Dread X Collection 2
Dread X Collection 2
Game
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Dread X Collection
Developer DreadXP, Airdorf Games, Strange Scaffold
10 Tales of Terror from 10 Twisted Minds. Made in only 7 Sleepless Nights. The Dread X Collection is a series of small games created by some of the most talented indie devs around, all with the same mission: create the P.T. for the horror project of their dreams. From the Steam store page
217 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
136 positive · 52 negative
95% range 66–78%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 136 | 52 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
436 of 548 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 138 yes, 49 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 187 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (511 of 646 positive).
Players find the collection a mixed bag with some great games and some misses. [1][2][3] Several reviewers single out Carthanc as the worst game in the collection. [4][5][6] Some players recommend buying the collection on sale due to uneven quality. [2][7][8]
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I have bought the bundle with all Dread X Collection in a sale for 90% off (or some value like that) I’ve to say, unless you found yourself with the same discount, this one (the original Dread X One) is not worth it. This is by far the worst one in the series, which is both good (because the quality just improved with time) and bad (because it sucks). Most of it comes with the quality of each game feeling never …
- [1]
Horror anthology with short, bizarre but memorable games. Some are hit, some are miss, but overall, it’s a pretty cool experience for the lovers of all things “odd”. Cliff notes on 10 games below: 1. Don’t Go Out Really short (as in 9 moves only) turn-based strategy game with retro-inspired pixel graphics mixed with card-battler of sorts. You must survive the night utilizing variety of cards at your disposal while …
- [3]
More hits than misses. A highly varied collection that is well worth your time (bar one game in particular). Brief review of each game from worst to best: 10. Rotgut (1/10) This game seems to actively delight in wasting the player's time. It might be alright if that was the point... however, it doesn't really feel like this game has any point to make at all, and seems to have very limited entertainment value to …
- [10]
Overall decent collection of indie horrors. "Shatter" and "The Pony Factory" in particular had excellent atmosphere, whereas "Summer Night", "Don't Go Out", and "Hand of Doom" I enjoyed for their creative approaches to gameplay. "Outsiders" was probably my favorite overall though, with lots of small scares to keep things tense, and puzzle & clue solving to keep you engaged (plus the awesome ending). "The Pay is …
- [2]
A few games are good and the others meh. I would recommend buying it on sale.
Summarised from 34 of the 215 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Dread X Collection sits at 72% positive across 188 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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60 of 217 · most liked firstOne of my mockups from "Don't Go Out", a survival horror game included in the Dread X Collection. This one was fun! Wish we had turned it into a full game. #pixelart #gamedev
positive · AI labelView post →People are always surprised we made Mr. Bucket Told Me To. But, you know us, is that really surprising? After all we've been through together? For the price of coffee in 2007, you can play it with 10 games in the @dreadxp.bsky.social Dread X Collection. store.steampowered.com/app/1296510/...
neutral · AI labelView post →From the GitHub: Now playable (previously worked with Proton Experimental): Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition Black Ink Factorio Ignited Entry Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 MySims Kingdom No Man's Sky in VR mode (regressed after a game update) Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army Soul Interface THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII GLOBAL MATCH VIDEO GAME (924310)…
neutral · AI labelView post →Picked up Dread X Collection 5 on the Steam Sale, and this game within the collection can FUCK IMMEDIATELY OFF... 😂
negative · AI labelView post →carthanc is the worst game i've ever played but the rest is good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No clue if DreadXP even has a presence over here but apparently the Dread X Collection that I have a game in (SUBMISSION) is currently 70% off! (but also, like, if you're just curious about my game specifically it's free on my itch page lol) store.steampowered.com/app/1437500/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm down an arm, I'm on steroids, Five has vanished, and it's horror game time. Def(ication)Con 1. Live with more Dread X Collection then moving on to Dread X Collection II! www.twitch.tv/veggiebltail
neutral · AI labelView post →Not sure if serious or sarcastic, but yeah! it's based off an indie horror game of the same name, made by David Szymanski. Another couple games that I at least recognize/am aware of that he also made are the boomer-shooter game Dusk and Squirrel Stapler which was part of the Dread X Collection.
neutral · AI labelView post →Horror anthology with short, bizarre but memorable games. Some are hit, some are miss, but overall, it’s a pretty cool experience for the lovers of all things “odd”. Cliff notes on 10 games below: 1. Don’t Go Out Really short (as in 9 moves only) turn-based strategy game with retro-inspired pixel graphics mixed with card-battler of sorts. You must survive the night utilizing variety of cards at your disposal while the Cthulhu-like enemy advances on you on every turn. While technically you can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4) Hand of Doom Absolutely ADORED the proof of concept version that was in Dread X Collection so of course I grabbed the full game when it came out and then have completely failed to play it; FMV gesture-based magic casting dungeon crawler type beat store.steampowered.com/app/1924400/...
