The Painscreek Killings

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 4,916 reviews of which 4,477 were positive and 439 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Painscreek Killings into these genres:

Investigation Mystery Exploration Detective Story Rich Puzzle Atmospheric Walking Simulator Horror Open World Supernatural Adventure Realistic First-Person 3D Singleplayer Thriller Narration Female Protagonist Drama

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Requirements

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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

Reviews

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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.

Sept. 2024

Requirements: A notepad or something similar for taking notes. Caution: Contains horror elements, including jump scares. - 메모장 필요. - 깜놀 주의.

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!

March 2024

I absolutely adored this game. Although it's single player, I played on discord with one of my friends and we worked together to solve the mystery. It was unbelievably fun and satisfying, and I made so many pages of notes it's ridiculous.

Feb. 2024

The Painscreek Killings is fun if you like: - taking several pages of notes during a game (I would recommend having different lists for persons, hints, locks, etc.) - getting desperate more than once, because you forgot a small hint that was mentioned in a letter two hours ago - a game that is completely logical, once you figured it all out - a very detailed world with several houses which have individual features fitting the story - developers who clearly spent ages on creating their own assets - a game handcrafted by a small team with a vision, who love the genre and did their research - developers who still write patches five years after the release of their game and who are the first to help you when you ask for a hint Though I enjoyed The Painscreek Killing I really fell in love with it, after I read the developers' "Postmortem" on gamedeveloper.com (may contain some spoilers): These folks were completely new to game development and learned everything on the go. They didn't even have a programmer!

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19.99€

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Developer

EQ Studios

Publisher

EQ Studios

Release 27 Sep 2017

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