Adventure · October 28, 2021

Happy Game (2021)

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A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again? - Brand new psychedelic horror adventure from the creators of Botanicula and CHUCHEL - Endure and escape three unforgettable nightmares - Solve deeply disturbing puzzles in (not so) charming environments - Deal with suspicious smiley faces and pink bunnies - Creepy songs and screeches from the Czech freakfolk band DVA

Adventure releases from 2021

87 Adventure titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

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Full audio (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Arabic
  • Czech
  • Dutch
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Portugal

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Horror · 164
  • Cute · 129
  • Psychedelic · 127
  • Dark · 116
  • Casual · 95
  • Atmospheric · 94
  • Indie · 93
  • Surreal · 90
  • Singleplayer · 87
  • Funny · 85
  • 2D · 84
  • Adventure · 83
  • Colorful · 78
  • Stylized · 75
  • Point & Click · 74

Peer Adventure titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.9k Steam reviewsTop 73% in Adventure
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 54%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 77 — top 37% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours2 h averageTop 89% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 2.9k reviews

2.6k positive · 290 negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

3.0k

More from Amanita Design

Amanita Design has 8 titles indexed — top 6 by review volume below.

Press Quotes

“Happy Game doesn’t overstay its welcome.” 9 / 10 – Well Played “Happy Game is the most enjoyable nightmare of this year.” 8.2 / 10 – Meristation “Psychedelic, bizarre, disturbing, twisted-ly cute and incredibly funny at the same time.” 10 / 10 – Games CZ

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 28, 2021
DeveloperAmanita Design
Base price$3.28 -75%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

2h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

Achievements

11

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Content Notes

A small percentage of people may experience discomfort or seizures when exposed to flashing lights, so please be cautious if you are sensitive to either flashing imagery, blood, or violence. There's rarely anything but that to see in Happy Game. Happy Game also depicts various fantasy characters participating in highly absurd comical violence. You'll often see blood on the floor…

Editions & Packages

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