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The Horror at Highrook

Card-based occult investigation with team management and ritual crafting

Nullpointer Games · Published by Nullpointer Games, Outersloth · Released May 1, 2025

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Reviews
Very Positive
90% of 491
Recent reviews
Very Positive
91% of 12 in 30 days
Players
0
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
May 8, 2025
Minimum PC
4GB VRAM
8 GB RAM · 5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is The Horror at Highrook?

A top-down, card-based investigation game set in gothic Highrook, where a team of occult investigators searches for a missing noble family. Across eight story chapters, you match investigators with items and locations to make tools and perform rites while managing hunger, injury, illness, and madness.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy reading notes to piece together mysteries
  • +you like experimenting with character, item, and location combinations
  • +you prefer manageable puzzles and a contained story

Not for you if...

  • −you want voice acting instead of text-heavy storytelling
  • −you want difficult puzzles and punishing survival systems

What players say

90% of 491 reviews are positive · 91% of 12 in the last 30 days

Players praise the art, atmosphere, and story, but many find the card tasks repetitive and the plot too linear to replay. Some report getting stuck without clear hints or losing progress to bugs.

How many players finish The Horror at Highrook?

34% of Steam players have unlocked «The matriarch returns», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

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The Horror at Highrook system requirements

Minimum: 4GB VRAM, 8 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 or later, 64-bit
Processor
2GHz or better
Graphics
4GB VRAM, 1080p minimum resolution
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does The Horror at Highrook have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does The Horror at Highrook run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
13
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English.

Does The Horror at Highrook 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

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