A House of Many Doors on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.

A House of Many Doors is a story rich, lovecraftian and exploration game developed and published by Pixel Trickery.
Released on February 03rd 2017 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 424 reviews of which 358 were positive and 66 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 10.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified A House of Many Doors into these genres:

Story Rich Lovecraftian Exploration RPG Lore-Rich Steampunk Indie Horror Dark Atmospheric Gothic Interactive Fiction Singleplayer Open World 2D Turn-Based Kickstarter Adventure Text-Based LGBTQ+

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Windows

OS: Windows 10 & 11
Memory: 4 GB RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 400 MB available space

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 400 MB available space

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March 2025

A House of Many Doors' gameplay is admittedly, very jank. Mostly it consists of trundling through empty rooms, on and on, to get to your next destination. The combat is worse, the mix of turn-based and real-time making it somehow both boringly slow moving and requiring incredibly fast reflexes. And all of this is compounded by the game's innumerable bugs, imbalances, and unintentional loopholes. Why then is A House of Many Doors one of my favourite games of all time? The obvious answer would be to say the game's luscious worldbuilding. Each location is described with strange yet perfectly clear imagery, the world is very well developed but it never feels like the game is simply dropping exposition on the player's head, and so much feels unique and different compared to the standard fantasy tropes that define the genre. This world building is definitely what drew me to A House of Many Doors in the first place. But if we compare it to its direct inspirations, the games in the Fallen London universe, particularly Sunless Sea, these games are just as successful in their worldbuilding -- and yet I think A House of Many Doors surpasses even these. What I think really makes this game succeed is in its cohesion and structure. The problem I have with the Sunless games is that while they are in theory at least about the player character's unquenchable ambition -- a central plot thread that the player character will pursue at any cost -- in truth, these ambitions are the least interesting parts of the games (with perhaps the exception of Sunless Skies' Martyr King's Cup, which surprise, surprise is in fact written by Harry Tuffs, the writer behind A House of Many Doors). In contrast, A House of Many Doors main quest is not only incredibly interesting, but is also mechanically and narratively tied to the game's sidequests. To progress in the main plot, you need to explore and complete sidequests, and ultimately this then positions you to make the difficult choices that the plot demands. Through exploring the House, the player gains the insight necessary to decide its fate. Everything fits together into a compelling and thematic whole. I would definitely recommend A House of Many Doors if you enjoy narrative heavy games and don't mind the slower pace. There is an overlapping audience with fans of the Fallen London games, but A House of Many Doors is a lot less bleak and unforgiving, so even if you don't enjoy those games, it might be worth giving this one a go.

Feb. 2025

I admire the creativity and writing craft in this game but it is too complex and lacking quality of life features. It takes a long time to travel round locations and it feels necessary to keep a spreadsheet or notes to keep track. Thankfully there is lots of help available in the forum. Also, while the world is full of colourful characters and bizarre places, the world is too dark for my liking. I wanted to play a more passive explorer type character and not have to get involved in wars or politics. Still, I'm pleased to have tried it. There is plenty to appreciate but I recommend watching a video or two before committing to purchase.

Oct. 2024

A House of Many Doors is a game I've loved for ages, so it's where I'm going to start with my new project of "review more games in my library". I'll be honest, this game can be a slog. I am a person who can easily put on a podcast in order to do boring game tasks like "crawling from city to city in a largely fixed and repetitive map"; I am also a person who puts in the effort to make a map in a spreadsheet to make playing the game easier. The vehicle-to-vehicle combat minigame is difficult to master, and there's a LOT of clicking through storyline options in a city and little tasks to attend to (I do also enjoy little tasks). That said? The game was made by one guy doing frankly unsustainable levels of work, and the art and writing captivate me so intensely I will overlook the boring travel parts in order to dive into the beautiful, offbeat, cynical, deeply humanist stories the game conjures. Each location and each person commits to its strangeness wholeheartedly, and the patchwork creates a whole world as diverse, cruel, and marvelous as our own. It reminds me of a lazy spring afternoon hauling a tabletop role-playing sourcebook into the tree outside my house when I was twelve and getting lost in someplace else, with a far clearer-headed attitude towards power and living in systems of power than most, and for that, I'll overlook any fault.

Aug. 2024

If you like Sunless Sea or Sunless Skies you will like this game. Its a dark -literally dark- fantasy game where you explore a parallel dimension and its strange cities in your centipede-like vehicle. Interesting characters abd sites, and lots of good writing. Lots to read! - I have experienced a couple of crashes while playing it, but still good value 8 out of 10.

July 2024

A sort of "FTL" mixed with the vibes of "the night cage" and "kingdom death monster" the game is glitchy and a bit slow, but if you like reading, this might be for you.

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10.99€

7.9

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Developer

Pixel Trickery

Publisher

Pixel Trickery

Release 03 Feb 2017

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