Circus of Pain

First-person horror about surviving a deadly circus performance

ZV GAMES · Released Sep 17, 2025

Action Adventure Indie Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 76% of 78
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 1 year ago; Sep 19, 2025
Minimum PC: GTX 760; 8 GB RAM · 7 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Circus of Pain?

In this single-player psychological horror game, you wake in an abandoned circus as an unwilling participant in its show. You explore, solve puzzles, avoid deadly traps, and uncover the circus's history while searching for an escape.

For you if...

+you enjoy solving puzzles in dark, threatening settings

Not for you if...

−you prefer horror without gore or graphic violence

What players say

76% of 78 reviews are positive

Players praise the eerie atmosphere and jump scares. The most consistent complaint is the AI voice acting, which players describe as flat or poorly performed.

Screenshots and trailer

Circus of Pain system requirements

Minimum: GTX 760, 8 GB RAM, 7 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: WINDOWS 10, 11 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 7 GB available space

Does Circus of Pain have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Single-player

Does Circus of Pain run on Steam Deck?

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

Default controller config not fully functional
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 16
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English, Russian. Text only: Japanese, Simplified Chinese.

Does Circus of Pain use AI-generated content?

Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:

Some visual elements, including the logo and capsules, were generated using AI and refined manually. AI is not used in real-time.

The statement mentions: Store page & marketing

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