positive · AI labelView post →also it's not like ted is hard to identify, motherfucker had everyone put his face in their game in some capacity in the last Dread X Collection
neutral · AI labelView post →-- ROTGUT is totally broken The rest of the games working properly
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe the real friends were the coconuts we cracked along the way
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⏳ I like the idea, but the first is already a rough one. Projects from events like these are usually free for a reason, and this is a collection of demos / concepts of truly mixed quality. For every okay one, there are 3-4 bland or downright bad ones. Some are completely unclear, time-wasting, unbalanced, dull, or simply broken. It's terrible when the worst thing in a horror game is the fear of losing or getting stuck, because you'll have to go through this tedious mess again. You can find…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FORGOTTEN INDIES - Squirrel Stapler The most famous game on the Dread X Collection II; a, on the surface, low budget hunting simulator that just so happens to slip into Eldritch horrors near the end. God is coming...
neutral · AI labelView post →I have bought the bundle with all Dread X Collection in a sale for 90% off (or some value like that) I’ve to say, unless you found yourself with the same discount, this one (the original Dread X One) is not worth it. This is by far the worst one in the series, which is both good (because the quality just improved with time) and bad (because it sucks). Most of it comes with the quality of each game feeling never really worth your time, so let’s give a score to each one of them, so they all can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Pay Is Nice: Gameplay and controls are a bit lacking, but the world building and atmosphere is nice. I wish there was more to it. 5/10 Don't Go Out: Card system is neat, but gameplay loop and card diversity is so lacking it can't shine through. Goal is unclear at first, and too simple once you understand. 2/10 Hand of Doom: Cool concept, and graphics are fun. Just wish it felt better to play. 6/10 Summer Night: Simple, but it has its moments. I enjoyed the ending. 7/10…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →During the #womensdaysteam sale, we have some great games on sale! [I] Doesn't Exist 40% off Dread X Collection 5 50% off store.steampowered.com/sale/womenday
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't like giving bad reviews but I honestly can't recommend this collection. The three games that I really enjoyed were pony factory, shatter, and summer night. They were all short but were competently made and fun to play. I wasn't a fan of hand of doom or don't go out and didn't play much of either but they are high-effort and would be fun if you're into that genre. The rest really aren't worth your time unless you want to play games akin to iPad horror games. Rotgut and the pay is nice…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A few games are good and the others meh. I would recommend buying it on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of tedium with little payoff
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More hits than misses. A highly varied collection that is well worth your time (bar one game in particular). Brief review of each game from worst to best: 10. Rotgut (1/10) This game seems to actively delight in wasting the player's time. It might be alright if that was the point... however, it doesn't really feel like this game has any point to make at all, and seems to have very limited entertainment value to boot. All power to you if you “get” this game, but I sure as hell don’t. 9. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend every game except for Carthanc. Carthanc is the only game in this collection that is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Everything is blurry even while on low graphics, the platforming is absolute ass, and the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ things that chase you around the entire map is relentless. You also cannot change your mouse sensitivity in this one specific game, which sucks because you need to make quick turns to get the last piece. AND IF YOU DIE, YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. Every other game is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →clips.twitch.tv/PreciousCraz... Title: A Squid is Fine Too Game: Dread X Collection 2 Clipped by: Cyber_Akuma Clipped on: February 15, 2021
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty much garbage for the most part. Never want to play this ever again. Genius idea, terrible execution. I hope the other collections are a lot better. Barely Recommend: 1. Shatter - 7/10 (Neat walking simulator, ends abruptly, good score) 2. Don't Go Out - 6/10 (Really great turn-based game, shame about the level design) 3. Hand Of Doom - 6/10 (The coolest idea of the bunch, hated the puzzle design, underwhelming ending) 4. The Pony Factory - 6/10 (Best gameplay of the games, scared me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dread X Collection, a fascinating concept serving mediocrity Dread X Collection as a concept is fascinating. Giving multiple horror developers limited time to create their own small work of horror immediately intrigued me. What you get is ten completely unrelated short experiences packaged together as one. One off games, proof of concepts, weird experiments, everything is here. The Pay Is Nice, psychological detachment to cope with one's job The Pay Is Nice follows a professor working…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Since this game is a collection of 10 small games. I'm going to talk about each one of them individually and then give my final opinion. The order of the games is the order I played them: Hand of Doom This didn't look like an appealing game initially with the old-school style it has (I'm not nostalgic towards that). But the game surprised me in a pleasant way. I liked how the spells were used. I would have never remembered all of them by heart, luckily they're all written in your grimoire…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time for Project Songbird, a game made by the dev of one of my favorite Dread X Collection games: We Never Left. So, let's see what kind of horrors we can strum out! #VTuber #VSky #ProjectSongbird #HorrorGame www.twitch.tv/emiko_choroi
