Box of Broken Nails
First-person psychological horror about keeping a mysterious door boarded shut
Cdodge, trushkeen · Published by Cdodge · Released Nov 11, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 97% of 206
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 14 in 30 days
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 9 months ago
- Jan 22, 2026
What is Box of Broken Nails?
This linear, first-person horror game takes place in a house where something is trying to break out through a door. You gather resources from the rooms and use a hammer and nails to secure planks across it as the routine changes over time. The story unfolds through play rather than notes or audio logs.
For you if...
- +you prefer short horror games with surreal settings
Not for you if...
- −you want branching stories with several possible endings
What players say
97% of 206 reviews are positive · 100% of 14 in the last 30 days
Players praise the atmosphere and the tension created by a simple household task. Some find the story's themes difficult to interpret.
Screenshots and trailer
Box of Broken Nails system requirements
Minimum: 1 GB VRAM+, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Box of Broken Nails?
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- OS
- Windows 10+
- Processor
- Ryzen 3 1200 / Intel Core i3 5100
- Graphics
- 1 GB VRAM+
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10+
- Processor
- Ryzen 3 1200 / Intel Core i3 5100
- Graphics
- 1 GB VRAM+
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Does Box of Broken Nails have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Box of Broken Nails run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Danish, Indonesian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Finnish, Czech, Swedish, Japanese.
Does Box of Broken Nails 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
