The Painscreek Killings on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

The Painscreek Killings is a investigation, mystery and exploration game developed and published by EQ Studios.
Released on September 27th 2017 is available only on Windows in 14 languages: English, Japanese, Russian, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Hungarian, Korean, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 5,092 reviews of which 4,641 were positive and 451 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit
  • Processor: i3-2120 @3.3GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 745 (or AMD equivalent)
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 11 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: *Subject to change after updates

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March 2025
One of, if not THE best detective/mystery game I have ever played. Extremely underrated. I will always be looking for another game like this. I love how it's completely open with no quests or guidance. You follow the clues you discover and you better take good notes. One of the games where I wish I could wipe my memory and play again.
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Oct. 2024
I sat down to try it before bed. It told me to take notes, so I did. Next thing I know it's 5 hours later and 4AM and the only reason I'm stopping is because my brain's slowing down; if it wasn't I'd keep going just to figure more of it out. This scratches an itch I haven't had scratched since Gone Home first came out, and it goes much further than that. The feeling of canvasing the different areas searching for details, taking notes, and making connections between something you just found with something you wrote down a few hours ago feels incredible! It does a fantastic job at building dread too as you learn more and more about what's gone on... My only complaint? Its music needs to be longer. A 20-30sec loop isn't nearly enough to not make it annoying while taking notes. After awhile I muted the music and just had something else playing in my ears. Give it a shot if you enjoy deduction. The "Aha!" moments this game has is second to none, and I don't think I'm close to being done.
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Sept. 2024
Requirements: A notepad or something similar for taking notes. Caution: Contains horror elements, including jump scares. - 메모장 필요. - 깜놀 주의.
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Aug. 2024
I absoloutly loved this game - MAKE YOUR OWN NOTES AS THEY ADVISE - i felt like a real detective trying to link all the pieces of the puzzle together, figure out who was linked to who - every step of the way you were figuring something else about someone, you were lead in different directions and had you doubting yourself - played all day couldnt stop until i solved it!
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June 2024
Engaging story and puzzles. The only downside for me is that it requires taking A LOT of notes, I love when a game makes you take notes but this is just too much, an in-game feature similar to the mental palace from Alan Wake II would've been perfect. Anyway the game is totally worth it for 5€.
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The Painscreek Killings
8.8
4,641
451
Online players
16
Developer
EQ Studios
Publisher
EQ Studios
Release 27 Sep 2017
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