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Welcome to Hanwell
Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Already beaten the game on another platform. I'm here because I wanted to replay it. Since it's free i'll thumbs it up. I absolutely love Welcome to Hanwell in a B movie kind of way. Bear in mind thought, that this game is not without it's flaws. The execution is neat at the…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Negative review because of the game itself but a positive comment for the dev. A good example of a B-Movie horror game. Scary enough to BE a horror but campy enough to not be THAT scary. A good premise but janky gameplay and combat. (♥♥♥♥ those teleporting ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to high-hell)…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedAchievement stats
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Welcome to Hanwell is being made free!
It has been over 7 years since we released Welcome to Hanwell, and to celebrate the launch of it's sequel, Beyond Hanwell, Welcome to Hanwell is being made free to everyone, forever. This decision has
Welcome to Hanwell Sequel Coming - Beyond Hanwell Teaser Out Now!
Welcome to Hanwell is getting a sequel, titled Beyond Hanwell and currently in early development you can find out more and play the teaser by checking out the links below! Step back into Hanwell and d
Update!
I've been busy recently with real life but after checking the community discussion boards it seems there were a couple of issues that needed addressing quickly. Added mouse sensitivity under in game s
Welcome to Hanwell professional Review
Read this in depth review for Welcome to Hanwell. https://airentertainment.biz/2018/05/23/review-welcome-to-hanwell-ps4/
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Adventure · Indie · Action · Horror · Casual · Free to Play · Survival Horror · Open World · Gore · Nudity · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Official site | http://www.welcometohanwell.com |
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: 16 GB available space