Puppet Combo, the cult PS1-era horror game developer and publisher, has launched his latest project Stay Out of the House on PC. Fans have been anxiously awaiting the release of Stay Out of the House for a longer-than-usual time as Puppet Combo iterated on code from as far back as 2018 and expanded the game's scope into what may be his largest project yet. But even a final 3-day Stay Out of the House delay couldn't stymie excitement for the Puppet Combo faithful.Puppet Combo has grown in popularity from game to game over the past five years. A flood of games in 2018 and 2019, including Night Shift, Nun Massacre, Feed Me Billy, The Glass Staircase, and Samhain helped Puppet Combo launch his own publishing label, Torture Star Video. Publishing partner projects, like Bloodwash and Night At the Gates of Hell, have helped fill the gaps between Puppet Combo's increasingly large self-developed projects.Stay Out of the House may be Puppet Combo's largest project yet. The horror game developer has said he took all the time he needed to make Stay Out of the House what he wanted it to be, adding all the features he'd planned along the way. Now horror game fans can play Stay Out of the House for themselves, as the game is currently available on Steam or through Puppet Combo's Patreon.
The horror game maker does have a warning for his fans, however. Stay Out of the House is not like Murder House, which many newer Puppet Combo fans may think is the developer's default style. Puppet Combo says that if Murder House is inspired by Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Clock Tower, Stay Out of the House is inspired by Alien: Isolation, Thief, and System Shock. In other words, it's a stealth horror game rather than a puzzle-focused survival horror game.
Those hoping for another game like Murder House have good news, too. Puppet House says those fans should look forward to his in-development project, Power Drill Massacre. Like with Stay Out of the House, Power Drill Massacre will be the "full" version of a previously released smaller game Puppet Combo released in 2015.
The new Puppet Combo game is, for the time being, exclusive to PC. Puppet Combo has said that there are no plans for Stay Out of the House on consoles at this time, but that's an expected response. If it's possible, a console release could come in time, much like with Murder House and other PS1-era graphics horror games.
Stay Out of the House is available now on PC.