Knock-knock
Side-scrolling horror adventure about surviving nights in a shifting cabin
Ice-Pick Lodge · Released Oct 4, 2013
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 2,076
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- peak 24h 1
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update
- 12 years ago
- Jan 6, 2014
Metacritic: 57/100 (critic reviews)
What is Knock-knock?
In this 2D horror adventure, a sleepless Lodger searches a cabin in the woods for something he has lost. Each night, you move between rooms, hide from strange visitors, and keep the house in order while trying to stay sane until morning.
For you if...
- +you enjoy unsettling horror built around atmosphere and ambiguity
- +you like learning puzzle rules through trial and error
- +you prefer watchful play built around hiding and waiting
Not for you if...
- −you want clear instructions and straightforward story answers
- −you dislike repeated tasks or unpredictable obstacles
What players say
87% of 2,076 reviews are positive
Players praise the eerie atmosphere and hand-drawn art. Some find the rules hard to understand and the nightly routine repetitive, while others say unpredictable encounters are frustrating.
Screenshots and trailer
Knock-knock system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP or later
- Graphics
- GPU that supports shader model 2.0
- Storage
- 700 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 18
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, Russian. Text only: German, Polish, Japanese.
Tags
- Horror
- Side Scroller
- 2D Platformer
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Difficult
- 2D
- Story Rich
- Strategy
- Platformer
- Surreal
- Procedural Generation
- Psychological Horror
- Tactical
- Hand-drawn
- Atmospheric
Recent updates
- Jan 6, 2014 · A Small Linux/Mac Fix
- Jan 6, 2014 · A Small Linux/Mac Fix
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