Playing House

First-person psychological horror about a father's unsettling day of pretend play

鬱薔薇檸檬(UtubaraLemon) · Released Sep 25, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 201
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 11 months ago; Nov 5, 2025
Minimum PC: (R) Iris(R) Xe Family; 0 GB RAM · 0 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Playing House?

You play as Haruma, a father visiting a park with his daughter Naori, in a first-person horror game. Following her pretend-play guidebook, you complete missions involving errands, mini-games, and confrontations with unexpected intruders.

For you if...

+you like searching for secrets and unlocking alternate endings

Not for you if...

−you want to play cooperatively with friends

What players say

94% of 201 reviews are positive

Players praise the emotional father-daughter story and the contrast between cute presentation and unsettling horror. Some find parts of the plot confusing.

Screenshots and trailer

Playing House system requirements

Minimum: (R) Iris(R) Xe Family, 0 GB RAM, 0 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS: windows 11 64 bit
Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7
Graphics: intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics Family
Memory: 16 MB RAM
Storage: 10 MB available space

Does Playing House have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Single-player

Does Playing House 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: 21
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil.

Does Playing House use AI-generated content?

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

For languages other than Japanese (English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Korean), translations were made using ChatGPT localization. Therefore, some expressions may appear unnatural.

The statement mentions: Text & translations

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