Obscure

THE MUTE HOUSE

79% positive of 306 Steam reviews

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by December Blues Games.

About the game

Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.

Tagged by players

Lovecraftian
Survival Horror
Zombies
Old School
Horror
Female Protagonist
Resource Management
1990's
Realistic
Action-Adventure
Exploration
Mystery

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THE MUTE HOUSE

79% positive of 306 Steam reviews

View on Steam

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by December Blues Games.

About the game

Tagged by players

Lovecraftian
Survival Horror
Zombies
Old School
Horror
Female Protagonist
Resource Management
1990's
Realistic
Action-Adventure
Exploration
Mystery

What players say

Recommended
Yes but with a caveat or 12. This game is actually pretty good. Nice music and graphics and atmosphere. I experienced no bugs during my playthrough. The game feels like a remaster of the first resident evil had a baby with the first silent hill and decided to teach it nothing new and even make some even weirder design decisions. Its worth it on sale.. about 8 hours to complete or less. Enemies are bullet sponges and…
8.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Recommended
Absolutely recommend if you are a fan of classic survival horror games like the original Resident Evil games. Presentation is great, game looks fantastic with those fixed camera angles. There were some tense moments and some fun puzzles to solve. The inventory storage system was odd, storage boxes aren't connected. Other than that I enjoyed this a lot.
6.4 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Pros: The game is beautiful and really does foster a genuine creepy atmosphere. -Beautiful game, textures were rendered really well -Fosters a genuine creepy atmosphere -Captures old Resident Evil aesthetics with it's own twists on how they approach puzzles. -Had some unique ideas on how to handle healing and certain enemy types Cons: A lot of the game mechanics are clunky which someone might argue is by design to…
15 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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