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Stay Out of the House

Stay Out of the House

Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

Released Oct 13, 2022 Developer Puppet Combo Platforms Windows · Mac Survival HorrorIndieHorrorImmersive SimGore
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

94.7%positive1,488 reviews
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Good game and all, but it was not necessary making the grandma so hot.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“I must say this game is fantastic. The enemies give you an everpresent dread while exploring the house and bunker, and the storyline has surprising depth. Only a few of the puzzles/mechanics lacked sufficient explanation, but nothing that further exploring wouldnt eventually…”

— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“very scary!!! DO NOT play with audio too loud, makes you piss yourself and kick your walls, or not idk, it was p scary for me tho”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:05 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

5playing at last check
1724-hour peak
181all-time peak
0 50 100 2023 2024 2025 2026 58 avg · Oct 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

29achievements
17.9%median completion
3.7%rarest: Death to CFV
76.1% of players 75.5% of players 69.0% of players 48.1% of players 35.8% of players 32.3% of players 29.1% of players 26.9% of players 26.4% of players 24.0% of players 23.3% of players 20.1% of players 19.3% of players 19.1% of players 17.9% of players 16.6% of players 15.3% of players 12.1% of players 11.8% of players 11.7% of players 11.5% of players 10.4% of players 10.2% of players 9.4% of players 8.5% of players 6.5% of players 4.7% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 76.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
76.1%The Night Shift — Complete the Night Shift
75.5%Good Employee — Complete all your duties during the Night Shift
69.0%Road Trip — Complete the Prologue
Rarest badges of honor
3.7%Death to CFV — Hidden achievement
4.0%Investigator — Read all notes (across multiple playthroughs)
4.7%Hard — Complete the game on Hard

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU12.49 EUR
UK11.39 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada17.49 CAD
Japan1,520 JPY
Brazil28.99 BRL
China50.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.7 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

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 02, 2023
1.1.7 - Lots of bug fixes + QoL changes

Back with another update! In terms of the amount of fixes and adjustments, this might be one of our biggest patches yet. We recruited the help of a fan and modder, Buttery Stancakes, to help us do som

Jun 09, 2023
1.1.6 Minor Bug Fixes

Back with a small patch for some minor bugs Fixed bug where "Landing Sound" would play when you gained control in the House section Adjust text size on "pause" menu Fixed bug that could make the Langu

May 27, 2023
1.1.5 Update

Fixed some long lasting bugs/issues Fixed issue where a specific puzzle state would not save correctly Fixed issue with water canteen and water buckets on Hard mode Fixed issue where you could load a

Apr 12, 2023
April 12th Patch - Performance improvements and French fixes

Back with an update, here's what you can expect Performance improvements Fixes to French translation Fixed some misc. translation issues Adjusted the options/pause screen so text appears cleanly in al

Mar 17, 2023
Hotfix 3 - Note Cut off fix

Hello, back with a quick update Fixed issue where the notes in certain languages would get cut off. We originally thought this was fixed, but were mistaken. Apologies. Fixed issue where hitting "space

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsSurvival Horror · Indie · Horror · Immersive Sim · Gore · Retro · Stealth · 1980s · 1990's · Puzzle · Nonlinear · Resource Management (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America
Achievements29
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://puppetcombo.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: x86 32 bit Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 500 MB available space