
The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,420 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
A serial killer stalks the streets, and you’re on their trail. Investigate the murders, descend into the city’s rotten underbelly, and uncover its buried secrets. Will you find the truth before The Skin Stapler finds you?Play as burned-out detective Dick Slater, hunting a serial killer known as the Skin Stapler. Take control of other characters as they are stalked through homes, workplaces, and dark city streets.
Victims are skinned, their flesh stapled to nearby walls. Distorted audio tapes taunt police and point to something darker beneath the city. You will scream. You might die. Maybe even from laugther.
Handmade horror, with no shortcuts and plenty of sharp objects. Built as an XXL horror feature night, The Skin Stapler delivers a night of atmosphere, story, and bloody good fun.
Investigate crime scenes as Detective Dick Slater, solve grisly puzzles, or survive a not-so-ordinary shift. Every character brings a different way to experience Carrion City’s nightmare.
Every character is fully voiced, bringing Carrion City’s killers, victims, and burned-out cops to life.
Inspired by 1980s VHS horror and exploitation films, the game features stylized violence, neon-lit decay, and an unapologetically grim aesthetic that blends horror and humor.
From the creator of Suffer the Night, Terror at Oakheart, Massacre at the Mirage, and Flesh Made Fear, Tainted Pact Games invites you into a grimy, neon-lit nightmare with The Skin Stapler. Experience handcrafted indie horror made with support from some of your favourite content creators.

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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $9.74−35% | 534reviews | 91% | — | $133.3K |
| $14.99 | 4ratings | 100% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
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Reviews
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Reviews
HELL YEA RAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
All I can say is.....when is the next one coming out?!! This game was everything I expected and more!
Hilarious, and i have a few videos on TT with this gameplay. Its fun, eerie, and funny. Def worth the price!!
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 484 reviews with recorded playtime.
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If you love cheezy horror with one liners and gore, this is the game for you! I had a lot of fun with the mystery and story was very fun. All the characters get their time to shine! I recommend this game highly! It may not be for everyone because of the type of humor it has, but if you give it a chance it will surprise you!
A retro horror detective game about a serial killer who rips the skin off his victims and staples it to the walls. Pros: - Very interesting story - Nice atmosphere and overall vibe - Amazing music - Unique ways of killing victims by the skin stapler - I really enjoyed the simulation sections, especially the hot dog shift - Easy achievements that can all be completed in a single playthrough Cons: - The same minigames are repeated again and again - In some chapters, the voice acting is a little rough - There is no save system, and you have to select the chapter you were playing every time you start the game. Also, every chapter is available from the beginning. - The puzzles are extremely simple and offer almost no challenge Overall: 7.5/10 The Skin Stapler is a solid experience and definitely worth the price if you enjoy this type of game. It's not a very long game — it took me roughly 3 hours to finish — but it also has fairly easy achievements for achievement hunters. I have to say that the game isn't scary at all, but I wouldn't really count that as a con, since the main attraction is the mysterious serial killer, the detective story, and figuring out what is going on. Overall, I had a good time with it and would recommend it to fans of short, atmospheric horror games with a detective/mystery focus.
Размах на рубль, удар на копейку. Честно, когда проходил демку, то игра нереально зашла: клише реплики главного героя, чёрный юмор, а стиль самой игры так вообще отвал всего! Но вот игра вышла, и ожидания не оправдались. По правде говоря, это никакой не хоррор, тут нет пугающих моментов. Атмосфера есть, это абсолютно, свой собственный грязный, но такой подходящий стиль тоже присутствует, но это никакой не хоррор, максимум — триллер. Также хотелось бы отметить юмор, который действительно работает, моментами он мегакринжовый, о чём сам говорит автор, но он рабочий. Эту игру честно рекомендовал бы по очень большой скидке, потому что изначальные ожидания мистики, детектива не оправдались. Чего стоит только вертеть предмет (в основном кожу) в руках и искать части монеты, записок и т. д. Скукота! Автору желаю вдохновения и провести работу над ошибками. В конце, как я понял, обозначили клиффхенгер, ну вот и поглядим, что будет.
I think the game was ok. I'm a fan of film noir styled stuff, so the aesthetic of this was definitely up my alley, but there's some parts I just felt annoyed about. First, I felt like the game was very on-rails, there wasn't any challenge to it and I barely had any control over what was going on. Second issue I had was the humor, I get the whole "B-rated horror" aspect and that's it's comedy/horror, I liked the puns, I liked the 1-liners, but the amount of vulgar jokes related to ♥♥♥♥♥ and poop was a little too much for me, a couple times is fine, but the amount they did it just became a turn off. Even with these complaints, I don't think the game is bad, and I'll admit the story did start to bring me in around the end, plus with how they had an "introductory offer", I got to play this for 12 bucks instead of 15, and I think that's pretty ok for the price. If you wanna play it yourself, I still say it's pretty nice to go through, but keep in mind, you'll pretty much 100% the game in 3.5 hours, so if you don't think that's worth the price, I guarantee you any of the streamers who voice acted in this probably has a full playthrough you could watch
its fine the humours funny enough but got boring after a while. gameplay was repetitive with little story changes during the first half of the game better than massacre at the mirage but still lacking in any substance outside of characters and the villian would reccomend on sale or bundled not on its own if ur a completionist as all but one achievement is story related
Really well done title! had a blast !
Hilarious. A lot of sexual inneundos.
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