The Horror at Highrook

Horror· Mystery· Lovecraftian· Investigation

Released May 2025

The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.

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Steam Updated 10 Oct 2026 $19.99

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The Horror at Highrook is a solo-developed occult card crafting RPG that launched on May 1, 2025 after a multi-year development period. The developer, Tom at Nullpointer Games, secured funding from OuterSloth (the indie fund created by the Among Us developers) in November 2024, which helped bring the game to completion. The game shipped as a complete narrative experience spanning eight chapters of cosmic horror, with a defined story about investigating the disappearance of the Ackeron family. Following launch, the developer issued a series of bug fix patches (versions 1.02 through 1.06) between May 1–8, 2025, addressing stability issues, typos, and minor progression adjustments. In the May 8 patch notes, the developer explicitly noted that "as long as nothing terrible crops up the pace of patches might slow down a bit from now on" — a clear signal that the post-launch stabilization phase was wrapping up. There are no DLC listings, no announced expansions, no roadmap for future content, and no developer statements indicating additional content is planned. The game has no post-launch major content releases and no history suggesting a sustained update cycle beyond the initial bug-fix wave. The store description presents a complete, self-contained narrative. The game launched as a finished product and has received only maintenance patches since release.

Evidence

Patch 1.06 notes state the developer hopes most initial bugs are fixed and that the pace of patches will slow down, signalling the end of the post-launch fix cycle.

news post · May 8, 2025 source development ending

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Developer announces May 1, 2025 release date, describing the game as a complete product after years of development.

news post · Apr 14, 2025 source content shipped

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Developer

Nullpointer Games

Publisher

Nullpointer Games

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

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About this game

Explore an atmospheric setting on the edge of nightmare

Guide a team of occult investigators to investigate the disappearance of a noble family. Keep your team well equipped and safe from hunger, injury, madness and disease. Each member of this motley crew offers their own unique skills to aid with your quest. But they also harbour their own secret ambitions...

Master the dark arts

Combine characters, items and locations to craft tools, potions and occult rites. Master a deep, nonlinear crafting system as you progress through the story. Explore eight chapters of cosmic horror. Each one presenting new challenges, events and characters.. all woven into this tragic twisted tale.

Uncover secrets and defeat demons

Track the lost family with your team. Complete challenges to access new areas, items and characters. Build an arsenal of relics and rites to summon and banish ancient horrors. Withstand earthquakes, abhorrent incursions and face your innermost fears.

Delve into lore and mystery

If your desire for hidden knowledge runs deep you can collect and peruse an extensive library of notes and letters. Revealing the dark history of Highrook, a gothic world inspired by HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker.

Is it for me?

The Horror at Highrook is an unusual game with some unique mechanics. There is a wealth of story, character and challenge hidden in the halls. There is a lot of text in the game and no voice acting (I couldn't afford it!) and that might put some people off, I understand. However, If you enjoy evocative writing, unpacking mysteries, and are wiling to experiment with a different type of game, then I think you will enjoy the journey! Check out the fully narrated gameplay trailer above to see how the game systems look in action.