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Missing Hiker
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Effective jumpscares and exploration” (9 of 56 reviews) and “Brief, convenient playtime” (8); the most common complaint is “Very short experiences” (12). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
What the most-helpful reviewers agree on
9 of the 56 reviews raise this.
“I liked Mimic Search, but this? This is disappointing, there's no real clarity in the plot, no satisfying conclusion, just a cheap f*cking jumpscare and it all just... ends with an annoyingly loud sound. its a damn…”
“Good game. Could definitely do with a 2nd ending where the brother is saved but the end did succeed to jumpscare me”
“Decent quick play for free. Talk to some people and walk down a trail. 2-3 jump scares that were relatively effective.”
8 of the 56 reviews raise this.
“I'd recommend this game, made a video on it, it was a good short horror game.”
“Decent quick play for free. Talk to some people and walk down a trail. 2-3 jump scares that were relatively effective.”
“I loved the intro and the VHS aesthetic. The game is short and fun, the story is simple and creepy, nothing groundbreaking, but it does a good job building suspense. The atmosphere works really well. Definitely worth…”
5 of the 56 reviews raise this.
“Great Free PS1 inspired horror game”
“I loved the intro and the VHS aesthetic. The game is short and fun, the story is simple and creepy, nothing groundbreaking, but it does a good job building suspense. The atmosphere works really well. Definitely worth…”
“very atmosphec horror game - very short but worth it.”
4 of the 56 reviews raise this.
“Great Free PS1 inspired horror game”
“I loved the intro and the VHS aesthetic. The game is short and fun, the story is simple and creepy, nothing groundbreaking, but it does a good job building suspense. The atmosphere works really well. Definitely worth…”
“The story is pretty bad and the graphics aren’t exactly great either, but honestly, it’s free, so I can’t really complain too much. It’s a short little game and worth playing if you’ve got some time to kill.”
4 of the 56 reviews raise this.
“This game was super disappointing because it had so much potential. It says I played for 17.7 hours because I had "paused" the game less than 5 min in due to a family emergency and so I pressed "ESC" and left and came…”
“9/10 for Immersion. 10/10 for writing. 10/10 for a properly calibrated moral compass. Missing 1 point for realism. An e92 M3 can easily do more than 43 mph (or kph, for that matter) even in the snow. Really pulled me…”
“I loved the intro and the VHS aesthetic. The game is short and fun, the story is simple and creepy, nothing groundbreaking, but it does a good job building suspense. The atmosphere works really well. Definitely worth…”
12 of the 56 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“This game was super disappointing because it had so much potential. It says I played for 17.7 hours because I had "paused" the game less than 5 min in due to a family emergency and so I pressed "ESC" and left and came…”
“Super generic and barely qualifies as either horror or a game. There's no real game, you just walk from point A to point B and occasionally read text. The story is generic and does nothing to make you care about the…”
“It's a short and simple game with two endings. I wish there was a backstory to what was the motive of the stalker and that build up would have been great and made the experience even more fun. I hope this has a next…”
11 of the 56 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Walk sumulator”
“I liked Mimic Search, but this? This is disappointing, there's no real clarity in the plot, no satisfying conclusion, just a cheap f*cking jumpscare and it all just... ends with an annoyingly loud sound. its a damn…”
“9/10 for Immersion. 10/10 for writing. 10/10 for a properly calibrated moral compass. Missing 1 point for realism. An e92 M3 can easily do more than 43 mph (or kph, for that matter) even in the snow. Really pulled me…”
8 of the 56 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I liked Mimic Search, but this? This is disappointing, there's no real clarity in the plot, no satisfying conclusion, just a cheap f*cking jumpscare and it all just... ends with an annoyingly loud sound. its a damn…”
“Drive →(optional: die in a car crash) → stop at a gas station →talk to an annoying guy →talk to another guy → walk → go to a tent for a jump scare →walk → pitch up your tent → walk →enter a house →look at photos → die…”
“Super generic and barely qualifies as either horror or a game. There's no real game, you just walk from point A to point B and occasionally read text. The story is generic and does nothing to make you care about the…”
3 of the 56 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“This game was super disappointing because it had so much potential. It says I played for 17.7 hours because I had "paused" the game less than 5 min in due to a family emergency and so I pressed "ESC" and left and came…”
“You wan´t free version of fears to fathom ? You got it here, I mean it´s okay but, it´s better to buy fears to fathom. But I recommend it.”
“This game is garbage not even the real makiplier wants to play this, legit 17mins felt like an two hours, please give me free games to make up for the time I wasted. I generlly got up after playing this and went…”
Counted across 56 English reviews (the 56 most helpful) · as of 2026-09-26
“Was driving to the gas station but instead I decided to crash into oncoming traffic and died!”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Short and sweet free game so the only metric here is whether it's worth your time to install the game and then play it. I say, go ahead. Theres actual effort into making the game and it is not A.I slop so please do try if you wish.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Great game althou it was realy short i enjoyed it . Also has great optimization and file size.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Horror · Free to Play · Psychological Horror · Retro · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Thriller · Dark · Multiplayer · Adventure · First-Person · Short (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 3 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core i5 4460 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 750 or AMD Radeon 6870 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 400 MB available space Sound Card: Yes