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The Exit 8
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Clever psychological puzzle concept” (72 of 107 reviews) and “Cheap for short experience” (19); the most common complaint is “Extremely short one-sitting game” (24). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
72 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“The Exit 8 is a game where you walk through a train station passage, trying to spot anomalies and escape. The premise of the game is simple, if you see an anomaly, you turn around. There are only a fixed amount of…”
“I saw the movie at the cinema and decided to play the game after. The movie and the game are great. It is a fun short puzzle game with some horror elements. For the low price it has, I definitely recommend it!”
“A great unique liminal space horror! Exit 8 is a unique charming horror game with a great puzzle mechanic, its simple to pick up and play, great graphics and ambience and can be 100% completed in just over an hour. I…”
19 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“I saw the movie at the cinema and decided to play the game after. The movie and the game are great. It is a fun short puzzle game with some horror elements. For the low price it has, I definitely recommend it!”
“A great unique liminal space horror! Exit 8 is a unique charming horror game with a great puzzle mechanic, its simple to pick up and play, great graphics and ambience and can be 100% completed in just over an hour. I…”
“Watch the movie after playing this game. Higher quality than you would expect for an adaptation of an anomaly game”
15 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“Pretty neat and unique experience - one of those you can only get in video games. I would recommend to go in blind, it takes only little over an hour to complete (which is quite the optimal length before the concept…”
“A great unique liminal space horror! Exit 8 is a unique charming horror game with a great puzzle mechanic, its simple to pick up and play, great graphics and ambience and can be 100% completed in just over an hour. I…”
“If you get a clean run with no mistakes you can probably beat the game in 15 minutes but that is unlikely the first time you play the game as you have to learn what to memorize so you can spot the anomalies. Some are…”
12 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“I don't have much to say about the game, it's an incredibly short but otherwise unique horror game. I'll mostly be talking about the movie (since people read my reviews on here and not on my Letterboxd) Exit 8 (2025) is…”
“A great unique liminal space horror! Exit 8 is a unique charming horror game with a great puzzle mechanic, its simple to pick up and play, great graphics and ambience and can be 100% completed in just over an hour. I…”
“A pretty simple game that I 100% see the potential for a movie of. There's something just kinda *off* about white tile halls and a repeating walkway that works really well to create tension in the game. I respect that…”
12 of the 107 reviews raise this.
“Pretty cool game for only 3 bucks. Very short, simple concept but not easy at all, worth it.”
“This game was harder than I thought it would be! I almost caved in to look up a guide lol but I persevered. Some things are obvious, and others you have to look really close for and have attention to detail. Very…”
“You really don't have to memorize anything, that the trick this game plays on you. Someone could easily finish this first try if they have a keen eye.”
24 of the 107 reviews raise this · 21 of them still recommend the game.
“I don't have much to say about the game, it's an incredibly short but otherwise unique horror game. I'll mostly be talking about the movie (since people read my reviews on here and not on my Letterboxd) Exit 8 (2025) is…”
“The Exit 8 is a game where you walk through a train station passage, trying to spot anomalies and escape. The premise of the game is simple, if you see an anomaly, you turn around. There are only a fixed amount of…”
“I saw the movie at the cinema and decided to play the game after. The movie and the game are great. It is a fun short puzzle game with some horror elements. For the low price it has, I definitely recommend it!”
14 of the 107 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“The Exit 8 movie trailer and some Steam reviews by friends sold me on trying the game and I had a good time. This is my first game in the genre of observation/horror and I like how it feels similar to a puzzle. The game…”
“First run, I exited the station in under 2 minutes somehow. Second run, I avoided all anomalies perfectly but couldn’t exit. Third run, same thing… played clean and finally won. The winning condition feels inconsistent…”
“I watched the film today -- without knowing it was based on a game -- and funnily enough, I was thinking during it that it would make a great concept for an indie game; upon discovering this idea was in fact the actual…”
14 of the 107 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“First run, I exited the station in under 2 minutes somehow. Second run, I avoided all anomalies perfectly but couldn’t exit. Third run, same thing… played clean and finally won. The winning condition feels inconsistent…”
“not much gameplay but overall the game is fun, annoying at times, but fun. IF YOU DONT HAVE A REALLY GOOD COMPUTER DO NOT PLAY.”
6 of the 107 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“well then, that took longer than expected.. atmosphere is dreadfully set with the liminal thriller/psych horror tone. it is a one-off experience with no replayability, unless your memory game is ass. play the game…”
“It's a cool experience, although not much of a game and no replay value. I kinda prefer the movie :D”
“not sure why people are talking about the movie cuz this is totally different lol. Yes, it's kinda boring but the game is for people who wants to memorize things and speed run the f out of it. I have 2 hrs in and my…”
5 of the 107 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It was fun, and pretty eerie, but I beat the game in 15 minutes so I don't know if it's really worth the price. On some sale, maybe though.”
“Short but sweet. 5$ for 30 minutes of fun is a bit steep. Maybe get it as part of a bundle.”
“It´s a good game but 4€ is expensive for a game that you can only play like 1-2 Hours to find all Anomalies. I can still recomend it.”
Counted across 107 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Saw the movie, decided to try out the game. Fun little game, glad I picked it up.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“watched the movie and then decided to play, fun game pick it up when its on sale. Movie is good too!”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“7/10 Exit 8 is a horror liminal space game with a puzzle mechanic. Attempt to find the anomalies and escape a never-ending unground passageway. Eerie, quick, and fun. Exit 8 is a spot the difference game with a twist, you walk through a never-ending unground passageway and spot…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-23.
Price tracking
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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.
New Anomalies!
To everyone stuck wandering the halls of Exit 8, To celebrate the release of the live-action movie, The Exit 8, we have released an update adding new anomalies. A sale is also underway, so please enjo
Ver1.0.8
・Fixed a bug where graphics settings were not saved. ・Fixed a bug where camera acceleration was reset on game over.
PatchNote Ver1.0.7
A bug in the save data deletion function added in Ver 1.0.6 has been fixed.
Patch Note Ver1.0.6
・Delete saved data function added. ・The contents of the credits have been updated. ・Exit number signs are also no longer displayed when the guide is not displayed.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Psychological Horror · Walking Simulator · Horror · First-Person · Puzzle · Exploration · Atmospheric · 3D · Surreal · Immersive Sim · Funny · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 2 |
| Official site | https://www.kotakecreate.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: intel Core i7 4770 Memory: 8GB RAM MB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space