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AxlPlay · Published by AxlPlay · Official site ↗
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Solo or co-op for up to 4 players: break into a cursed, procedurally generated mansion, steal everything you can, and escape before the horrors inside find you. A no-combat stealth horror extraction roguelite where greed kills more players than enemies do.
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access · More free games
About this game
The Clownhouse
Break into a cursed mansion.
Steal everything you can.
Escape before the Clown finds you.
Do it alone, or with up to 3 friends in online co-op.
The Clownhouse is a stealth horror extraction roguelite where every run is a gamble. Loot valuables, manage your sanity, and decide how long you're willing to stay before greed gets you killed.
The mansion changes every run. Layouts shift, dangers move, and the deeper you go, the worse things become. Most runs don't last long, but every escape makes the next one easier.
There are no weapons here. You survive by staying quiet, hiding in the dark, disguising yourself, improvising tools, and knowing when it's time to leave.
Survive Together — Co-op for Up to 4 Players
Break in alone, or bring up to three friends into the mansion with you.
Online co-op for up to 4 players. The mansion is hard enough alone — facing it together changes everything.
Split up to grab more loot faster, or stick close when the Clown starts hunting.
Coordinate distractions, barricade doors, and cover each other's escape.
More players means more loot to carry out — and more ways for a run to fall apart.
Prefer a lonelier nightmare? Every run can still be played solo.
Greed Keeps You Inside
Every run is a risk-reward gamble.
Search the mansion for cash, jewels, rare valuables, and hidden rooms.
Manage limited inventory space and weight. Every item you carry could mean leaving something better behind.
Escape with what you've found, or push deeper and risk losing everything.
Short, high-tension runs built for replayability.
The Mansion Wants You Gone
You're not alone inside.
The Clown stalks the halls relentlessly. Sometimes it kills. Sometimes it just watches and laughs while your sanity collapses.
The Butcher only hunts in the light. In darkness, he's harmless. Sometimes your flashlight is the most dangerous thing you own.
The Rabbit lurks through the mansion wearing a mask you'll desperately want for yourself.
Outsmart Them
You can't fight what hunts you. You survive by tricking it.
Wear disguises. Steal the Bunny Mask and walk among the mansion's horrors unnoticed.
Stay hidden. Turn off your flashlight, crouch through darkness, and avoid making noise.
Slow them down. Barricade doors, deploy distractions, and use crafted tools to buy yourself precious seconds when escape is the only option.
Move quietly. Find gear that muffles your footsteps and keeps attention away from you.
Hold Onto Your Mind
The longer you stay, the harder it becomes to think clearly.
Sanity constantly drains inside the mansion, especially when the Clown decides to toy with you.
Craft cocktails from looted alcohol to steady your nerves and survive longer runs.
Solve puzzles and unlock sealed rooms hiding the mansion's most valuable rewards.
Key Features
Play solo or in online co-op for up to 4 players.
Stealth horror extraction gameplay.
Fast, replayable roguelite runs.
Procedurally generated mansion layouts.
Risk-reward looting and extraction loop.
No combat. Only stealth, hiding, and survival.
Build barricades, deploy distractions, and improvise survival tools.
Unique enemies with different behaviors and weaknesses.
Disguise system that lets you blend in with the mansion's horrors.
Sanity system affected by darkness and enemy encounters.
Inventory management with limited space and weight.
Hidden rooms, puzzles, and rare valuables.
Persistent roguelite progression between runs.
