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The Skin Stapler
The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“The Skin Stapler is a horror walking simulator with several mild puzzles and minigames. Gameplay mostly involves talking to other characters and searching for clues around crime scenes. Playing minigames involves making hotdogs, making and selling donuts, cleaning bowling balls,…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Thank you for making this game 🖤 I had such a stupid amount of fun with it, but what stuck with me the most was just how much personality it has!! D. Slater is an absolute ICON, the puns were painfully good (i hate that they made me laugh soo much 😭🤣) Carrion City is a dump…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Honestly pains me to write a negative review. The game has a pretty good start and really captures the B horror movie aesthetic. However after the first few chapters this quickly fades. I am not kidding when I say 50% of this game is streamer bait designed to get reactions out…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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.
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.
The Skin Stapler is Out Now!
Hey everyone, I honestly can't believe the day is finally here. The Skin Stapler is out now on Steam! Making this game has been an incredible journey. I had so much fun creating the twisted world of C
The Skin Stapler Releases on August 6
Hey everyone, it's Michael here. The wait is almost over. I'm incredibly excited to finally share that The Skin Stapler launches on Steam on August 6! For the past few years I've been pouring everythi
NEW TRAILER DROPPED 🔥
Hey everyone, it's Michael here. Today I finally got to show a brand-new trailer for THE SKIN STAPLER during the Horror Game Awards Showcase: Midsummer Night's Scream. 🔥 Watch the new Trailer here 🔥 🔥
MY NEW GAME: THE SKIN STAPLER + WHAT'S NEXT
Hey everyone, it's Michael here. Here we go again. In case you missed it, I announced my new game THE SKIN STAPLER along with a DEMO : Currently sitting on 92% positive steam reviews 📈 Thank you so mu
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Walking Simulator · Action · Dark Comedy · Atmospheric · 1980s · Retro · FPS · 3D · Indie · First-Person · Pixel Graphics (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 16 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz / AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 or higher Storage: 2 GB available space