Puppet Combo
{{Short description|American video game developer}}
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Puppet Combo is an American independent video game development studio founded by Benedetto "Ben" Cocuzza in 2012 as Pig Farmer Games and based in Brooklyn. Puppet Combo's games, such as Nun Massacre (2018) and the critically acclaimed Murder House (2020), are mostly survival horror games developed solely by Cocuzza and modeled after early PlayStation games and VHS.{{Cite web |last=Mendoza |first=Christine |date=2022-01-31 |title=30 Best Modern Horror Games That Use PS1 Graphics |url=https://gamerant.com/best-new-horror-games-with-ps1-graphics/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Game Rant |language=en}} They are also frequently inspired by 1980s horror films, specifically exploitation and slasher films. Puppet Combo primarily releases their games through Patreon and Itch.io. Cocuzza launched Torture Star Video, a video game publisher for lo-fi horror games, in 2021.
History
=Developing=
Puppet Combo was founded in 2012 by Benedetto "Ben" Cocuzza in Brooklyn as Pig Farmer Games. Cocuzza began developing games in 2000 and, inspired by his desire to adapt a slasher film into a video game, he later learned how to develop survival horror games.{{cite web |last1=Raynor |first1=Kelsey |title=Indie developers are doing their best: An Interview with Lantern Studio and Puppet Combo |url=https://www.nme.com/features/gaming-features/lantern-studio-and-puppet-combo-3049652 |website=NME |access-date=May 16, 2022 |date=September 21, 2021 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516143551/https://www.nme.com/features/gaming-features/lantern-studio-and-puppet-combo-3049652 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Pementel |first1=Michael |title=How a Love of Slashers, VHS, and Survival Horror Fuels the Work of Developer Puppet Combo [Interview] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3639670/interview-love-slashers-vhs-survival-horror-fuels-work-developer-puppet-combo/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en |date=November 3, 2020 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515205440/https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3639670/interview-love-slashers-vhs-survival-horror-fuels-work-developer-puppet-combo/ |url-status=live }} In 2012, Pig Farmer Games began developing Sanitarium Massacre, a stealth horror game in which the player controls a serial killer named Neokalus Burr who goes on a killing spree throughout a sanitarium in 1978, with a soundtrack produced by Cocuzza in Ableton Live. It was scheduled to be released the following year, but it was later scrapped, and assets from it were used to make Halloween, which Cocuzza developed using software taken from a Friday the 13th fangame made by Microstuff Studios.{{cite web |last1=Schafer |first1=Josh |title=Ben Cocuzza and PigFarmer Games put you behind the blade with the retro-horror inspired Sanitarium Massacre! And it has a VHS mode! TOO GROOVY!! |url=https://lunchmeatvhs.com/blogs/blog/ben-cocuzza-and-pigfarmer-games-put-you-behind-the-blade-with-the-retro-horror-inspired-sanitarium-massacre-and-it-has-a-vhs-mode-too-groovy |website=Lunchmeat VHS |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=en |date=January 16, 2013 |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529075102/https://lunchmeatvhs.com/blogs/blog/ben-cocuzza-and-pigfarmer-games-put-you-behind-the-blade-with-the-retro-horror-inspired-sanitarium-massacre-and-it-has-a-vhs-mode-too-groovy |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Barton |first1=Steve |title=Classic Slashers Inspired Upcoming PC Title Sanitarium Massacre |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/39832/classic-slashers-inspired-upcoming-pc-title-sanitarium-massacre/ |website=Dread Central |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en |date=December 11, 2012 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515205438/https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/39832/classic-slashers-inspired-upcoming-pc-title-sanitarium-massacre/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Dodd |first1=Adam |title=80's Slasher Film Inspired 'Sanitarium Massacre' Represents Everything I Love About Indie Horror Games |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3207266/sanitarium-massacre-represents-everything-i-love-about-indie-horror-games/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en |date=December 11, 2012 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515205450/https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3207266/sanitarium-massacre-represents-everything-i-love-about-indie-horror-games/ |url-status=live }} Halloween was a survival horror game heavily inspired by the 1978 film of the same name and released as freeware in October 2013.{{cite web |last1=Dodd |first1=Adam |title=John Carpenter Would Approve Of This Free 'Halloween' Game |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3260355/13-days-of-horror-day-1-halloween-is-a-terrifying-game-of-hide-and-seek/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en |date=October 20, 2013 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515205453/https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3260355/13-days-of-horror-day-1-halloween-is-a-terrifying-game-of-hide-and-seek/ |url-status=live }} The game was briefly taken down due to copyright infringement and re-released as Babysitter Bloodbath in December 2013.