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Metacritic usersuser score
60/100
Player reviews
90% positive512 reviews
Steam Deck
Playable
Runs on
Windows
Price
US$8.98

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2026 · Tainted Pact Games · Indie

The Skin Stapler

The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.

Released
6 August 2026
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie
Developers
Tainted Pact Games
Publishers
Assemble Entertainment
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
ActionHorror
Engine
Unreal Engine 5
Languages
English
Features
Family SharingSingle-playerSteam achievements
Time to beat
3.5hmain story4hcompletionist

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PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows6 August 2026Worldwide

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