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Emily Wants To Play
Developer Shawn Hitchcock
Emily Wants to Play is a 2015 survival horror video game created by indie developer Shawn Hitchcock. The game was first released for macOS and Windows on December 10, 2015. It was later released for iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Oculus Rift in 2016. A sequel titled Emily Wants to Play Too was released on December 13, 2017. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
171 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
109 positive · 47 negative
95% range 62–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 109 | 47 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
823 of 1,071 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
71% recommend · 115 yes, 47 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 162 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (1,830 of 2,331 positive).
Many reviewers criticize the heavy reliance on RNG, particularly in later hours. [1][2][3] Some players enjoy the nostalgic, simple horror gameplay and recommend it for its price. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
hell no.. the last night of this godforsaken game is strictly rng gambling... but in this instance gambling would be a better and more viable option than this pos dogs* game. f* emily, f* kiki, f* that b* a* big booty clown, and chesters nerdy a*. cant stand this. pls help. im losing my sanity by the minute.
- [4]
Joguinho de terror que conheci em 2016 pelo Games Eduuu, finalmente peguei pra jogar e aproveitei pra fazer 100% já que era de boa. Bom jogo no geral, ele melhora a "fórmula FNAF" de um jeito criativo e diferente te colocando pra sobreviver até às 6AM e até que tem um história até interessante, apesar de simples. Minha única crítica seria o fato de que nas primeiras horas não se tem muito o que fazer depois que você …
- [8]
If you’re really bad at horror games, this one is actually great for you. I’m not great with them either, but I tried to play it as scarily as possible (home alone, headphones at high volume, in the dark) and nearly had a heart attack! Using headphones makes it even scarier. The graphics aren’t amazing, but the sound design and eerie atmosphere definitely succeed in making you feel terrified. That said, the monsters …
- [5]
The first four hours are relatively easy. The fifth hour however is very challenging as you have to deal with the other dolls at the same time, and it can be very overwhelming. Scary game ngl! For $5 it's definitely worth it
- [6]
4/5 Fun classical horror game. Must buy!
Summarised from 34 of the 177 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
71% of the 162 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Emily Wants To Play. The complaint that keeps coming up: final hour relies too much on RNG. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
For the original game (Emily Wants to Play), review aggregator Metacritic found that the game received "generally favourable reviews". Gamespew praised the game's creation of a "disconcerting atmosphere" and effective jumpscares, but found the gameplay to be overly luck-based in luck at times. Similarly, Digitally Downloaded praised the effectiveness of the game's jumpscares but ultimately found it "difficult to get invested" in.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 171 · most liked firsta cool horror game. the goal is to survive until 5 a.m. you will be hunted by dolls and Emily.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I saw Markiplier and H20Delirious play this game YEARS ago way back when it came out. 9 years passed, I forgot everything about the game, and decided to play it all on my own and it scared me just as much now as it did then! Below is a Youtube playlist of me playing the game if anyone's interested! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpyfkkqSub2FjQDv_GV6Vac24j6n3lOp3&si=88qLw-h_u0o-Tit6
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hell no.. the last night of this godforsaken game is strictly rng gambling... but in this instance gambling would be a better and more viable option than this pos dogs* game. f* emily, f* kiki, f* that b* a* big booty clown, and chesters nerdy a*. cant stand this. pls help. im losing my sanity by the minute.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🖥️ Graphics 🖥️ 🔲 You forget what reality is 🔲 Beautiful 🔲 Good 🔲 Decent ☑️ Bad 🔲 Don‘t look too long at it 🔲 MS-DOS 🎮 Gameplay 🎮 🔲 Very good 🔲 Good 🔲 It‘s just gameplay ☑️ Mehh 🔲 Watch paint dry instead 🔲 Just don't ☠️ Difficulty ☠️ 🔲 Just press 'W' ☑️ Easy 🔲 Significant brain usage 🔲 Easy to learn / Hard to master 🔲 Difficult 🔲 Dark Souls ⛏️ Grind ⛏️ ☑️ Nothing to grind 🔲 Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks 🔲 Isnt necessary to progress 🔲 Average grind level 🔲 Too…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →About 10 minutes in, when the game stops being scary, you realise the biggest threat is RNG and a poorly made game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Emily is waiting for you in the bed...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ scary and fun mechanic - sometimes unfair combinations of enemies
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game sucks ass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know how I'm feeling right now. I had such a good impression of the game when I was younger and spent hours watching Youtubers playing it, but now... The RNG is complete bu11sh1t, you must be lucky not to get stuck in a doorway or get chased by Chester while Mr. Tatters is active. I'd recommend passing on this game if you want to preserve your good memories of it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Come watch me play a horror game where I just try to get to work - Emily Wants to Play Too by Shawn Hitchcock #letsplay #streamer #gameplay #indie #indiegame youtu.be/nRFtJQdNrIk
neutral · AI labelView post →I just wanted to touch Emily
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You literally can't move an attometer without getting molested
