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Wither Studios · Published by Wither Studios · Official site ↗
Content notice: Contains violence and gore
Last updated 29 Sept 2026
Save your cat from a house full of monsters in this distinctive blend of deckbuilding roguelite and survival horror genres. Wield two unique decks at once and keep your flashlight charged to fend off the gruesome creatures.
Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Early Access · More free games
Navigate through a house full of monsters to save your cat, wielding two decks simultaneously. In The House of Hamelin, keep your flashlight charged for survival in this early access adventure from Wither Studios.
About this game
Step into the shoes of Perdita, as she searches the ever-changing, twisted hallways of The House of Hamelin for her missing cat, Paige. Gather strange cards to build a deck strong enough to fend off the gruesome creatures that lurk in the dark. Collect hair to trade with the old lady who lives in the walls, for valuable items from her junk drawer. Keep your flashlight charged or the monsters will grow stronger.
FEATURES
Turn based combat against intelligent enemies who leverage their own deck of cards.
Build two unique decks at once. In addition to the main Spell deck, you'll also wield a side deck called the Ritual deck. The Ritual deck is a smaller set of cards that are more powerful and burn upon use.
Combat takes place in long, dark hallways that you and the monsters can move around in, at the cost of Stamina. Don't let the monsters catch you!
Explore the creepy atmosphere of Hamelin’s house between combat. Point and click exploration allows the game to be played with one hand, so you can enjoy a sandwich in the other.
Every run is random! New level layout, new enemies, new cards, and more.
Permadeath with meta progression.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i5/i7 or AMD Ryzen series
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 570
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device
- Additional Notes: *Subject to change upon release
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or newer
- Processor: Intel Core I7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1080Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device
- Additional Notes: *Subject to change upon release
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Dev Log #1
Hello everyone! This post marks our first development update where we will be discussing various things related to The House of Hamelin to try and keep the community updated on what is going on inside Wither Studios. We will be shooting for doing a new post semi-regularly depending on how we busy we are. So, let's get into it!Wither StudiosWe wanted to include a small introduction to our team in this post to provide more insight into the company. We are a small independant studio based out of Pittsburgh, PA in the United States. As of right now, we have 4 team members working on The House of Hamelin. Each of us do this on the side as we have since the inception of our studio meaning we are driven purely out of our passion to make (hopefully great) games.The inner workings of our company is perhaps a bit more fluid than most. Each time we start a new project we do internal pitches and select amongst those to start as a next project. We then decide who is going to serve as the "director" of that project (typically whoever pitched it) which we have found is needed in order to maintain a consistency in what the project is. However, we all work in a more relaxed environment and are able to freely collaborate on the various aspects of the game.So who are we? Well, our main team consists of... Steve Gabry - Director, Writer, Game Design, Card Art Michael Thomas (that's me!) - Programmer, Game Design, Enemy AI John Cobb - Character Artist, VFX, Animation, Technical Art DD - Level Designer, Environment ConstructionOur Journey So FarThe House of Hamelin started its life known as Project Unending Death. This early version was a smaller scoped version than what we have now which saw players going through dark caverns battling monsters using cards along the way. It was meant to be infused with survival horror elements in order to try to bring something new and interesting to the deckbuilding genre.Early on, we actually did a physical prototype to test out our ideas and develop t...Read full article on Community Announcements (LoneWolf155)AnnouncementsOfficial
Demo Extension
Hey everyone! We have decided to extend the deadline for the demo by two weeks past Steam NextFest to provide more players the opportunity to play it. Additionally, we have pushed out a new update which includes a few new fixes as well as a new tutorial for Junk since many were struggling with that aspect of the game.Be sure to check it out while it is still available and, if you haven't yet, wishlist the game and leave us some feedback in the Steam discussions!- MikeRead full article on Community Announcements (LoneWolf155)AnnouncementsOfficial
Get YOUR cat in the game!
🐈 Send us your cat photos for a chance for them to be featured in The House of Hamelin! 🐈Cats are a central theme in The House of Hamelin. You are searching for your missing cat in a house full of monsters... and yours isn't the only missing cat. As cat lovers ourselves, we thought it'd be a fun way to connect with our fans by featuring their cats in the game! The cats are featured in various ways, but mainly as photos hanging on the walls. The photos are randomized, so different cats may appear in each run. And every cat that can show up in the game is also featured in the credits 😻Read full article on Community Announcements (SteveGabry)Press Coverage
From the creator of Sally Face, horror deckbuilding roguelike The House of Hamelin has a demo up
Enter the frightful world of The House of Hamelin and take control of Perdita, a young woman tasked with finding her missing cat, Paige. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/from-the-creator-of-sally-face-horror-deckbuilding-roguelike-the-house-of-hamelin-has-a-demo-up/Read full article on GamingOnLinuxCommunity & EventsOfficial
Play the The House of Hamelin Demo at Next Fest!
You will be able to play the demo for The House of Hamelin during Steam’s Next Fest, October 13th - 20th! Save your cat from a house filled with monsters, in this deckbuilding, horror, roguelite. Wishlist now on Steam!Read full article on Community Announcements (SteveGabry)
