DeathWatchers
Co-op horror investigation where spotting changes helps banish entities
Swain Games · Released Jul 12, 2024 · Early Access
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 430
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 1
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 10 months ago
- Oct 27, 2025
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is DeathWatchers?
Played solo or with up to three friends online, this horror game sends you into locations inhabited by dangerous entities. You set up cameras and other equipment, spot and log paranormal events, then use what you find to assemble a banishing ritual.
For you if...
- +you like spotting changes during paranormal investigations
- +you enjoy tense horror games with friends online
Not for you if...
- −you dislike tracking clues and choosing ritual ingredients
- −you prefer horror without a threat that can kill you
What players say
86% of 430 reviews are positive
Players praise the anomaly-spotting investigation, scares, and playing with friends. Some report co-op glitches and frame-rate drops; one returning player says an update broke key logging tools.
Screenshots and trailer
DeathWatchers system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Ryzen 3 1600
- Graphics
- Geforce 1060 or equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 6 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10/11
- Processor
- Ryzen 5 3600 or equivalent
- Graphics
- RTX 3060 or equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 6 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 10
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Online Co-Op
- Horror
- Psychological Horror
- Hidden Object
- Supernatural
- Multiplayer
- Co-op
- Investigation
- Demons
- Strategy
- Dark
- Realistic
- Atmospheric
- First-Person
- Singleplayer
- Mystery
Recent updates
- Oct 27, 2025 · 0.91 Update & Halloween Event
- Jun 5, 2025 · 0.90724
- May 3, 2025 · Lil Patch - 0.90722
- Apr 22, 2025 · Patch - 0.9072
- Apr 18, 2025 · 0.907 - Bugfixes
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