Haunted House Renovator Is Paranormal Activity Meets House Flipper
Developer Image Power S.A.'s Haunted House Renovator is basically Paranormal Activity meets House Flipper in a game that turns players into paranormal renovators. House renovation sims such as House Flipper now seem like a dime a dozen, especially on the mobile marketplace for Android and iOS devices.
Empyrean's and Frozen District's House Flipper originally launched on PC via Steam in 2018 to widespread acclaim. In fact, the house renovation sim maintains its a Very Positive user-rating on the platform to this day. The experience invites players to spearhead a one-person renovation crew, tasked with purchasing, repairing, and remodeling devastated fixer-uppers. Notably, the title's success engendered several post-launch content releases, including Garden DLC and Luxury DLC for warehouses and tenements. It didn't take long for other developers to experiment with the core gameplay loop in their own titles, evidenced by the May 2021 release of medival home renovation game Castle Flipper. But what happens when the house flipping motif is taken to extra-normal extremes?
Image Power S.A.'s Haunted House Renovator recently joined Steam as a game that users can wishlist. Like house renovating experiences before it, this particular title will task players with restoring ruined homes to a sellable state. It comes with a bit of a Paranormal Activity-esque twist, though, in that each house in need of renovation plays host to maleficent entities such as ghosts. Thus, in addition to assuming the part of fixer-upper extraordinaire, those who pick up a hammer and power tools in Haunted House Renovator will also need to brush off any latent ghost-hunting skills. Publisher PlayWay uploaded the following announcement trailer earlier this week:
As far as House Flipper-like games are concerned, Haunted House Renovator looks as though it could stand a cut above the rest in many respects. The paranormal twist serves as the icing on the cake, and it's clear players will have to do more than rid renovated homes of ghostly specters. Footage in the gameplay trailer above shows that in addition to warding off ghosts, users will also have to clear out demonic graffiti. Maybe demons and other types of otherworldly beings haunted the homes in Haunted House Renovator, as well.
Much about the title's release plans remain under lock and key for the time being. Thus, a launch date and pricing details for Haunted House Renovator are not yet known. Whether or not this home renovation simulation will ever see the light of day on consoles constitutes yet another mystery. Hopefully, Image Power and PlayWay can offer more insight in the not so distant future.
Haunted House Renovator hits PC via Steam on an unspecified date.
Source: Steam, PlayWay/YouTube