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You Will Die Here Tonight
Developer Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
You Will Die Here Tonight is a 2023 survival horror video game by Spiral Bound Interactive. Similar to Resident Evil, the players control a group of six police officers who enter a mansion of zombies. It received mixed reviews on Metacritic. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
325 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
162 positive · 32 negative
95% range 78–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 162 | 32 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 45 | 2 | 79 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
444 of 489 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
84% recommend · 159 yes, 30 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 189 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (616 of 681 positive).
Players praise the game's unique blend of Resident Evil and House of the Dead elements. [1][2][3] Many appreciate the roguelike character-swapping mechanic that adds replayability. [4][5][6] Some reviewers note rough edges like obtuse puzzles and tedious backtracking. [2][7][8]
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On the surface this game has everything going for it: - Oldschool survival horror gameplay * (more on that later...) - Great retro graphics - Interesting and innovative combat mechanics and roguelike aspects - Good puzzles and exploration But sadly I still have to give this game a negative rating (would be neutral if Steam would allow it). In the first 2 hours I was truly impressed by the game. Then you start to …
- [14]
I didn't like this game at first, but after getting the full feel of it and completing the achievements I nearly came to love it. The thing is, it's pretty rough around the edges. Just beating it on normal difficulty is not hard at all. It's like an indie Resident Evil with a meta story and game play. There's roguelike elements, but no random element and no limit to saving so there's always a way forward if you're …
- [15]
YWDHT is an interesting take on the classic RE-style Survival Horror formula that has left me utterly intrigued but also disappointed in some ways. Let me just say: What is here is phenomenal. I loved the gameplay, puzzles, design of the Mansion and figuring out all of the secrets this game holds (inside and outside the Mansion). I whole-heartedly recommend that if you like Resident Evil, that you just buy this …
- [2]
What the Hell? Resident Evil homage with House of the Dead gunplay, its an interesting mix. There are two problems with the game, one minor, one confusing. The small problem has to do with ammunition. Technically, you have infinite reserves. If you're ever low, just go back to base and restock. The reality of this is that, because there are so many enemies, you are constantly going back and forth between supply …
- [1]
Devs took Resident Evil Gaiden's combat and actually made it good? Absolute mad men!
Summarised from 34 of the 312 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 You Will Die Here Tonight talk about innovative combat system inspired by Resident Evil Gaiden; those who didn't talk about tedious backtracking for ammo restocks. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
You Will Die Here Tonight received mixed reviews on Metacritic. IGN Middle East and TechRadar praised the retro graphics, which they thought were reminiscent of Resident Evil, but GameSpot called them drab and criticized the lack of shadows. IGN and GameSpot criticized the music and permadeath implementation. Though TechRadar enjoyed the combat mechanics, both IGN and GameSpot found the combat too easy. GameSpot and TechRadar praised the puzzles. All three sites criticized the writing.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
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neutral · AI labelView post →The severely underappreciated You Will Die Here Tonight is currently 75% off in Steam's Zombies Vs. Vampires Fest, it's a survival horror gem that flew right under everyone's radars and I would highly recommend checking it out if you're an oldschool RE fan. store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →You Will Die Here Tonight is a seriously wonderful Survival Horror gem that plays off tropes of the genre in clever ways, and is a remarkably unique game, inspired I think by the old gameboy Resident Evil Gaiden store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →You Will Die Here Tonight is currently 75% off, highly recommend this if you want a neat as hell survival horror game that seriously plays around with genre conventions. store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →8. You Will Die Here Tonight One of the most slept-on horror gems by far, this is a wildly inventive game that has a lot of fun with tropes of the genre, playfully incorporating elements of Resident Evil and House of the Dead when combat switches to a first-person affair. It's an absolute steal!
