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
- Very Positive
- 83% of 12 in 30 days
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 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 · 83% of 12 in the last 30 days
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.
How many players finish Knock-knock?
12% of Steam players have unlocked «Pagurian», 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
Knock-knock system requirements
Minimum: GPU that supports shader …, 0.7 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Knock-knock?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
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- OS
- Windows XP or later
- Graphics
- GPU that supports shader model 2.0
- Storage
- 700 MB available space
Does Knock-knock have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Knock-knock run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 18
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, Russian. Text only: German, Polish, Japanese.
Does Knock-knock 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
- 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
