Nightmare House: The Original Mod
First-person horror with jump scares and enemies you can fight
We Create Stuff · Released Nov 14, 2024
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 96% of 2,982
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 98% of 65 in 30 days
- Players
- 8
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Dec 16, 2024
What is Nightmare House: The Original Mod?
This free, single-player first-person horror game combines Nightmare House 1, Nightmare House 2, and The Lost Files. You explore an abandoned house and a run-down hospital, fight enemies, and seek a way out while a ghost pursues you.
For you if...
- +you enjoy older horror mods built with the Source engine
Not for you if...
- −you want a lengthy campaign rather than a short game
What players say
96% of 2,982 reviews are positive · 98% of 65 in the last 30 days
Players praise the hospital atmosphere and brisk pacing. Complaints focus on frequent or predictable jump scares, while some players also note that the game shows its age.
Screenshots and trailer
Nightmare House: The Original Mod system requirements
Minimum: 1 GB RAM, 10 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Nightmare House: The Original Mod?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7+
- Processor
- Pentium 4 3.0GHz
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Nightmare House: The Original Mod have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Nightmare House: The Original Mod run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- The native resolution is not the default one
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 14
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Japanese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian.
Does Nightmare House: The Original Mod 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
