Status FreePalestine Oct 14, 2025
Watching American invaders getting their shit kicked in the middle east will never not be fun to play. Best Dark Pictures game so far.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (2021)
PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S
3.66 from 380 ratings
1501 members have it in their collection · 16 playing now · 757 backlogged · 204 wish listed
How long? Main story 6h · with extras 10h (from 19 logged playthroughs)
House of Ashes is the third installment in The Dark Pictures Anthology, a series of standalone cinematic horror games where your decisions determine the story and outcome. During the final days of the Iraq War, a Special Forces unit hunting for weapons of mass destruction discovers a buried Sumerian temple and the ancient horrors dwelling within it. Trapped underground, soldiers …
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House of Ashes is the third installment in The Dark Pictures Anthology, a series of standalone cinematic horror games where your decisions determine the story and outcome. During the final days of the Iraq War, a Special Forces unit hunting for weapons of mass destruction discovers a buried Sumerian temple and the ancient horrors dwelling within it. Trapped underground, soldiers and their enemies must work together against creatures that threaten them all. Your choices throughout the game influence character relationships, available actions, and whether the group lives to see daylight.
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Details
- Developers
- Supermassive Games
- Publishers
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure
- Themes
- Horror, Survival, Thriller
- Series
- The Dark Pictures Anthology, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Season One
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Oct 22, 2021 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Also available on
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Pazuzu Edition (2021) · PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
Related
Bundled in
- The Dark Pictures Anthology Triple Pack (Oct 2021) · PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Volume 2 (Nov 2022) · PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Season One (Nov 2022) · PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
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Rating distribution
5 stars
69
4 stars
155
3 stars
124
2 stars
20
1 star
12
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review Jukajo 4/5 · May 1, 2025
Fun, trashy coop-experience
Played this with a friend and had a lot of fun. The gameplay is fairly janky and awkward most of the time, but the characters and set pieces were enjoyable enough to warrant a second playthrough to try and save everyone (which we didn't manage, haha). Much better than Man of Medan.
If you approach this as a trashy-fun coop …
Played this with a friend and had a lot of fun. The gameplay is fairly janky and awkward most of the time, but the characters and set pieces were enjoyable enough to warrant a second playthrough to try and save everyone (which we didn't manage, haha). Much better than Man of Medan.
If you approach this as a trashy-fun coop experience you'll probably enjoy yourself a lot. For a "serious" single player campaign I'd probably rather spend my time on another game. If I could I'd give it 3.5 out of 5.
Edit: Also, if you care about achievements: The only way we could get online coop to work was by both using the friend pass version of the game, which does not give any achievements.
Review Donnieleap 4/5 · Jan 1, 2025
After legit hating The Quarry and Man of Medan, I reluctantly decided to dust this off of my backlog list just to get it out of the way. Boy did I enjoy this one so much more. Not as good as Until Dawn but still a very fun ride. Gameplay wasn't the most involved (wait, wait, wait, PRESS X!!!!, wait, …
Read moreAfter legit hating The Quarry and Man of Medan, I reluctantly decided to dust this off of my backlog list just to get it out of the way. Boy did I enjoy this one so much more. Not as good as Until Dawn but still a very fun ride. Gameplay wasn't the most involved (wait, wait, wait, PRESS X!!!!, wait, wait, wait....) but having a decent story and characters in what's essentially an interactive movie is key. Definitely down to play again to see the different endings and character deaths.
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Status kindydreaming Jul 9, 2024
Played it blind with friends and now working on clearing it on my own.
Status solarplums May 12, 2024
story: 1.5/5 gameplay 2/5 dialogue 3/5 graphics 2/5 atmospheric/immersive 3/5 surpassed expectations: no
Status conorhickey Jan 7, 2024
Very good, story was excellent, wish some of the walking speeds where faster, large caverns took ages to navigate
Status Donnieleap Nov 15, 2023
After legit hating The Quarry and Man of Medan, I reluctantly decided to dust this off of my backlog list just to get it out of the way. Boy did I enjoy this one so much more. Not as good as Until Dawn but still a very fun ride. Gameplay wasn't the most involved (wait, wait, wait, PRESS X!!!!, …
Read moreAfter legit hating The Quarry and Man of Medan, I reluctantly decided to dust this off of my backlog list just to get it out of the way. Boy did I enjoy this one so much more. Not as good as Until Dawn but still a very fun ride. Gameplay wasn't the most involved (wait, wait, wait, PRESS X!!!!, wait, wait, wait....) but having a decent story and characters in what's essentially an interactive movie is key. Definitely down to play again to see the different endings and character deaths.
