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Withering Rooms
Withering Rooms is a challenging 2.5D horror RPG set in a procedurally generated Victorian mansion that changes each night. Explore Mostyn House to collect the perfect items for your build and face a huge cast of overgrown undead, invisible ghosts, devious witches, and more.
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 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
55 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“a banger. indie game worth supporting!! another game that looked intriguing, i thought like "mmm, hate roguelikes but love horror & that atmosphere mmmm." months after buying I finally tried it and got sucked into it…”
“Please play this game…. It is filled with so much content, when you think the rabbit hole is over it just surprises you and keeps going. The rpg and roguelite systems are very fun and rewarding, combat isn’t really…”
32 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Please play this game…. It is filled with so much content, when you think the rabbit hole is over it just surprises you and keeps going. The rpg and roguelite systems are very fun and rewarding, combat isn’t really…”
“Good gameplay, good music, good story”
23 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Phenomenal. Absolute Cinema. Haunting Ground meets Dark Souls in a puzzling metroidvania. Trying many different builds is one of the funnest things you can do. It eventually becomes less scary and more thrilling with a…”
“this is such a good combo of mechanics, story, and style. i don't really like survival horror but this is fantastic to play.”
14 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Good gameplay, good music, good story”
“i watched jerma play this and was so intrigued by the music and the worldbuilding that i wanted to dig in for myself. i'm not very good at combat in video games, but seeing there was a narrative mode is what made me…”
“I absolutely love this game. I have minor gripes but everything sort of just hit for me in the best way possible. I had fun taking notes while learning about each person or creature I met while exploring the mansion and…”
14 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Please play this game…. It is filled with so much content, when you think the rabbit hole is over it just surprises you and keeps going. The rpg and roguelite systems are very fun and rewarding, combat isn’t really…”
“Phenomenal. Absolute Cinema. Haunting Ground meets Dark Souls in a puzzling metroidvania. Trying many different builds is one of the funnest things you can do. It eventually becomes less scary and more thrilling with a…”
“i watched jerma play this and was so intrigued by the music and the worldbuilding that i wanted to dig in for myself. i'm not very good at combat in video games, but seeing there was a narrative mode is what made me…”
12 of the 88 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Have You ever had a dreams ... that you ah, you um, you had- you w- you would- you could- you want- you could- you could jump out of a wardrobe and murder a ghost with a meat cleaver? That's what this game is about, it…”
“I did not particularly like the visuals of this game and found the combat to be pretty underwhelming, but as far as the story and exploration elements go it was a lot better than I was expecting. The former was easily…”
“This game is an absolute treasure. Please forgive the clunky and janky combat for a second and just learn to live with it, because absolutely everything else this game has to offer is phenomenal. The world building,…”
7 of the 88 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Entirely strange in the best way. The beginning is tough, and the Hedge maze is a nightmare, but what comes after is fantastic. Really great game, just need to commit to learn how to play it. The back half of the game…”
“Have You ever had a dreams ... that you ah, you um, you had- you w- you would- you could- you want- you could- you could jump out of a wardrobe and murder a ghost with a meat cleaver? That's what this game is about, it…”
7 of the 88 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This was a SUPERB game. Loved the atmosphere, the silent hill feel off of it. Granted sometimes rolling was a bit clunky but other then that no major complaints. Story was fine, as well as variety of weapons. Game was…”
“I'm left speechless. The clunkiness was the hardest part to get over, but it was all intentional to build up the horror and suspense. The story had me paying more attention to each document found than so many previous…”
6 of the 88 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Have You ever had a dreams ... that you ah, you um, you had- you w- you would- you could- you want- you could- you could jump out of a wardrobe and murder a ghost with a meat cleaver? That's what this game is about, it…”
3 of the 88 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 88 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“I 100%'ed Withering Rooms about a month ago now, and I still can't stop thinking about it. I loved the world, I loved the story, I loved the characters, I loved the art style. Most of all, I think, I loved how unashamedly [i] weird [/i] it was from start to finish. This is one…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“A HIDDEN GEM!!! -I never thought a 2.5D survival-horror like this could have such a large and complex map for exploration and many side quests to do. -there are many weapons, armors and tools throughout the map which you can combine to make a build to your liking. it's really a…”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played“You kill everything hostile to you for ways to get more stuff and explore to find things. You lose everything (besides permanent items and things you remember to save for future use) upon death. Difficulty settings exist and changing them resets the map. There are npcs that help…”
— a player, Steam review · 42 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Withering Realms: The Sequel to Withering Rooms
Withering Realms Withering Rooms is getting a sequel, and you can try out the demo during Steam Next Fest on Feb 23! The Occult Event It is 1926, ten years after an immense “occult event” halted the G
v1.25 - French & Spanish added, Demo
Demo You can now try a demo of the game, which will let you play up until you defeat the first boss. Your save carries directly into the full game(it's saved into the same location on your hard drive)
Soundtrack available now!
The Withering Rooms Original Soundtrack is now available on Steam & Bandcamp! 117 tracks, over 2 hours of music, in both 320kbps MP3 and lossless FLAC. Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/292660
1.24 - New Ring, Balance Changes, Bug Fixes
Withering Rooms v1.24 New Features * Added a new melee ring - the Knight's Ring - which boosts melee damage and shield effectiveness. Sold by the merchant in the East Attic Stairwell in Chapter 3/4. P
v1.23
Withering Rooms v1.23 Important Fixes * Under some circumstances, reward items dropped by the Butcher Surgeon could disappear from the inventory. Upon loading a save in this situation on this patch, t
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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 | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Horror · Action Roguelike · 2.5D · Mystery · Adventure · Procedural Generation · 2D · Female Protagonist · Stealth · Action · RPG · Souls-like (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Japanese, French, Spanish - Spain * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 54 |
| Official site | https://witheringrooms.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8 or above Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 | AMD Radeon HD 7950 Storage: 6 GB available space