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The Horror at Highrook
The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“A really wonderful eldritch-horror card game. Control a team of investigators, who have gone to Highrook to figure out what led to the disappearance of the family living there. Manage your resources and move your cards around the board, in a mansion board that reminded me of…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“A nice little Lovecraftian homage to the Lovecraft-adjacent Cultist Simulator. The game is easier (and therefore shorter) than the latter, but I would definitely recommend checking it out first to get a feel for the mechanics. The only complaint I have is that the demo save…”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“As a fan of Cultist Simulator and all things Lovecraftian I really wanted to like this game, but overall, my experience was fairly disappointing. This is essentially a walking simulator in a card form: short, overpriced, and entirely without any replay value. The good: + The…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 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 2026-09-26.
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Latest official news
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Announcing: Deck of Haunts & Horror at Highrook bundle!
Knock Knock! As the nights draw in we invite you to find shelter in either of these haunted halls. But beware, these spooky mansions are not as welcoming as they may seem! Deck of Haunts invites you t
Patch 1.06
A few minor fixes Banned player pausing the game during cutscenes (I think this was occasionally causing bugs) Made a bunch of typo/spelling/grammatical fixes Changed the way vsynch works to try and c
Patch 10.5
Fixed a bunch of typos and grammatical errors. Introduced another source of embers earlier in the game Made searching with the divining ring faster Added an experimental fix to try and solve the very
Patch 1.04
Another small patch to ease progression for some parts of the game Burning ritual offerings can now also generate the gift of the rat Greater insight now has a note to inform players to use it on them
Patch 1.03
Another small patch, mostly just tweaks to make certain stages of the game easier Made The Watcher Spire moveable (so you can still upgrade tools) Altered the beckoning bell so you cant accidentally m
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Horror · Mystery · Lovecraftian · Investigation · Card Game · Board Game · Nonlinear · Story Rich · RPG · 2D · Comic Book · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Official site | http://www.thehorrorathighrook.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit Processor: 2GHz or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 4GB VRAM, 1080p minimum resolution DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: Dx11 copatible