{{cite web |last1=Dodd |first1=Adam |title=Pig Farmer's Free 'Halloween' Inspired Indie Horror Slasher Is Back! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3269116/pig-farmers-free-halloween-inspired-indie-horror-slasher-is-back/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=May 15, 2022 |date=December 13, 2013 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515205446/https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3269116/pig-farmers-free-halloween-inspired-indie-horror-slasher-is-back/ |url-status=live }} It focuses on a teenage girl named Sarah who is chased by a serial killer while babysitting; it uses tank controls and can be viewed in third-person or first-person.{{cite web |last1=Henderson |first1=Collin |last2=Malloy |first2=Johnny |last3=Coughlan |first3=Sean |title=Anthropomorphic Animals and Lo-Fi Horror Games |url=https://25yearslatersite.com/2020/04/25/anthropomorphic-animals-and-lo-fi-horror-games/ |website=25YL |access-date=May 16, 2022 |date=April 25, 2020 |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416003611/https://25yearslatersite.com/2020/04/25/anthropomorphic-animals-and-lo-fi-horror-games/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Sale |first1=Joseph |title=Bringing 1980s Horror to Videogames: A Conversation With Puppet Combo |url=https://www.gamespew.com/2018/04/puppet-combo-interview/ |website=GameSpew |access-date=May 16, 2022 |date=April 17, 2018 |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127231200/https://www.gamespew.com/2018/04/puppet-combo-interview/ |url-status=live }}
The low poly, exploitation-influenced slasher game Power Drill Massacre was developed by Puppet Combo using Unity and released for PC in 2015.{{cite web |title=The rise of VHS horror games |url=https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/vhs-horror/ |website=Kill Screen |access-date=May 16, 2022 |date=August 29, 2016 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810053241/https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/vhs-horror/ |url-status=live }}
{{cite web |last1=Valentin |first1=Christian |title=Power Drill Massacre brings grindhouse horror to videogames |url=https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/power-drill-massacre-brings-grindhouse-horror-videogames/ |website=Kill Screen |access-date=May 15, 2022 |date=August 5, 2016 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515222626/https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/power-drill-massacre-brings-grindhouse-horror-videogames/ |url-status=live }} It has four texture packs, and its plot, which was inspired by the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, focuses on a young woman who goes into an abandoned factory in the woods, where she is chased by a murderer. Luke Winkie of Vulture called the game "a pure slasher pastiche that somehow manages to squeeze out the most intense jump scares on the market", while Kill Screen wrote that it was "capable of a genuine and sudden fright" and "a thrill that not many horror games are able to reach".{{cite web |last1=Winkie |first1=Luke |title=When Video Games Feel Haunted: Inside the Low-Res Horror Boom |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/inside-the-low-res-indie-horror-boom.html |website=Vulture |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=en-us |date=October 15, 2021 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516033551/https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/inside-the-low-res-indie-horror-boom.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=20 free horror games you should play on Halloween |url=https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/20-free-horror-games-play-halloween/ |website=Kill Screen |access-date=May 16, 2022 |date=October 31, 2016 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516142535/https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/20-free-horror-games-play-halloween/ |url-status=live }} Puppet Combo launched a Patreon account in 2017 through which to release their games.{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Lewis |title=Patreon has become a lifeline for creators of weird, alternative games |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/14/20804076/patreon-altgames-games-ooblets-kentucky-route-zero-crowdfunding-developers-indie |website=The Verge |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=en |date=August 14, 2019 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516142534/https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/14/20804076/patreon-altgames-games-ooblets-kentucky-route-zero-crowdfunding-developers-indie |url-status=live }}
