Who's at the door?

About Who's at the door?

Who's at the door? is a short psychological horror game from SKONEC Entertainment, released on Steam in July 2025. A PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 version followed on 28 November 2025, and a Nintendo Switch version also arrived in late 2025. It is also sold on the STOVE store. The makers say it was inspired by surreal games like The Exit 8, and it borrows the same habit of making you study a familiar place for anything wrong. The publisher says it was nominated at the 2025 Korea Game Awards.

You play a psychiatric patient who has lost their memory and lives with hallucinations; the publisher's press release describes the hero as having schizophrenia. The headaches are getting worse, and the hallucinations no longer fade on their own. To get better you need your medication, which arrives with the visitors who come to the door on a dark winter night. The rule is simple: if the hallucinations are gone, it is safe to open the door and take the medicine from the visitor; if they are still there, take the medicine by the door instead. You follow this routine for eight days.

The tension is in that judgement. You check each caller through the peephole, and the press release says the visitors look human but have distorted smiles, odd facial proportions and empty eyes. The house is an old, wood-panelled home with a fish tank, a television, a red-lit hallway by the front door and a tiled bathroom, and on a bad day it is not the same house: a corridor turns green and stretches away, shadows follow you and whispering voices can be heard. Reviewers at Gaming.net and Geekgasm describe how a wrong call makes the hallucinations worse, and how a mistake or giving in to the visions sends you back to the first day. Both mention jump scares.

The game is built to be replayed. Pieces of a broken doll are hidden through each run, three main endings wait at the end, and collecting every piece unlocks a true final ending. The makers warn of blood, violence, depictions of psychological distress and disturbing images and sound, and the ESRB rates the PlayStation version Teen for blood and violence.

On Steam it is rated Very Positive by about nine in ten of its reviewers. It suits players who liked The Exit 8, I'm on Observation Duty or That's not my Neighbor and want something short and personal, built around one house and one question.

How to play Who's at the door?

1. Walk through the house and get to know how each room should look.
2. When someone comes to the door, look around carefully for anything that seems wrong.
3. If the hallucinations have stopped, open the door and take your medication from the visitor.
4. If they are still there, take the medicine by the door without opening it.
5. Repeat the routine for eight days, and replay to find the hidden doll pieces and other endings.

Tips

• Take a slow look at every room on the first day, so changes stand out later.
• Look at each visitor through the peephole before you decide; the faces at the door are part of what you are judging.
• Watch for colour and lighting, not just objects; some hallucinations change the whole room.
• A wrong decision sends you back to the first day, so take your time rather than rushing to the door.
• Keep an eye out for doll pieces on every run, since they lead to the true ending.

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