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The Night of the Scissors
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Pretty generic plot with a weird ending and a very generic gameplay, but aesthetically it does look nice and I got scared a couple times.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This is a great little indie game. Yes it is a bit short but it was worth the 2 dollars”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Had a little run around and saw the go back sign on the wall. Went back and Alt F4 out of the game.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 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 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Fear Business is OUT NOW!
It's been a long journey, but we're greatly pleased to announce that you can play The Fear Business now! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/42882830/5dc27c288d99dddace4133a5e821d7c689e8aa65.pn
The Special Halloween event begins!
Login to The Night of the Scissors during the Halloween week (Oct 25-Oct 31) for playing the special Halloween event. Pumpkin carved, killer is dressed up, hunt for the three hidden candies across the
Experience the true slasher horror, now on consoles!
We're pleased to announce our partnership with Puppet Combo for bringing you a bundle of Cannibal Abduction and The Night of the Scissors. The games are coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox and Switch. You may ge
Trading cards and profile rewards!
With the addition of profile features to The Night of the Scissors (Thanks Valve!), we're very happy to announce the collection of trading cards and items to customize your profile. Trading cards: The
Version 1.3.1 changelog
Changelog New: Added Cyrillic alphabet support. Added Russian translation. Added Italian translation. Added Community button to the main menu. General: Added mouse right-click keybinding for toggling
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Survival Horror · Exploration · Interactive Fiction · Action · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror · 3D · Pixel Graphics · Stealth · Mystery · Adventure (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Finnish, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 7 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.4GHZ Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 9800GT Or Equivalent Storage: 200 MB available space