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{{Short description|2013 action puzzle video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Haunt the House: Terrortown
| image = Haunt the House Terrortown cover.jpg
| developer = [[SFB Games]]
| publisher = SFB Games
| engine = [[Adobe Flash]]
| platforms = [[PlayStation Vita]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[OS X]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]]
| released = '''PlayStation Vita'''{{Video game release|WW|9 January 2013}}'''Microsoft Windows''', '''OS X'''{{Video game release|WW|6 June 2014}}'''Android''', '''iOS'''{{Video game release|WW|30 October 2014}}
| genre = [[Action game|Action]], [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| designer = Adam Vian
| programmer = Tom Vian
| artist = Adam Vian
| writer = {{Unbulleted list|Adam Vian|Tom Vian}}
| composer = Raphael Benjamin Meyer
}}
'''''Haunt the House: Terrortown''''' is a [[Side-scrolling video game|side-scrolling]] [[Action game|action]] [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] [[video game]] developed by [[SFB Games]]. The game was released for [[PlayStation Vita]] on 9 January 2013, for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[OS X]] on 6 June 2014, and for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] on 30 October 2014.
== Gameplay ==
The game starts in an abandoned town where a ghost lives until people start to move into the town, disturbing its sleep. It attempts to scare everyone out of the town to rest in peace once again. The player can move the ghost around a building and possess objects to scare people. The more people it scares, the more paranormal powers it will gain. The goal of the game is to scare everyone out of a building; however, if a person is scared too much, they may commit suicide by throwing themselves out of a window. Once a building is empty, the player moves on to the next building. After everyone is scared out of town, the ghost is shown to be in a painting of what appears to be its family.
By scaring people, the player can raise the room's "atmosphere" which unlocks new actions for possessed objects. Some actions can be used to kill certain characters that can't be scared, and they will become a ghost that travels back to the clock tower. They will also appear in the painting at the tower.
== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = VITA/iOS: 73/100<ref name="MCVITA">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/haunt-the-house-terrortown/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-vita |title=Haunt the House: Terrortown for PlayStation Vita Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="MCiOS">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/haunt-the-house-terrortown/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad |title=Haunt the House: Terrortown for iPhone/iPad Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref>
}}
''Haunt the House: Terrortown'' received "mixed or average" reviews, according to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]], on which the PlayStation Vita and iOS versions both hold an aggregated review score of 73/100, based on four reviews each.{{r|MCVITA|MCiOS}} Representatively for ''[[Eurogamer]]'', Christian Donlan gave the game a score of 8/10, saying "Emotional cruelty, suicide, haunted euphoniums—there's a surprisingly dark heart beating away inside this cheery little [[Halloween]] special. There's a genuine sense of mischief, too, conveyed by the bug-eyed howls of your prey and the looping, lilting tones of the jazz-club soundtrack."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-01-17-haunt-the-house-terrortown-review |title=Haunt the House: Terrortown review |last=Donlan |first=Christian |date=24 January 2013 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |accessdate=27 February 2017 |archivedate=4 March 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061626/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-01-17-haunt-the-house-terrortown-review |url-status=live }}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website|hauntthehouse.com}}
[[Category:2013 video games]]
[[Category:Android (operating system) games]]
[[Category:IOS games]]
[[Category:MacOS games]]
[[Category:PlayStation Vita games]]
[[Category:Puzzle video games]]
[[Category:Indie games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:SFB Games games]]