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Intruders: Hide and Seek
Developer Tessera Studios
Intruders: Hide and Seek is a first-person stealth game, an intense thriller combining intense psychological terror with the point of view of a defenseless boy. From the Steam store page
171 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
63
Fresh
95 positive · 55 negative
95% range 55–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 95 | 55 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
103 of 159 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
63% recommend · 95 yes, 55 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 150 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (252 of 351 positive).
Players appreciate the game's atmosphere and story, especially in VR. [1][2][3] Some find the stealth gameplay basic and the controls frustrating without VR controller support. [4][5][6] Many recommend buying on sale due to short length and limited replay value. [7][8][9]
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- [5]
Let me start off by saying the gameplay sucks and I mean it. Firstly, you got the terrible controls, for some reason the in-game sens can't be catered to my liking so it's either too low or too high. Then you got the whole premise of being sneaky and trying not to get spotted by the intruders, it sounds good on paper but it's not fun in reality. All you do in this game is crouch, you don't even need to hide inside …
- [15]
TL;DR Save yourself 20 bones and watch a playthrough Intruders Hide n Seek: Intruders: Hide and Seek is an absolute mess. Going into this game I wasn't aware this is a PSVR title, but finding out after the fact, all my gripes are fully justified and valid. That's not to say all PSVR titles are garbo, I'm sure there are a handful of them out there that are decent, but Intruders Hide and Seek is not. Pros: THE VA was …
- [1]
Great atmospheric game! It doesn't have tracked motion controller support, but for what it sets out to be, it doesn't really need it. The Steam controller integration is flawless. You play a little boy who goes with his family on a vacation to their secluded, large holiday home. Everything is scaled up, to make you really feel small, which works great. When night falls, you start sneaking out of your room, and scary …
- [8]
Had this on my wishlist for a while now and finally bought it when it was on 90% sale. This game takes around 3 hours to complete and fairly easy to get 100% achievements done in one run -or easy to pick collectibles up after completing the game in the chapter section! I enjoyed the hide and seek gameplay. The story was interesting and I can imagine that this game must be ten times more fun in VR -but still works …
- [4]
Experienced on the Meta Quest 2. VR only, Spoiler-Free Review! You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/GlDFMFU-TMs This is a narrative-driven game with some stealth sections. It took me a little under 3 hours to get the end credits. While I did enjoy the narrative, the core stealth gameplay loop was simply too basic. It was just a matter of picking the correct route through trial & error, along with …
Summarised from 34 of the 172 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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Players who liked Intruders: Hide and Seek talk about great atmosphere and creepy setting; those who didn't talk about no VR controller support, requires gamepad. Which matters more to you?
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60 of 171 · most liked firstGreat atmospheric game! It doesn't have tracked motion controller support, but for what it sets out to be, it doesn't really need it. The Steam controller integration is flawless. You play a little boy who goes with his family on a vacation to their secluded, large holiday home. Everything is scaled up, to make you really feel small, which works great. When night falls, you start sneaking out of your room, and scary events unfold... I haven't progressed very far yet, but so far I can tell…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌑: “Naughty naughty Intruders…let’s play a game of 𝐻𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓀.” Eclipse on Security Bot duty!! Don’t get caught.
