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Paranormal
Experience the horrors of a haunting that's never the same twice. Paranormal is a 3D fully dynamic haunting experience. The player takes the role of Mattel Clarke, an artist who has a haunted house. Mattel decides to film the hauntings with his camera, which is the viewpoint of the game.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“this game seems really good but i always seem to get stuck with the same situation, i would recommend it purely because the atmosphere and the experience is fun but i'm not quite sure how to progress much further - the volume is a bit loud in the game even when i have the volume…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Huh, was just looking through my steam library...Hey I remember this game, spooky noises and then i got bored. I wonder if it ever got finished. Lets look....Wait....7 years?”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“paranormal was once a great spooky experience and even markiplier played it the dev however is too much of a ♥♥♥♥♥ to work on it”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
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Patch Notes for Paranormal Patch #13 (UE4 ALPHA V007)
Patch #13- 11/19/2018 I'm sorry this has taken so long. Thank you so much for your patience. Here is the latest build of the Paranormal Unreal Engine 4 remake alpha. The game is still a work-in-progre
Patch Notes for Paranormal Patch #12 (UE4 ALPHA V006)
Patch #12 - 07/21/2017 Thank you so much for your patience. This build has taken a long time to arrive. Here is the latest build of the Paranormal Unreal Engine 4 remake alpha. The game is still a wor
Patch Notes for Paranormal Patch #12 (UE4 ALPHA V006)
Patch #12 - 07/21/2017 Thank you so much for your patience. This build has taken a long time to arrive. Here is the latest build of the Paranormal Unreal Engine 4 remake alpha. The game is still a wor
Patch Notes for Paranormal Patch #11 (UE4 ALPHA V005)
Patch #11 - 12/10/2016 This one has been a long time coming. Been working hard on this for a while now. Here is the latest build of the Paranormal Unreal Engine 4 remake alpha. The game is still a wor
Patch Notes for Paranormal Patch #11 (UE4 ALPHA V005)
Patch #11 - 12/10/2016 This one has been a long time coming. Been working hard on this for a while now. Here is the latest build of the Paranormal Unreal Engine 4 remake alpha. The game is still a wor
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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, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Horror · Indie · Early Access · Adventure · Simulation · Action · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 1 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://twitter.com/MattDementous |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 (64-bit Recommended) (Unreal Engine 4 Requires 64-bit) Processor: 2.0 Ghz Dual-Core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB Graphics Memory. Shader Model 3. DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: Integrated graphics chips are not officially supported yet. They may or may not work with the game. Parts of the game running on Unreal Engine 4 require DirectX 10 or above.