In 2018, Puppet Combo developed and released Nun Massacre, a 32-bit stealth survival horror game in which the protagonist, Mrs. McDonnell, must escape from a run-down Catholic boarding school and avoid a knife-wielding killer nun, all while figuring out the mystery of the school. Its lo-fi graphics were inspired by cathode-ray tube televisions, PlayStation games, and VHS tracking.{{cite web |last= Bandley |first= Zoey |title= Review: Nun Massacre |url= https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-nun-massacre-pc-switch-mobile-lo-fi-horror/ |website= Destructoid |access-date= April 3, 2024 |date=March 26, 2022}} Nun Massacre was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and iOS in March 2022, when a difficulty option was added to the game.{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Mike |title=Throwback Horror Game 'Nun Massacre' Lands on Switch and PlayStation March 24th |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3708243/throwback-horror-game-nun-massacre-lands-on-switch-and-playstation-march-24th-trailer/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=May 15, 2022 |date=March 23, 2022 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515205443/https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3708243/throwback-horror-game-nun-massacre-lands-on-switch-and-playstation-march-24th-trailer/ |url-status=live }} The game received mostly positive reviews from critics.{{cite web |last1=Handley |first1=Zoey |title=Review: Nun Massacre |url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-nun-massacre-pc-switch-mobile-lo-fi-horror/ |website=Destructoid |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en-CA |date=March 25, 2022 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515205438/https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-nun-massacre-pc-switch-mobile-lo-fi-horror/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Seagrave |first1=Richard |title=Nun Massacre Review |url=https://www.gamespew.com/2022/03/nun-massacre-review/ |website=GameSpew |access-date=May 15, 2022 |date=March 30, 2022 |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627180857/https://www.gamespew.com/2022/03/nun-massacre-review/ |url-status=live }} Also in 2018, Feed Me, Billy!, a psychological horror game about a serial killer who must feed the hole in his closet with the bodies of his victims, was released by Puppet Combo through Patreon. Vice{{'}}s Michael Siebert deemed its gameplay "psychologically disturbed", "simple", and "repetitive", with mechanics that "belie a dreary and upsetting world", and Lewis Gordon of The Verge called it "gruesome pulp horror".{{cite web |last1=Siebert |first1=Michael |title=The Pixelated Ghosts of Horror Games Past Are Haunting Us This Year |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/low-poly-horror-games-returned-2018/ |website=Vice |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=en |date=December 18, 2018 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516033551/https://www.vice.com/en/article/nep5a7/low-poly-horror-games-returned-2018 |url-status=live }} In April 2019, Puppet Combo released The Glass Staircase on PC through Itch.io. It is a survival horror game about a group of young women in the early 1900s who are kept in a mysterious treatment facility and was inspired by PlayStation 2 games and Italian horror films.{{cite web |last1=Tarason |first1=Dominic |title=The Glass Staircase is a short, sweet tribute to Italian horror |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-glass-staircase-demonstrates-film-style-scares |website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |access-date=May 16, 2022 |date=April 3, 2019 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122215227/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-glass-staircase-demonstrates-film-style-scares |url-status=live }}
The survival horror game Murder House was developed by Puppet Combo and released on PC through Steam in 2020. Like many of Puppet Combo's games, it takes inspiration from 1980s horror films, early PlayStation games, and VHS, and follows a news crew as they are hunted down in an abandoned home by the Easter Ripper, a serial killer who wears a rabbit costume and was thought to be dead after being executed three years prior. The game uses tank controls and is viewed from a third-person perspective, though players can choose to play in first-person, and it has a horror synth soundtrack and intentionally low quality sound mixing.{{cite web |last1=Devore |first1=Jordan |title=Puppet Combo's Murder House just hit Xbox, PS4, and Nintendo Switch |url=https://www.destructoid.com/murder-house-xbox-one-ps4-nintendo-switch-version-released/ |website=Destructoid |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en-CA |date=October 14, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515214608/https://www.destructoid.com/murder-house-xbox-one-ps4-nintendo-switch-version-released/ |url-status=live }} Kotaku{{'}}s Mike Fahey praised Murder House as "old-school nightmare fuel", stating that its "antediluvian 3D visuals" give it a "classic creepy vibe that's almost timeless", while Bloody Disgusting called it "seemingly the gory survival horror crescendo Cucuzza has been building towards" and "such a memorable survival horror ride".