neutral · AI labelView post →Played this as a standard game (without VR) and found it to bit a bit more basic and underwhelming than I was hoping for. Graphics and story were just ok, voice acting isn't fantastic, scare level is maybe a 2/10. I don't want to knock the game too much because I enjoyed the premise and it might be a very good VR game, but if you're playing this as a plain PC game then I'd definitely wait for a sale. Play time: 4hrs for 100% completion 6.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This games graphics are amazing from screenshots and the games internal idea itself is amazing, but as soon as I loaded the game I was let down by a major game changer... there isn't any VR controller support! While this is still a new release, I give it respect where it's at right now. However VR controller support would have been awesome...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me start off by saying the gameplay sucks and I mean it. Firstly, you got the terrible controls, for some reason the in-game sens can't be catered to my liking so it's either too low or too high. Then you got the whole premise of being sneaky and trying not to get spotted by the intruders, it sounds good on paper but it's not fun in reality. All you do in this game is crouch, you don't even need to hide inside anywhere and still beat the game unless there is a scripted event. Also the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How long will you hide? Story *spoilers free The story like most thriller movies, starts slowly first introducing the characters and the place. So there is a plenty of time at first to familiarise oneself with the house layout which is gonna come in handy later. The atmosphere is calm at the beginning however, it gets intriguing as we discover secrets everything became more and more complicated than I thought. The ending however was kinda disappointing for me. Game mechanics Gameplay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had this on my wishlist for a while now and finally bought it when it was on 90% sale. This game takes around 3 hours to complete and fairly easy to get 100% achievements done in one run -or easy to pick collectibles up after completing the game in the chapter section! I enjoyed the hide and seek gameplay. The story was interesting and I can imagine that this game must be ten times more fun in VR -but still works well with the keyboard! This game even tho it's fun -is not worth 20€ when you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →requires gamepad to play, doesn't support VR controllers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing hide and seek just got scary! I already played through this game on PlayStation VR and now that I have a new gaming PC and a Rift S, I got it again. For me personally it's not too exciting, as the Steam version seems to be pretty much identical to the PSVR one. But for people who have not heard of this game, it's definitely worth playing! One thing which I found especially intriguing is that you play a kid, and so the world scale is different from being a grown-up. An interesting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought the game for 18euros on a promo deal. Playing on a Steam Index VR kit 1. Does not play NON-VR... launches VR anyway 2. Does not accept Steam index controllers, so you won't be able to move around. 3. no support from the devs since they are not working on it anymore. All issues needs to be sent to the publishers who also aren't working on this game. Can't refund because I bought it 6months ago.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am sure the game would be fun, but the controls are just bad. I tried playing with a Valve Index using my keyboard and mouse (because no VR controls are supported), and I don't have a controller. So playing with a mouse and keyboard was awful, and probably unsupported because there is 0 explanation what button to press. Therefore I stuck in the garage scene, right after finding the flashlight. At least make keyboard control supported...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is awesome! Some parts are definitely challenging to figure out but I haven't had this much fun in a long time. My type of stealth and a solid story. Also, those save points are not easy to get to which I love. Little tip - don't rush through the tutorial like I did and REALLY pay attention to the house layout (even though you will have a map it will help immensely). Big thumbs up!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Curator page here-->[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/37670120/] DaRevieweD #203 <-- New review every Weekend "BEN THERE, DONE THAT. BUT-!!" Here's The Thing: You step into the shoes of Ben Richter, and your family of four are on vacation at a remarkable pad for a week or so! What initially started out as wholesome fun and quality time planned turns into a fight for survival as three strangers intrude on the property looking for something… or someone? ! DISCLAIMER ! Game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mechanically speaking, assembling a horror game is easy. Get an intricate level layout, add menacing roaming enemies, a healthy dose of scary ambient music, and dim lighting, and you have a standard horror game. Intruders: Hide and Seek doesn’t deviate from that formula overmuch, but it’s the presentation and attention to detail that make a game interesting, and here we have that in spades. You’re not a driven engineer running away from aliens aboard a rusty ship, or a amnesiac-plagued noble…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Intruders: Hide and Seek is a first person stealth game, where you playing as a kid and try to help your family, when intruders get into your house and you do everything without being caught. Graphically this game is not bad. For 2019, it looks mediocare, but it's nothing like on the screenshot. If it would look like that, I would say good, but it's not that. Somewhat animations is bit poor. Music and sounds feels poor too. There is lack of music, which is understandable, but when there is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played on the Index, with very good performance, 120fps with everything on ultra and 150% SS on a gtx1080. On VR you have to play seated with a controller i used a xbox360 controller, and it worked fine. There are parts where it can get a bit frustrating, but i learnt to pay a bit more attention, and not give the back to the enemies. Overall the game is well done. creepy atmosphere, i thought it has a good interesting story, very decent voice acting, and there really arent that many stealth…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bravo to the developers, an adventure game with great atmosphere, and long enough to be completed over a weekend without dragging on and on. Interesting twist 80% into the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Space Intruders", a completely different thing to Space Invaders obviously. I love early 80s airbrushed computer game box illustration, it seems to be a forgotten artform these days. Hugely of its era. #zxspectrum
