La Villa de la Muerte

La Villa de la Muerte

Ottercide Studio · 2022 · First-Person, Horror, Singleplayer, Psychological Horror, Survival Horror

PC
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About La Villa de la Muerte

One villa. One family. One truth.

La Villa de la Muerte is a looping psychological horror game inspired by the chilling tale of La Llorona. Explore an elegant villa filled with fragments from a family who mysteriously vanished. Explore the villa and solve puzzles to slowly reveal the truth behind what happened to the family, where they went, and who they became.

Looping Environment


Explore the villa as it changes alongside your knowledge of what truly transpired here.

Puzzles


Tour the environment to solve a puzzle in each loop to progress further toward the truth.

AI/Stealth


We lovingly call her Ghost Lady, she's pretty spooky. Hide in wardrobes, sneak under tables, or just run for it to avoid her. She will do whatever it takes to make sure you don't discover what happened.

About Ottercide Studio


Ottercide Studio is comprised of graduate game dev students at the University of Utah. Our game, La Villa de la Muerte, is the product of two semesters of hard work resulting in a 20-30 minute experience.

Additionally, we owe a huge thank you to Berklee College of Music for contributing their time and talent to our game.

FAQ



Why Ottercide?

Our team grew particularly attached to an adorable live otter stream that kept us peaceful while developing this horror game. Thus, we ended up with the play on words, Ottercide Studio as our development team name.

Is this game a retelling of La Llorona?

While the team pulled inspiration from the tale, this game is not a retelling of La Llorona. Instead, we drew from the lore to have something to ground us while also prioritizing remaining respectful to the story's origins. Folktales are a great way to keep culture and story alive while paving the way for new tales. We hope you enjoy our game as much as we loved developing it.

Will the game be playable in Spanish?

We had hoped to fit in localization during development, but it, unfortunately, did not end up falling within our final scope.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Sep 5, 2025
I feel the bits where you are put back at the start and have to walk forward again take too much of the tension away from the game. It's decent, but it also both super leads the player to where they need to go and also gives them so little of the story that they're guessing. MY GUESS was that Veronica (the mother) cheated on Ricardo (the father) who refused to accept the twins as his own, due to the infidelity. Not bad, but not great either. Good thing it is free.
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Not recommended Apr 13, 2025
Nope. This is not even a game. No story, weird sounds, bugged textures, a crappy monster. https://youtu.be/DQcOgXZn7K0
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Not recommended Dec 12, 2024
"La Villa de la Muerte" looks fantastic but it's a train wreck in terms of design and playability. What happened here, a bunch of really talented graphic designers and 3D modelers got together and made fantastic game assets and then failed to make a game with them... ah, of course, this is a basic asset flip (although, the developer doesn't seem to be trying to profit from the work of others here). I'm not sure why people seem to think putting their own name on other people's game assets will make them into rockstar game developers with EA, Bethesda and Bioware lining up around the block to hire them. Anyway this is a poorly made first person asset flipped horror game, it's thankfully short but you may not be able to finish it. Not because it's hard, but because it's a buggy train wreck that can softlock you out of the game progression because they never bothered to test it. The game graphics look better than you might expect, but that's just because it looks like some or all of them are "borrowed" from asset stores or wherever. Gamers can tell... and it comes across as insincere. There's also the old adage that those who lack the budget and talent to make their own game ass…
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Recommended Apr 22, 2026
game was okay for what it is.
Recommended Jun 14, 2025
La Villa de la Muerte is really an excellent, somewhat challenging and scary game. Maybe I am playing a more polished version, since I see a few bad reviews complaining about things I never experienced or ran into. There is no permadeath and level progress is not lost, so that might make it a bit too easy to complete the game for the skilled player. As the game stands now the story is somewhat flat, being only one cryptic note, picture and a map, with nothing more to explain what happened in this place and why it is haunted and why you must exorcise the malevolent spirit that wants you dead. The ending is also enigmatic, leaving the player knowing that the game is complete, but not knowing if the player character ultimately survived. Even so, the fun factor remains intact and it is worth a quick play.
Recommended Dec 10, 2024
Fun enough game

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