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Slender Threads
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“If you like Monkey Island, you will like this, simple as. Whimsical and wholesome, despite the dark theme.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“It's not a bad game, but I agree the ending is a little bit of a let down...”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Slender Threads tells the story of Harvey, an unsuccessful writer who travels to the sleepy little port town "Villa Ventana" in search of inspiration for his next book. During his stay at the local hotel, he witnesses a series of strange incidents. I had Slender Threads on my…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update 1.2 + Unity Awards Nomination & Mobile Launch!
Hi everyone! We’re excited to release Update 1.2 for Slender Threads ! This patch focuses on stability, performance, and a few quality-of-life improvements. Here’s what’s new: Fixes & Improvements Fix
Slender Threads – Fate, Ending, and the Road Ahead
Hey everyone! It’s been just over two months since the release of Slender Threads, and we’re thrilled with how things have gone so far. The game has been really well received — we’ve got over 280 revi
Slender Threads – One Week Since Launch
Hey everyone! Today marks one week since the launch of Slender Threads, and we want to take a moment to thank you all for the incredible support we've received. About the Launch Delay We know the game
Slender Threads is out now!
The day has finally arrived, and we couldn't be more excited! We've been looking forward to this moment for so long, and while we would have loved for it to come sooner, we wanted to make sure that ev
Slender Threads Launches February 7th!
Hello, dear friends! We hope your year has started off great. Over here, we took a moment to celebrate with family before diving back into testing and refining Slender Threads to ensure every detail i
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Indie · Point & Click · Gore · Puzzle · Story Rich · Horror · Singleplayer · Psychological Horror · Hand-drawn · Atmospheric · Dark (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Official site | http://www.slenderthreadsgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 3 GB available space