
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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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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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $14.99 | 529reviews | 91% | — | $203.2K |
| $14.99 | 4ratings | 100% | — | not modelled |
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The acting in Twilight is more convincing than the voice overs in this game.
If you are 12 year old you might find it funny. Zero Horror elements. Its just an interactive Film where you cant fail. Only good Thing are the Graphincs
Honestly, this game was very boring. 2/5 SPOILERS AHEAD This is the first review I have ever written, but this game really didn't hit at all. This game has a lot of character and passion that's been put into it, but it was pretty boring to play. Go to different stores. do tasks, die, and then look for clues. Very boring and repetitive and the story really didn't have much behind it. No crazy twist, no deep character development, not much really outside of the voice acting. This game reminds me of a bad horror film. It can be fun to play/watch, but at points can be very boring. I don't think it's worth the 15 dollar price point. The style and concept behind the game is really good, I remember playing the demo and being VERY excited for the game, but I am very disappointed. The jump scare that happens when grabbing the meat at the beginning of the game got me during the demo, but after that nothing was scary. Sure maybe that wasn't what the game was going for, but that was the intention I got from the demo. The story was boring, you could easily see where this was going. The puzzles were just boring and super easy to solve, I honestly got annoyed looking for clues and taking pictures. There wasn't much. I don't want to downplay what the creator has made, they are very talented, and I believe they can make something really interesting and with more depth. Maybe it wasn't what I was looking for, anyways this felt like a boring detective simulator.
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Hours played at review time, across 481 reviews with recorded playtime.
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gooner ass game its calm but i didnt think it would be so gooney
violently mediocre game made for streamers/streaming where people only play it for the fanservice characters. passed the last half of the game in barely over an hour and people praise this game but ♥♥♥♥ on death stranding when i paid the same price for both. when 7 games have been pumped out in the past 4 years and most of them play the exact same, please at least try something different
Short experience, overall pretty enjoyable. Pros: - Switching between the different characters was fun. - Voice acting was cheesy but hilarious. - Skin stapler was creepy. - The art style was creepy. - The investigation portions were interesting. Cons: -Sexual jokes repeated over and over (pro if you are a 12 year old boy). - The jokes make the game feel more silly instead of scary. - I don't mind, put it's more of an interactive story, little to know action oriented gameplay.
The writers for this game need mental help. This game was weird, the voices for the characters were not good, the torture of only cute goth chicks, weird... the sound track... weird.. and this wasn't a puzzle game it was a point and click game for the most part. I think if you had put more effort in the puzzles that would have made this game better and it might be fun for streamers.
I was hoping to like this but unfortunately literally almost everyone dies and it all happens too quickly for me to care and be invested in the storyline plus this game is full of bugs for some reason I had to start over some of the chapters a few times for that reason it all seems rushed & unprofessional, the style and graphic of this game is nice but I cannot say that it is worth the full price considering the boring slop of a story where we get introduced to a new character and after 5 minutes of going on with our "job", they get murdered by this skin stapler (very original btw), for that I have to say it is quite suspicious that right after Puppet Combo made the hit game Skinfreak we have it's buggy and lazy copy Skin Stapler which only makes me appreciate the o.g. and respect the dev for taking their time while writing a thrilling story which is not just some repetative silly cringy game whom is unplayable at some times, also, instead of trying to get the big youtubers or streamers attention by making them apart of this game by shoving them down our throat, why dont you guys try to write something that is actually original/fun and make it playable? just a thought...
I'm torn on this one. I kind of liked it but I also cant help but feel like it was a waste of time. This is really meant to be played by streamers for content. I'm going to have to suggest you just watch a streamer play it and save yourself ten bucks.
Wanted to enjoy this but crashed early on, nbd start over. Crashes again, yeah ok. Refunded. Maybe give it a go in future. Have a 4080 btw.
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