
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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The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Discounts
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.

Sums Steam only; GOG publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| 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
Themes across 484 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Funny and entertaining, highly recommended
The Skin Stapler is a game that had a goal and achieved it with flying colors! It has everything an 80's movie has! This game is a short one for those that like short games. [h1]Characters/VA[/h1] To start this segment of my review: Every VA did a fantastic job! Now there are likable characters and characters that are just straight up weird and odd, but this is not a bad thing. From ♥♥♥♥ Slater to Layna the cast of characters in this game did a wonderful job and some of the line deliveries were great. [h1]Story/Gameplay[/h1] Basic 80's Slasher story with splashes of action and comedy. 1 Detective, 1 Killer, and a lot of action and some laughs here and there. The Story is great, and the gameplay is good too. [h1]Verdict[/h1] If you love cheesy 80's films and horror then you've found the game for you! This game is a recommend from me as I had a good time playing it. I'm even thinking of doing another playthrough at one point as well as playing certain chapters again.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 484 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Fun and creepy. Not overly scary but more intense and gross. Plays more like a slasher flick. Tainted Pact makes good stuff.
W game, good job Michael and team
Atmospheric with a unique touch in its ''low poly'' style. It gives Se7en meets Judge Dredd, and I absolutely love it. The Skin Stapler delivers pretty much what one would expect from this niche and as I said, the aesthetic is top-tier, easily one of the best visual styles I've seen in the indie horror scene lately. The humor can feel a bit desperate or out of place at certain points in the story, although I have to admit the doughnut shop chapter was absolutely hysterical and made me laugh out loud. My only real complaint is a specific puzzle involving valves near the end of the game. It feels a bit far-fetched and it hurts the pacing of the game at that exact point.
Loved it!
MASTERPIECE!!!
good
Lovely game. In a world full of slop we still get gems like this made by people for people. Enjoyed my time with it. short but efficient and amusing game. Voice talent was unexpected but also very nice.
атмосфера визуал 10/10 геймплей душноват но эт пох
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