Scary Buddies

Scary Buddies

Hexware Studio · July 8, 2022 · VR, Mystery, Multiplayer, Investigation, Stylized

Scary Buddies is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Mostly Positive70% · 20
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Scary Buddies price

Scary Buddies is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Scary Buddies


In this Murder Party game, play online in VR with 3-15 players in a mysterious mansion where you were supposed to spend a nice weekend with your "friends", but beware: it seems one of you didn’t consider your friendship as shiny as you did. Question is who ? It may be everyone... Even you... Who knows!

  • Pickup enough clues to get a gun as reward
  • Keep picking clues to reveal the killer
  • Identify the killer and get him done


  • Pickup enough clues to reveal the killer
  • Identify the killer and get him done


  • Pickup clues to get advantages
  • Kill all innocents & cops before they identify you and get you down


Virtual Reality


Enter an immersive mansion with your VR HMD (Oculus & Steam VR).

Multiplayer


Play with your friends and find who’s the sneakiest.

Killer, Cops & Innocents


Killers have to kill every Innocents/Cops to win the game and vice versa. Innocents will not know who Killers are and will have to conduct their investigations to stop them.

Fast paced


Allow you to play many games with different roles.

Easy to play


Game concept are easy to understand.

Customisable


All game parameters are customisable so you’re free to create your own rules.

Immersive


Enter an intriguing mansion filled with a special family history and many secret ways to use to your advantage.

Community


Join us on Discord and discover custom rules enjoyed by the community, funny moments and many other information regarding the game

Scary Buddies — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Online PvP, Online co-op
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Sep 23, 2024
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7 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 4, 2022
The game does not show you othere players in the lobby which is sad cause it does look like a cool game hope it gets fixed
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Apr 23, 2025
[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There are no available servers and no player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] This was a multiplayer VR social deduction game (read: Werewolf/Mafia/Town of Salem etc) set within an asset flipped mansion. Players take on roles, with some secretly designated as killers. Gameplay involves searching for items or clues, attempting to identify the killers, or, as a killer, eliminating the other players before being caught. It died so hard, from the asset flipped backgrounds to the laughable quality junior high school tier character models, gamers avoided this AmongUs ripoff like the plague. So, Scary Buddies is a dead PvP game. Why did it fail? It's video game autopsy time! [i]Almost every PvP exclusive game on Steam fails.[/i] Only a tiny proportion of them "go viral". This game failed for many of the same reasons those others fail. The chief of which is the developer thinking that their game will "go viral" without actually creating any reason for it do so. Competition amongst PvP centric games is extreme, and there's only a finite player base to appeal to.…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 15, 2023
[h1]Before I played Scary Buddies, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
1 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 17, 2025
Игра "Scary Buddies" - это неожиданно увлекательная смесь жанров, сочетающая в себе элементы хоррора и юмора. Несмотря на нарочито мультяшный стиль рисовки, игра умудряется создавать напряженную атмосферу благодаря жутковатым звуковым эффектам и неожиданным скримерам. Игровой процесс, хоть и не самый инновационный, держит в приятном напряжении: нужно решать головоломки, прятаться от монстров и собирать предметы, необходимые для продвижения по сюжету. Особенно хочется отметить дизайн персонажей – "страшные друзья" получились запоминающимися и по-своему милыми, несмотря на их пугающие намерения. Сюжет, хотя и не отличается особой глубиной, вполне способен заинтересовать и мотивирует двигаться дальше, чтобы узнать, что же произойдет с главными героями. Конечно, в игре есть и недостатки. Управление иногда кажется немного неуклюжим, а головоломки порой излишне сложны и не всегда очевидны. Но, в целом, "Scary Buddies" - это достойный представитель жанра, который способен подарить несколько часов увлекательного геймплея. Любителям хоррор-игр с юмористическим уклоном однозначно стоит обратить на неё внимание. Рекомендую!
Not recommended Jan 6, 2025
Don't even bother to play, the game does not work at all. Got 5 friends on vr to do a game session on this game for nothing because it literally does not work you can't start a game. Waste of time.

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