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Scary and stressful, but the final requires a lot of much luck to get through which is pretty annoying.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was one of my favorite games to 100%, challenging and great gameplay loop. once I figured out what to do, it was on. very entertaining for such an simple loop, would recommend if you got a weekend to spare.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Emily Wants To Play, developed by Shawn Hitchcock and published by Hitchcock Games, is a tense, minimalist horror experience that distills fear down to its most essential ingredients—darkness, uncertainty, and the feeling of being watched. The game begins innocently enough as you take on the role of a pizza delivery man making what seems like a routine stop late at night. When you step inside the house, however, the door locks behind you, and what should have been a quick transaction turns into…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you’re really bad at horror games, this one is actually great for you. I’m not great with them either, but I tried to play it as scarily as possible (home alone, headphones at high volume, in the dark) and nearly had a heart attack! Using headphones makes it even scarier. The graphics aren’t amazing, but the sound design and eerie atmosphere definitely succeed in making you feel terrified. That said, the monsters aren’t very fair to play against, and the story is minimal to nonexistent.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warning dont get tricked by this game's tags, it does not have Multiplayer at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →eek!! ahh!! scary
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SpongeBob: "Congratulations, sir. Your Krabby Patty pizza is here!" Customer: "Wow, thanks! I've been dyin' for one of these. It... [looks at the order] Where's my drink?" SpongeBob: "What drink?" Customer: "My drink! My Diet Dr. Kelp? Don't tell me you forgot my drink!" SpongeBob: "But, you didn't order any..." Customer: "How am I supposed to eat this pizza without my DRINK?!" SpongeBob: "But... but..." Customer: "Didn't you ever once think of the customer?! You call yourself a delivery boy?!…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →without a doubt one of the scariest and stressful games ive ever played
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is funny and scary until the fith hour. Then it become boring and tedious, because you only win if you have luck.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4/5 Fun classical horror game. Must buy!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i didnt play this for 9 hours, more like 1. i had friends over, we decided to play a horror game i bought this and we never got past like the 3 hour. it's fantastic if ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ your pants is something you like
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The clock is directly pulled from a computer game called Emily Wants to Play. Check it out!! Very nightmare, very Anti-Hero mv
neutral · AI labelView post →New video up ^^ This is the final hour of Emily Wants to Play that I promised to finish from the Halloween Stream. Hope you guys enjoy my suffering XD lmao #EmilyWantsToPlay youtu.be/QwcWttw0i5g
neutral · AI labelView post →Janky mess that isn't scary nor fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty ok horror game, characters look subpar but it's a $5 game so what can you really expect. No instructions from what I could find, so either you look up a guide or go through death loops til it clicks. At 5 AM I was finding Emily too quickly, and would just die because she would despawn??? as the timer continues to tick. If you're in the edge of the dining room and Chester spawns, you can still die because it registers you being in the living room?? unless it's a bug. Overall, good for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first four hours are relatively easy. The fifth hour however is very challenging as you have to deal with the other dolls at the same time, and it can be very overwhelming. Scary game ngl! For $5 it's definitely worth it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun little game. I remember watching this way back in 2016.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice goofy spooky game, brings back 2015 vibes. Also, always do the opposite of what the board says, thank me later.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →kiki so sexy i had an erection trough the whole game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the stupidest garbage game ever invented. Kiki takes way too mfing long and completely ruins the last round. 20 seconds to wait for kiki is ridiculous. Idk what moron thought that was a good idea, but you are stupid af. So this is a stupid game and I am never playing it again. If anyone wants to throw their money and time away and be stupid, then go ahead and buy this garbage stupid game. Goodbye
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. Though i hate dolls so it makes it even more terrifying. Its so much must fun, and im having a great time playing it. Got through the first two hours so far. Now gotta make it past Chester.. Here is my first video of it if interested in watching. Thanks in advance! https://youtu.be/Zuwd55D45Tk
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looking for mutuals / people to game with ! - PC Gaming - COD Zombies - Dead By Daylight - Minecraft - Outlast - FNAF - Scrutinized - BigFoot - Emily Wants to Play - Friday The 13th - Killer Klowns From Outer Space - Demonologist #TwtMutuals
neutral · AI labelView post →Do not trust her guys, she doesnt want to play :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Literally hate this game, curse 14 year old me for buying this game and not having the balls to play it at the time; past me subjected current me to this miserable experience. Oh, almost forgot to mention, VR IS VERY BROKEN AND WILL REMAIN BROKEN. Do not buy this for the VR or at all really.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →honestly, a good classic game. ive watched dashiegames play this game over a million times.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kiki can kiss my ass
