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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“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“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“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 playedAchievement 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.
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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
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
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
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Action · Indie · Horror · Psychological Horror · Gore · Great Soundtrack · Exploration · Survival Horror · Atmospheric · Violent (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Captions available · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 10 |
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