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David Szymanski · Published by David Szymanski
Content notice: Realistically brutal melee combat and associated swearing and gore, scenes of the aftermath of gruesome murder and implied bizarre torture. Some photos of women in undergarments and some darkly comical sexual references.
Very Positive — 94% positive (1,678 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.
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Action · 2025 · More £5 - £15 games
Experience brutal first-person combat in Butcher's Creek, where you face off against serial torturers with makeshift weapons. Developed by David Szymanski and set in the remote Appalachian Forest, this 2025 horror game challenges you to survive through relentless violence.
About this game
A troubled loner with a hunger for cinematic gore finds himself on the other side of the camera when rumors of authentic snuff videotapes lead him to an abandoned cabin near Butcher's Creek, Pennsylvania. What starts as illicit urban exploration becomes a fight for survival when he's captured by a gang of sadistic killers. Now his only option is to pick up a box cutter, a hammer, a pickaxe, or whatever else is at hand, and unleash a little video violence of his own.
FEATURES
Use hammers, axes, pipes, 2x4s, box cutters, and more to brutalize anything that stands between you and freedom
When all else fails, the level itself can be a weapon. Kick props into enemies, or enemies into environment hazards.
Photograph gruesome murder scenes to fulfill your dark desires and regain lost health
Explore decaying farmhouses, collapsing factories, and seedy strip clubs in a forgotten corner of the Appalachian Forest
Experience a unique aesthetic combining the gritty shot-on-video look of found footage with the photosourced visual style of Source Engine games
An exercise in genuine audio/visual atmospheric discomfort
Learn more about the bizarre nightmare world introduced in Squirrel Stapler and The Pony Factory
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support.
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities.
- DirectX: Version 10
- Sound Card: N/A
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
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Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate is OUT NOW
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/34055240/4a4541d5c11d0f52218fad6e8371aae572b16eb2.png https://store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_and_the_International_Crime_Syndicate/ Use magic spells and military surplus explosives to topple an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school. Learn spells, engage in espionage, and spread lore-unfriendly chaos. https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/34055240/8a10814a7cc6b72e23f82b9f42a3b57ac9509b37.gif Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate is a comedic sandbox with a complete lack of safety nets or boundaries. Players are free to indulge in the full abject chaos of untethered physics simulations and uncontainable emergent gameplay, using a toolkit of magical spells and items to solve problems in ways we cannot hope to balance against. https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/34055240/41808760a60aae8aeb109cad8ea3bb4fddf828b1.gif Wizard Boy can also team up with other Wizard Boys in cooperative(?) multiplayer to explore (blow up) the castle together and thwart the evil International crime syndicate S.P.I.D.E.R once and for all! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/34055240/936ff34a9038dfe99745f535206b311537012ad3.gif FEATURES A multitude of spells to learn and inflict on others Chaotic, barely contained physics-based mayhem Open-ended goals to accomplish (or ignore) however you see fit Online co-op, although actual cooperation is unlikely Retro-themed third person action, straight from the days of Unreal Engine 1 Landmines and other non-magical ordnance https://store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_and_the_International_Crime_Syndicate/Read full article on Community Announcements (Mister Macaroni)Press Coverage
Butcher's Creek is a short, sweet and brutal FPS video nasty from the maker of Dusk
Butcher's Creek should have been named Kill Streak. I mean, what else would you name a game about a man on a naked axe-murder rampage through a cult compound? Released just a few days ago, it's the sort of short, low-fi and pointedly horrible experience that its lone developer David Szymanski (Dusk, Iron Lung, Squirrel Stapler) is increasingly known for. Filthy, rusty, rough-edged horror adventures of movie length or less. Just long enough to get under your skin and have you turning them over in your head for a while... Read more.Read full article on PC Gamer (Dominic Tarason)Patch NotesOfficial
Version 1.151
The Short Version Attempted fix for situations where a weapon breaking will cause the player to be unable to interact with anything The Long Version For some reason every version of this "player suddenly can't attack or pick anything up" bug is difficult or impossible to reproduce on my end, so I have no idea if this actually works. In theory it should make extra sure that you can always interact with things if your hands are empty, but I have no way to test it because I can't reproduce the bug it's trying to fix. In a perfect world, bugs like this would not exist. But this is not a perfect world. SO... in other words this should fix issues where your weapon breaks and suddenly you can't interact with anything. If it doesn't please let me know.Read full article on Community Announcements (Mister Macaroni)Patch NotesOfficial
Version 1.15
Fixed issue where holding block with certain weapons while picking up another weapon would cause the player to be unable to attack or block Attempted fix for other possible cases where the player becomes unable to attack or interact Player can no longer switch between weapon and camera while attack is held, to prevent a bug that could keep them from being able to interact or attackRead full article on Community Announcements (Mister Macaroni)AnnouncementsOfficial
Butcher's Creek is out now!
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/34055240/a2a280c65d75ca9252fb955192680d7c1f05a54b.jpg A troubled loner with a hunger for cinematic gore finds himself on the other side of the camera when rumors of authentic snuff videotapes lead him to an abandoned cabin near Butcher's Creek, Pennsylvania. What starts as illicit urban exploration becomes a fight for survival when he's captured by a gang of sadistic killers. Now his only option is to pick up a box cutter, a hammer, a pickaxe, or whatever else is at hand, and unleash a little video violence of his own. FEATURES Use hammers, axes, pipes, 2x4s, box cutters, and more to brutalize anything that stands between you and freedom When all else fails, the level itself can be a weapon. Kick props into enemies, or enemies into environment hazards. Photograph gruesome murder scenes to fulfill your dark desires and regain lost health Explore decaying farmhouses, collapsing factories, and seedy strip clubs in a forgotten corner of the Appalachian Forest Experience a unique aesthetic combining the gritty shot-on-video look of found footage with the photosourced visual style of Source Engine games Learn more about the bizarre nightmare world introduced in Squirrel Stapler and The Pony Factory https://youtu.be/3TLL1g8Z8Y0?si=jCY8kkxFaEhi3XpY https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512560/Butchers_Creek/Read full article on Community Announcements (Mister Macaroni)