neutral · AI labelView post →TL;DR Save yourself 20 bones and watch a playthrough Intruders Hide n Seek: Intruders: Hide and Seek is an absolute mess. Going into this game I wasn't aware this is a PSVR title, but finding out after the fact, all my gripes are fully justified and valid. That's not to say all PSVR titles are garbo, I'm sure there are a handful of them out there that are decent, but Intruders Hide and Seek is not. Pros: THE VA was literally the best part of this game. The VA for Irene and Mom really went…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY IF BUYING FOR OCULUS QUEST 2!! Purchased this game to play with my oculus. However, it doesn't work with oculus you just get stuck on the menu where it tells you to click the menu button which normally games that are on steam and were not made for oculus still work you just have to click every button but I must of mashed every button on my oculus controllers 6 times over and I got nowhere I tried this on multiple occasions without any luck. Luckily I got it 90% off on a sale and you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's literally a hide-and-seek game. But gameplay is boring and stealth is miserable. Go from A to B, Go to A again, now - C. Character asks us to use his computer but doesn't give us a user password. Enemies faster than the protagonist and if they were close and noticed you, you'll never escape. Scripts everywhere - intruders patrol by written algorithm, and you can learn their patterns. VR mode doesn't work properly. It crashes or has no sound. Even if you managed to run it, you act with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A horror VR game - That's good! But you need to use a controller - That's bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Girl October. Game one: Ginny vs The Intruders @ Marrek Warehouse It doesn’t get any closer than this! Nine victims, eight saved, and Zeke was the last to go down to my .44 magnum/power drill combo! Man I love this game. #BoardGames #TabletopGames
neutral · AI labelView post →Experienced on the Meta Quest 2. VR only, Spoiler-Free Review! You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/GlDFMFU-TMs This is a narrative-driven game with some stealth sections. It took me a little under 3 hours to get the end credits. While I did enjoy the narrative, the core stealth gameplay loop was simply too basic. It was just a matter of picking the correct route through trial & error, along with some timing to avoid the enemy patrols. While there are some hiding spots you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Immediately the game warns you that it's recommended to play this with a controller: I don't have one. I didn't think this would be an issue however I quickly found that the controls are completely counter intuitive plus some of the inputs displayed on screen are incorrect. Normally this type of thing is just an oversight however, there isn't even key binding. At first I didn't mind the character models however with the script being so poorly written with a plot set up that's overwhelmingly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The devs proudly proclaim that this game runs in both standard and VR modes but they conveniently forgot to mention that they are so incompetent that they forgot to code all of the audio for standard mode so this game is ACTUALLY VR exclusive and their claim is a load of crap and according to an older review it also doesn't even work with the Oculus quest 2 apparently. So we have a game that kinda works for some people's VR headsets and only half functions for people without VR headsets making…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I asked for a refund for this game because it's not worth buying even on sale. The set up and game play are very tedious. While I get that you're playing as a kid and wouldn't be as agile as an adult - it feels more like you're playing as a turtle. The game would be better if the default walking speed felt normal with the options to slow down to reduce noise or to speed up a bit with the penalty of increase noise. An intruder barely saw me peek out from behind a door and I had to start over.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it gets off to a slow start but it isn't really as scary as i thought it would be where darkness lies was wayyyyyyy scarier; It was very thoughtful for the developer to take my review into consideration. I tried the game again at the developer's request even with the discount I just didn't find the game that engaging. I would compare it to Paranormal Activity. Perhaps it just takes a lot to scare me lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →📢📢I'M MAKING A NEW VIDEO GAME!! ! 🧙♂️ a gnome survivor + musical roguelike. compose your killer beat and survive through the waves! 💰buy instruments & trinkets in the shop 🥁arrange your track 🐸BURN THE INTRUDERS wishlist GARDEN GNOME BEATMAKER on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4148350
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW LISTING In this "absurd reality game with an ulterior motive." Players enjoy live music and cocktails while they compete with (and against) each other to sus out Intruders from their friendly Neighborhood. Winter Garden, Fl. Through Aug. 9. everythingimmersive.com/events/the-g...
