Mad Father on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.

Mad Father is a rpgmaker, horror and psychological horror game developed by sen and published by PLAYISM.
Released on September 22nd 2016 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese and Korean.

It has received 5,552 reviews of which 5,401 were positive and 151 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.09€ on Steam with a 50% discount.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 or Greater
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 1.06Ghz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Integrated graphics
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 100 MB available space

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March 2025
I wanted to cry when I saw that this game got remade. I remember when I was barely out of middle school watching some of my favorite youtubers play this game. I'm in college now, and because of Mad Father, because of the storytelling, and because of the soundtrack that left me in tears, I found what I want to do with the rest of my life. Create a story that can set forth an entire generation of storytellers. Just like how Ib, Mad Father, and The Witch's House did for me.
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Jan. 2025
The 2020 remake of the game that contributed to my obsession with survival and psychological horror years ago did not disappoint in the slightest. Seeing the refreshed artstyle was truly fascinating, I adored solving the not so easy puzzles and occasionally dying to QTE because they were actually pretty quick and unexpected. It's amazing that Mad Father still manages to be such an atmospheric, petrifying and beautiful creation in my eyes after so much time. As for the predictable and unpolished story - who cares, I had a blast experiencing it in it's refreshed form ;p
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Jan. 2025
My fear of dolls got it’s own fear of dolls. I love the game, like I love most of RPG horrors, but while playing this one I was geniuely stressed because some quick time events are random as hell, and I suck at these. But overall, the story is great, as Well as each of the endings. Overall, love the game. Maria for life <3
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Sept. 2024
unique and spooky, good story, father is crazy, has multiple endings. loooooved it! 10/10
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Sept. 2024
i just finished playing this game and honestly i'm quite disappointed the story ended so fast i was hoping for more to be there but overall the game was so fun and i enjoyed it! worth every penny ♡
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Mad Father
9.4
5,401
151
Online players
13
Developer
sen
Publisher
PLAYISM
Release 22 Sep 2016
Platforms