Controller and Steam Deck Fix, Improvements, and Bug Fixes

Hi all. It has been a hot minute since the last update, but I am back with a new build that contains new fixes and improvements. It has been quite a difficult endeavor fixing all of the annoying incon

Jun 05, 2026
Patch #2 - 1.7.5

Hi all! It's been a long week, but I was able to address a lot of the issues that you brought to my attention since the release. Please keep in mind that there's still some jank, for example with the

May 31, 2026
A chance for the community to improve Midnight Special

Hi all, I hope everybody is having a great weekend. While we're working on the next patch, I'd like to take this chance to open the floor to everyone who has purchased and played the game to offer con

May 25, 2026
Post-launch Hotfix Update #1: Softlock, translations, miscellaneous

Hey all, Here's a hotfix to address a few of the issues people have been having. The Save function in the Tea Party Room has been improved and is hopefully less janky. Added some new musical stings to

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresIndie
Player tagsEarly Access · Retro · Pixel Graphics · Survival Horror · Female Protagonist · Exploration · Psychological Horror · 1980s · Point & Click · Dark · Horror · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, French, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil
Achievements22
Official sitehttps://www.facebook.com/gaming/scaredstupidinc
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel Pentium N3700 @ 1.60GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DX 11 based graphics card DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: Let the Midnight Special...