positive · AI labelView post →You Will Die Here Tonight is a phenomenal little gem that takes a top-down view for exploration, but switches to a lightgun game style first-person perspective for combat, it's blending Resident Evil and House of the Dead tropes for an incredibly meta Survival Horror experince
positive · AI labelView post →If you want a neat Survival Horror game to play this Halloween time, You Will Die Here Tonight is 75% off and super underappreciated. Really plays with a lot of the genre tropes well, and is super neat. store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →I've been playing You Will Die Here Tonight and it's actually kind of rad? It's basically a top down Resident Evil where combat is handled in what amounts to those first person door bits from RE. So exploration is top down, but fighting is House of the Dead with survival horror resource management.
positive · AI labelView post →You Will Die Here Tonight (2023, PC)
neutral · AI labelView post →19. You Will Die Here Tonight Speaking of hidden gems, this is a very meta survival horror game that really plays around with the genre tropes and expectations, I must do a big ass video essay about it some day because it's wildly inventive. store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →10/23: -Hellslave (GOG) -True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 (GOG) -Lost & Found Agency CE (Legacy) -Fallout 3: GOTY Edition (GOG) 10/30: -You Will Die Here Tonight (GOG) -Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest -Halloween Stories: Horror Movie CE primegaming.blog/prime-gaming...
neutral · AI labelView post →13. You Will Die Here Tonight I desperately need to make a video essay about this one 'cos it is just incredible clever, a wildly inventive Survival Horror that really plays around with genre tropes, it's an incredibly underrated gem. store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →My Video Game Backlog List 2.0: [S]=Series Darkwood Thymesia Cryptmaster Selaco Slay The Princess Disco Elysium Blasphemous [S] Dave The Diver Tormented Souls The Bookwalker Dread Delusion Gloomwood Blood West Pentiment Faith Incision Hrot Forgive Me Father [S] Ultrakill You Will Die Here Tonight
neutral · AI labelView post →I've added YOU WILL DIE HERE TONIGHT to my Steam Curator page, it is a wickedly clever indie Survival Horror game that mashes up influence from Resident Evil and House of the Dead and it's just utterly genius. store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →You Will Die Here Tonight dared to ask us the question no-one else would: what if Resident Evil Gaiden was good actually
positive · AI labelView post →Here's steam pages. Go, wishlist! Deadbolt: store.steampowered.com/app/394970/D... Frogmonster: store.steampowered.com/app/1853760/... You Will Die Here Tonight: store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/... Islands of the Caliph: store.steampowered.com/app/1845670/... Frogmonster has a demo, try it!
neutral · AI labelView post →Not on sale right now, but an indie horror game I've been thinking about for past couple years is You Will Die Here Tonight. Gets into meta/parody territory, but it specifically has the top down explore/first person combat system from Resident Evil Gaiden. store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →The Evil Within 1 & 2 and the complete edition of Prey (including the fantastic Mooncrash expansion) for a couple quid each. Plus Doom 1/2 if you don't legally own the MOST MODDED GAMES OF ALL TIME. Runt is really cool, too. And You Will Die Here Tonight is a fantastic Resident Evil Gaiden tribute
neutral · AI labelView post →💀🔴SPOOKY SUNDAY NIGHT STREAM🔴💀 🔴🔴 LIVE 🔴🔴 We are starting "YOU WILL DIE HERE TONIGHT" Which is a PS1 Retro-like Survival Horror Puzzle RPG! Guest: @madameuniverse.bsky.social and more! ▶️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ◀️ #Vtuber #YouWillDieHereTonight #YWDHT #Retro #RetroLike #RPG
neutral · AI labelView post →I didn't like this game at first, but after getting the full feel of it and completing the achievements I nearly came to love it. The thing is, it's pretty rough around the edges. Just beating it on normal difficulty is not hard at all. It's like an indie Resident Evil with a meta story and game play. There's roguelike elements, but no random element and no limit to saving so there's always a way forward if you're careful. Your characters are kind of like expendable pawns in an experiment,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You Will Die Here Tonight is kinda inspired by the Gameboy Resident Evil, it's got a top down perspective and switches to a sort of House of the Dead arcade shooter style first person combat, it's incredible clever and hugely underrated, real hidden gem store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →You Will Die Here Tonight is basically "What if Resident Evil: Gaiden was actually good and had a ton of replayability" Casey is spot on, underrated gem.
positive · AI labelView post →Undisclosed ai usage. They had done that for the store page's art at one point too. Oh well, sucks, I was enjoying the experience until I found out. Cannot refund, since I got this through a bundle. "But but but they are a small indie dev, it is actually the best case scenario for ai usage" Ah yes of course. Smol bean syndrome. Nah, fuck that. It actually makes it worse. It makes their product look worse. It makes their work be in **doubt**. If they cut corners there like that, where…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1. You Will Die Here Tonight Honest to goodness, one of the most underappreciated and novel twists on the survival horror genre, it sorta blends elements of both Resident Evil and House of the Dead, and even I've heard it compared to Resident Evil Gaiden store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →Lots of cool stuff in here! I'd especially recommend both Evil Within games (good experiments with the RE4 formula), You Will Die Here Tonight (spiritual successor to Resident Evil Gaiden) and Berserk Boy (Mega Man Zero-ish) and Metal Garden (short Blame!-inspired shooter with amazing environments).
neutral · AI labelView post →💀🔴SPOOKY SUNDAY NIGHT STREAM🔴💀 🔴🔴 LIVE 🔴🔴 We are starting "YOU WILL DIE HERE TONIGHT" Which is a PS1 Retro-like Survival Horror Puzzle RPG! Guest: @madameuniverse.bsky.social and more! ▶️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ◀️ #Vtuber #YouWillDieHereTonight #YWDHT #Retro #RetroLike #RPG
neutral · AI labelView post →Started playing You Will Die Here Tonight with my partner tonight and it’s so much fun! The mechanical twist (switching between teammates after you die) is clever and adds some neat decision-making to the survival nature of it all.
positive · AI labelView post →Tons o' good stuff in this pick n' mix bundle. Star Overdrive, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Disaster Arms, Gunlocked 2 and You Will Die Here Tonight are my top picks but honestly everything looks neat.
neutral · AI labelView post →💀🔵SPOOKY SUNDAY NIGHT STREAM🔵💀 🕔5pm CST / 6pm EST🕕 We are starting "YOU WILL DIE HERE TONIGHT" Which is a PS1 Retro-like Survival Horror Puzzle RPG! Guest: @madameuniverse.bsky.social and more! ▶️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ◀️ #Vtuber #YouWillDieHereTonight #YWDHT #Retro #RetroLike #RPG
neutral · AI labelView post →32. You Will Die Here Tonight Very neat and seriously underrated Survival Horror that blends elements of Resident Evil and House of the Dead where the top-down shifts to first person combat, and has a hell of a lot of fun playing with the tropes of the genre. store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
positive · AI labelView post →22. You Will Die Here Tonight Speaking of Survival Horror, if you're a fan I can't recommend YWDHT highly enough, it's an extremely clever game that plays with the genre tropes. Has a top down perspective like Signalis that in combat switches to a first person House of the Dead style rail shooter.
positive · AI labelView post →You Will Die Here Tonight goes so hard. Play it.
positive · AI labelView post →A cool concept marred by poor execution. While I wouldn't dissuade those interested by a rougelite RE1 experience, I certainly didn't enjoy it. The mansion and surrounding areas are pretty drab and boring, nothing really memorable. The characters are a bitttt too much for me in terms of the humor department. The portraits were fine enough, I don't even remember if the game had any music. Puzzles are either really obtuse or extremely simple, with a couple that I did enjoy (stuffed heads on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been playing You Will Die Here Tonight. Very cute homage to the original Resident Evil with a healthy dose of RE Gaiden (GBC) and a little pinch of Sweet Home (NES). Definitely worth a peep if you're a fan of the classic survival horror games and perfect for Steam Deck.
