Haunted House Renovator

Haunted House Renovator

Released Apr 2025

Become a paranormal renovator! Explore and renovate haunted locations as you deal with pesky spirits that have fun at your expense! Decide if you want to be mean or nice to banished entities, you can also adopt some! Restore old furniture and decorate the interiors as you see fit! Make a profit!

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Evaluation

Haunted House Renovator launched on April 30, 2025, and the developer immediately published a roadmap on April 11, 2025 laying out a clear post-launch content plan. Since launch, the team has been active and communicative, shipping a steady stream of patches and two major updates. The most substantial was on June 12, 2025, which introduced an entirely new tutorial, two new hauntings (including Kickstarter backer-designed content), and new furniture. A follow-up patch came the next day (June 13) adding experimental DirectX 11 support, and a further bug-fix patch was delivered on August 12, 2025 — the last recorded communication. The April 2025 roadmap specifically promised a free new location — the Circus Director's House — targeting June 2025. The June 12 major update did not deliver this location (it focused on the tutorial and hauntings), and no subsequent news post has announced its release. The developer also stated they have "dozens of ideas for new locations, hauntings, and more story to tell," and that they would "carefully review feedback and decide what comes next" after the first major update. The Kickstarter campaign funded additional content including a console version (Xbox Series and PlayStation 5) with no announced delivery. The most recent developer communication was on August 12, 2025. With two major updates across a roughly 6-week window (April 30 to June 12, 2025), the established cadence is tight. While the gap between the August 12, 2025 post and today's date of October 1, 2026 — over 13 months — is longer than that early cadence, this is a relatively new game still in an active post-launch phase with outstanding promised content. The roadmap's promised location has not been confirmed as shipped, and the developer has not issued any statement indicating development is winding down or complete. Given the outstanding promised content and the developer's explicit plans for more, the game continues to be in an active post-launch development phase, even if the pace of public communication has slowed since August 2025.
Evidence
Major update shipped with a new tutorial and two new hauntings, including Kickstarter backer-designed content — but the promised Circus Director's House location was not included
news post · Jun 12, 2025 source content shipped
high
Pre-launch roadmap promised a free new location (Circus Director's House) for June 2025, Kickstarter backer content, and stated the developer has 'dozens of ideas for new locations, hauntings, and more story to tell'
news post · Apr 11, 2025 source content planned
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
PlayWay S.A.
Achievements
29
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Become a paranormal renovator!

Set out on a path of a ghost-hunting renovator. Your task - restore haunted houses to a usable state! This is not an easy job, applying a new wallpaper won't be enough to render a house safe. You also need to deal with whatever is haunting it.

Accept requests to renovate haunted houses from various eccentric owners. Scout abandoned mansions and look for signs of any paranormal activity. Make sure you're ready for the job by preparing a set of tools to aid your work.

Chase away ghosts by any means possible. Sometimes your job will be as easy as catching an entity with a net and sometimes you will need to draw elaborate magic circles and perform sinister rituals. And if nothing works, you can always look for an alternative way to solve your issue - regular hauntings have two ways of getting rid of them, nice and mean. Choose your playstyle and earn different rewards based on your choices. You can even adopt certain hauntings!

Looks are important, especially when convincing your customers that a house is safe. Change wallpapers, paint the walls, and replace furniture. Find a passion for interior decorations as you do what you can to keep a house from looking haunted.

Features

  • First-person paranormal renovator simulator with magical tools and emphasis on banishing hauntings

  • Spooky, not scary - it's all about the atmosphere rather than actual fear

  • Different haunted houses and flats, each with its own hauntings and a story to tell

  • 4 different endings based on the choices you make

  • Help for inexperienced players - press the middle mouse button to automatically equip the right tool or use the Camera to photograph hauntings and learn how to deal with them

  • A large selection of interior decorations

  • Investigation element when dealing with Wraiths - major hauntings

  • Two ways of solving every minor haunting - a nice way and a mean way

  • Partner hauntings that can join you and help you with new contracts

  • Expansive upgrade system for your tools and abilities

  • Realistic, moody graphics

  • Singleplayer campaign mode with story elements

Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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