Hide and Shriek

Free-to-play first-person duels where invisible students trade jump scares

Funcom · Released Oct 19, 2017

Reviews: Very Positive; 82% of 5,330
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 73% of 15 in 30 days
Playing now: 1; right now
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update: 9 years ago; Oct 31, 2016

What is Hide and Shriek?

This first-person multiplayer game takes place in schools after midnight on Halloween, where students of magic turn invisible to scare each other. In ten-minute, one-on-one matches, you look for signs of your opponent, cast spells, set traps, and sneak up to scare them. Scares, traps, and rituals earn points.

For you if...

+you like short matches built around tricks and observation
+you enjoy playful horror with sudden scares

Not for you if...

−you want to play alone rather than against others
−you prefer larger matches instead of one-on-one duels

What players say

82% of 5,330 reviews are positive · 73% of 15 in the last 30 days

Players praise the game as a fun way to compete with friends. Their main complaint is that finding an opponent can be difficult without a friend; some also wish it received more updates.

Screenshots and trailer

Hide and Shriek system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64 Bit/ Windows 8 64 Bit/ Windows 10 64 Bit
Processor: Core i5 processor or equivalent
Graphics: Intel Iris HD5200 pro or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 20
Steam features: Family Sharing, Trading cards

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain.