The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Developer Supermassive Games
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is a 2021 interactive drama and survival horror video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the third game of The Dark Pictures Anthology. The game features a multilinear plot in which decisions can significantly alter the trajectory of the story and change the relationships between the five playable protagonists; some lead… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
373 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
87
LovedLoved
207 positive · 32 negative
95% range 82–90%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 207 | 32 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 26 | 5 | 60 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 12 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,252 of 4,729 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
87% recommend · 188 yes, 28 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 216 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (9,860 of 11,090 positive).
Players widely consider House of Ashes the best entry in The Dark Pictures Anthology. [1][2][3] Many praise its strong characters, especially the bond between Jason and Salim. [4][5][6] Some reviewers note the game is best enjoyed in co-op with a friend. [7][5][8]
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- [18]
This was so boring. It is incredibly hard to stay engaged when this series has essentially released four games that are exactly the same, button by button. If you've played one, you’ve played them all. They keep trying to push these emotional, high-stakes stories, but the execution is just completely off. There are no real stakes or likeable characters in these games; it just feels like a tedious chore instead of a …
- [4]
Second best game of Supermassive Games (best being Until dawn of course) and the only decent one in the whole Dark Pictures anthology. Interesting story with some genre change I didn't see coming, likable characters that you actually care about not to die (Salim alone deserves huge praise), lots of action. If you like this type of cinematic games - give House of Ashes a try.
- [10]
The One That's Actually Playable So, let's set the scene. Man of Medan was a buggy nap on a boat. Little Hope was... a foggy walking tour that lied to us. The bar for House of Ashes wasn't just low; it was buried in the basement. And somehow, House of Ashes actually cleared it. This game is the "B-movie monster flick" the series always claimed to be. Instead of just walking slowly and being spooked by fog, you get: …
- [15]
The game is very good. However, the melodrama that is within the love triangle spoils the tension. There is no reason for it to be there and distracts from what otherwise would have been a good story. I just wanted the three lovebirds to die so I could focus on the horror aspect of the game and the survival elements. Love triangles may make sense with a teenage camp horror setting but not in military horror setting. …
- [6]
(Spoiler warning) The game is amazing and almost as good as Until Dawn, the story, characters, character developments, and designs were all phenomenal. I especially liked the possible friendship that can form between Jason and Salim despite originally being enemies who couldn't seem to get along until their time wondering the ancient catacombs (depending on the player's choices). This isn't the only aspect of great …
Summarised from 34 of the 330 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes talk about best game in the anthology; those who didn't talk about short length. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
House of Ashes received "mixed or average" reception, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic, while 59% of critics recommended the game according to OpenCritic. Several reviews wrote that despite narrative and technical flaws, it was the best entry of the anthology so far and the closest Supermassive had gotten to replicating the quality of their breakout game, Until Dawn (2015). VentureBeat journalist Dean Takahashi felt the series was starting to become formulaic with House of Ashes's release, whereas an Edge critic wrote that some of the systems supporting the series were becoming outdated. Positive comments about the gameplay revolved around the replay value, QTE…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 373 · most liked firstI finished The Quarry! I had played most of The Dark Pictures Anthology games and wasn't a big fan at all, but this finally feels like a return to what Until Dawn was. It's a teen supernatural slasher game with a great cast and a solid story! I also managed to keep everyone alive 🫡🫡 Super fun!
neutral · AI labelView post →Supermassive Games [Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology, The Quarry ] announces layoffs, up to 75 workers may be affected.
neutral · AI labelView post →*THE* JASON GRAVES wrote me a letter of rec as a top performer in his video game music composition class! I’ve been a longtime fan of The Dark Pictures Anthology games, Until Dawn, and Tomb Raider — having him be my #vgm mentor & earning his praise means SO much! #composer #music #gaming #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October: Gotham Knights, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Also included are Alien: Isolation, Dead Island Definitive Edition, Outlast 2, and more.
neutral · AI labelView post →House of Ashes is the third installment in The Dark Pictures Anthology, and it represents a noticeable step forward for the series in scope, pacing, and narrative cohesion. Moving away from haunted houses and maritime ghost ships, this entry shifts to a military horror setting during the 2003 Iraq War. The result is a hybrid of survival horror, creature feature, and character-driven interactive drama that blends cinematic storytelling with player agency. Unlike its predecessors, which leaned…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Second best game of Supermassive Games (best being Until dawn of course) and the only decent one in the whole Dark Pictures anthology. Interesting story with some genre change I didn't see coming, likable characters that you actually care about not to die (Salim alone deserves huge praise), lots of action. If you like this type of cinematic games - give House of Ashes a try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time-loop mechanics, Trico's AI in The Last Guardian, the whole gameplay of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, the Nemesis System in Shadow of War, Disco Elysium... all of it, the co-op gameplay in the Dark Pictures Anthology games, the Alien's AI in Isolation... the list goes on. Stop being a doomer.
neutral · AI labelView post →PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October: Gotham Knights, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dark Pictures: Little Hope arrives on Switch just in time for Halloween. Supermassive Games' second instalment of the Dark Pictures Anthology, Little Hope, is coming to Nintendo Switch on 5th October 2023. It follows Supermassive Games' efforts to bring the first The Dark Pictures Anthology title, Man of Medan, to Switch earlier this year, marking the second game of the horror series to come to Nintendo's console. [YouTube Video](https://youtu.be/AzffNATXXt4)
neutral · AI labelView post →Directive 8020, the next game from Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology developer Supermassive Games, is going to space 👌 Story trailer:
neutral · AI labelView post →House of Ashes: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? My first Dark Pictures Anthology game - you know, those movie-like “every choice matters” interactive adventures with a dozen endings (yeah, sure buddy). This one basically feels like The Mummy invited a bunch of soldiers on a field trip to its tomb - common sense missing, logic optional. Everyone’s hot, reckless, and one bad QTE away from getting body-bagged. The story whiplashes from military drama to ancient demon madness faster than you can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ngl this game sucks unless you're playing with a friend, which then turns it into the greatest game of all time
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game #30 of 2026 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope This was an experience.. one I was thoroughly enjoying, until a certain point hit. A bit too tropey for me, I'd give it a 6/10 at best. I hope House of Ashes is better.
neutral · AI labelView post →Notice: At the request of the publisher, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Friend's Pass is unlisted on the Steam store and will not appear in search. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥! i bought this game bc of the friends pass feature. its like doing an update and turn of the second controller input. lick ma balls man. what a scam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the best The Dark Pictures Anthology game. A must play if you’re into this series!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going to come here and say, with my whole chest, that The Devil in Me is the best game in the Dark Pictures Anthology because I'm too scared to say it in the subreddit.
positive · AI labelView post →Supermassive Games has announced plans to lay off up to 75 staff. The Dark Pictures Anthology and Until Dawn studio says the cuts are necessary "to help ensure the sustainability of the company". www.videogameschronicle.com/news/dark-pi...
neutral · AI labelView post →House of Ashes delivers exactly what fans of the series expect: a cinematic horror experience where your choices genuinely shape the story and the fate of the characters. Just like in previous titles, the strongest aspect of the game is its narrative structure. It feels like you’re watching an interactive movie where every decision can lead to completely different outcomes, which keeps the tension and engagement high throughout. One of the main drawbacks of the entire series, including this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8020 has the best tension and intrigue of the bunch, at least until a poor final chapter, and the characters felt layered in meaningful ways. Also it's the day after and I'm still thinking about the game which is a massive W for The Dark Pictures Anthology (shocked this series is still going)
positive · AI labelView post →This was so boring. It is incredibly hard to stay engaged when this series has essentially released four games that are exactly the same, button by button. If you've played one, you’ve played them all. They keep trying to push these emotional, high-stakes stories, but the execution is just completely off. There are no real stakes or likeable characters in these games; it just feels like a tedious chore instead of a horror game, especially in this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The One That's Actually Playable So, let's set the scene. Man of Medan was a buggy nap on a boat. Little Hope was... a foggy walking tour that lied to us. The bar for House of Ashes wasn't just low; it was buried in the basement. And somehow, House of Ashes actually cleared it. This game is the "B-movie monster flick" the series always claimed to be. Instead of just walking slowly and being spooked by fog, you get: Actual action! A 360-degree camera (a revolutionary invention,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every game in the Dark Pictures Anthology would be improved by having one skeptical dialogue option that just goes, "What is this, some kind of anthology of dark pictures?"
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2023's shortlist. * BEST ACTION AND ADVENTURE GAME * Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun * Out of the Bit Ltd: Full Void * Pentakill Studios: The Occultist * Rain Games: Teslagrad 2 * Sloclap: SiFU * Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon: Call of the Mountain * Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio: God of War Ragnarök * Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me * The…
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the best games I have ever played in my life. If you want unforgettable characters, interesting dynamics and relationships, INSANE writing/dialogue and story, replayability and hard choices, play this game. I do NOT like horror in any media, and yet I've played this game 5+ times on Steam and Xbox, and have even played it with friends and passed the controller (you can chose different difficulties for each player). Absolutely amazing experience and such a fun time laughing and see…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dark Pictures: House of Ashes is easily the standout entry among the four, thanks to its strong cast and some genuinely intense scenarios that keep you on edge. The story and setting feel more polished and engaging than the earlier games, blending military tension with supernatural horror in a really satisfying way. The creature design is great too, creepy without feeling overdone. It also feels noticeably longer than the others, giving the characters and plot more room to breathe. Overall,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably the best game in the anthology, with the unique setting and characters i actually care for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My 72nd completed ✔️ game of 2025. #TheQuarry was another interesting survey the night game that always piques my interest. Some great additions to the cast made it pretty exciting as well. Check it out if you like Until Dawn or The Dark Pictures Anthology games.
neutral · AI labelView post →Man of Medan was an excellent game and I'm excited to play the rest of The Dark Pictures Anthology games
positive · AI labelView post →Your PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October includes: ➕ Gotham Knights ➕ Disco Elysium: The Final Cut ➕ The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes ➕ Alien: Isolation … and many more. The full lineup: play.st/3ZPUSSA
neutral · AI labelView post →My October Horror Game Rotation: The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes Martha is Dead The Quarry Resident Evil 6
neutral · AI labelView post →For me, this game is not only the best game in the Dark Pictures series, but also the best choice-based game i have played so far. The atmosphere is fantastic, and the gameplay is also pretty good. The price is fair in my opinion and I highly recommend it especially when the game is on sale. I will definitely be playing it again sometime.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bruh, yes, I know exactly what you mean. I'm actually getting ready to replay D:BH again because the last time I played was about 1.5+ years ago, and I think I've finally forgotten all my decisions. My husband said I got one of the best endings he's ever seen someone get, and I really didn't want to be tempted to answer everything the same. There's SO MANY ways that game can go/end, and I want to explore them all! I made the mistake of playing Until Dawn first, then D:BH, and *then* I…
neutral · AI labelView post →0/10 Got this game because it used to have a friend pass that allowed you to play with a friend for free. Unfortunately they removed it. But it is a great game to play with a friend
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Directive 8020 is shaking up the Dark Pictures Anthology with new survival elements and an awesome Rewind feature, and at Summer Game Fest, we confirmed that it will be optimized for the #SteamDeck: steamdeckhq.com/directive-80...
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is very good. However, the melodrama that is within the love triangle spoils the tension. There is no reason for it to be there and distracts from what otherwise would have been a good story. I just wanted the three lovebirds to die so I could focus on the horror aspect of the game and the survival elements. Love triangles may make sense with a teenage camp horror setting but not in military horror setting. Minus the melodrama I would recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Play this game with one of your best buds Believe me, its better that way Jason & Salim for life
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Saturday at 8pm BST / 3pm EST, @thathappylab.bsky.social and I will be playing the next game in the Dark Pictures Anthology - Little Hope Come join me & the QTE Puppy for some more silly horror fun as we try not to get everyone killed! www.twitch.tv/JakeyStinker... #abdl #babyfur #diaperfur
neutral · AI labelView post →Fearzine previewed Directive 8020, the latest chapter in @SuperMGames latest horrific entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology. Is it a promising descent into a xenomorphic hell? Or are the cracks starting to show in the series' formula? Watch to Find Out 👇🏼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2jz...
neutral · AI labelView 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 ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌸 Day 41 🌸 twitch.tv/LunariValkyrie Hmmm what to do today, hmmm...Perhaps we'll actually get some pass grinding in? 🤔 Or maybe we'll start another horror game? We've been so close to hitting the goal for the Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, so I'll definitely play that if we hit it 🥺👉👈
neutral · AI labelView post →"They had us the 1st half I'm not gonna lie" after Man of Medan and Little Hope I went into House of Ashes thinking The Dark Pictures Anthology was cooked. By far the worst movie gane franchise to ever exist...Boy was I wrong. This game was fucking AWESOME!!!!! It combined so many things I love about horror. Actual good storytelling and characters, good tension, zero reliance on bad jumpscares, cool enemies, overall great atmosphere, and not to mention Ashley Tisdale is in it. There's just…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favourite things about The Dark Pictures Anthology is waiting to see which characters return in the next game(s). It's going to be a sad time when the Anthology comes to an end and I'll finally have to say goodbye to them all
positive · AI labelView post →7pm pst tonight- Wowo Wednesdays!! (The Wario of Momo Mondays) Momo and I TAKE OFF in to the stars for Super massive’s latest entry in the Dark Pictures Anthology - Directive 8020. We have not even seen TRAILERS for this game, so going in absolutely fresh!!