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Review Strawhat 4/5 · Nov 6, 2023
8.5/10 - Great
INTERACTIVE HORROR - Trapped in an ancient Sumerian temple, these 5 individuals must work together in order to escape the nightmarish monsters awaiting them.
PROS:
++ Visuals. For the most part, the graphics are great and most characters look good.
++ Solid cast. Despite their character flaws, you wanted to keep the main 5 alive. The best of the bunch …
INTERACTIVE HORROR - Trapped in an ancient Sumerian temple, these 5 individuals must work together in order to escape the nightmarish monsters awaiting them.
PROS:
++ Visuals. For the most part, the graphics are great and most characters look good.
++ Solid cast. Despite their character flaws, you wanted to keep the main 5 alive. The best of the bunch are by far and away, Jason and Salim.
++ Interesting premise.
++ The monsters. They were intimidating and had a cool origin story and design.
++ Plot twists. Game always introduced new twists and revelations that kept the player hooked.
++ Replayable.
++ Co-Op Mode. Co-op was handled well, making this game perfect for a group gathering.
CONS:
-- Stiff expressions. Some facial animations and character movement looked stiff and unnatural, especially Ashley Tisdale's character.
-- Texture pop-In. Some textures took a while to load, in one instance not even loading at all.
-- Sluggish movement.
Review Yaru 5/5 · Jun 21, 2023
"I can't really focus on games enough to do marathonian play sessions" I say, before finishing this one in like a day and half of playing as much as I could.
An incredible game. Sure, the gameplay is a bit on the low side, it's more of an interactive movie than a game per se, but is is an excellent …
"I can't really focus on games enough to do marathonian play sessions" I say, before finishing this one in like a day and half of playing as much as I could.
An incredible game. Sure, the gameplay is a bit on the low side, it's more of an interactive movie than a game per se, but is is an excellent interactive movie. A great cast, beautiful graphics, very well written plot and great plot twists.
Review Lemonade229 5/5 · Jan 29, 2023
THAT PLOT WAS A WILD RIDE FROM START TO FINISH
Ok so spoilers ahead.
But like, to go from the Iraq War, to Sumerian temple, to vampires, to ALIENS!?!?? Like just pulling off that kind of plot and connecting it all together to keep you guessing had me not knowing what was coming next!! Not too scary of a game but definitely creepy, but just trying to solve the story …
Ok so spoilers ahead.
But like, to go from the Iraq War, to Sumerian temple, to vampires, to ALIENS!?!?? Like just pulling off that kind of plot and connecting it all together to keep you guessing had me not knowing what was coming next!! Not too scary of a game but definitely creepy, but just trying to solve the story as you play made this game great. Better than Man of Medan and Little Hope in my opinion. Now just to play the next game Devil In Me!!
Review Trost 4/5 · Aug 6, 2022
Online coop done in an interesting way.
If i played this alone, I'd rate this 4/5.
But I really liked how they handled online coop.
The characters are split between 2 players. Sometimes you and your friend play 2 characters that are together at the moment. Other times each player is playing a character that's in the different place, so each one of you gets to see …
If i played this alone, I'd rate this 4/5.
But I really liked how they handled online coop.
The characters are split between 2 players. Sometimes you and your friend play 2 characters that are together at the moment. Other times each player is playing a character that's in the different place, so each one of you gets to see different parts of the story.
This is interesting, because: You get to know only 70% of the story, from the perspective of your characters and the rest is a mystery to you. And your friend knows the other 30% of the story but didn't see something that you did.
This allows you to make unbiased choices, and I do believe it's different experience from singleplayer.
*Keep in mind that couch coop is just singleplayer with taking turns. While online coop is synchronous storytelling and this is the best way to play IMO.
We're going to switch roles now and play it through once again with my friend.
Review LCSnoogs 4/5 · Jun 11, 2022
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Way better than the last two. Better characters, better writing, and a better story. There were some scary QTEs in this that had me freaking out trying to keep my characters alive. There were some neat presentation choices such as cut scenes designed to look like old stock footage from the early 1900s. The best thing I can say is …
Read moreWay better than the last two. Better characters, better writing, and a better story. There were some scary QTEs in this that had me freaking out trying to keep my characters alive. There were some neat presentation choices such as cut scenes designed to look like old stock footage from the early 1900s. The best thing I can say is that this would've made a really good movie too.
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Review wardenunit 5/5 · Nov 8, 2021
A game that hides something nice.