positive · AI labelView post →The coolest thing this game has going for it is a character swapping mechanic. When you get yourself killed, you spawn a new character, each with small unique traits. The most noticeable of which will be the run speed, though I wager the slower characters have more health if not other invisible stats. A dual edged sword, while it's cool having this team of people working together to solve the manor, if you find a weapon upgrade, only the weapons expert can install it, and the only way to swap…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You Will Die Here Tonight (Steam) At first, I thought the permadeath mechanic would make this too hard, but it's pretty reasonable on normal with the limited continue items. Swapping from 2D to 3D RE Gaiden combat is such a cool move too! RE fans will find a lot to love in this sincere love letter
positive · AI labelView post →You Will Die Here Tonight is a huge tribute to that most maligned of spinoffs - Resident Evil Gaiden. Overhead survival horror with first-person action-RPG battle sequences. My only complaint was that it's a bit short... but it got a huge update adding a remixed Arrange Mode campaign, so fixed!
positive · AI labelView post →On the surface this game has everything going for it: - Oldschool survival horror gameplay * (more on that later...) - Great retro graphics - Interesting and innovative combat mechanics and roguelike aspects - Good puzzles and exploration But sadly I still have to give this game a negative rating (would be neutral if Steam would allow it). In the first 2 hours I was truly impressed by the game. Then you start to realize that the game has cheap deaths...which is okay because...well "You Will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a cool idea, but not great execution. The survival horror side isn't very good, and the Until-Dawn Choices-Matter side isn't great either, so its just a slight novelty with not much substance. For survival horror, combat is not good, just repetitive and annoying, but i like the combat camera, its a cool stylistic choice. On the default difficulty you have too much ammo and the whole "either run or fight" thing isn't really much of a choice, they are usually in your way or run straight up…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devs took Resident Evil Gaiden's combat and actually made it good? Absolute mad men!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YWDHT is an interesting take on the classic RE-style Survival Horror formula that has left me utterly intrigued but also disappointed in some ways. Let me just say: What is here is phenomenal. I loved the gameplay, puzzles, design of the Mansion and figuring out all of the secrets this game holds (inside and outside the Mansion). I whole-heartedly recommend that if you like Resident Evil, that you just buy this game. Although it is a short 3-4 hours, it is the perfect length for a game such…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ooh, a nice little Halloween bonus - last year's heavily undersold You Will Die Here Tonight (basically a huge tribute to Resident Evil Gaiden, with first-person combat and a story that reacts to squad deaths) got an anniversary update with a remixed Hard mode store.steampowered.com/news/app/144...
neutral · AI labelView post →Turns out you actually can really, really love Resident Evil but not this. While it is built on some unique gameplay ideas it ended up feeling shallow and not fun enough for me to want to suffer through another loop after reaching the bad ending. As other players have noted, the game is brutally difficult until you figure out you can infinitely resupply ammo by running back to the box, which replaces all of the difficulty with tedium and feels very much against the spirit of old-school RE.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished up You Will Die Here Tonight- and holy hell, if you want an amazing love letter to Resident Evil Gaiden (and the whole series really) that just takes itself seriously enough with minor roguelike elements (think Song of Horror), this game is absolutely one to grab ASAP
positive · AI labelView post →What the Hell? Resident Evil homage with House of the Dead gunplay, its an interesting mix. There are two problems with the game, one minor, one confusing. The small problem has to do with ammunition. Technically, you have infinite reserves. If you're ever low, just go back to base and restock. The reality of this is that, because there are so many enemies, you are constantly going back and forth between supply points to refill your ammunition. It makes the pacing tedious and stupid. Resident…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You Will Die Here Tonight ($13.99) - a Resident Evil inspired horror game, but more particularly... feels inspired by the *handheld* Resident Evils. "What If Resident Evil Gaiden, but Good", to put it one way. here, death is just the beginning. store.steampowered.com/app/1446350/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Looks like a fun homage to Resident Evil 1, plays like a fun Homage to Resident Evil Gaiden, written like the most rancid cringe comedy imaginable. The best part is, if you mash the button to get rid of text as fast as possible, the game can freeze and you'll have to exit out and replay parts of it... Yay? And for some reason, for the final section of the game you are basically made invincible. It doesn't feel like a power fantasy, but instead as if you'd used a cheat code.