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The Council of Hanwell

The Council of Hanwell

Discover the secrets of the terrifying major locations in Hanwell and make your way to The Council in this story driven psychological horror. Come face to face with your worst nightmares and confront the enigmatic man known as The Doctor.

Released Mar 14, 2018 Developer Steel Arts Platforms Windows AdventureActionIndieHorrorPsychological Horror
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What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

58.0%positive88 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“This is an OK horror game with good graphics and some nice jump scares. The story is pretty much nonsensical but the voice acting isn't bad and it has a moody, creepy atmosphere. The combat (such as it is) isn't that great. It's difficult to tell if you're getting hits and…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Very visually appealing game, clearly some hard work gone into the design of this piece. Gameplay is mostly enjoyable but all levels require stuff to be collected/passwords gained. Worst feature is the fact you have to restart the entire level if you quit halfway through. This…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 40 found this helpful

“The Council of Hanwell is the short and condensed version of Welcome to Hanwell, a Silent Hill inspired open-world horror survival game. In this to-the-point release, players are ushered through the six "major" locations of Hanwell, it cuts out all of the open-world elements of…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

10achievements
23.1%median completion
6.0%rarest: We Might Take Note
54.0% of players 42.1% of players 31.9% of players 27.3% of players 24.1% of players 23.1% of players 7.0% of players 7.0% of players 6.0% of players 6.0% of players 54.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
54.0%Keep the Doors Down — You found the piece of Isabelle Millers citizenship card in The Doctor's House.NEW_ACHIEVEMENT_DESC_1_2
42.1%I am Sorry Child — You found the piece of Isabelle Millers citizenship card in The Church!
31.9% You Can't Touch Me Now — You found the piece of Isabelle Millers citizenship card in The School!
Rarest badges of honor
6.0%We Might Take Note — You survived through round 25!
6.0%We Ran Out of Rounds — Nice one! We actually couldn't kill you.
7.0%Okay — You made it to round ten in Survival.

Latest official news

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Aug 19, 2024
Delisting of The Council of Hanwell

The Council of Hanwell was originally designed as a lower cost more accessible version of Welcome to Hanwell, for people who wanted to play the story, but didn't want to the open world extras. Given t

Mar 26, 2018
Remember to try out Escape and Survival modes!

Hey everyone. I'm just posting this to remind you all to check out Survival and Escape modes! Access them through the Extras menu Escape can be unbelievably tense even for me and Survival is just good

Mar 26, 2018
Remember to try out Escape and Survival modes!

Hey everyone. I'm just posting this to remind you all to check out Survival and Escape modes! Access them through the Extras menu Escape can be unbelievably tense even for me and Survival is just good

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Action · Indie · Horror · Psychological Horror · Gore · Great Soundtrack · Exploration · Survival Horror · Atmospheric · Violent (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Captions available · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements10
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card or higher DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 11 GB available space