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We Create Stuff · Published by Black Lantern Collective · Official site ↗
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
No sleeping beyond this point. Escape a waking nightmare in this classic survival horror experience. She's waiting for you.
Action, Adventure, Indie · More free games
Navigate through chilling corridors and face your fears in Nightmare House. Experience classic survival horror as you explore this eerie adventure from We Create Stuff.
About this game
Welcome back to Nightmare House. Delve into an action-packed first-person horror experience based on the legendary Half-Life 2 horror mod "Nightmare House 2".
THE LEGEND, REIMAGINED
Tread through an abandoned house haunted by the nightmares of its former occupants. You are trapped inside with a powerful entity named Emily – make peace, build trust, and unravel her past, present and future as you desperately seek an escape from this twisted reality. The only way out is through.
NEW OLD SCHOOL HORROR
Nightmare House is a true early 2000s horror experience. Return to the gameplay you know and love with new mechanics that add complexity and depth. Explore, fight, and survive in this reimagining of the original game’s house chapter.
COMBAT WITH AN EDGE
Using a unique directional attack system, wade into visceral melee combat with your trusty axe. When you can't get up close and personal, engage in satisfying gunplay with an arsenal of weapons. Bullets are scarce, so make every shot count.
KEY FEATURES
Better Than Ever: The original creators of "Nightmare House" and "In Sound Mind" are back to re-envision and elevate the Nightmare House experience.
Hypnotizing Mystery: Piece together her forgotten memories. Don’t b̷͙́e̷͚̊ a̵͒f̸r̵a̷i̶̊d̷̍. Ẏ̵̬o̵̹̍u̶'̵̲̓r̷e̴̔ ̵͚̏Ṉ̵͘O̷̗̍T̵̼͋ ̴͖̀a̷l̴̜̓o̸͛n̴͎̽e̶̒
Additive Scare System: Dynamic nightmares keep you guessing; you never know what could be around the next corner.
Music by The Living Tombstone: As part of the original core team, the popular EDM group TLT returns with another heart-pumping soundtrack.
A Sleepless Night: Experience a 3-4 hour campaign set entirely inside the Nightmare House. Uncover new secrets, dangers, and deep lore.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5-1135G7
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 20 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
2026 Dev Update & New Screenshots!
Hey Nightmare House fans! It's 2026, and we're still hard at work developing new nightmares. Here's what's new. We've recently been refactoring the game visuals and we thought it was time for a Steam page refresh. You can check out the updated Steam page or the comparison shots below. Since the announcement, we've said the art direction is a work in progress. Building a game that looks Source-like, plays Source-like, but also introduces new and modern level of detail is an ongoing balance. We don't like slapping whatever latest shiny feature the engine introduced. We let things cook. There's so much more we've been working on, from combat, to the content you know from the original game, to brand new areas and features surrounding that familiar experience... so brace yourselves for more news this year versus the last. Combat GIF Extended CutWe couldn't fit this entire clip on the store page; take an early peek at what our weapons look like.Before & AfterWe saved these screenshots from the old page to show how far the environments have come! We went through a lot of iteration before finally settling on a direction. This isn't just visual work, it's how it all flows with the level design and doesn't feel too cluttered. Combat, navigation, puzzle solving and added lore is taken into account. Basement Room - Before vs AfterFull sizeLiving Room - Before vs AfterFull sizeAttic - Before vs AfterFull sizeCheck out more shots featured in the updated Nightmare House Steam page. That's all for now. Make sure you're followed, join our Discord and Wishlist for more updates! TyIdo/ We Create StuffRead full article on Community Announcements (Trinity)AnnouncementsOfficial
Free game Days Without Incident is out now!
Just in time for the Halloween season, we've hit the button to release Days Without Incident: our small gift to the horror community that makes it all possible. We've put a lot of love and care into polishing up this oldie-but-a-goodie, so please check it out!Our last year's free gift to Halloween was releasing The Original Mod for free on Steam. Days Without Incident was a fun side quest to complete, while we're still full steam ahead on Nightmare House as our main focus. Hope you enjoy it!Ido/ We Create StuffRead full article on Community Announcements (Trinity)AnnouncementsOfficial
New horror release coming soon!
Development on Nightmare House continues at a steady clip. With all the bones of the project nearly in place, we've been focused on some visual refactoring and new content. We're hard at work on the "and more" parts of the game that we've been eager to start on for a long time. We're not quite ready to show anything more yet, but watch this space!In the meantime, we do have something for you to play this Halloween...Fans of our work might know today marked the 4th anniversary of In Sound Mind. We celebrated last year by bringing the original Nightmare House mod to Steam, so we thought we'd keep the tradition going this year with a short project that shows our creative roots - Days Without Incident. Days Without Incident is a lost prototype from 2017 that sits somewhere between the Nightmare House mod and In Sound Mind. It's a tight horror experience that takes around 45 minutes to complete; we've had a lot of fun getting it polished up and ready for release, and we hope you'll enjoy playing it!It's coming out this October FOR FREE, so wishlist it to get a notification once it's out. Read more here:Ido / We Create StuffRead full article on Community Announcements (wcs)AnnouncementsOfficial
New Indie Horror Publisher + News
While we've been working quietly away on Nightmare House, we wanted to bring you some news! Development is going well, supported by the fact that we've just partnered with new indie horror publisher Black Lantern Collective. Their experience in indie horror over the years makes this a really good match to get the very best out of the new Nightmare House game.But wait, where did the "Reimagined" go? We decided to drop it from the title because we felt it may give the wrong impression of what the game will be. We're working our ass off to deliver a classic Nightmare House experience, with our scare system, humor, story and combat that you're familiar with. The new Nightmare House game will be all that- and more. If you were at BitSummit in Japan this past week, you might have seen us at the Black Lantern Collective booth with a playable demo. It was fun to let players get their hands on the game for the first time and we learned a lot watching them play!We have more in the works that we're excited to show you soon™, including some new gameplay! Stay tuned. Ido / We Create StuffRead full article on Community Announcements (Trinity)AnnouncementsOfficial
Nightmare House: The Original Mod is OUT and FREE!
While you wait for Nightmare House: Reimagined to release, we thought it would make sense to go back and explore the roots of our classic Half-Life 2 mod. So we've decided to put it on Steam for free. And it's available right now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2954780/Nightmare_House_The_Original_Mod So if you're itching to revisit this classic, or dive in to the Nightmare House franchise for the first time - we'd love your support to spread the word around. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45160346/355d2ac949cc61680aa9dc065ccdec37853e6ac5.gif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zQENkZEttc Thank you, We Create StuffRead full article on Community Announcements (KingbladeGames)
