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Suffer The Night
Developer Tainted Pact
SUFFER THE NIGHT is a first-person survival horror experience. Alone in a secluded cabin during a violent storm, horror illustrator Stacey Linden discovers the true meaning of fear. Explore a constantly changing world and solve puzzles; but above all: survive! From the Steam store page
194 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
74
Fresh
134 positive · 47 negative
95% range 67–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 134 | 47 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 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
137 of 188 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 130 yes, 46 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 176 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (202 of 281 positive).
Players praise the opening sequence for its suspense and atmosphere, but many find the later sections tedious and repetitive. [1][2][3] The villain Mr. Tops is widely noted as charismatic and creepy, with strong voice acting and animations. [4][5][6] Some reviewers appreciate the variety of gameplay and puzzles, while others criticize them as monotonous and uninspired. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [2]
So the first maybe 20 minutes of this game is pretty good! However after that..... Spoilers Once you finish the game you receive and get taken to the new "game" is when it nose dives. Having to pull up the camera thing constantly and then having to wait for the hidden objects to be uncovered makes it very tedious. Eventually you're able to defend yourself as well and with the way the game is and plays out all sense …
- [12]
Part survival horror, part text adventure, this turned out to be a brilliant, special and unique horror game. You can tell the developer poured his heart and soul into this. Great job! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-8WgQXJF_0
- [4]
Such a lovely game! If you are a horror fan I highly recommend trying this. Pros: Great voice acting Some great surprises that will have you playing a game you never expected They did an amazing job at setting up the atmosphere and the villain is creepy as heck Cons: The intro is a little long and chores simulatory Whoever organized that kitchen and coffee grounds should be fired from kitchen duty A few minor …
- [1]
Suffer The Night starts off really strong but ultimately becomes tedious and mediocre. The opening is an intense amalgamation of terrifying home invasion horror while simultaneously fighting for your life through this meta FNAF PC game left my the assailant. It's a great mix and honestly if the game stopped there or continued in this manner I would have loved it, but it turns into an unfortunate uninspired asset …
- [5]
If it's in a word, if its in a look, you can't get rid of the Babadook...err Mr.Tops! Suffer the Night is a horror game that draws inspiration from quite a few horror sources. And manages to make some intriguing gameplay choices split into a few chapters. +The chapter with Mr.Tops is very good. great ambience and if you play your cards wrong you will get jump scared i reckon. +Loved the nods to various horror …
Summarised from 34 of the 189 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
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
74% of the 176 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Suffer The Night. The complaint that keeps coming up: later sections become tedious and repetitive. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 194 · most liked firstPart survival horror, part text adventure, this turned out to be a brilliant, special and unique horror game. You can tell the developer poured his heart and soul into this. Great job! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-8WgQXJF_0
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So the first maybe 20 minutes of this game is pretty good! However after that..... Spoilers Once you finish the game you receive and get taken to the new "game" is when it nose dives. Having to pull up the camera thing constantly and then having to wait for the hidden objects to be uncovered makes it very tedious. Eventually you're able to defend yourself as well and with the way the game is and plays out all sense of fear and urgency is gone. My biggest complaint is getting on the train and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suffer the night is a game that had great potential but fell trough on the delivery. The only scary sequenced of the game is the beginning sequence of the game where you are in your house. However in that part of the game you come to relise that you are not in danger and the scares become predictable and lame. Flowing that part of the game, where you are no longer in your house, the game gets bad. The horror aspect of the game hardly even exist, it is not scary, you dont feel like your in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought the game cuz the villain is kinda hot