positive · AI labelView post →Didn't enjoy a single game... there are better dread collections out there, or even free games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A collection of 10 horror games. Yeah, it's quite cheap. But I still don't think this worth it. Most of the games are not scary at all, and are often boring, tedious and even buggy. Some of them I would still rate negative if they would release for free standaone. Just 2 or 3 of the games are good and one of them, The Pony Factory, you can even buy standalone
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What demon thought "We should add this game called Rotgut where you walk EXTREMELY SLOW, make it VERY GLITCHY, and have nothing happen for 20 minutes wasting the persons time who bought this game!" I've played MANY short games that were made in a week in the last 15 years and I've never in my life played one that awful.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really weak first showing. Neat concept but with only a week to create a game it doesn't differentiate itself from a regular game jam, so right off the bat you know there's an extremely low chance for any game to be polished or fleshed out, no matter how small it is, so what you're left with is a bunch of either walking simulators or neat but badly executed ideas. I recommend just watching the playthroughs on youtube if you MUST experience them for whatever reason you have. Of course, if you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall decent collection of indie horrors. "Shatter" and "The Pony Factory" in particular had excellent atmosphere, whereas "Summer Night", "Don't Go Out", and "Hand of Doom" I enjoyed for their creative approaches to gameplay. "Outsiders" was probably my favorite overall though, with lots of small scares to keep things tense, and puzzle & clue solving to keep you engaged (plus the awesome ending). "The Pay is Nice" and "Mr. Bucket Told Me To" were both a bit meh for me personally. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+++ 1. hand of doom 2. don't go out 3. shatter *** 4. carthanc 5. summer nights 6. mr bucket told me to 7. outsiders --- 8. the pay is nice 9. the pony factory 10. rotgut
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A creative jam collection that swings between memorable ideas and clear seven-day limitations. This collection is essentially a game jam assembled in seven days, so expectations need to be reasonable. The main theme is (In)sanity. Overall, it is a strong set of projects. Most entries are good or at least creative. Ranking from best to worst (imo), with brief comments: The Pony Factory The use of color and lighting (or the intentional lack of it) creates a genuinely unsettling…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hard to beat the value for your money with a 10 game anthology in this game. It's definitely worth the price. The game took me about 6 hours to beat, and the games you play range in graphics style and overall quality considerably. Many of the games are pretty great and would have made excellent stand alone games, there is at least one that is not up to par with the others but 1 out of 10 isn't bad. There are definitely moments of humor baked into the experience and I found myself looking…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's better than Call of Duty: Ghosts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a mixed bag but largely I enjoyed it and there's some really cool stuff on display. (ED. note: I've updated my review to be a bit less harsh and to also fit with the review structure I'm using for the other DreadX compilations) Here's the rundown: Great: Shatter Hand of Doom Summer Night The Outsiders Neat: Pony Factory The Pay is Nice Needed way more time in the oven to be fun (even accounting the quick turnaround): Mr Bucket Told me to Don't go out Carthanc DreadX should…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like a bunch of demos for which you should pay. It is cool consept, if you not thinking about it, but less time - less prorerly functioning games and less good ideas. Loots of games works junky and did not scare at all. There was some interesting ideas and atmospheric moments, but not much. If you like paying for playing some obscure demos, with questionable qualitys, go ahead, others probably can find something better to do.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rotgut is the best game on here. The people don't cognize it enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Little messy across all the games but in the end, they're micro games made for fun. Pony Factory is still my favorite of all of them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent little horror anthology worth investing time in if you have four hours to kill. It features several great experiences and only a few lacklustre ones. I attempted to evaluate each game impartially, taking into account that each one was developed in just seven days. Listed below are my reviews in descending order of enjoyment. 1. Summer Nights - 10/10 Although one of the briefest games in this collection, Summer Nights has been packed with quality scares, delightful gameplay based…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mr. Bucket told me to leave a positive review loved all of these games, but the one called Carthanc, might as well be the worst thing I have ever played. my favorite one was the Outsiders, as I have won in that weird alien reality show . Would definetely check on other dread x collections.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First installment of the already established series contains some great games, some intresting experiments and some not-so-great ones. Airdorf - SUMMER NIGHT First of the two of the best games in collection. Perfectly fits the purpose of the collection with an unexpected twist at the end. Though Airdorf is well known now for hist FAITH Trilogy, first time i've noticed great potential in this creator was with this here little miracle. GREAT Oddbreeze Games - The Pay is Nice Not very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had fairly good idea what was ahead when picked up this/these title(s), but it was actually worse. Most of the games are fairly bad or barebones, still in week of making time can't expect much. Outsiders was easily best one out of them all and probably worth while just to see it and pair others. Did like Mr. Bucket Told Me To, nothing like wiping sweaty poopy butt on [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvcZmeErMGs&t=206s] Mr. Towel and having a nice chat with him.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The show begins! Had to pivot a lot from our original plan for tonight, but instead, we'll be checking out another game I've had on my to-do list for a while. Come hang out with us, as we check out Dread X Collection just before it turns Halloween! 👻 twitch.tv/leftytheclown
