Dollmare

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Check every doll on the line, and keep the doors closed.

Platforms: PC
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (94% of 2,190 reviews)
Length: about 2 to 2.5 hours (players' reviews)
Players: 1
Made by: Alex Grade, gonzeek, Oxeren
Released: 2024

What frightens You take a badly needed job inspecting dolls on a factory line. Some of them have defects, and some do things dolls should not do; you pass the safe ones, dispose of the rest and follow the factory's strange safety protocols, all while feeling watched in the dark corridors between tasks.

Dollmare is a first-person horror game about a job at a doll factory. You inspect dolls for defects and unsettling anomalies, repair, approve or dispose of them, and follow the factory's odd safety protocols. There is no monster to run from; the dread comes from the dolls and the dark building around you.

About Dollmare

Dollmare is a first-person horror game made by Alex Grade, gonzeek and Oxeren and published by Almost Done Games. It came out on Steam for Windows in October 2024. The store says it was made by developers too scared to play other horror games.

You needed money for the rent, so you took a job at a doll factory that seemed like easy work. Each shift hands you tasks: pick dolls off a conveyor and check them against the quality instructions, attach missing parts, approve a doll down the line or drop it into the disposal chute, fill custom orders, and keep the machinery running, like the conveyor in the assembly room. A voice over the speakers reminds you that keeping the doors closed is essential for your survival, then corrects itself to your work.

The makers are clear about what kind of horror this is. You will not be chased by a monster, nothing jumps out screaming, and you do not fight or gather supplies. What you get instead is unease: baby dolls with wrong eyes or nails in their heads, small movements you might have imagined, and long brick corridors lined with boxed dolls between the rooms you work in. The store says many events are not scripted, so each playthrough comes out a little different.

Steam players rate it Very Positive. Reviews describe it as slow, creepy rather than shocking, and short enough to play in one evening; several call it a good first horror game. It suits players who like anomaly-spotting and job-shift horror games, and anyone who finds dolls unnerving.

How to play Dollmare

Start your shift and read the task shown in the corner of the screen.
Pick up a doll from the conveyor and turn it around to check it against the quality control instructions.
Approve a doll that passes and send it down the line, or take a defective one to the disposal chute.
Repair dolls, fill custom orders and fix broken equipment when those tasks come up.
Follow the factory's protocols exactly, such as keeping doors closed, and keep an eye on the corridors as you move between rooms.

Screenshots

Rows of bald baby dolls riding a curved conveyor past a quality control instructions sheet

A dirty baby doll with one dark eye and nails in its head held up next to a disposal chute

A doll quality check desk with a blue-haired doll in a purple suit, a fan and a 'look carefully' poster

Repairing a doll on a workbench surrounded by loose doll heads and a jar of eyes

A dark brick storeroom with a closed door and a red alarm box, and a subtitle about keeping the doors closed

A red-lit machine spilling a heap of doll heads

A long dim aisle of shelves stacked with boxed dolls

Tips

Read the quality control sheet and the wall posters before you start judging dolls; they list what a safe doll must have.
Look at each doll from every side, including its hands and eyes, before you approve it.
Take the director's instructions literally, even when they sound like a joke.
Play with sound on; the store says you will feel watched, and small noises are part of that.
If you want more, players say later playthroughs can play out differently.