Early Access
The Clownhouse is in active development, and now playable in solo and online co-op for up to 4 players. Early Access lets you experience the core extraction-horror loop now while new enemies, mechanics, areas, progression systems, and content continue to be added and refined over time.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD FX-8350
- Memory: 8192 MB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 280 (2 GB VRAM)
- Storage: 4000 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
- Additional Notes: SSD recommended
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Persistent Loot & Deeper Basement
The basement keeps growing. 10 levels to dig through now, a shop where everything you drag out of the mansion turns into money and better gear, and a quest system to send you back down. Plus your progress finally saves. New FeaturesThe basement now has multiple levels.New quest system. Take jobs, complete them, get paid.A shop. Sell the loot you drag out of the mansion, buy better gear before you go back down.Save & load. Your run persists now. Inventory, money, gear durability and the deepest floor you reached are all saved when you make it back to the mansion. No more losing everything when you close the game.A brand new minimap, rebuilt from scratch, so you can actually tell where you are down there.Saved or loaded progress.FixedFixed a hang that could load an empty world. If a level fails to load, you now remain in place or return to the menu.Joining a player on a different game version now shows an error indicating which side needs to update.Fixed loss of extracted loot when returning to the main menu from the mansion.Fixed rescues failing when the rescuer was grabbed or downed at the end of the hold.The revive prompt no longer appears while caged or downed. Failed revives now display a reason.Fixed enemies turning invisible after being launched by a bomb.Save files now fall back to a backup when corrupted.Fixed UI not scaling at resolutions other than 1080p, including title screen logo alignment.InterfaceUnified UI style across menus, options, death screen, lobby, loading screen, HUD prompts, tooltips, notifications, quest journal and mailbox: single font family, palette and button sizing.Friend invites now appear in the bottom-right corner instead of over the main menu buttons.FPS counter is now off by default. It can be enabled in Settings > GeneralRead full article on Community Announcements (axlplay)Patch NotesOfficial
Co-op interaction, item pickups and join-by-code fixes
Fixed an error that fired on every room you entered after your first dungeon run of a session. Room-change audio and room tracking no longer stop updating on your second and later runs.The game no longer holds on to rooms from a previous run after you return to the mansion and start a new one.Fixed a bug that could kill interaction for the rest of a run — no "E" prompt on doors, items, clocks or anything else, with no way to recover short of leaving. The trigger was co-op: if a teammate finished a shared press-and-hold object (winding a grandfather clock, switching off a radio) while you were still holding it, your release was silently dropped and interaction never came back.Press-and-hold interactions now always release cleanly, even when the object changes state mid-hold. If a hold ever gets stranded for any other reason, the game now closes it by itself instead of leaving you unable to interact.Objects that are switched off no longer offer an interact prompt at all, so nothing can be "used" in a half-initialised state.Fixed an error when picking up items that could leave the item lying on the floor after it had already gone into your bag, letting the same item be picked up over and over. In co-op, affected items stayed visible and collectable for everyone else in the run.Bombs in the air could show a "Pick up" prompt. Taking one handed you a free bomb while the live one stayed in the world, so the same bomb could be farmed over and over. Thrown bombs are projectiles again and cannot be picked back up.Pickup sounds now actually play. They were being cut off the instant the item was removed from the world, so most pickups were silent.Pickup sounds now respect the Master and Sound Effects volume sliders, and no longer carry across the whole level.Room codes are now cleaned up before we use them. A code pasted with a stray space, a line break or a dash in the middle used to fail outright — it now connects you like any other code.A code that genuinely can't work is no...Read full article on Community Announcements (axlplay)AnnouncementsOfficial
Co-op Is Live — Survive The Clownhouse Beta Together
Co-op Has Arrived — Now in Beta! The wait is over: The Clownhouse now has co-op, and it's playable right now in the beta. Sneak, loot, hide, and escape the mansion with friends instead of going it alone. The clown doesn't care how many of you there are... and that's exactly the problem. How to Get In Click "Request Access" on the store page. You'll be notified as we open up more spots. Once you're in, grab some friends and dive into co-op. Spots are limited, so request access now to be among the first to play. Remember: This Is a Beta You're playing an early build, so expect rough edges, bugs, and things that may change. That's the whole point — your feedback shapes where co-op goes next. Tell us what breaks, what feels great, and what made you scream. Drop your thoughts in the community hub once you've played. See you inside the Clownhouse.Read full article on Community Announcements (axlplay)AnnouncementsOfficial
Open Beta Now Live — Sneak, Loot, Survive (May 15–31)
🎪 The Clownhouse Open Beta is Live!For two weeks only, you can step inside the cursed mansion and try The Clownhouse completely free.The clown is waiting. Are you brave enough to break in?📅 When?May 15 – May 31, 2026After May 31, the beta closes and the next time you'll see The Clownhouse will be at Early Access launch.🎮 What You'll PlayThe Open Beta includes the full core experience:Break into a procedurally generated mansion through the giant clown's mouthSneak, hide, and loot — no weapons, no combatCraft barricades and stun bombs to outsmart the clownGrab cash, jewelry, and creepy carnival memorabilia worth sellingDecide when to escape — or push deeper for a bigger haulFast 5-minute runs with full roguelite progression💬 We Want Your FeedbackThis is an Open Beta, which means the game is still in development. Your feedback during these two weeks will directly shape what comes next.Tell us what works, what doesn't, and what makes you want to go one room deeper when you probably shouldn't.💬 Discord: join our community🗨️ Steam Discussions: report bugs and share feedback right here📧 Found something broken? Let us know!🎯 How to JoinVisit the store page during the beta windowClick Request AccessDownload and play — no payment required🚪 The Mansion Opens May 15Wishlist now to make sure you don't miss launch — and see you inside the Clownhouse.— AxlPlayRead full article on Community Announcements (axlplay)
