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The Castle of Dr. Hoot
Welcome to the mysterious castle of spelling extraordinaire, Dr. Hoot! Explore the classroom, the lab, the library and the...detention dungeon? Put your mind to the test with spelling challenges and logic riddles as you avoid the wrath of the strict, cranky spelling teacher, Dr. Hoot.
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“If you enjoyed Endacopia, this is definitely worth checking out. It scratches a very similar "creepy childhood nostalgia" itch, just with a slightly lighter tone. It won't take you long to finish, but it's a memorable little experience that knows exactly what it's trying to be.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“it's like reader rabbit if reader rabbit wanted to actively murder you. the graphics are adorable and i hope the game dev does more in the future! it's a cute little game”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“i want to emphasize how much i love the artstyle and vibe of this game, but the gameplay is incredibly frustrating, maybe i just have a low attention span but it's extremely annoying that you have to redo the entire day if you mess up one thing, or even if the game decides to…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
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Weekly Update (Future update and Soundtrack news!)
Happy Sunday, Everyone! I hope you've all had a great and productive week! For the most part, things have been going smoothly (or more than usual). I've been seeing a lot of great playthroughs on YouT
Patch v1.3.9 (A big one)
Happy Sunday, Everyone! I hope you have all been enjoying your weekend! I've been busy working on this latest update, and there are quite a lot of changes and additions to share. I've been getting a l
Weekly Update (Labor Day Blues)
Happy Labor Day, everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying your long weekend (hopefully you have today off). I have been hard at work on the latest update. While there is no new patch update for you
The Back to School Patch (v1.3.8)
Happy Sunday, Everyone! First of all, I need to get something off of my chest. I want to apologize for talking up the last update (v1.3.6). I updated, realized it made a bunch of new problems, and had
The Sunday Scaries patch (V1.3.6)
Good morning, everyone! Another day, another update. I've been getting a lot of great bug reports from you guys and it's been super helpful. Please keep them coming. I can't guarantee 100% fixes to al
Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Point & Click · Retro · Puzzle · Lore-Rich · Dark Humor · Spelling · Atmospheric · Mystery · Old School · Logic · Dark (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual-Core Processor or faster (Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon equivalent) Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Direct3D 11 compatible graphics card with Feature Level 11_0 support (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 400 series / AMD Radeon HD 5000 series or equivalent; integrated Intel HD Graphics from Sandy Bridge era onward) Network: Broadband Internet connection (for Steam features) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 465 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card