A House Inside Me

Adventure· Visual Novel· Abstract· Atmospheric

Released Mar 2026

A psychological horror experience told through environmental storytelling. Explore a house inhabited by trauma, denial, and fractured memories. Three endings. Multiple interpretations. This is the house that lives inside me.

87% positive · 129 reviews

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Released, but still in active development

Medium confidence

Active Development

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

A House Inside Me is a free-to-play psychological horror walking simulator that launched on March 30, 2026. Since release, Ctrl Horror has been actively updating the game at a steady pace. On April 3, 2026, they shipped a major update adding partial controller support, WASD movement, and various fixes — and explicitly listed additional work still in progress, including full controller support and Russian and Japanese localizations. On April 7, 2026, they followed through with Update 2.0, delivering those promised localizations along with full controller support and further improvements. On May 4, 2026, they shipped Update 2.3.0 adding Spanish (Spain) and European Portuguese translations, more bug fixes, and additional polish. In that final post, the developer stated they "will keep working on refining every detail." Both the soundtrack and artbook DLC were released simultaneously with the base game on March 30, 2026. The game is a small indie free-to-play title from a self-described team with no budget, and the updates have primarily been localization, accessibility, and polish work rather than new story content — but the developer has clearly been engaged in sustained post-launch development and has not indicated the game is finished being worked on.

Evidence

Update 2.3.0 released adding Spanish (Spain) and European Portuguese translations, bug fixes, and collision adjustments. Developer states they 'will keep working on refining every detail.'

news post · May 4, 2026 source development ongoing

high

Update 2.0 released delivering full controller support, Japanese and Russian localizations, text improvements, and Steam Deck integration — all items that were listed as in-progress in the prior update.

news post · Apr 7, 2026 source content shipped

high

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Released

A House Inside Me Soundtrack

Mar 2026

Released

A House Inside Me - Artbook

Mar 2026

Media

Details

Developer

Ctrl Horror

Publisher

Skull Queens Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

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About this game

What is a home?

The safest place — or at least, that is what it is for Camila…

In this psychological horror and interactive narrative experience, you play as Camila, a child wandering through a house shaped by memories, cracks, and scars that are not always visible.

The story unfolds through exploration, symbolism, and environmental narrative, inviting the player to interpret events and piece together a fragmented truth.

Nothing is shown directly.

Everything is felt.

This project was born from the desire to explore psychological horror from an emotional perspective.

This experience seeks reflection — not shock value.