Steam app 624270 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:15 UTC
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?
459 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
109 months, September 2017 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, 202 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, 257 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
The Painscreek Killings was released on 27 Sep, 2017.
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33 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Sep 2018 to Mar 2026 · times in UTC
Hi everyone, We’ve received many inquiries from fans asking whether the soundtrack for The Painscreek Killings would ever be released. We truly appreciate the continued interest and support. Originally, we did not plan to release the…
EQ Studios11/30/2024: Changed all locks to start at 0. ex. 6 digit lock will be 000000. Changes to how items are rotated while being Inspected.
Patch notes7/24/2024: 1. Added 3200x2000 resolution. 2. Fixed an issue with Andrew's House. This fix will only work on save datas that didn't already run into this issue. If you left Andrew's house after interacting with his journal, and didn't…
Patch notesHi everyone! Recently Vote 4 Holt published an essay style video about mystery games and featured The Painscreek Killings as his case study. He invited 4 players to play The Painscreek Killings and compiled their approach to the game and…
EQ StudiosHi everyone! We have released The Making of The Painscreek Killings to be available for purchase! To celebrate launch week, it will also be 10% off. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30706722/87a43c3e23ba2676653812b3952c2255252e167b.png…
EQ StudiosHi everyone, Indiegogo reached out to us and we have decided to continue the Scene Investigators Kickstarter campaign on their platform. For those who have missed the Kickstarter campaign, The Making of The Painscreek Killings will be…
EQ StudiosHi everyone, We are currently developing 'The Making of The Painscreek Killings', a 90+ pages jam-packed information on how TPK was created from beginning to end. It is currently available on Scene Investigators' Kickstarter page as part of…
EQ StudiosHi everyone! We would like to inform you that a Kickstarter launch for Scene Investigators is well underway. It has been approved and a pre-launch page is up. Scene Investigators has been entirely self-funded from the start of its…
EQ StudiosHi everyone! It's been a while since we posted news other than patch notes. Today, we'd like to share with you the interview video our game director had with Arc Xcala from Kyber Cave Productions about how The Painscreek Killings was…
EQ Studios7/6/2022: 1. Added 3840x1600 and 5120x2160 resolutions. 2. Made Controller Settings scale better to different aspect ratios. Let us know if you face any scaling issues with specific resolutions.
Patch notes6/25/2022: 1. Fixed some typos and grammatical errors. 2. Removed one instance of a note that could be found in two different locations.
Patch notes1/10/2022: 1. Fixed 3840x2160 resolution. 2. Enabled Sprint Toggle and Subtitles on by default. 3. Fixed an issue where if you delete saveoptionsData.txt, the game changes your Brightness to 0.1 and Master Volume to 0. 1/18/2022: 1. Fixed a…
Patch notes8/14/2021: 1. Added 5120x1440 resolution.
Patch notes6/28/2021: 1. Fixed an issue with 2560x1600 resolution. 6/14/2021: 1. Added 2560x1600 resolution. 2. Fixed a bug where if you complete the game without saving even once (ex. leave the Village instantly), and go to the Start Menu and click…
Patch notes4/8/2021: 1. Changed D3D9 fullscreen mode to exclusive.
Patch notes2/3/2021: 1. Fixed one more error in a Diary entry in the Italian localization. 2. Fixed a few mistranslated dates (Spain Spanish, Latin America Spanish, Italian, and Polish).
Patch notesHappy New Year! 1/29/2021: 1. Fixed an error in a Diary entry in the Italian localization.
Patch notes12/4/2020: 1. Fixed some incorrect dates. 2. Fixed a bug where if you Save and Quit while in the animation for crouching, your crouching speed and walking speed would be reversed. 3. Fixed some Japanese translation errors
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30706722/ec822c90240c8bd7b9fa71ef74d63ae124611600.jpg Hi everyone! We've just launched Scene Investigators store page on Steam. Although the game is set for release sometime in 2021, we're excited to share a demo of the…
EQ Studios9/15/2020: 1. Added Spain Spanish, Latin America Spanish, Italian, and Polish languages. (Reminder that you can find them in Steam>Library>Games>The Painscreek Killings>Right Click>Properties>Language or in-game under Language Options)
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30706722/76e105740a743c78db820d63cbdc05ca2c5d4d61.jpg Hi everyone! Spain Spanish, Latin America Spanish, Italian, and Polish are now available in The Painscreek Killings! We're thrilled to bring this to our game and we…
EQ Studios{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30706722/5249a8671837dcec43c09ddf0f57dc4109cef962.jpg Hello everyone! We are so excited to announce that we are releasing 4 new localizations for TPK in the near future! Latin American Spanish, Spain Spanish, Italian and…
EQ StudiosJune 17, 2020 Note that these patch notes are kept vague to avoid spoilers. - Fixed an issue with the reload function. - Fixed some logic issues concerning the time of deaths of certain characters being inconsistent among a few sources.