neutral · AI labelView post →Well that was something... I guess "Dread" is the perfect name for this collection because playing through some of these games was genuinely dreadful. It's a collection of "horror" games, although I'd honestly say that maybe 2 out of the 10 games actually felt like horror games. Most of the others were just weird and not in an interesting way. They ranged from below average to genuinely terrible, and there were a few that I really had to force myself to finish. It took me several weeks to get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got a bunch of these in a bundle for dirt cheap so I figured 'why not'. I purchased even though I saw that The Pony Factory was one of the games, and having played that and thinking it was pretty crap I knew the bar was going to be set pretty low. I did a quick peek into each of the games and even beat a couple of them in my short time trying them out, and having done so, to my dismay The Pony Factory might actually have the most enjoyable gameplay of the lot. This collection reminds me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, it certainly is what it is advertised at. Which is to say, a bunch of very, very rough proofs of concept for various spooky games, and even though they have pretenses of further development, it's clear they all have a long way to go. Hand of Doom and Summer Night are easily the best ones, if only because they have the closest thing to a concrete sense of polish out of the entire collection. Shatter is pretty cool too, even if its world still feels rather conspicuously empty and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"My favorite of all was the one that ended up getting a full release later as Hand of Doom, in which the protagonist can cast mystic spells to interact with the world around them." Read the rest of my review of Dread X Collection on Backloggd backloggd.com/u/rial/revie...
positive · AI labelView post →I played many of these games for the first time on Christmas day just by coincidence, and it turns out the games read your systems local time and changes assets to match the holiday! Super cool! I bet most players never got to see these games this way.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the pony factory is by far the best one outsiders is the only other good one shatter was meh and the rest are awful with carthanc being the worst one just because of how much it pissed me off
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Collection of ten short horror games My favorite three (In no particular order) The Pony Factory Shatter Hand Of Doom The scariest three (Still in no particular order) Summer Night Outsiders The Pony Factory The WORST three (Yet again in no particular order) Carthanc The Pay is Nice Rotgut
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Walking sim boring ass pieces of ♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished all the games in this collection today. Some are good, some are meh. For titles I liked, Summer Night, The Outsiders, and Shatter are standouts here. All solid experiences. I also liked the idea behind Hand of Doom, but it felt fairly rough, but I know that one has a full game now and this version is just a teaser from way back. For mixed to bad, Mr Bucket Told Me to was an ok experience, but very slow and rough. Pony Factory was pretty decent. A very basic shooter, dealing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This "Game" is basically a collection of 10 horror demos. Some of them are great finished horror experiences like Pony factory, a few of them are more of a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ games like Mr. Bucket told me to, but also there are games that without a YT Guide are too confusing to even know what i'm supposed to do. This Collection is saved by the fact that it's very cheap, so for the price on a discount it's not that bad. Still the best way to describe this Collection would be calling it: The Good, the Bad…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dread x is a collection of small indie horror games made in 7 days. I briefly wrote a review of every game. Summer night Lcd game made into a terrifying horror game. One of the highlights. The pay is nice. Forgettable game which just ends when you think it's starting to get good. Carthanc Another banger game. You explore a tomb and do a bit of puzzle solving. Mr bucket told me to Survival game with a funny theme. Hand of doom Game made to look like a dos game. The old d&d vibe makes it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Real mixed bag here, I really like the concept of getting a bunch of people together for a jam but I really don't know if I can recommend it. But by all means please keep learning and pursuing gaming!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rotgut is an abomination and DreadX should be ashamed of themselves for including it. I don't care if they only had a week. Either take the time to make it not suck, or cut it. Other than that, the rest are decent to good. There's a few cool ideas and good executions of some things, but nothing really stands out as exceptional. Pony Factory had great lighting and atmosphere. Shatter had an interesting world. Outsiders had a cool sort of time loop mechanic where you learn each time you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is highly creative: it's like exploring an old demo CD, with games you wished to play as full versions. "Shatter" is phenomenal. And "Hands of Doom" turned into a full game, which I'm really happy about. Some of the games are borderline crappy but the overall impression makes me interested in more.
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