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's very unique, but the juice isn't really worth the squeeze.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun and fresh, didn't just feel like pure homage unlike other reviews say. Can be frustrating and the true ending was dogsh*t
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Started playing Gloomwood, Lunacid , Dread Delusion and "You Will Die Here Tonight" As ever, @caseyexplosion.bsky.social 's curator page delivers. If something there catches your eye , chances are , you can trust Miss Explosion's taste
neutral · AI labelView post →its a neat idea to have a "spoiler" style RE game. but i cannot stomach the way combat flows. its directly punishes you unfairly in various ways that are really stupid. i really hate that this game in its whole revolves around meta knowladg ruined the experience among the garbage combat controls
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool idea but it gets boring quickly [Eng and Pt-Br reveiw] Consider this review neutral, but since I have to choose, I'll go with a negative one. This game is quite interesting; the idea is certainly very good! But my problem with it is that after 15 minutes of gameplay, you've already seen everything it has to offer. While the idea of mixing survival horror with an on-rails shooter is good, this game is neither a good survival horror nor a good on-rails shooter. Both parts end up being…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You Will Die Here Tonight 10/10 - The game where you can’t escape, your sanity's in the gutter, and you’re gonna die, probably by something ridiculous, but you’ll love every second of it. So, you’ve decided to enter a house full of creepy, lurking monsters and jump scares that will make your cat think you're in mortal danger. You will die here tonight. And honestly, that’s the point. The Plot: Imagine this: You’re at a mansion. A creepy, creepy mansion where everything seems perfectly normal…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really really wanted to like this game. When I saw the trailer for it. I was all in. I actually loved the demo and bought the game because of the demo. I was hoping this game was going to be a PC equivalent to Resident Evil Gaiden. The gameplay in the demo felt more like a good equivalent to REG but that's not what we got in the final game. The devs made bad changes to the final game and I don't understand why? Overall short review: Good visuals and audio with good ideas for gameplay…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today I Played: You Will Die Here Tonight Top down horror game with a first person twist when you enter combat, the game's camera shifts to a first person battle sequence. It's inspired by RE1 and maybe a little too heavily so at times, but still fun. #indiegames #horror s.team/a/1446350
positive · AI labelView post →Cool survival horror game. About 3-ish hours long with a combat system that I haven't really seen before. A must-have on a Steam sale if you are a horror games fan.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WE'RE BACK TO... You Will Die Here Tonight! HELP!! [ #vtuber, #smallstreamer, #twitch ] www.twitch.tv/honeyslimelive
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing a survival horror today; You Will Die Here Tonight! Well I sure hope not! (new emote since last stream!) [ #vtuber, #smallstreamer, #twitch ] www.twitch.tv/honeyslimelive
neutral · AI labelView post →I think this game is way too short and the content is repetitive to the point that I can't recommend it at full price, however, I do think it's worth trying when it's heavily discounted (if you like similar games). I got 2.5 hours of playtime before it reached a point in the story when you have to repeat the entire middle - and worst part IMO - of the game across three separate characters . I think it's OK if you manage to get it during a decent sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tonight at 8pm: @bearpigman.bsky.social will be going through an indie horror game he's had on the queue for a while now: You Will Die Here Tonight. Half top-down horror game, half first person horror game. Should be a great time (Don't tell chef about the spiders)
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