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m dropping the review after completing The Dark Pictures Anthology: Season One (all 4 games). I picked it up on a 90% sale. Also, I’d like to mention that Friend Pass doesn’t work. I really enjoyed the third game, House of Ashes. If I’m only talking about character interaction, story development, and overall narrative, then House of Ashes is the best in the series. I placed it second because I was hoping for a more mysterious ending, but instead it felt somewhat simple. Still, it was the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Steam] The Dark Pictures Anthology : Season One ($9.86 / 90% off).
neutral · AI labelView post →Suuuuper late to the game, but a few weeks ago my husband talked me into playing Detroit: Become Human (I shy away from Sci Fi games so I knew nothing about it/was hesitant to play). Holy shit. That may have been some of the best fucking writing I've ever seen in a game. It also got me really turned on to those butterfly effect/QTE games! I finished Little Hope by the Dark Pictures Anthology in one night (last Friday), and I'm in the middle of Man of Medan right now. The writing isn't as…
neutral · AI labelView post →♡I see inside him!♡ ♡ twitch.tv/dewleiv ♡Game name: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me #vtuber #twitch #horror #horrorgaming #thedevilinme
neutral · AI labelView post →Utterly horrible. I question the mental acuity of anyone who thinks this is a good game. I will state up front, it does look nice, but that's about it. There is virtually no gameplay to speak of aside from some very basic clicking to inspect nearby objects. Combat is reduced to boring quick time events that half the time make zero sense, and while the game wants to say it has choices, it really doesn't. And at no point in time is it at all scary. But the absolute worst offense is the writing.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Going live later starting The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me w/ @arekuvt.bsky.social !!✨ We're starting the last game of the 1st season!! :D There may be mordor?? Come hang out! 🌟Linkies below! 🕖~7:00PM, GMT+8/PHT 🔴 www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5CT... 🟣 www.twitch.tv/xaelamie
neutral · AI labelView post →In my opinion, it’s by far the best one. The story, characters, setting, and atmosphere are all excellent. The game has everything it needs to succeed in this genre. I’ve replayed it on multiple platforms, and I would highly recommend it, as I think it’s superior to the others. Also, Jason and Salim are the best characters in The Dark Pictures franchise.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →House of Ashes (aka Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure) is still, without a doubt, my favourite game in the Dark Pictures Anthology series. Everything about it is so perfect. The characters, the setting, the story, the monsters *chef kiss*
positive · AI labelView post →A short (approx 5 hours) interactive horror movie where you can play co-op and try and save (or kill) as many people as possible. It's the third game in the anthology and it's good fun. Players will make dialogue choices, pass quicktime events, and make decisions. Your actions shape the story and how things unfold. The story is good and I liked the characters. You play as a team of marines and end up falling into an ancient temple deep underground in Iraq, and you're not alone down there.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope Man, this game had such cool things going on with its narrative but the ending ruined it by making everything that happened not matter. Better then Medan just cause stuff happened in it but boy is the ending abysmal.
neutral · AI labelView post →Another platinum for da books Only supermassive game left to platinum is the season 1 finale for the Dark Pictures Anthology, The Devil in Me. Thought Until Dawn would take longer to platinum but nah. You could technically do this in 2 playthroughs since all trophies can be done in a Save Everyone
positive · AI labelView post →Played more of "House of Ashes". Great interactive horror experience, and I'm so getting used to this type of the gameplay, so I can't wait to play other games as well... GAME: The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
positive · AI labelView post →Wow. This was my first "Dark Pictures Anthology"-Game, but I loved it. The gameplay (or the lack of gameplay?) is rather nice. It's more an interactive movie than a game, but I personally totally like this genre. Gameplay wise, you may can compare it to the Quantic Dream games. The graphics are great - in my personal opinion - but I'm not a graphic junkie, so idk. There were some graphic glitches with some textures, but I could handle them, and besides this, I never encountered any bug.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its b-movie i get it. It has poor writing, clunky controls and those QTE kills me or at least most of my characters. But i actually enjoyed it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌸 Day 53 🌸 twitch.tv/LunariValkyrie The countdown to Halloween starts today! For today's horror game, I'll be continuing the Dark Pictures Anthology series and doing my first playthrough of House of Ashes 💜 I'll also be debuting my Chibi Pumpkin model by @/kudzulive2d.bsky.social 🎃
neutral · AI labelView post →Having finished The Dark Pictures Anthology - The Devil in Me on PS5, saving all the characters, I think it's one of the best games in the series, a great story and and graphics, the only negative thing is the way of saving and some excessively long chapters. And you can play the game in psplus.
positive · AI labelView post →I really love the Dark Pictures Anthology. I’m looking forward to play the next game✨🖤 #TheDarkPictures #DarkPicturesAnthology #SupermassiveGames #Gamer #Collector #PlayStation
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