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30706722/9a8003c9a869d4058e0595fa375b425ac1482eaf.jpg Hi everyone! Korean is now available in The Painscreek Killings! We're thrilled to bring this to our game and we hope that all our Korean fans can enjoy the game in…
EQ StudiosRecently a small group of users have faced an issue where the game would freeze on startup after the Unity logo. We aren't quite sure of why this issue occurs, and are currently looking into it. However, we do have a workaround so that you…
Patch notesNovember 1, 2019 - Fixed a collider issue in the Hunting Cabin. November 9, 2019 - Fixed a issue where the background transparency setting of the localization pages would not save. November 11, 2019 - Fixed a bug where the outputlog was not…
Patch notesOctober 26, 2019 - Fixed a bug in certain languages where you'd be unable to delete photos. October 30, 2019 - Added the ability to download and switch between languages in-game. - Made a few internal changes to try to fix issues with…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30706722/70470b325a2a12819ab0868362d3638c3caeee78.png Hello everyone! We're very excited to announce our next game, Scene Investigators! We are currently working very hard on it and hope to show more very soon. Subscribe…
EQ Studioshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30706722/8800c773338658fc76e6ade16ff10d4a6c077ea0.png Hi Everyone! We're very excited to announce that that we've begun work on an additional localization for The Painscreek…
EQ Studioshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30706722/1aead14feed1893d285912850fb0d2276f6e1588.png Hi everyone! Hungarian is now available in The Painscreek Killings! We're thrilled to bring this to our game and we…
EQ Studios8/20/2019: 1. Added Hungarian language to the Steam Language settings. (Reminder that you can find them in Steam>Library>Games>The Painscreek Killings>Right Click>Properties>Language) 8/13/2019: 1. Added German language to the Steam…
Patch noteshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30706722/be4f305adb850c614d17cc663c39962c39182bb0.png Hello everyone! German is now available in The Painscreek Killings! We're thrilled to finally bring this to our game…
EQ StudiosAs of July 25, 2019, all Languages are now moved to the Steam Language settings. You can access these in from Steam>Library>Games>The Painscreek Killings>Right Click>Properties>Language Once you set your language it will automatically be…
Patch notes7/23/2019: 1. Added Chinese and Portuguese translations in the Language tab in Options. 2. Fixed a few errors and typos. 3. Fixed a glitch where ending text was darker than usual. 4. Fixed weapons being lower case in the ending…
Patch noteshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30706722/de8de92dfefb5f377b5964096c1da5a472bd0c79.png Hey everyone! We've just added Chinese and Portuguese to The Painscreek Killings! We hope that you can now enjoy our…
EQ Studios6/25/2019: 1. Added French translations in the Language tab in Options. 2. Fixed a bug where the Master Bedroom Key for the Mansion could not be picked up.
EQ Studioshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30706722/46723221b090dc8102aa3062201f278d7805551f.png Hello everyone! French is now available in The Painscreek Killings! We're very excited about being able to add this to…
EQ Studioshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30706722/819c5f4353435d3bd5ba69afaa956d8cf09d57cb.png Hey! Just 2 weeks ago we confirmed that The Painscreek Killings would be getting French, German, Portuguese, and…
EQ Studioshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30706722/8c3a9bf59f33e421b9fb5ed00252b9fbfa84290a.png Hi Everyone! We're very excited to announce that that we've begun work on 4 additional localizations for The Painscreek…
EQ Studios5/7/2019: 1. Fixed an error in the Russian translation. 5/29/2019: 1. Fixed a bug in the Mansion where furniture would sometimes disappear from the 2nd-floor hallways. (Purely visual)
EQ Studios4/16/2019: 1. Added a new option to keep mouse cursor enabled during gameplay, find it in Controller Options under Sprint Toggle. (Accessibility Option) 2. Fixed a few errors in the Russian translation. 3. Fixed a bug in the ending. -- 1.…
Patch notes3/24/2019: 1. Added Russian translations in the new Language tab in Options. 2. Fixed a few typos. 3/26/2019: 1. Fixed a bug where the Letter from the Editor would not show up properly.
Patch noteshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30706722/0ad13b8939c2bb98f01c9392f0ece2adaaad5ff0.jpg Hi everyone! We have just released Russian language for The Painscreek Killings with the help of The Bullfinch Team!…
EQ Studioshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30706722/052caf7be24831fb301ce068fcb4db9a7d25993f.jpg Hi everyone! We are excited to announce that the Russian language is coming soon. The Bullfinch Team helped to…
EQ Studios2/5/2019: 1. Fixed a bug where you could get stuck in the Mansion shed. 2. Other minor bugs.
Patch notes1/2/2019: 1. Fixed a typo on the clock buttons. 2. Fixed a missing collider in one of the mansion fences. 3. Fixed a bug where walking into a wall would replay the footstep sound over and over. 1/24/2019: 1. Fixed a bug where you could get…
Patch notes12/18/2018: 1. We added Steam Cloud support for our game. Even if enabled, it will only affect new files, so some old pictures for ex. may not sync properly. Please report any bugs you find in the Bug/Technical Support forum. Thank you.…
Patch notes11/6/2018: 1. We found that an old bug, that despite being fixed may still be affecting your save data. If you started your game before this bug was fixed you may have trouble getting 100%. We now fixed it so that even old saves are free…
EQ Studios10/14/2018: 1. Fixed typos in Vivian and Dr. Johnson's award certificates. 2. Fixed a bug where you can store more than one flashlight. 10/15/2018: 1. Fixed a glitch with items being removed from inventory, if you were affected by this…
EQ StudiosHi everyone. We finished our Japanese translation of The Painscreek Killings. Stay tuned for additional languages. We also have a few minor bug fixes and other tweaks made to our game as follows: 1. Added Japanese translations in the new…
EQ StudiosWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | Painscreek.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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WinAppDataLocalLow | EQ Studios/The Painscreek Killings/ | SaveData.txt and below |
WinAppDataLocalLow | EQ Studios/The Painscreek Killings/Resources/screenshots | *.png |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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