Haunt The House: Terrortown (v09.02.2020)

An abandoned clock tower sends a tiny ghost drifting into a moonlit town full of places that desperately need haunting. Haunt The House: Terrortown turns supernatural mischief into a colorful side-scrolling puzzle adventure, trading combat and gore for escalating scares, rattling furniture, and increasingly frantic crowds. Its hand-drawn cartoon style keeps the mood playful even when a theatre audience flees in terror or a hospital corridor erupts into panic. Beneath the charming presentation sits a simple race against the passing night: clear each location and reclaim what the ghost has lost before dawn arrives.

Players float freely through large, multi-room stages including a museum, hospital, theatre, and cruise ship, searching for objects worth possessing. A suit of armor, a chandelier, a painting, a piano, or a set of stage props can each produce different spooky actions, and using them near people builds fear until they run for the exits. The trick is managing that panic rather than mindlessly spamming scares, since overly terrified visitors can meet unfortunate ends instead of escaping safely. New areas introduce larger crowds, more elaborate props, and situations where experimenting with object combinations is the key to an efficient clear, making each location feel like a compact haunted playground.

What makes Terrortown memorable is how much personality it gets from a single central idea: every prop becomes a possible punchline. Watching a mundane room transform into a chain reaction of shrieks, fleeing guests, and possessed furniture has the tactile appeal of a toy box, while the broad animations give every scare a distinct payoff. It is less demanding than a traditional puzzle game and far gentler than a horror title, but chasing cleaner runs and discovering every possession keeps it engaging. Fans of Costume Quest, point-and-click cartoon humor, or relaxed score-chasing games should find plenty to enjoy, while newcomers get an accessible and unusually imaginative introduction to indie puzzle design.