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The Castle of Dr. Hoot

81% positive of 69 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam

Made by BitWizard.

About the game

Welcome to the mysterious castle of spelling extraordinaire, Dr. Hoot! Explore the classroom, the lab, the library and the...detention dungeon? Put your mind to the test with spelling challenges and logic riddles as you avoid the wrath of the strict, cranky spelling teacher, Dr. Hoot.

Tagged by players

Spelling
Silent Protagonist
Dark Humor
Lore-Rich
Point & Click
Old School
Logic
Supernatural
Parody
Horror
Retro
Mystery

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What players say

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6/10 A Teacher with Secrets A horror game disguised as "educational" software. When I started to play it, I was confused at first about how it works, but then it becomes very easy, as if it's a game for kids (which it isn't, by the way, unless you want them to have nightmares). It's mostly a point-and-click game where you go through rooms while surviving from 8:00 to 15:00, from Monday to Sunday (a little bit like…
4.1 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Hi. So I played the most recent version of Dr. Hoot and while I don't typically write reviews regarding games, I thought this one deserved one since I think it's worth it to recommend it to people though warn them about certain things about the game because it isn't like your typical game. The game is styled like a 90s educational game so, there is a learning curve to it in that you will be told what to do but how…
4.9 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
not even 1 hour into the game and the minigames dont even function properly, everytime i tried to do one task it became an insta lock that had me quit the game, log back in and repeat the same process with each minigame, game really has potential to be great but with the minigames problems i hardly see it becoming somewhat enjoyable
56 min played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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