Hide and Shriek

This game had so much potential, sadly the devs pretty much stopped working on it after they launched instead of possibly creating new maps, runes and spells and even different game modes. Now that the game is free to play, it's definitely a good play with your friends every now and then.

tl;dr version: Is this the kind of game you'll play for ages and have ranked tournaments with months from now? No. Is it $5 worth of Halloween entertainment for the next month or so? Absolutely! Hide and Shriek is a very well balanced 1v1 scarematch game where you have to either outscore or outscare (or ideally both) your opponent. The fact that resources are randomly distributed - even the runes you use to craft spells are randomly chosen at the start of the match - means that there's no one preferred location or ideal loadout you can use. Having to continually scramble about looking for resources and never quite having the right spell components in place keeps it from being too comfortable at any point. (It is admittedly true that sometimes the RNG blesses you with abundant resources of exactly the right kind for your strategy but you can never count on this being true.) The way the match feels will vary wildly depending on the chosen tactics of the two participants. For example, t...

Fun AND Scary game. There are heaps of different spells, traps, to beat your opponent. someimes the game gets really intense haha. Though It takes awhile to find an opponent,maybe because there aren't many people playing this game. I recommend that everyone plays this game, so fuunnn

Hide and Shriek is a 1v1 game about two students at opposing schools being invisible and having a game afterhours. The game play with scoring by either tricking your opponents with traps (via rigging them along the ground, doors, cabinets, etc) and by finding your invisible opponent and shrieking them, 3 shrieks in a row and you win automatically! Each match lasts 10 minutes and all 10 of those can be filled with tense searching and hoping that your next touch isn't going to throw you across the room by a gust of wind, or that cabinet you touched might electrify you, or even that noise you heard is your invisible rival opening something right next to you unknowingly. It's a fun little game, an added bonus if you're a fan of The Secret World in which this game has goodies for, the only downside is possibly the lower population of players further down the road after halloween. Edit: As of late November I've found the game a bit more difficult to find players with. So having a friend ...

this game...IS AMAZING it has awesome graphics a pretty challenging multiplayer mode and its something you and your friends play for hours on end customisation is amazing and it erry how you always get creepy by the fact that they could be right behind you and it gets it horror from that not from grotesk images but from sheer surprise and scare now if you love multyplayer games you damn better get this you can play with your frinds or some random person will you play for months? YES, is the game fun? DID YOU READ MY COMMENT M8?, finally,tell me one mre reason to get this, ITS F***ING AWESOME hope o see you guys and a match and cya there m8

Even when this game starts to be repetitive, It's still enjoyable. Game mechanics is very easy - gather orbs, set traps and scare your opponent. How to win? One match has ten minutes. Both of you have to collect points. The winner is the one who has more points or scare opponent three times in a row. Positives: + graphics + game mechanics + idea + Free to Play + bonus content for The Secret World Negatives: - when opponent leaves, you will lose all gathered points in current match - despite It is free to play, there is low number of players Hide your ass and Shriek your opponent's pants off! My rating: 7/10

"A diamond in the rough" is the first thought that came to mind when i played my first session of this game. Personally this game first came to my attention while watching H2o delirious (great lad would recommend) and from there on had to have a go at it. The game itself is a 1v1 first person online multiplayer horror were players assume the role of two high school students from Miskatonic's estranged sister school of Innsmouth high during Halloween night in a twisted magical game of something akin to hide and seek. Each player is invisible to one another and objectively must attempt to acquire their coloured orbs of blue or red and deliver it to their periodically moving altar all the while avoiding, countering and entrapping their enemies with magical game changing runes scattered around the map. To win players must by the end of the countdown or jump scare their opponent 3 times in a row, have accumulated more points plus the additional bonuses than their opposition. Story/characte...

Unfortunately the game is dead, the devs are no longer working on it even though it has great potential. There could be added more maps, spells, customizable masks. I really recommend this game but I advise playing with a friend else you are going to grow a mighty beard waiting to find a game.

It was okay. Jumpscares, but they are cheesy. Admittedly, I jumped a few times, but the effect wears off quite fast and I haven't play it that long. It had a weird learning curve and is still fun if you play with friends that get scared, but if no one screams then it's not rewarding.

A great game! Set traps for your invisible human opponent, if they set off the trap you get bonus points! Take orbs of your color to your pedestal (which randomly teleports), but be careful your enemy can see the orb floating as you take it around! Collect runes in a specific order to create specific spells. Or just collect runes, you can't collect runes for a spell order that doesn't exist, so collect away to unlock new descriptions in your grimoire! Less importantly, each round you collect points towards your level. Your level doesn't help win matches, but unlocks new mascot accessories to dress your mascot called a shriek. Cons: Only 1 board, but this board is stuffed with explorables and packed to perfection! Pros: Endless fun for any individuals of any rank!