Stay Out of the House Reviews

cool game, would recomend.

I pissed, shit, and came all over my pants when playing this. 10/10

This game is fun, but the down side is that the chase is not a loud as old versions.

I liked the gas station section far more than the infuriating unfair hide-and-seek, over-compkicated house puzzles sequence which encompasses the majority if the game. It feels like the game is much scarier and more atmospheric with the gas station. Sure, the house part is tense, but that feeling of tension quickly dries up and turns into a giggled mess of inundated design choices.

The game for the most part is pretty decently well done, but I would recommend Nun Massacre from Puppet Combo instead. I found this game to essentially be Stay Out of the House but SIGNIFICANTLY better. ALL of this is obviously my opinion, and you can feel free to disagree with everything I say. This is a Granny-esque horror game (game similar to the other horror game 'Granny' which is a gameplay loop involving you solving puzzles with objects/environment to escape the house while an enemy is after you), but the puzzles in the game (essentially the main gameplay core to any Granny-esque game) fell a bit flat on its back. I really disliked the puzzles in this game, found them not engaging at all, and just sometimes a bit ridiculous and lack-luster. I also really disliked the environment of this game. The visuals are done amazingly, but to actually play and get around, the house is so tight and imo not organised well for a thrilling chase-style gameplay with the killer..... comparatively if you look at the map for Nun massacre, it is designed essentially perfectly and uniquely for extremely intense chase-scenes, giving the player all opportunities to keep on running in a wide open corridor leading to the staircase/next building, whilst also giving them the choice to enter the rooms or tight spaces or one of the many unique spaces in the map Nun Massacre offers. The game maintains the claustrophobic/trapped feeling with the environment I think this game was going for, but also works practically to allow for long but intense chase-scenes with a lot of quick-decisions to make in the thrill of it. This is not to mention that the killer I found was not scary AT ALL. This would vary via person, but I found no fear factor in the killer. I felt no sense of genuine fear while walking around in this game. Yes, this review is basically meat-riding Nun Massacre, but I would genuinly encourage people who wanted to try this game to play Nun Massacre instead. The puzzles are significantly more engaging with a great progression and difficulty balancing. The sound-design I found is done significantly better too. The map design I prefer SIGNIFICANTLY over this game's. Most importantly, the game is GENUINELY more fearful and scary. The atmosphere and the antagonist of Nun Massacre is far more menacing than Stay Out of the House, and it is frankly scary to walk around the map not knowing where the Nun could be. Its genuinely terrifying, and this game completely fails to achieve this atmosphere. This just makes Stay Out of the House a sort of annoying but goofy puzzle-game. EDIT* To explain my short play-time, I played this game via .exe download from their Patreon a lot more.

This game is art. It has so much depth. There's like a whole new and completely different demonic thing around each corner. Watch out for grandma.

Such a great game, I loved the visuals and the story and gameplay and just everything. For 15$ this game is a STEAL and not to mention when sales happen so if this game is on sale and you've been wanting it, GET IT

Stay out of the House is one of puppet combos most challenging games so fun to play such a great story and such great atmosphere the butcher is a great horror character and probably one of the smartest that's what makes the game so challenging and fun to play you can also change the game mode if you find it too hard. The game is also very repayable with the addition of the bunker which basically gives you different tasks to do and gives you a whole different experience which also gives the game so much more depth.

While the developer was thoughtful enough to provide a safe "exploration mode" to try and figure out the puzzles without threats, I was still left stumped and eventually decided to just use a guide. Yes, many of these puzzles truly ARE way too cryptic and ridiculous, and I don't regret using a guide one bit, but once I memorized the steps, this became my favorite horror game. Stay Out of the House does a lot of things that normally might be considered too tedious for modern games, but all of it feels completely necessary and improves the experience. You can't use save states or save often, instead you'll need to scavenge the house for VHS tapes and carry them to the one save room, and each of these saves are single-use. Inventory space is very limited [spoiler]UNLESS you find the backpack halfway through[/spoiler], and reloading the revolver is a lot more complicated than simply pressing a key and letting an animation play. These sorts of design choices are great since there is actually a lot at stake, making progression extra rewarding and death punishing and something to be genuinely feared. The atmosphere and presentation is great, and the game is very intense and a lot of fun.

its so difficult but in a good way. keeps you playing and entertained. love the graphics and vhs aesthetic. puppet combo W