Murder House is a slasher-inspired horror game by Puppet Combo, originally released for Microsoft Windows in October 2020, and later for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in 2021.

Murder House utilizes low poly dated graphics, tank controls, fixed camera angles, and exploration, primarily as a tribute to classic horror video games.

Three years later, a TV news crew consisting of producer Gary, reporter Dana, cameraman Tom, and intern Emma travel to the abandoned house of the infamous Easter Ripper serial killer to film a documentary on him.

The house's real estate agent Jerry is a no-show, so the crew enter and begin filming after Emma breaks in and turns on the power.

Sarah decides to skip the film's wrap party and go home early, but as she leaves the house in her car, a man inside a bloodied Easter Ripper costume is hidden in her trunk.

The game features tank controls to move the player character and uses fixed camera angles by default, although there is also an option to play in first-person.

[1] It drew inspiration from the low poly graphics of original PlayStation-era video games and 1980s slasher films released on VHS for its aesthetic presentation.

[1] Mike Fahey of Kotaku felt that the low poly graphics, camera angles, "eerie" music, and "frustratingly imprecise" controls which "[add] the perfect degree of panic" furthered the horror of the game's atmosphere.

[2] Colin Henderson of Horror Obsessive similarly argued that the game's "clumsy and imprecise" controls "[add] to the intensity when the action kicks in".

He concluded "Murder House is a rather brief, but oh-so-sweet love letter to a bygone era, and it manages to overcome the flaws of the sub-genre its aping by being legitimately scary.