FLATHEAD
Released May 2024
Over or Under? A simple game of gambling with your life.
93% positive · 409 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $1.99
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Evaluation
Flathead launched on May 30, 2024 as a complete horror game designed as a single-sitting, highly replayable experience. Shortly after launch, the developer shipped a meaningful free update on June 19, 2024 (v103.0) that added a new "Push Your Luck" game mode, global leaderboards, and several quality-of-life improvements including a toggle to unlock all story tapes. A minor follow-up patch (v103.1) shipped two days later with small balancing changes. Several bug-fix patches followed through early July 2024, addressing minor issues reported by the community. The most recent developer activity was a security update on October 15, 2025, patching a Unity engine vulnerability — a maintenance action that keeps the game up to date but does not signal new content. No future content has been announced, no unreleased DLC exists on the store, and the developer has made no statements about additional updates beyond maintenance. The game is a compact, intentionally scoped experience, and all substantive post-launch development appears to have concluded with the June 2024 content update.
Evidence
Update v103.0 shipped a new 'Push Your Luck' game mode, global leaderboards, and story accessibility improvements — the most substantial post-launch content addition
Flathead officially launched on May 30, 2024
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
DreadXP
Achievements
11
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Hello, friend
"If you're reading this, chances are things aren't looking too hot. But that's alright - take a deep breath and focus. Today is special, as they like to remind us.It's a simple game they got us playin’ and you're gonna do just fine.
Ya pull the lever, ya see a number. Guess if the next number is higher or lower and, if you’re right, ya get some points and ya get to keep right on playin’.
If you’re wrong, well… let's not worry about that... You’re gonna do just fine.
Now, I know what you're thinking. That sounds too simple. And maybe it is. But when the timer starts ticking and the Sunken start grinding their teeth out in the fields and you can hear them clackin and crackin as they inch closer and closer, well, maybe simple’s ok. Maybe you just want a game to play before they send you back down and simple's just fine for that.
I heard one of us escaped years ago but who knows if that's true, could be somethin they tell us just to give us hope. Anyway, it's my turn. Wish me luck."
- handwritten note hidden under playing table
Flathead
A simple game of over or under taken to the darkest extreme. Strapped to a machine with a plethora of gadgets, the footsteps of a nightmarish terror approach from behind. Your only hope is to save enough points to pay for your escape before the inevitable.Flathead is designed as a highly replayable, single-sitting game dripping with tension and atmosphere. A simple idea of over or under becomes a strategic gamble with your life as a variety of tools and the strategies they introduce give a unique depth to an innocent concept. Increase your odds, accumulate point multipliers, gain unique modifiers, and more. But no matter how well you’re doing, maybe don’t look over your shoulder…
Today was special, participant.
KEY FEATURES
- Quick sessions with lots of replayability- Strategically use the tools at your disposal to slow the approaching terror
- Earn and bank points to gain your freedom
- High risk, high reward. Let it ride and gain multipliers to increase your winnings
- Try your luck with the wheel of fate
- Make your own luck to increase your odds and your doom
- Unsettling atmosphere with growing tension
- Gritty analog horror aesthetic
Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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