The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood
Side-scrolling horror adventure switching between killer, detective, and avenger
Copperbolt · Released Apr 3, 2025
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 785
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 22 in 30 days
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Apr 7, 2025
What is The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood?
In this single-player, 2D side-scrolling horror game, a serial killer returns to Happyhills while a detective and a grieving father pursue him. Across 20 levels, you switch between the three: planning kills as John Wade, finding clues as Detective Pawalski, and breaching doors with a shotgun as Mr Carpenter.
For you if...
- +you like short, story-driven horror with plot twists
- +you enjoy grisly puzzles and detective clue hunts
- +you want retro pixel art and slasher themes
Not for you if...
- −you want to avoid graphic pixel-art killings
- −you prefer a long game over a short story
- −you want to play one character throughout
What players say
95% of 785 reviews are positive · 86% of 22 in the last 30 days
Players praise the story twists, retro slasher visuals, and variety of the playable characters. Recent complaints describe a bug that blocks progress in a later chapter.
Screenshots and trailer
The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 8 GPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 0 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Microsoft® Windows® 10
- Processor
- 1.2GHz processor
- Graphics
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 30 MB available space
Does The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood 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
- 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
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood 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
- Singleplayer
- Action
- Action-Adventure
- Puzzle
- Side Scroller
- 2D
- Exploration
- Pixel Graphics
- Cartoony
- Detective
- Dark
- Story Rich
- Dark Humor
- Stealth
- Horror
- 1980s
Recent updates
- Apr 7, 2025 · Bugfix: Loading game issue