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →youtubers playing this games is a classic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Always thought this game was too scary as a kid, so why did I decide to do this in VR. Very good, go buy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I still can't figure out how to win but I still play this with my brother.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awful, AWFUL game full of cheater bo beater mc double patty no feeters. Stupid puppets and their stupid mechanics and their stupid little cheating thingamabooby bobucurse-a-rino papachino ding a ling ding dong dang game. Anyways, it was fine.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →emily touched me i dont want to play anymore
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game gave me aids
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hour five is chance based dawg
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i dont remeber bbuyign or p0layign but 2 scare
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First four hours/nights were very fun/challenging to play throwing multiple different mechanics at you, with a little bit of RNG mixed into it. Had a lot of good scares and a fun time until hour 5 came around, last hour was complete RNG, half the mechanics felt like it was a 70/30 coin flip on if they'd actually work, and the amount of RNG became much worse.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The horror is so poorly executed with the only "scary" thing being jumpscares. These jumpscares get old and frustrating rather than scary after the third one. It relies on rng for each night and when you get bad rng and get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ by chester and the clown ♥♥♥♥♥♥ you can't do ♥♥♥♥. 0/10 spend your money elsewhere.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not my proudest nut
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →games mid needs more nudity and beer
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A survive-the-night game that requires you to learn the mechanics of each character if you want to make it through each hour before your escape. I had this in my wishlist for a while, not sure what to expect and maybe had I played this years ago I might have felt different but it is really rough. For starters it’s not actually clear when the gameplay starts. There’s also some sort of active issue where encountering a character in the start of the game causes the game to crash consistently. You…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Emily Wants to Play is a really fun horror game that manages to be creepy without being overly complicated. The atmosphere is unsettling, and the different characters each have their own mechanics, which keeps you constantly on edge. The jumpscares are effective, and trying to figure out how to survive each night makes the game surprisingly challenging. I really enjoyed the tension and the feeling of never knowing what was going to happen next. It’s not the longest horror game, but it’s…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horror game with some jumpscares that legitimately terrified me. The game is simple in design, just survive til 5am and leave. If you like indie horror games you will like this, but they really don't give you much direction except survive which would frustrate new players to the genre.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game stole my soul many times and is honestly really fun if you want a little game that has a smallish story that has various types of threats you will have to be dealing with over the course of a couple hours(Kinda like FNAF with the time relation but first person and not staring at a computer monitor like I'm not doing that already as we speak). It's really cheap and you can get both games even cheaper together in a deal every now and then, which I'll 100% be giving the 2nd game a go in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute hell. Trying to finish 5am compared to Emilly Wants To Play 2
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is nostalgia overload. along with the mid 2010's horror gaming era, this game was a staple. I've played this game and 100%'d it at LEAST a dozen times within the past ten years over multiple different console accounts, and I can say this game even while flawed is one of my favorite games and comfort games of all time. This most recent playthrough I've experienced things i never have before after a dozen playthroughs. Unless your into niche clunky goofy ahh indie horror games, skip…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i have this game on xbox also if you use the right tools for streaming it does make it interactive but over all i like the game stand alone or interactive ways
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Emily Wants To Play is a tight, atmospheric horror experience that nails tension through simplicity and pacing rather than spectacle. You play as a pizza delivery person trapped in a house with a mysterious girl named Emily and her three creepy dolls, each with unique behaviors that you must learn and adapt to if you want to survive the night. The game cleverly blends observation, pattern recognition, and quick decision-making — every unexpected noise or movement keeps you on edge. What makes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the record I wanted to pirate this game but somehow no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ credible pirate site had it so I just bought it on sale. Do I regret my purchase?- Yes and I'm gonna list all my grievences here. I did try to beat the game legit for the first 3 hours but because of a certain enemy that turns off the lights and I didn't have the flashlight (I'll talk about this in a bit) which made it an rng hellscape because of a second enemy so I had to start a new game until I found it and resorted to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Live now: Facing my fears in Emily Wants To Play! Dolls, jumpscares, and poor life choices await. Game: Emily Wants To Play. Dad joke: Why don’t ghosts like rain? It dampens their spirits. 👉 twitch.tv/beardeddad1987
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