Steam app 3179730 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 21:06 UTC
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
716 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
17 months, May 2025 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 433 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 283 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Deck of Haunts was released on 7 May, 2025.
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One Year Anniversary Update
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Halloween Update
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Major Content Update Trailer (EN)
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Launch Trailer (EN)
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Nightmare Update (EN)
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Release Date Trailer (EN)
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Demo v2.0 Teaser (EN)
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50 developer announcements, Nov 2025 to Sep 2026 · times in UTC
As you may know we're still working on a console release... and as such, we can use the same controller improvements we make there, for the PC and Steam Deck build!ChangesMenu cards now animate when hovered and selected with a…
philippe(Did you know, you can now rotate your camera by holding the mousewheel 👀👻)ChangesUpdated the custom scenario “Influencer Purgatory” to be balanced for the updated systems and added “Pavolia Reine”.Only apply the pause when focus is lost on…
Patch notesChangesSpill no longer counts insane Humans. For example: a room with 4 tiles and 4 insane Humans will no longer be skipped automatically.Grey out and disable controller selection for text size and auto scroll speed spin boxes when the Auto…
Patch notesTons of talking to players in the Steam Discussions & Discord, talking and testing internally with the team, we now have a massive update for all you haunters!With this new approach to the navigation system, bigger rooms will cause humans…
philippeIf you own Deck of Haunts on Steam, you can now also spin it up in the cloud on GeForce NOW.Oh by the way, you can still join in as a community playtester to help shape the future of the game:If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't…
philippeAfter a lot of player feedback, design discussions, and internal testing, we believe we’ve finally landed on a system that gives larger rooms a meaningful purpose without forcing us to rebalance the entire game.With this new approach…
philippeApart from the changes you can find below, we are working on something big...After a lot of player feedback, design discussions, and internal testing, we believe we’ve finally landed on a system that gives larger rooms a meaningful purpose…
philippeEver wanted to know more about some creatures or extend your card back cosmetic library? Now is your chance! If you can complete all ten new missions...Or, if you want a new room like the "Tinker" room, you'll have to kill 3 humans in the…
philippeWhile we've been working to improve the general feeling of the game, we also made time to create new missions... that will be released in the coming week(s)!ChangesAdded more parameters to the Human sorting such as distance from the heart…
philippeApart from this small batch of fixed bugs, we're also working on some new missions for a future update 👀Fixed BugsFix bug where missions would get skippedAdded failsafe for missions that were skipped because of a bugFix bug where Corpse…
Patch notesAs we're heading into a long weekend (at least in Belgium!), we first want to unleash some changes and fixes.ChangesBalance cards:Chasing Shadows: The Drain effect now triggers on Humans with the Steadfast trait. Because the condition that…
philippeMonday is back again to haunt us with bugs, that we're fixing!ChangesUpdated Influencer Purgatory curated scenario.Fixed BugsFixed unlock messages in the collection for cards unlocked with missions.Fixed the trigger for mission 18.Fixed…
Patch notesA batch of fixes to send Deck of Haunts into the weekend!By the way, if you were able to complete all the missions already, let us know in the discussions 👀.ChangesAdjusted the clamped area for the camera so it can better reach all the…
Patch notesBring out the haunted candles, for Deck of Haunts has just become 1 year old today!🕯️And instead of receiving gifts, we're giving them out ourselves.The 7th of May 2025 is when the haunted domain first opened its gates to let in hapless…
philippeFirst off, thank all of you wonderful players that have been haunting with us since day 1, and of course all those that are opening up their haunted domains for the first time.We've got something special lined up for Deck of Haunts' one…
philippeApart from the new rooms, we've now added a blacklist to your Collection (main menu). Here, you can select cards you do not want to see anymore in the post-night card picking screen. The amount of cards you can blacklist will depend on your…
philippeThe biggest chunk that was still missing was full controller support. So, now it's ready for your Steam Deck as well!While the Scenario Builder was still in "Early Access", some players already used it to create and upload some fun setups…
philippeSometimes, all you need, are a load of fixes!And so, while working on all the planned new content, we've prepared a batch of said fixes:ChangesAdded refund for all replaced room cards instead of only current room type.Added a glow VFX under…
philippeMonday means fixday!ChangesLunatics can now move two rooms in one turn.Fixed BugsFixed a crash when using Growing Unease on the Lunatics.If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll…
Patch notesSpring has almost arrived in the Northern Hemisphere, and we have a bunch of updates to come with it!A few highlights from todays' update: The Asylum room and Lunatic.You now have the ability to build the Asylum room, which will turn humans…
philippeWhile you are trying your best to kill or drive every visitor you get insane, we're working on more tools for you to do so. We thought it would be nice to lay out a few things that Deck of Haunts will be getting in the future, through free…
philippeA quick patch, just for you Scenario Builder fans!For the Workshop, whenever you update a scenario, it will update it on the Workshop if it already exists instead of uploading a new entry. So, if you already have some duplicates on there…
Patch notesThe curated scenarios game mode has arrived, and we've added some of your own custom scenarios to it!Curated by the Mantis team.Now you can play the very best scenarios from the Steam Workshop without having to worry about going through the…
philippeBased on player feedback and all of the extra content we've been pouring into the game, we decided to do a little card balancing pass.Apart from that, some cost-calculations during the building phase were still off but we have corrected…
