Dollhouse is a narrative horror game that pays homage to 1950’s film noir. The game has an intricate Stephen King-like story that utilizes suspense rather than jump scares. The narrative is self-constructing and immerses players in a world that is affected by their choices.

The story of Dollhouse centers inside the mind of Marie, a detective trying to unravel her past. The player can use the help of a big cast of characters to gradually progress further into Marie’s mind. They can create their own experience by choosing which paths they take.

As she crawls deeper and deeper into her mind, she slowly discover that she might not be who she really thinks she is... Dollhouse’s narrative adapts to the player’s decisions based on what memories players kept or deleted to define who they were. All this is happening inside a world that reinvents ways players perceive horror in both singleplayer and online versus multiplayer utilizing suspense over jump scares.

Three months after its release, Dollhouse has received a huge update on PS4 and PC (Steam).

With an abundance of useful feedback from the community, indie developers Creazn Studio haven’t been sitting around after its release. Creazn Studio has added two completely new gameplay mechanic and numerous single-and multiplayer updates. 

'Tale of two dolls' 

Trapped inside a sinister dollhouse, players take on the role of Marie, a former detective suffering from amnesia. As they try to get Marie’s memories back in an attempt to find out what happened to her deceased daughter, they will come across two new dolls that appear in each level. The contrast between the dolls is big. Finding one doll will grant bonuses and help make the player’s life easier. She requires the players to play hide and seek as they need to catch her. The other doll must be avoided at all costs. She always lurks around when she is least expected and if players look at her too long, they will get debilitated.  

‘It curses’

Another horrifying feature added to the game is ‘it curses’. This new mechanic makes players choose who they want to cut or save in their movie. As players slowly recollect Marie’s memories, they are constructing a movie to discover the truth behind her deceased daughter. With ‘it curses’, players have to choose wisely who they want to cut out of their movie, as the ones they cut out will come back to haunt them. Each person that dies, will put a different curse on the player. On the flip side, whoever is saved, will grant the player bonuses. 

An improved version

Besides the two gameplay mechanics, Dollhouse has received many bug fixes, graphical improvements, multiplayer updates and optimized gameplay flow among others. Creazn Studio has added over 2.9 GB of patches and additions to the game. All the updates make for a completely new and pure horror experience. 

Key Features

• 1950’s film noir style: dive into a world with a ‘noir’ 1950’s atmosphere
• Escape your pursuer as you decipher the eerie story of your past in Singleplayer
• Customize and upgrade your character with 40+ Abilities and Passives
• Scan the environment and see through the eyes of your pursuer
• Creep through procedurally generated maps, no restart is the same in any game mode
• Murder wisely in competitive online Multiplayer where each player has a different target
• Deepen your fears with 14 playable characters in Multiplayer, each with a unique story

Dollhouse is currently available for PS4 and PC.