Stay Out of the House

Masterpiece of a Horror Game

Granny? Dead.

Very addicting game

amazing very confusing but once you beat it amazing

Sexy Butcher

Scared the shit outta me, very good

perfect

scawee

At times cleverly designed stealth/horror/escape-room kind of game which does not hand hold player and demands a lot of effort from him.

Very fun to figure out stuff on your own most of the time, but some 'puzzles' are a bit too difficult to solve without a guide.

Brilliant, but also frustrating. Great game really, just need to work on my patience. My only complaint was inventory space and having to drop items a lot of the time, but you do get an item that can alleviate that later in the game. Puppet Combo really need to bring Night Ripper, Nun Massacre and Night Watch to Steam. I had to join Patreon to get them. We really need more of these types of games. The AAA industry is not what it once was.

9/10

Pros
. Great PSX slasher aesthetic
. Game rewards you for patience
. The butcher is terrifying
. Great price
. Some replay value

Cons
. Inventory system can cause a lot of backtracking for dropped items
. Some Items can be missed due to the PSX style graphics if you are not paying attention.

Scary as hell and it made me crap myself but its so good so i give it a 10/10

HELL YEAH SHOOTEN THE BUTCHER

10/10
The characters' premise fits my needs of perspective.
This might not mean anything, and I apologize if this isn't misleading.
I don't leave bad reviews, all efforts are a perfect score.

Aight this is cool but tell me how much longer till power drill peak final version?!?!?! (takes time to make peak)

once again i bought this game near release but am just now reviewing. i LOVE puppet combo games. everyone has its own charm. i LOVE the style of this game. the lore is a bit whack but im a bit whack too. This games jumpscares HAD ME ON LIFE SUPPORT. 8/10

Very tense and enjoyable. Kind of reminds me of that old horror game Granny. There are some unfun parts of the experience which leads to me enjoy Murder House more. For example:
- Limited inventory until you get the backpack. I wish you had more space at the start since it was frustrating to keep dropping items and backtracking.
- The 1st person POV caused many issues when I was being attacked and geniunely couldn't even see the killer or know what direction he was. If the FOV was wider OR the killers were slower I'd prefer that.
- The floppy disc computer puzzle SUCKS
- Climbing in and out of vents is quite buggy and led to many deaths.
Overall I enjoyed most of the experience, I just was feeling very frustrated near the end of the game. Would still recommend especially at the price point and to support such a cool studio.

This makes me feel like women that are alone outside at night.

Butcher isn't a monster because he let the dog live on the prologue.

i would tap

the dog lived thank god

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 UNLESS you find the backpack halfway through, 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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

cool game, would recomend.

just got past the intro

Scared the shyt out of me even on explore

Hell na this game is down bad but its ight

The real horror is the flashbacks I get to my childhood of my step-father screaming at me to STAY OUT OF THE HOUSE, TWINKLE TOES! while he flicked lit cigarettes at me.

For a game called "STAY out of the House", it seems much more focused on escaping. :^)

Whoever is in charge of the merchandise website needs to be reevaluated due to how they handle inquiries about our purchases.

I sent one email about why it’s taking over a week to even ship the CD-ROM. I asked if the website is even active anymore because it’s like It’s like I was scammed. Then which I assume puppet combo himself replies and says “I’ll cancel it for you”
which I NEVER once asked for. I don’t understand how the owner of puppet combo can’t get someone else to do the shipping for him since he claims he is “very swamped” with game development.

Unless you want to walk on thin ice and god forbid you have an inquiry with this guy, I don’t suggest buying from his website. You will not receive any updates after you buy from it.

nice game

Very interesting game that has cool lore and a fun but thrilling experience

muy bueno

I like getting chased by a big brolic prob named requis then get this trust

granny 4

Give that chill running down the back of your neck a thrill and get this one.
You don't need a better reason than that.

good

game good

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finally beat this cursed game.
this is probably puppet combos best work, years went into this and you can tell. some of the most advanced horror gameplay ive ever seen, giant map and really good killer AI. This is right up there with murder house for me.
easily one of the best slasher games ever made, would recommend to anyone that's a fan of the genre

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template

probably puppet combos best yet, incredibly fun and scary, occasionally buggy tho!

9/10