neutral · AI labelView post →“(Love Is Like) A Baseball Game,” The Intruders, 1968. Another flawless baseball single that I reveled in the moment I heard it 56 years ago this spring. The single, which was a Top 40 hit in the US, was written & produced by Gamble & Huff. This single can be found in Philly Sound’s Book of Genesis.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tried Layla vs the Intruders at Storybook Woods tonight. Rolled miserably during the first game and lost, but trounced the trio in my second game. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm going to start this review out with the most important part first... Buy this at full price? Absolutely not in my book. This took me just under 3 hours to complete. Buy this on a discount (which I did)? Maybe. In Intruders you star as a male Kristen Stewart that's not about to hide in a panic room while your dad gets a downtown ass-whipping and your mom cries at the hands of 3 crazed kidnappers. No, you're going to save the day and not take any crap. End of story. I didn't hate…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not worth the price. It's a decent horror game to play on your own but it can still be really repetitive and annoying. 1. Go to the other side of the house. 2. Get caught, die, and respawn all the way back after 10 seconds of painful loading. 3. Repeat 7 times. 4. Complete mission and get new mission that is the exact same. (Repeat everything) 5. ??? As a content creator, it was difficult to make content on this, especially because there was so much talking, but also because of how repetitive…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Intruders: Hide and Seek Short walking/hiding simulator with an abrupt ending - played the standard PC version - loved the house design / voice acting / rain effect on windows & the overall atmosphere - highly recommended experience !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended by a friend due to the interesting premise and thoroughly enjoyed the game. Great to play in a dark room as you embody Ben's character and try to stealthily move about this mansion, evade the intruders and discover the secrets behind your dad's laboratory. Highly recommend!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After Intellivision Sprint came out I’ve been programming tools, a website, ported the C emulator to web assembly and coding an Intellivision game for the original hardware. You can play daily builds of my game Space Intruders on itch.io paisleyboxers.itch.io
neutral · AI labelView post →Intruders from the Nemesis board game by AwakenRealms. Had a lot of fun with this game recently. #nemesisboardgame #miniaturepainting #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →CAN'T PLAY WITH A KEYBOARD?????? YOU NEED A CHILDREN'S CONSOLE TOY TO PLAY THIS GAME IT SHOULDN'T BE SOLD ON PC IF YOU NEED A CHILDREN'S CONSOLE TOY CONTROLLER TO PLAY MORON DEVELOPERS
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warning: Broken Game! This game has design/implementation defects that will render this unplayable for many gamers. The game is plagued with endless bugs, instability, crashes and controller problems. Many gamers are lucky if they can get the game to run for more than 1-2 minutes. "Intruders: Hide and Seek" is a broken console ported VR centric hide and seek horror/jumpscare first person adventure game. Now, that can be a recipe for great success, but the developers of this train wreck…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5bWpLTQ-jo I'm a bit late to the party with this game, but wow! This was a lot better than I expected it to be. Great style/graphics, wonderful environment to explore, challenging stealth/enemies and a good story too. I'd certainly recommend this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't play this on my oculus quest. It gets to a screen where you start the game and have to hit 'a' to continue. Quest controllers don't work, ps4 controller doesn't work. bummer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really fun game, and definitively played for the story. The art is beautiful, and I think the character models add to the eeriness of the game. It was definitively scary in a different way, and it was short enough to not get repetitive. Worth to get if you are looking for a horror game even people who hate horror games can get through. I would agree with a lot of the comments that it is not worth buying full price, I got it at 90% on Humble Bundle and that was absolutely more than worth it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Could be much better. Very soon you find out the best way of moving through the house, and it's always the same way. So you never make the experience to see the whole area. It took me less than 3 h to complete the game. The story had a good twist, but I don't want to play it again or would like to see a pre- or sequel. For less than 5 bucks it might be ok, but not for a full price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[THREAD] Weekly Indie Releases🔥 Check out some indie highlights! Do you have a game launching soon? Drop it in the comments👇 🔸Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders (May 7th) 🔹Aliens | Retro | Shoot 'Em Up 👉Wishlist on steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2876150/... #indiegame #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Game name: Alien Strike - Blasting the Intruders 🔥 Demo available now, in your browser, on spawnd! no login, no ads, no excuses! www.spawnd.gg/-/games/alie...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Intruders - (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8d3...
