The Classrooms

First-person survival horror in shifting school halls with sound-sensitive monsters

Xefier Games, Hillcrest Games Inc. · Published by Xefier Games · Released Oct 28, 2022 · Early Access

Reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 3,249
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 33 in 30 days
Playing now: 24; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 4 months ago; May 22, 2026

What is The Classrooms?

This first-person, single-player survival horror game takes place in a condemned school in 1996, as Robert Chen investigates the disappearance of students, including his sister. You search procedurally generated halls and classrooms for keys and equipment while learning how to survive encounters with entities. Some can hear sounds picked up by your microphone.

For you if...

+you enjoy exploring eerie halls and classrooms
+you like learning how different monsters behave
+you want microphone noise to affect encounters

Not for you if...

−you want to play a horror game with friends
−you prefer fixed maps when retrying difficult objectives
−you want to explore without hostile creatures nearby

What players say

89% of 3,249 reviews are positive · 87% of 33 in the last 30 days

Players praise the uneasy atmosphere, changing layouts, and distinct monster behaviors. The most common complaints are poor performance and bugs, including enemies getting stuck or clipping through walls. Some players also find later randomized levels tedious or unfair.

Screenshots and trailer

The Classrooms system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 or Higher
Processor: Intel i5 2.6Ghz or AMD equivalent
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD equivalent minimum 4GB VRAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 12 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Danish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Mongolian.