The Veiled Ones

The Veiled Ones

Veiled Ones Team · August 23, 2024 · Action, Horror, Adventure, Survival Horror, Exploration

The Veiled Ones is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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The Veiled Ones price

The Veiled Ones 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 The Veiled Ones

Warning: This game may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

The Veiled Ones is a stealth horror game about a Muslim exorcist trying to save his son from a jinn possession. Inspired by the invisible entities from Islam, the players must rely on a magic artifact and their hearing to survive the jinn haunting their son, and unravel the mystery behind their son's disappearance.

LOOK INTO THE JINN WORLD


Use the black magic artifact called the Looking Glass to peer into a haunting realm, and navigate the invisible enemies that are haunting you

HIDE FROM INVISIBLE ENEMIES


Look for clues about your son's possession while hiding from invisible jinn. Listen to their footsteps, use the Looking Glass, and avoid the crying whispers

UNRAVEL THE POSSESSION


Piece together the clues and exorcise your son. Who is possessing him? And why?

The Veiled Ones was created as part of the University of Southern California’s Advanced Game Project (AGP) in collaboration with students from Otis College of Art and Design, Berklee College of Music, and Laguna College of Art and Design. For more information, please visit our publishing page. To learn more about the USC Games program, the #1 game program in the world, please visit the website listed on the right side of the store page.

The Veiled Ones — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Players appreciate this free horror game for its solid dialogue, engaging story, and respectful approach to scares without relying on cheap jump scares, with some praising its completion and recommend it to horror newcomers. However, the game is frequently criticized for poor controls that detract from the experience, technical issues including freezing and minor graphical glitches, and some view it dismissively as a student project lacking the depth of professionally developed games.

Recommended Jun 22, 2026
ehh, but its free
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Not recommended Mar 12, 2026
Review after 100% ♡♡♡ Poormans Resident Evil Requiem, but thats okay too. Its the controls that kills most of these free games. ⣴⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⡗ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃ ⣿⣿⡇⠜⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀Got a cat here ⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⡹⠙⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀ Friends passing ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⠛⠀⠀by can touch her ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠁⠀⠀and click Like to pet ♡ ⣿⣿⡿⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠹⠑⠀⠀ Award for good luck, Take My Points for infinite pets ♡ ⠟⠁⠀   "Don't waste your life, I did. Go home," -John Rambo
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 22, 2026
not a single good thing to say about this game.
Not recommended Jan 26, 2026
Hello, I recently tried to play The Veiled Ones on my PC, but the game consistently freezes and shows the message: “TheVeiledOnes.exe is not responding. If you close the program, you might lose information. Please advise if there is a known fix or if a patch is planned to address this freezing issue on PC. Thank you for your support.
Not recommended Jan 17, 2026
"The Veiled Ones" is one of literally thousands of student projects infesting Steam. It's from USC Games in the USA. While student projects tend to be better quality than most "amateur" made games, we must still question what value such projects have for gamers. As with all student projects, this isn't really a fully fleshed out game, it's just the result of an academic exercise, and as such it has much more limited value as a game than a professionally developed game would have. Educational institutions should not be using Steam as a dumping ground for homework assignments (especially if the students didn't even pass the course). Sure, it helps their marketing and helps the students feel good about themselves, but this is another case of a business putting themselves before the needs of gamers. The students made a horror stealth game where you take on the role of a Muslim exorcist trying to save his son from a djinn possession. This involves you using a black magic artifact called the Looking Glass to peer into a "haunting realm", which is less jumpscare and more hiding from invisible enemies, using your ears to listen to their footsteps to help avoid them, and if you can …
Not recommended Jan 24, 2025
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