Haunted Lands
Retro action platformer with six characters and ability-changing artifacts
alevgor · Published by Alawar · Released Mar 10, 2026
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 260
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 4 months ago
- Jun 8, 2026
What is Haunted Lands?
Haunted Lands is a single-player, side-scrolling action platformer set in burial grounds inhabited by evil spirits and monsters. You explore crypts and tombs and fight enemy groups and bosses using ranged attacks or close combat.
For you if...
- +you enjoy tough combat that takes practice to master
- +you like searching for hidden areas and unlocks
Not for you if...
- −you prefer a relaxed pace without repeated attempts
- −you want to avoid graphic gore
What players say
79% of 260 reviews are positive
Players praise the sprite art and music. Common complaints include widely spaced checkpoints that force long replays after death, stiff controls, and sudden kills.
Screenshots and trailer
Haunted Lands system requirements
Minimum: RX 550, 8 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Haunted Lands?
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- OS
- Windows 10 64 bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-6400 or analog
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon RX 550 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 100 MB available space
Does Haunted Lands have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Haunted Lands run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 35
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Japanese.
Does Haunted Lands 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
Tags
- Difficult
- Retro
- Shoot 'Em Up
- 2D Platformer
- Platformer
- Action-Adventure
- Old School
- Side Scroller
- Pixel Graphics
- Action
- Gore
- Adventure
- Horror
- Singleplayer
- Demons
- Werewolves
Recent updates
- Jun 8, 2026 · Small Patch v.1.0.10
- May 19, 2026 · Update 1.0.9 - Checkpoints
- Mar 20, 2026 · Update 1.0.7 – More Bug Fixes & Community Items
- Mar 13, 2026 · Update 1.0.5 – Bug Fixes
- Mar 11, 2026 · First Update
1 DLC available.