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating: 5/10 Overall, the game was fun with an interesting story however left the constant feeling of "missed opportunity". The puzzles were not really puzzles since it was running from A to B basically - if not rather annoying mazes. I also expected this game to be a very atmospheric horror experience since I played the demo a few months back. If you liked the demo and expect the game to be equally good (and HORROR), I would not recommend you to buy it. Stick with the demo and enjoy what you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suffer the Night was just exhausting. I pushed through everything only to miss one tarot card. After all that effort, it didn’t feel fair... The gameplay itself wasn’t enjoyable at all, the lore was the only thing that kept me going. 4/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a really fun horror game had lots of fun with it not really scary but it does its job R.I.P to the Developers dad sorry for your loss
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a lovely game! If you are a horror fan I highly recommend trying this. Pros: Great voice acting Some great surprises that will have you playing a game you never expected They did an amazing job at setting up the atmosphere and the villain is creepy as heck Cons: The intro is a little long and chores simulatory Whoever organized that kitchen and coffee grounds should be fired from kitchen duty A few minor glitches with the scanner made me have to die to fix or reload. Again, if you love…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried really hard to like this game. The beginning was great, and the second half was interesting for a while, but it gets very repetitive, and eventually just wasn't fun anymore so I stopped towards the end of the game and just watched the ending on Youtube. Overall it is a very cool atmosphere and has some great world building, but I just couldn't bring myself to finish it, despite not being overly difficult; just annoying. At 90% off for the winter sale however, it's worth a shot for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first level is fun but everything after that is boring and repetitive
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Endless cycle of repeating the same 4 tasks over and over. All of that just to get to a set of stairs that are bugged and I can no longer walk up. Unbelievable. Thank you so much for wasting 4 hours of my life.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suffer The Night It's a first person survival horror game. You play as Stacey a woman alone in her cabin in the middle of nowhere during a heavy rain storm. Suddenly you recieve a floppy disk containing a game. And this is where it all goes wrong. I'm gonna have to start with saying, before typing anything else, that I'm conflicted about this game. So be aware, there will be spoilers. But I just have to explain why. The idea of this game is fantastic! I love the story that comes with it. But…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The intro sequence was suspenseful and interesting but what follows is a really annoying game of "puzzle" solving where all the puzzles are copy pastes of one another and don't require much thought or effort to complete, they become tedious and are plainly mediocre. The bossfights are also all the same save for the method you stun the boss. There's 4 boss fights in total, 3 of them are reskins of the same boss and they all did the same thing: follow you around until they step on a certain…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is designed to waste your time. Do you like terrible puzzles? Well great, get ready to do the exact same terrible puzzle 4 times in a row. Just avoid.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going to give this a positive review but I must say that this is the kind of game that basically gets worse the more you progress. It started out phenomenally, with all that suspense and scary moments at the house. But then it ended up having a bunch of random weird stuff that, not only did the game NOT need, but also diminished its overall quality. Most of the puzzles and the missions felt lazy and monotonous. It does have some good moments here and there, but that part with the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The pale man drags Stacy into the horror game. Go through gloomy locations, solve puzzles, fight monsters and defeat the creator of a nightmare game to return home. Gameplay: https://youtu.be/9JEOUHmK62M After receiving an envelope, containing a mysterious floppy disk Stacey begins playing. As she progresses through the text-based adventure, pale man with a terrifying smile appears in her house and horrifying things within the game begin leaking into the real world. There is excellent level…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished it completely and got the bad ending unfortunately (missed 2 cards) but other than that it was a great experience. Combat felt a little repetitive after awhile but the new enemy types made it refreshing enough to finish. I would recommend this game tbh. The first 15 minutes are actually terrifying but the rest of the time its just puzzles. If you're looking for a consistent horror experience i recommend outlast. If you want a little horror and alot of puzzles this is your game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all thank you for the bata key this game was amazing the feel from start 2 end was rly good and the puzzles was easy as well I would recommend this game it was fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good morning my dear tadpoles! We’re checking out @TaintedPact game Suffer the Night! Then ending it with some Peak! Tadpoles are welcome to join! Chaos starts at 12 pm est🔥 www.twitch.tv/vanora See you tadpoles soon!🩷
