About This Game

One morning, your wife and daughter vanished. After weeks of searching the house and the woods behind it, the police found no one: only the knife, and two empty beds.

"It's as though the house simply kept them."

Now you're back inside. The Kitchen Knife is a first-person psychological horror game set in a single house that loops, shifts and remembers. Every time you walk its halls, something has changed: a corridor that ends somewhere it shouldn't, a radio playing a song you never turned on, a child's drawing that wasn't there before. Read what your family left behind, piece together what really happened that morning, and decide how much of it you're ready to remember.

A house that won't stay the same

• One house, endlessly reshaped. Each loop rewrites the rooms, the light and what's waiting in them.

• The truth is in the objects. Police reports, journal pages, a newspaper, a child's drawings and fridge poems each hold a piece of the story.

• Quiet, grounded puzzles. Find codes, keys and tapes, and make sense of what you read. No combat, and no monsters to fight.

Horror that gets under your skin

• Slow-burn dread. Whispers inside the walls, crying that stops the moment you listen for it, and a lullaby that won't stop playing. A few well-timed jump scares make sure you never fully relax.

• Made for headphones. The sound design does half the haunting.

• Grief, guilt and memory. A personal story about a father, his family, and the morning everything fell apart.

One night, one complete story

• About 60–90 minutes, no filler. Built to be played in a single sitting, ideally with the lights off.

• 13 Steam achievements, some of them hidden for players who look closer.

• English voice-over, with interface and subtitles in English, Deutsch, Español (Latinoamérica), Português (Brasil), Русский and 简体中文.

Content warning

The Kitchen Knife is a story about loss and guilt, made for mature players. It contains:

• Grief and family trauma

• Implied violence against family members, including a child

• Blood and disturbing imagery

• References to prescription medication and sedatives

• Psychological distress and unreliable memory

• Flickering lights, sudden loud sounds and a few jump scares

Player discretion is advised. Headphones recommended. Lights optional.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some 2D artwork and images used in the game, and some of its English voice lines, were created with generative AI tools during development and then edited by the developer. AI tools were also used to help write some in-game text (item descriptions and notes) and to translate the game's text and subtitles into German, Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and Simplified Chinese; the developer reviewed all of it. The game does not generate any content with AI while you play — everything is fixed at release.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Blood and disturbing imagery. Implied violence against family members, including a child. Themes of grief, guilt and psychological distress. References to prescription medication and sedatives. Flickering lights, sudden loud sounds and a few jump scares.