Panic Room: House of secrets
Free-to-play hidden-object mystery about escaping a puzzle-filled mansion
GameXP.com · Released Apr 27, 2016
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 60% of 608
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 17
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 days ago
- Sep 21, 2026
What is Panic Room: House of secrets?
A single-player hidden-object adventure set in an old mansion, where someone called the Puppeteer has trapped you and others. Search rooms for objects, solve puzzles, and follow story quests as you look for a way out.
For you if...
- +you enjoy mysteries told through many story quests
- +you like searching detailed scenes for hidden objects
- +you want puzzles in a dark mansion setting
Not for you if...
- −you dislike searching scenes for hidden objects
- −you prefer short adventures to long quest-driven mysteries
What players say
60% of 608 reviews are positive
Players praise the mystery and its story.
Screenshots and trailer
Panic Room: House of secrets system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 (32 or 64-bit)
- Processor
- Dual core more than 2 GHz
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 100 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 (32 or 64-bit)
- Processor
- Dual core more than 2 GHz
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 100 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, In-app purchases
Steam Deck: Playable
- 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
- Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Italian.
Tags
- Free to Play
- Hidden Object
- Adventure
- Puzzle
- Casual
- Mystery
- Detective
- Atmospheric
- Psychological Horror
- Horror
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Hand-drawn
- Investigation
- Nonlinear
- Character Action Game
Recent updates
- Sep 21, 2026 · Maintenance
- Sep 16, 2026 · Maintenance
- Sep 9, 2026 · Maintenance
- Sep 7, 2026 · Maintenance
- Aug 26, 2026 · Maintenance
1 DLC available.
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