neutral · AI labelView post →a forgettable experience, the first part of the game is very nice and well-crafted, the idea at the beginning of the game is really nice... but after the attic part ends, the game becomes ugly, not scary, boring with unintelligent and not very fun ideas... I never speak badly of a game but this was one of the worst experiences I played in live streaming in the last year
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate leaving negative reviews on indie games, but this entry by Tainted Pact just isn't worth your time. What initially seems like an intriguing premise about surviving a serial killer ends up being a hodgepodge of largely unrelated mechanics, creating an ineffective, diet Resident Evil game. The puzzles aren't particularly engaging, and neither is the combat, although I did enjoy my time with the final fight. There are collectibles that are annoying to collect, and traps that are annoying to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not finished yet, but I can recommend it for the usual indie horror affictionados. First part of the game consists of playing a game on a pc in your house (it's the end of the 80ies), while "stuff" happens in the house and around you. Then that changes abruptly and the real game begins, which is a little bit more reminiscent of the survival horror games of old. There's cassete players instead of typewriters, and you get at least two weapons. There's simple puzzles and sort of a camera that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suffer the Night is not a perfect game by any means, but it’s the kind of game I absolutely love despite being able to see how it can get easily disliked by others. What I like about it is the sheer variety of locations/gameplay due to how the game changes from one place to another, the attention to detail (it even has games within a game that are surprisingly deeper than expected), the voice acting of the main characters (Mr. Tops stole the show but Stacey did a good job too and she kept…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing "Suffer the Night" a horror game about being alone in a cabin while trying to make a new illustration #vtuber #vstreamer #horrorgame www.twitch.tv/cookiethiefem
neutral · AI labelView post →Check out my first-person survival horror game “Suffer The Night.” store.steampowered.com/app/2176850/...
neutral · AI labelView post →(i give this game a 5 out off 10 ) I try to simply speak my mind in the reviews i leave and i try to fully see the game as i really do not want to leave negative reviews especially on indie games. BUT this game is pretty dang bad i am so sorry to say that. The graphics are not good, the animations are not good and the gameplay is decent it feels like playing a Fortnite horror map that is exactly how it feels and looks. The assets are probably made by them but it looks like a lot of random…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the last third of the game, i went down a set of stairs to retrieve a key item. When i went to go back up the set of stairs, i was met with an invisible wall, effectivly softlocking me. I thanked god for this as it gave me a reason to finally uninstall this godawful game. Here is what i think: The game is terrible. Story: You play as Female Horror Protagonist(tm) and get dragged into a game world by Fruity Joker after he makes you play his terrible dungeon crawler. He then tries to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT buy this game in its current state. The demo runs well, but the full release of the game behaves like a power virus and will light your CPU up, all while performing poorly (less than 50% the FPS of the demo). The game looks really promising other than that, so if they patch it out, I will update this review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like getting earraped, play this game. If you like the mechanics and clunky controls giving you a constant headache because you're getting stuck on everything while trying to run down a trap-filled hallway, play this game. I wish Steam had a "meh" rating, because I don't want to give this game a negative review. So far, I think the story is great, but the audio constantly ramping up for no reason (yes, i even turned it down and it's still entirely too loud) and the clunky controls are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6142328/] With 1,300+ reviews, make sure to follow The Cpt Froggy Club Curator Page for plenty more! Suffer The Night: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The year 1989 was quite an extraordinary year. The main event that changed the world was the so-called “Revolutions of 1989”, which saw the end of communism in the Eastern Bloc of Europe. But for Stacey Linden, a peaceful citizen of Sleepy Woods, life went by as if nothing had happened at all. Until one night when a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suffer the Night is an amazing horror game. I had so much and my community loved it too. The start at your house with the story and then the world of the ingame game xD I'm not done yet but I can already recommend it. It's a great game so far and even a bad ending couldn't change my mind :3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If it's