The Skin Stapler

The Skin Stapler

Steam Deck · unrated

Tainted Pact · Walking Simulator · Aug 6, 2026

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

On sale at $11.99, but it has been as low as $11.99.

89%
Very Positive
282 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 115 sampled reviews

Based on 282 player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 115 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise115 helpful reviews0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Outside of the kills and gross out moments, it's mainly just performing basic tasks and walking around the grungy environments. ♥♥♥♥ and Robbie are fun characters with a good dynamic but they're sidelined for most of the game in favor of a bunch of randies and you almost feel the game stop to let you clap every time another IRL streamer shows up.
29 of 115 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
i'll start with the pros: this game is very well put together, has fantastic artwork and art direction, a killer soundtrack, memorable character designs, and some fun moments.
18 of 115 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
On the other hand, it repeats same jokes over and over again, the gameplay is very simple/repetitive and it feels cynically designed to become viral via Streamers/Tik-Tok more than something that has actual passion put into it.
10 of 115 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
This game was amazing it was creepy, weird, and funny I enjoyed streaming it so much and I loved your other game Massacre At The Mirage, both games were so fun to play and looked amazing, loved the art style and the story.
8 of 115 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
the performances were alright. i dont think they particularly brought down the game, but there were definitely some characters where i could tell the VA was trying *way* too hard to put on a certain voice, which was also distracting. the titular skin stapler's performance was definitely the strongest, and the most memorable. but i cant really put this down as a proper mark against it, since choppy voice acting is basically a staple in these types of horror games. but i think there's a difference between good-bad acting and "trying to hard to *be* bad"-bad acting, if you know what i mean.
3 of 115 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters29 reviews
Audio18 reviews
Gameplay10 reviews
Graphics8 reviews
Difficulty3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should I buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $11.99 (−20%). The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

1 points recordedtoday · $11.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Not sampled yet

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Average playtime
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