{{cite web |title=Talking Puppet Combo's 'Murder House' With Rue Morgue's Evan Millar [Safe Room Podcast] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3689974/safe-room-podcast-murder-house/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=May 15, 2022 |date=November 1, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515220556/https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3689974/safe-room-podcast-murder-house/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Fahey |first1=Mike |title=Murder House Is Everything Terrifying About Low-Poly Horror |url=https://kotaku.com/murder-house-is-everything-terrifying-about-low-poly-ho-1847950021 |website=Kotaku |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en-us |date=October 28, 2021 |archive-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605025250/https://kotaku.com/murder-house-is-everything-terrifying-about-low-poly-ho-1847950021 |url-status=live }} The A.V. Club{{'}}s Alexander Chatziioannou described Murder House as one of "the scariest, most imaginative horror games of 2021"; Kelsey Raynor of VG247 listed Murder House as one of the best horror games of all time in 2021.{{cite web |last1=Chatziioannou |first1=Alexander |title=Some of the best horror games of 2021 lurk far off the beaten path |url=https://www.avclub.com/some-of-the-best-horror-games-of-2021-lurk-far-off-the-1847889228 |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en-us |date=October 28, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515220556/https://www.avclub.com/some-of-the-best-horror-games-of-2021-lurk-far-off-the-1847889228 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Raynor |first1=Kelsey |title=The 15 Best Horror Games of all time |url=https://www.vg247.com/best-horror-games#section5 |website=VG247 |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en |date=April 27, 2022 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515214608/https://www.vg247.com/best-horror-games#section5 |url-status=live }} The game also received widespread acclaim from Steam users.{{cite web |last1=Fischer |first1=Tyler |title=Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One Players Surprised With Stealth-Release of Popular Horror Game |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-ps4-xbox-one-stealth-release-murder-house/ |website=Comicbook |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en |date=October 15, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515214608/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-ps4-xbox-one-stealth-release-murder-house/ |url-status=live }} In October 2021, it was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Mike |title=Puppet Combo Has Brought Their Throwback Slasher 'Murder House' to Consoles |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3687437/puppet-combo-has-brought-their-throwback-slasher-murder-house-to-consoles/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=May 15, 2022 |date=October 15, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515214608/https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3687437/puppet-combo-has-brought-their-throwback-slasher-murder-house-to-consoles/ |url-status=live }} Its Nintendo Switch icon, a "disturbing" close-up image of the Easter Ripper's face, trended on social media after Puppet Combo refused to change it.{{cite web |last1=Fahey |first1=Mike |title=Not everyone is thrilled about Murder House's icon |url=https://www.destructoid.com/murder-house-nintendo-switch-creepy-icon-complaints/ |website=Destructoid |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en-CA |date=October 20, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515220557/https://www.destructoid.com/murder-house-nintendo-switch-creepy-icon-complaints/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Fahey |first1=Mike |title=Please Don't Ever Change This Nightmare-Inducing Switch Icon |url=https://kotaku.com/please-don-t-ever-change-this-nightmare-inducing-switch-1847900687 |website=Kotaku |access-date=May 15, 2022 |language=en-us |date=October 20, 2021 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520233624/https://kotaku.com/please-don-t-ever-change-this-nightmare-inducing-switch-1847900687 |url-status=live }}
In December 2021, Puppet Combo released the score attack game Christmas Massacre, in which Larry, a serial killer dressed as Santa Claus, is told by his Christmas tree to kill as many people as possible.{{cite web |title=Review: Christmas Massacre |url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-christmas-massacre-puppet-combo-pc/ |website=Destructoid |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=en-CA |date=December 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721124359/https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-christmas-massacre-puppet-combo-pc/ |url-status=live }} On his list of the best horror games of 2021, Neil Bolt of Bloody Disgusting listed Christmas Massacre as an honorable mention.{{cite web |last1=Bolt |first1=Neil |title=Bloody Disgusting's Neil Bolt Selects the 10 Best Horror Games of 2021 |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3696567/bloody-disgustings-neil-bolt-selects-10-best-horror-games-2021/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=en |date=December 20, 2021 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516142534/https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3696567/bloody-disgustings-neil-bolt-selects-10-best-horror-games-2021/ |url-status=live }} IGN{{'}}s 2022 list of the best horror games for PC included Puppet Combo's games at number two.