in a word, if its in a look, you can't get rid of the Babadook...err Mr.Tops! Suffer the Night is a horror game that draws inspiration from quite a few horror sources. And manages to make some intriguing gameplay choices split into a few chapters. +The chapter with Mr.Tops is very good. great ambience and if you play your cards wrong you will get jump scared i reckon. +Loved the nods to various horror mediums (Babadook, C'thulu,Hellraiser) too name a few. +Animations were really good…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Man I'm so sad that I have to give this game a negative review, the beginning of the game was so damn good and scary, but afterwards it sucked Same enemies, same braindead puzzles, just why? The game started out so good why would you go that path? The creepy masked dude's acting was good and really creeped me out, why not just make the game more about him and not cringe braindead puzzles?| Please put a damn manual saving system, not all scary games need to be like resident evil, also for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First, I’ll say I played on Steam Deck and I did not complete the game as of this review. I don’t know if I will go back and do so or not. The opening was really good and the villain’s intro was creepy in a good way. The cabin/home was really neat, and I was enjoying being in the space, but of course all good things must come to an end, and our protagonist is thrust into a nightmarish “cave or cavern” as the text adventure game within the game had called it. We go through another lengthy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →played for 20 minutes and quit. got curious if it saved so opened the game again and im unable to play it. i cant load a game, cant start a new game... super annoying!!! cant click anything!!!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →boring game, boring gameplay please remove this now
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →~ STORY ~ 🔲 No story 🔲 Not main aspect 🔲 Bad story 🔲 Average ✅ Good 🔲 It'll replace your life ~ GAMEPLAY ~ 🔲 Lifeless/static 🔲 Poor 🔲 Average ✅ Good 🔲 Excellent ~ GRIND ~ ✅ Nothing to grind 🔲 Isn't necessary to progress 🔲 Average grind level 🔲 A lot of grind 🔲 Too much grind ~ MULTIPLAYER ~ ✅ No Multiplayer 🔲 Co-op 🔲 PvP 🔲 PvE ~ AUDIENCE ~ 🔲 Kids 🔲 Teens ✅ Adults 🔲 Everyone ~ UPDATES ~ ✅ Life cycle completed 🔲 Last year 🔲 Once every year 🔲 A couple per year 🔲 Every…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a lot of fun playing this. It;s a very good adventure horror. I thought the mini bosses were really interesting too. I definitely didn't get the good ending, I missed one of the dev logs and one of the tarot cards which were probably paired together. I will have to do another run. It was dev note 11. My full playthrough of this game :) https://youtu.be/WcGoySkdMqo
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not sure how to put this kindly. I can tell there was some kinda care put into this, but it's full of baffling choices. The game starts promising, there's doors and drawers you can open. Does it ever come up again? Maybe, but I feel like I'm halfway through the game and that mechanic is almost immediately abandoned. The voice acting takes away from the game's tension. I find it hard to get immersed when the main character sounds bored while reading her lines, and the antagonist sounds like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →even a fart in a jar has more spice than this trash ass game made in a delusional episode caused by a fungus grouwth in the dev's ass crack
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had a blast playing this game. Starts out one way and then take a turn in another direction. Prefect game for the Halloween season! If you want to check out the game you can see my playthrough here: https://www.youtube.com/live/0yNe-XuFVHE?si=apwNqj-1F626rz7R
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Prefacing this review with: I am a coward. I did NOT expect the twists and turns. FLOORED by how fun and exciting this was. The puzzles were entertaining and the lore was fantastic! I am pleasantly surprised because I thought this was going to be a short game. Can't wait to see more from the devs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RANDOM GAME 17/218 The first part of the game is pretty decent. After that it's just tedious section over and over with the most unimaginative "puzzles" (aka find the right order). ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ garbage
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun ride with a charismatic villain, but felt cheap at times. I just completed the game with both endings, it was definitely interesting and worth playing. The first part of the game for some reason is my favorite, I thought the game would be all about the starting house and surviving that cozy and rainy night against Mr. Tops, unfortunately it wasn't like that, but I really wish for a game that focuses on the home invasion horror that this was supposed to be. The lore is pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not quite finished with it yet, but it's best to go into this completely blind. One of the most ambitious horror games I've played in ages. Tainted Pack us definitely a dev to keep your eye on.