Sinister Night
Released Jun 2022
In this multiplayer survival, horror, and deduction game, eight streamers enter a mysterious old building, planning to get famous via a livestream, but two of them become possessed by evil spirits. They will kill their companions and sacrifice them at the altar to complete a sinister ritual.
61% positive · 172 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Sinister Night launched on June 8, 2022 and received a flurry of post-launch patches through August 2022, adding new gameplay roles (Shapeshifter on July 15, Ravenman on August 19), balance tweaks, and bug fixes. After that August 19, 2022 update, developer communications for this game went quiet. The only subsequent post — on June 28, 2024 — was not an update to Sinister Night itself, but rather a promotional announcement for a sequel game, "Sinister Night: Soul Return" (不祥之夜:回魂), advertised during a Steam Summer Sale. That post explicitly describes the sequel as a new, separate product building on the original's foundation. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future content for the original game, and no developer statements suggesting further updates are planned. The studio's focus has clearly shifted to the sequel. The original game appears to have concluded its content cycle with the August 19, 2022 patch.
Evidence
Developer announced a sequel game, 'Sinister Night: Soul Return', on sale during the Steam Summer Sale. No updates to the original game were mentioned.
Patch 1.29 added a new Possessed role (Ravenman) and new shop item. This is the last update post for the original game.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
zstar
Achievements
22
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
Inspired by John Carpenter's The Thing, Sinister Night perfectly fuses social deduction with the psychological horror brought by paranoia and mistrust. To take part in a horror reality show, a group of streamers arrived at a haunted church school site. During their visit, some of them were possessed by demonic spirits. As the crimson dream descends upon them with shrieks of terror, one of the streamers falls to the ground bleeding to death. What kind of spirits is hiding in their human form? Those souls who meet their tragic ends in this school readily tell you of the place's mysterious past.
Sinister Night is a game of screams and deception. Don't jump the gun to trust anyone since there are two evil spirits in disguise among those eight players. Either find the offerings to stop the wicked ritual or banish the nearby spirits to prevent yourself from being served as their "last supper."
Sinister Night is a game of screams and deception. Don't jump the gun to trust anyone since there are two evil spirits in disguise among those eight players. Either find the offerings to stop the wicked ritual or banish the nearby spirits to prevent yourself from being served as their "last supper."
Who Has Been Possessed?
Confusion and suspicion will arise among you and your companions. Use every means possible—items, tasks, location information, and frequent communication—to identify potential culprits and prove them guilty. Find those disguised evil spirits and banish them!Immersive Psychological Horror
Supernatural phenomena and the spirits of those who died tragically at the school are not the terrifying entities here. When suspicions and doubt spread throughout the group, no one knows whom to trust. It’s hard to avoid killing one another under the pressures of paranoiaA Variety of Strategies
Will you use the holy cross to ward off the evil spirit, or would you use crystal balls to find clues? Can you trust the person with the baseball bat? The evil spirits could possess anyone.A Thrilling Banquet of Slaughter
Unleash the evil inside your heart, drag everyone into the crimson dream and murder them while they scream in terror. In addition, use your acting skills to clear yourself from others' suspicion, shift the blame on others and create chaos while hiding within the group.Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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