philippeWe've seen it pop up here and there for a while now... strange building-cost cheesing tactics and players imagining how the building cost could be handled differently.Well, we think we've solved it!Instead of calculating an Essence cost on…
philippeWe've noticed and played some nice scenario's made by you already, keep them coming!The most important fix is for a crash that was happening when selecting a custom thumbnail in the scenario builder.ChangesEnabled playtime tracking for…
Patch notesThe scenario builder allows players to completely customize a run and upload it to the Steam Workshop. So from now on, you can share your own and play other people's haunted creations.Our team will also go through the Workshop weekly…
philippeTime to play around with Puppeteer and Disperse!We found Deck of Haunts could do with a touch of extra "movement" cards, so we've created just that. Oh and, something else is coming later this week 👀.If you found a bug or a crash that we…
philippeWe fixed a save game issue blocking the tutorial for new players. Besides this tiny patch, we have two new cards coming out tomorrow, and something a lot bigger later this week 👀.If you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let…
Patch notesA small update containing some fixes for this week... while we're brewing on something bigger for next week!ChangesUpdate the trigger of the “Curator” achievement to include newer room types. The required rooms exclude the Creature Rooms…
Patch notesWe have an awesome community here on Steam and on our Discord https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne and we decided they deserved a heart of gold, literally.We've combined our 2 brand new DLCs for the game into one bundle: the Deck of Haunts Golden…
philippePlayers have been asking us for ways to support the further development for Deck of Haunts... well we've just launched the first out of two support packs!The first one is a soundtrack pack, with tracks made by the wonderful Aleks Kmiec…
philippeChangesAdded Endless mode visuals.Added controller scrolling and thumbstick navigation to the deck content screen and Rest night remove/upgrade screens.Fixed BugsFixed controller can’t show deck during rest nights.Fixed controller can skip…
Patch notesThe big Steam Winter Sale is over, and we're happy to welcome 10.000 new players to Deck of Haunts!We've been hard at work these past days to bring a few quality of life changes and fixes to the game.ChangesSmudge Stick rework: Creatures…
philippeHappy New Year and Happy Haunting 👻.The first batch of Deck of Haunts changes for 2026 have just been uploaded to Steam:ChangesYou can now toggle the portrait sorting on and off by clicking on the sorting icon.Only deduct the essence cost…
philippeWe hope you're having a wonderful end of 2026, and a good time haunting your domain in Deck of Haunts.As you may have read, we are currently working on a Scenario Builder, where you can create your own custom runs, share them on the Steam…
philippeBefore releaseBefore we went into full release on the 7th of May 2025, we managed to push a demo for Deck of Haunts live to Steam, that you can still find here: The demo performed pretty well, and we were very happy and motivated by all the…
philippeAlmost time for the weekend again, and we're happy to say we've fixed most crashes that some people were encountering this week!We've also added in a "New gamemode unlocked: Nightmare" to the win-endscreen, so more players can see that…
philippeIf you found a bug or a crash that we haven't caught yet, let us know in the Steam Discussions, we'll have a look. (Or on our Discord, even better! https://discord.gg/MhcDeypzne)ChangesMake the healthbar and essence count visible during…
Patch notesWelcome to all the new players flowing in from the Steam Daily Deal. (And of course welcome to all our awesome recurring players!)We hope you've already had some hours of happy haunting, and made those pesky humans' lives miserable.A fresh…
Patch notesV1.21 Patch.ChangesCard balance: Echoing Screams. Default: Now draws 1 instead of 2. Upgraded: Now draws 2 instead of targeting any human.Added audio cue for the winning state.Lowered victory and loss screen resolution by half.Replaced snow…
Patch notesSanta has crashed his sleigh and Krampus is filling in for him. Instead of gifting things to those pesky humans, he's gifting them to you, the cold beating stone heart... in tiny little gift boxes.Your haunted domains are now not only…
philippeCan you hear the bells already? Not the Christmas bells, but the Krampus bells! They are coming closer to your haunted domain each day...Santa has sadly crashed his sled right outside the haunted house, but that means good news for us, as…
philippeGrab the Deck of Haunts x Monster Train bundle on Steam and save 10% - the perfect combo if you simply can’t get enough monsters this holiday season!Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to…
philippeSome of you had already guessed it... but indeed, Krampus is coming to take all those naughty children to the forest!Well actually, in Deck of Haunts, he will try and kill visitors of the house.And, when successful, he will carry the corpse…
philippeThank you everyone for your continued support for Deck of Haunts!The game has come a long way since its release and a lot of that is thanks to all the feedback we've received from our fans and community (YOU!).If you like Deck of Haunts…
philippeThe pumpkins have done their damage, and are passing on the torch to new chilly horrors (at your disposal).Father Christmas has, as you would have expected, been consumed by the house and will not join the party... but something else, a bit…
philippeDeck of Haunts just got nominated for the "Best Game Design" Belgian Game Award 🥳.But we need your help to also claim that lovely Audience Award 👀.You can vote here…
philippeSince we've introduced an endless mode (past night 28) players have been asking for some tools to better cycle and orient themselves through all the human portraits that spawn each night.From now on out, you will be able to scroll through…
philippeHalloween has not only brought pumpkins and candy to the haunted domains, but also unearthed some bugs, which we have started squashing! 🎃We've seen almost 5.000 players join the torment of trick-or-treaters last week, our evil beating…
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| Deck of Haunts Golden Heart Support Pack | Windows | 04 Feb 2026 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | DeckOfHaunts.exe | any |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
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WinAppDataLocal | DeckOfHaunts/Saved/SaveGames | *.sav and below |
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