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suffer The Night starts off really strong but ultimately becomes tedious and mediocre. The opening is an intense amalgamation of terrifying home invasion horror while simultaneously fighting for your life through this meta FNAF PC game left my the assailant. It's a great mix and honestly if the game stopped there or continued in this manner I would have loved it, but it turns into an unfortunate uninspired asset flip with easy boring puzzles and monotonous trap relay race gameplay. The level…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The premise itself is pretty good, but after the premise the game just goes a downward spiral in terms of gameplay. I am not going to write a lengthy review, I am just going to sum up what I didn't like about this game: It's boring as hell. Combat is pretty straightforward and dumb. The enemies designwise are pretty mediocre and they are barely any scare or threat, despite the buildup in the beginning. The rest of gameplay is mostly walking simulator with budget platformer elements which are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is fantastic, i didnt even check out the trailer, just started and went for it and WOW. Good damn job.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved it. Checks all the boxes for a good horror experience for me. It felt very PuppetCombo at times, but had its own unique thing going on, too. I always need more games like this in my life. The Castlevania style game in the basement was pretty cool, I have to say. Lol.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(All times in CST) Friday, October 16, 2026 8:00 PM Art, Voted Game, Hades 2, Marvel's Midnight Suns (Finale?!?) Saturday, October 17, 2026 8:00 PM Art, Suffer the Night , Marvel's Midnight Suns(?)! Sunday, October 18, 2026 8:00 PM Art (LITERAL POKEMON?!?), Marvel's Midnight Suns(?)!
neutral · AI labelView post →We play Suffer the Night by @taintedpactgames.bsky.social. This game was a really fun time, especially considering its on sale for like a buck today. Got some good spooks out of me. 🎩🤡🔪 #indiegames #gaming #indiehorror #horrorgames youtu.be/0qan1wkhYSw
positive · AI labelView post →she white womaned across the room empoweredly
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Performance is so wonky I got motion sick just trying to walk around for the first 5 minutes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a killer concept: Is the evil in an old horror computer game bleeding into the real world? Do you dare keep playing to find out? Unfortunately that promising opening act is followed by some very average survival horror shenanigans and truly terrible combat. Another highlight: a camera that can 'rewrite' parts of the world. While not sticking the landing completely for me, it's worth playing just for that initial Great Idea. Would love to see these concepts expanded on in a sequel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suffer the Night falls short on every front, offering a lackluster and uninspired experience that fails to deliver on its promises. The gameplay feels repetitive, the story lacks depth, and technical issues further detract from the overall experience. Save your time and money for a more rewarding gaming experience elsewhere.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know much about this game, but I do know it claims to be part text adventure, part survival horror. Let's check it out! SUFFER THE NIGHT begins in five-ish minutes! See you there! #vtuber #vsky twitch.tv/reydialive or youtube.com/@reydialive
neutral · AI labelView post →Great game and I enjoy the hell out of it, the premise and the killer/killer's voice actor. However, you CANNOT REBIND KEYS! As a disabled gamer, this has left me struggling greatly during the boss battles. 5 hours in and maybe 1/2 way through due to it. I do suggest, but keep that in mind.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favourite games of 2023. A lot of presentation, creepiness and well put out graphics make this an easy recommendation. This without mentioning that you can play two different games, for free, inside the main game itself. I could go on and on about how good the game actually is, but I would rather you see it for yourself. It doesn't run that well on Steam Deck, which is indeed a shame. If you want to check how the game runs both on PC and Steam Deck, just press the link below:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a solid one. I bought this game almost blindfolded. (Mr.Top's design is truly intriging) The first part is really spooky and got me totally invested in the plot. After that, the game tends to a more puzzle oriented experience, losing some of the scary factor in the process. It's really a impressive work taking into account one dev did the whole thing. Remarkable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suffer The Night is one of the best indie horror games this year, with great boss fights, awesome secrets and some great tense moment. Suffer The Night is about an entity that draws our main character into a video game that is designed to kill those who play it. To extrapolate upon it more than that is pretty big spoilers so I will keep that to a minimum. The basic premise you need to know is you will be traversing a variety of environments solving puzzles, avoiding traps, using a device to…
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