{{cite web |title=The 12 Best Horror Games on PC |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/best-horror-games-on-pc |website=IGN |access-date=May 20, 2022 |language=en |date=January 30, 2022 |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518090746/https://www.ign.com/articles/best-horror-games-on-pc |url-status=live }} Puppet Combo's game Stay Out of the House is set to be released on PC through Steam.{{cite web |last1=Rees |first1=Lewis |title=Horror Throwback Stay Out of The House Coming to Steam |url=https://cogconnected.com/2021/02/horror-throwback-stay-house-coming-steam/ |website=COGconnected |access-date=May 16, 2022 |date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512074823/https://cogconnected.com/2021/02/horror-throwback-stay-house-coming-steam/ |url-status=live }}
=Publishing=
Puppet Combo published the 8-bit horror game Tonight It Follows, developed by Jordan King, under the name Puppet Combo Presents, and released the game through their Patreon in June 2019.{{cite web |last1=Butler |first1=Colton |title='Tonight It Follows' Set to Scare on Puppet Combo's Patreon this Saturday |url=https://indieranger.com/tonight-it-follows-horror-game-to-launch-on-patreon-this-saturday/ |website=Indie Ranger |date=20 June 2019 |access-date=16 May 2022 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819001602/https://indieranger.com/tonight-it-follows-horror-game-to-launch-on-patreon-this-saturday/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, Puppet Combo launched Torture Star Video, a video game publishing company with a focus on lo-fi horror games.{{cite web |last1=Chatziioannou |first1=Alexander |title=A new wave of lo-fi games is reshaping horror |url=https://www.theverge.com/22750586/lo-fi-retro-horror-games |website=The Verge |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=en |date=October 29, 2021 |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209210335/https://www.theverge.com/22750586/lo-fi-retro-horror-games |url-status=live }} Bloodwash, a giallo- and PlayStation-inspired horror game developed by Henry Hoare and Jordan King, was published by Torture Star Video and released in September 2021. The game revolves around Sara, a young woman who goes to a laundromat to do her laundry while a serial killer of pregnant women, dubbed the Womb Ripper, is on the loose.{{cite web |last1=Handley |first1=Zoey |title=Review: Bloodwash |url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-bloodwash-lo-fi-horror-game/ |website=Destructoid |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=en-CA |date=September 16, 2021 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516033551/https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-bloodwash-lo-fi-horror-game/ |url-status=live }} Survival Horror Downloads named Bloodwash the fifth best horror game of 2021.{{cite web |title=Los mejores juegos de terror de 2021 |url=http://www.shdownloads.com.ar/2022/01/los-mejores-juegos-de-terror-de-2021.html |website=Survival Horror Downloads |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=es |date=January 7, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809135352/https://www.shdownloads.com.ar/2022/01/los-mejores-juegos-de-terror-de-2021.html |url-status=live }} For PC Gamer, Joseph Knoop gave the game a mixed review, praising its characters and settings but writing that it "walks the line between stylish homage and cliché-ridden romp" and contains "often exploitative" and "problematic" tropes.{{cite web |last1=Knoop |first1=Joseph |title=A laundromat becomes a blood-soaked nightmare in Bloodwash |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/a-laundromat-becomes-a-blood-soaked-nightmare-in-bloodwash/ |website=PC Gamer |access-date=May 16, 2022 |language=en |date=September 19, 2021 |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516142534/https://www.pcgamer.com/a-laundromat-becomes-a-blood-soaked-nightmare-in-bloodwash/ |url-status=live }}
Games
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Platform(s) ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2013
| Babysitter Bloodbath | rowspan="8" align="center"| PC | Originally titled Halloween and released under Pig Farmer Games; title and elements of game changed due to infringing on the copyright of the 1978 horror film Halloween. |
| 2015
| Power Drill Massacre | {{N/A}} |
| 2016
| Meat Cleaver Mutilator | {{N/A}} |
| 2017
| The Night Ripper | {{N/A}} |
| rowspan="5" | 2018
| Night Shift | {{N/A}} |
| Stay out of the house (Early access)
| {{N/A}} |
| Spiders
| {{N/A}} |
| Feed Me Billy
| {{N/A}} |
| Nun Massacre
|align="center"| PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |Originally released on PC in 2018; released on all other platforms in 2022. An updated version of the game titled Nun Massacre: Definitive Edition was released in the same year. |
| rowspan="5"| 2019
| The Glass Staircase | align="center" rowspan="5"| PC | {{N/A}} |
| The Riverside Incident
| {{N/A}} |
| Day Seven
| {{N/A}} |
| Samhain
| {{N/A}} |
| Scary Tales Vol. 1{{Cite web |url=https://puppetcombo.itch.io/scary-tales-vol-1 |title=Scary Tales Vol. 1 by Puppet Combo |access-date=2024-02-06 |archive-date=2023-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224010938/https://puppetcombo.itch.io/scary-tales-vol-1 |url-status=live }}
