The Windows Are Gone

The Windows Are Gone

Scary Cube · October 2, 2023 · Psychological Horror, Atmospheric, Immersive Sim, Dark, Multiple Endings

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The Windows Are Gone price

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About The Windows Are Gone

Haunted by grief and guilt after a tragic accident, you start seeing a house in your dreams. No matter what you do, you can't get its image out of your mind. You feel it calling for you, so you answer it.

The Windows Are Gone is a short, psychological horror game made by Scary Cube. It focuses on creating an immersive and disturbing atmosphere through the manipulation of narrative and audiovisual elements.

This game should take 40 minutes to 1 hour to complete.

FEATURES
- Psychological horror: Immerse yourself in an unsettling narrative that blurs the line between reality and the subconscious.
- Retro Aesthetic: Nostalgic PS1/PS2 visuals with a mix of old and modern.
- Atmospheric Gameplay: Experience an immersive atmosphere created through the manipulation of the audiovisual elements.
- Moving in: Bring the boxes inside and decorate the house to your liking: it's your new home, afterall.
- Exploration: Explore the scenary, find secrets and piece together the clues left by the previous owner of this mysterious house.
- Multiple Endings: Choose the destiny of the protagonist.

The Windows Are Gone — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Sep 19, 2026
Very interesting game, awesome atmosphere. Don't particularly understand why the back door has no function in the short story, when the front door is used twice. Would play again if I had memory loss.
Not recommended Sep 14, 2026
I was really excited to play this game, but my excitement faded in like 2 seconds when I realized most of this game is just doing bs with boxes, also just straight up had to reset the game because it was lagging like crazy, the only explanation I can think of is it not liking Medal (an app used to make clips), but even if that is the case, I've played waaaaaay more intense games while Medal was running in the background and they still didn't lag this badly, I can run almost any modern Resident Evil game without running into issues but apparently this 600 mb game is too much, sure bud I didn't finish it, the lagging was effecting the audio to a point where it was genuinly driving me insane and this game doesn't have any save feature so I would have to play through the entire thing again, I hate hating on small free indie games, but playing this was nothing, but frustration the entire time, I'm sure I would've enjoyed the story atleast Maybe I'll return to it some day, but who knows when that's gonna be
Recommended Sep 13, 2026
After playing, I can confirm that the windows aren't actually gone, but the main character's wife is. Either she got AIDS or Jason Voorhees got her I don't remember how she died.
Not recommended Sep 4, 2026
I absolutely want a refund! I want my $0.00 back! I disliked this game so much, it's not even funny. I thought it had great potential! It really did. I LOVED that I could put furniture/pieces of items where I wanted to (I could decorate) and unpack boxes, I loved that it had some good jump-scares...however, it was way too short and abrupt and THE WINDOWS WERE NOT MISSING! THE FRONT DOOR WAS! Hey, buddy, you wanna change the name of this game?! Sheesh!
Recommended Sep 1, 2026
A very well executed horror. Atmosphere and story are great, It didn't rely on jumpscare to scare you, but the vibe and subtle changes in surrounding and atmosphere. One thing though, [spoiler]the windows isn't gone, its everything lol.[/spoiler]
Recommended Aug 22, 2026
8 out of 10, great psychological horror for free Danaial recomanda

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