About the Game

Step into the role of a sinister Haunted House, where the walls whisper secrets and terror lurks around every corner. As the master of this cursed domain, your goal is to ensnare daring humans, play on their fears, and drain their very essence to expand your dark influence.
By day, meticulously design the labyrinthine layout of your mansion, transforming it into a death trap that no human can escape. As night falls, lure unwitting explorers into your home, where you'll use a deck of terrifying cards to summon spirits, shift hallways, and unleash spine-chilling horrors. Build tension and drive your guests toward madness, all while protecting your Heart room—the core of your malevolent power.
Once their sanity crumbles, harvest their essence to strengthen your mansion, increasing your infamy and attracting even more daring foes, from law enforcement to priests. But beware, the Stone Masons are coming, ready to challenge your reign of terror…

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Unlock and collect new cards as you progress. Expand your deck to include tools of terror like bone-chilling screams, phantoms, creaking floors, and shifting walls. Use your cards to scare – or kill – your victims, then extract their essence.
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Strategically design your haunted house by placing rooms that serve to protect your Heart room, where your power is concentrated. Construct a maze filled with traps, scares, and unique twists, all tailored to frighten and confuse your visitors. Utilize special rooms with unique powers to aid in your hauntings.
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As humans navigate your mansion, increase the tension by playing haunt cards directly on them and within different rooms. Slowly drive them to insanity. Once their fear reaches critical levels, use the right haunts to push them to the brink of madness. Will you let them escape?
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Once you've driven the explorers mad with fear, extract their essence to grow your mansion. Use it to unlock new rooms, expand your haunting powers, and attract more dangerous—and rewarding—targets. Grow your haunted domain into a nightmare that consumes all who enter.
Don't forget to pet Azrael!
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Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Monday, a good day for fixes!
Fixed Bugs
Fixed Soul Thief gives a Bell Witch card when killed.
Fixed jittery text on building cards in some languages.
Fixed Show of Strength increase does not get reset at the end of the turn.
Fixed Twisted Menagerie creature slots do not reset properly.
Fixed the collisions in the Well Room.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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Changes
Updated the description of the Compass trait to better fit the new behavior system.
Fixed Bugs
Fixed reduced max creature slots.
Fix missing Japanese fallback for one of the fonts to be blocked afterwards.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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Fixed Bugs
Fixed crash when a Disposal room without a card is investigated.
Fixed some navmesh issues that could cause Humans to get visually stuck in props.
Fixed Humans keep the reduced max tension from the flashlight trait when the owner turns insane.
Fixed Disposal Room displays "UNLOCKED" instead of "REMOVED" when removing multiple cards.
Fixed Human portrait failed to export.
Fix the random room upgrade that should cost 0 charges its full price.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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Fixed Bugs
Fixed a crash when removing one of the Patience Room pack rooms.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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Fixed Bugs
Potential startup crash fix. If it didn't fix it for you, let us know. This is a Temporary Fix:
Go to Deck of Haunts in Steam and right click it -> Properties -> Installed Files -> Browse... -> Right click the "DeckOfHaunts.exe" or "DeckOfHaunts" -> Run as Administrator. Once you ran it like that, it should make it so that you can run it from Steam again as well.
Fixed unique missions missing from the collection before entering the gameplay scene.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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Apart from the changes below, we've launched a contest where you can, for this upcoming Halloween, get your creation built in Deck of Haunts: [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3179730/view/706657456695018366"]
Changes
Disable rest night options that cost essence if the player does not have enough.
Lunatics reward essence when they die in the Heart room.
Added a stacking “hex” icon to show how many turns a Human is at max Tension when “In Despair’s Grip” is in the deck.
Fixed Bugs
Fixed missing Chaos and Tycoon cosmetic assets.
Fixed unique mission 40 could repeat after being completed.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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(Did you know, you can now rotate your camera by holding the mousewheel 👀👻)
Changes
Updated the custom scenario “Influencer Purgatory” to be balanced for the updated systems and added “Pavolia Reine”.
Only apply the pause when focus is lost on consoles.
Fixed Bugs
Fixed traps don’t trigger when the spill mechanic causes a Human to move to a different room.
In case you missed the big update this week:
[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3179730/view/695396555568448380"]
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Changes
Spill no longer counts insane Humans. For example: a room with 4 tiles and 4 insane Humans will no longer be skipped automatically.
Grey out and disable controller selection for text size and auto scroll speed spin boxes when the Auto Scroll checkbox is not checked.
Fixed Bugs
Fixed the mission UI shows incorrectly when starting a Creative Deck run.
Fixed undoing a build action leaves the affected room out of the highlighted targets.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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Apart from this small batch of fixed bugs, we're also working on some new missions for a future update 👀
Fixed Bugs
Fix bug where missions would get skipped
Added failsafe for missions that were skipped because of a bug
Fix bug where Corpse Explosion VFX would play on room instead of corpses
Fix bug where VFX was not played correctly on rehearsal rooms
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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Monday is back again to haunt us with bugs, that we're fixing!
Changes
Updated Influencer Purgatory curated scenario.
Fixed Bugs
Fixed unlock messages in the collection for cards unlocked with missions.
Fixed the trigger for mission 18.
Fixed crash in the building phase (moving around the Entrance)
Fix overflowing text in menu buttons for certain languages.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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A batch of fixes to send Deck of Haunts into the weekend!
By the way, if you were able to complete all the missions already, let us know in the discussions 👀.
Changes
Adjusted the clamped area for the camera so it can better reach all the corners of the map.
Fixed Bugs
Adjusted collisions in the Cave room.
Adjusted collisions in the rehearsal room.
Fixed controller building preview could leave the buildable area.
Fixed controller cursor room selection not working when zoomed out fully.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback ❤️
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Monday means fixday!
Changes
Lunatics can now move two rooms in one turn.
Fixed Bugs
Fixed a crash when using Growing Unease on the Lunatics.
If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)
If you like the game and the direction we're headed in, feel free to leave a review, as this helps us more than you think!👻
And again, a big thank you for playing and all your feedback.💖
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Current Release
Build 26218861
Uploaded Oct 31, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
DeckOfHaunts.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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