neutral · AI labelView post →Honestly, the game is fine ... until it comes to the HIDING mechanic. Once you're spotted, you're dead. End of story. I have tried SO MANY TIMES to hide (cause of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ achievement) but I never get the heartbeat trigger. ALWAYS instantly found no matter what. So honestly, don't get this game unless you want to constantly have to replay the same part of the game over and over again I'd say, wait for a sale if you truly want to try it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a interesting game for me, because it wasn't quite what I had expected. It's a kind of game I had never imagined before: a narrative stealth game. I first heard about it from a FastLawyer review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlDFMFU-TMs Stealth gameplay As with a game I played and reviewed recently, Eternal Threads, this interactive experience is more about the story than the gameplay. "Intruders" has gameplay in the form of navigating the house without getting caught, but it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun enough game on sale- It gets boring once you get to level 5 because you always get caught and have to restart -Note: VR controllers not supported, supports steam controller, xbox controller and ps4 controller.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game does not support ultrawide 21:9 resolutions. It will let you select them from the menu but it cuts off the top and bottom of the game and it kills the field of view. Thought it wasn't a big deal at first so I switched to a 16:9 resolution except it then stretched to the edges which ruined the aspect ratio which is something I can't accept. It isn't a big and popular game so there weren't any fixes for this that I could find with a cursory internet search. Only way to play it then was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Athmosphere is fine enough, but gameplay is too slow. And VR controls are not working - you have to use gamepad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game its self is really great, but due to the fact it only works worth controllers, I found myself getting extremely sick constantly, making the game unplayable. I’m sure this doesn’t apply to everyone but it’s still a shame as the game itself seems amazing. Couldn’t get this working non-VR either so if anybody knows how to play non-VR, fell free to comment.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a bunch of baloney
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OMG, The quick review: Finished HL:ALyx and Saints and Sinners Bored strolled through Steam and found this gem. No touch controller support. Bummer but not a deal breaker. Finished the tutorial and intro scene. Made it to the “real threats” part of the game. Forgot I could hide = DEAD Took a different path an AI saw me from across the room = DEAD I thought I figured out how to get past the juggernaut, WRONG = DEAD This game is AWESOME… Once I started thinking like a kid, I tended to stay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I only played this game in non-VR, with mouse and keyboard. And it is very clear that this game isn't meant to be played like this. The controls with the keyboard sucks, especially in the main menu. The controls are designed for a controller. But I don't have a controller and I don't like playing with one, so I had to stick with m&k. Still it's playable like this. Honestly this is just a mediocre/somewhat good stealth game. What I liked -story -voice acting -the little parts where there is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While around 4 hours short, i think im overall happy with the game. Voice acting is great, graphics are service-able and the story is interesting enough to keep me going. The only downsides are that the game kinda turns into "running into a brick wall" simulator where every new mission will be met with a new roadblock that you have to solve to get to the next roadblock. Also, the game loses its scare factor fairly quickly and is more about stealth than horror. But, once i started seeing the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm really glad I found this game. I absolutely love the whole plot & setting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like good little story line games with a lot of stealth and running get this game I played this using my VR headset (Oculus Rift S) with an xbox controller I really did enjoy the game I hope maybe story extended DLC's in the future :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a smaller and lighter version of Resident Evil 7 and Alien Isolation! By far not as scary as either, but similar game mechanics, controls, movement and atmosphere. You can tell that the devs were influenced by at least one of these games. (admit it! :) ) The music and voice acting is very good, but the audio editing and mixing is a bit off sometimes (why this harsh High Pass filter on the girls voice on the radio set? Turn in more mids and cut off some highs. Then it sounds more…
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