Happy Game
Surreal horror adventure through a little boy's three nightmares
Amanita Design · Released Oct 28, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 3,634
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 41 in 30 days
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 4 years ago
- Nov 11, 2021
Metacritic: 81/100 (critic reviews)
What is Happy Game?
In this 2D horror adventure, a little boy falls asleep and enters three nightmares. You solve puzzles in surreal scenes filled with suspicious smiley faces and pink bunnies as you help him escape.
For you if...
- +you like horror that mixes cute and grotesque imagery
- +you enjoy exploring strange scenes in a solo adventure
Not for you if...
- −you avoid graphic violence and disturbing imagery
- −you want challenging puzzles with varied mechanics
What players say
90% of 3,634 reviews are positive · 90% of 41 in the last 30 days
Players praise the disturbing cartoon art and eerie soundtrack. Many complain that the game is short and its puzzles are too simple, repetitive, or dependent on trial and error.
How many players finish Happy Game?
55% of Steam players have unlocked «Happy End», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Happy Game system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 11 GPU, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Happy Game?
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- OS
- Windows 7 or better
- Processor
- 2 GHz Intel i5 or better
- Graphics
- DirectX 11 compatible GPU
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Happy Game have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Happy Game run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 11
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian.
Does Happy Game use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Horror
- Psychedelic
- Cute
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Indie
- Casual
- Singleplayer
- Surreal
- 2D
- Adventure
- Funny
- Colorful
- Point & Click
- Stylized
- Gore
Recent updates
- Nov 11, 2021 · Fix: High refresh rate monitors / high FPS
- Oct 31, 2021 · Support ultrawide resolution.
1 DLC available.