| Compilation of previously released games. |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|Night Watch | align="center" | PC |{{N/A}} |
| Murder House
| align="center" | PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch | Originally released on PC in 2020; released on all other platforms in 2021. |
| 2021
| Christmas Massacre | align="center" | PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 |Originally released on PC in 2021; In 2023, the game was released on Playstation and Xbox. |
| 2022
| Stay Out of the House |PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |Originally released on PC through Patreon page in a nearly completed state and it was on Early Access; it was fully updated and released on Steam on October 14, 2022. On June 16, 2023, the game was released on other platforms. |
=Games published=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Developer ! Platform(s) ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| rowspan="3"| 2019
| Search Party | Lum | rowspan="6" align="center"| PC | {{N/A}} |
| Tonight It Follows
| Jordan King | {{N/A}} |
| These Trees Are Spectral Fingers
| kavvkka | {{N/A}} |
| rowspan="3"| 2020
| Ski Freak | rowspan="2"| Jordan King | {{N/A}} |
| The Summoning{{Cite web |url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/summoning-43358026 |title=The Summoning}}
| {{N/A}} |
| The Enigma of Salazar House
| Maldo19 | {{N/A}} |
| 2021{{Cite web |url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/bloodwash-56224702 |title=Bloodwash |access-date=2024-02-06}}
| Bloodwash | Jordan King | align="center"| PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Originally released on PC; released on all other platforms on October 12, 2022. |
| rowspan="3"| 2022
| Deadly Night | Cubyte Games | rowspan="2" align="center" | PC | {{N/A}} |
| The Booty Creek Cheek Freak{{Cite web |url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/booty-creek-66656104 |title=The Booty Creek Cheek Freak |access-date=2024-02-06}}
| Jordan King | {{N/A}} |
| Night at the Gates of Hell
| Jordan King | PC, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Originally released on PC; released on all other platforms on September 8, 2023 |
| rowspan="3"| 2023
| Rewind or Die | COMP-3 Interactive | rowspan="2"| PC, Xbox Series X/S | {{N/A}} |
| Ding Dong Dead{{Cite web |url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/ding-dong-dead-90878848 |title=DING DONG DEAD |access-date=2024-02-06}}
| Jordan King | {{N/A}} |
| No One Lives Under the Lighthouse{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/PuppetCombo/status/1654476492326285318 |access-date=2024-02-06}}
| Marevo Collective |PC, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Released independently in 2020; however, it was republished by Torture Star Video on May 18, 2023, for the console release. |
| rowspan="5"| 2024
| rowspan="2"| Selewi | align="center"| PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Released independently in 2023; however, it was republished by Torture Star Video on February 8, 2024, for the console release. |
| The Night of the Scissors{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://twitter.com/PuppetCombo/status/1754870400171770305 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218202026/https://twitter.com/PuppetCombo/status/1754870400171770305 | archive-date=2024-02-18}}
|PC, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Released independently in 2022; however, it was republished by Torture Star Video, by being bundled with Cannibal Abduction in its console release on the 8th of February, 2024. |
| The Lakeview Cabin Collection{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://x.com/PuppetCombo/status/1810302583505862770 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730183544/https://x.com/PuppetCombo/status/1810302583505862770 | archive-date=2024-07-30}}{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://x.com/PuppetCombo/status/1810660704569229332 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730183542/https://x.com/PuppetCombo/status/1810660704569229332 | archive-date=2024-07-30}}
| HypnoGames |PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Released independently in 2015; however, it was republished by Torture Star Video, on July 25, 2024. |
| Home Safety Hotline{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://x.com/PuppetCombo/status/1837114721981309036 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923114129/https://x.com/PuppetCombo/status/1837114721981309036 | archive-date=2024-09-23}}{{Cite web | title=Buy Home Safety Hotline {{!}} Xbox | url=https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/home-safety-hotline/9p9nx35p7vnx | access-date=2025-04-07 | website=www.xbox.com}}
| Night Signal Entertainment |PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch | Released independently in 2024; however, it was republished by Torture Star Video, on September 20, 2024. |
| Sniper Killer{{Cite web | title=x.com | url=https://x.com/PuppetCombo/status/1846899348803588607 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121003439/https://x.com/PuppetCombo/status/1846899348803588607 | access-date=2025-04-07 | archive-date=2025-01-21}}
| Jordan King |PC | {{N/A}} |