
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.
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The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,515 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
A serial killer stalks the streets, and you’re on their trail. Investigate the murders, descend into the city’s rotten underbelly, and uncover its buried secrets. Will you find the truth before The Skin Stapler finds you?Play as burned-out detective Dick Slater, hunting a serial killer known as the Skin Stapler. Take control of other characters as they are stalked through homes, workplaces, and dark city streets.
Victims are skinned, their flesh stapled to nearby walls. Distorted audio tapes taunt police and point to something darker beneath the city. You will scream. You might die. Maybe even from laugther.
Handmade horror, with no shortcuts and plenty of sharp objects. Built as an XXL horror feature night, The Skin Stapler delivers a night of atmosphere, story, and bloody good fun.
Investigate crime scenes as Detective Dick Slater, solve grisly puzzles, or survive a not-so-ordinary shift. Every character brings a different way to experience Carrion City’s nightmare.
Every character is fully voiced, bringing Carrion City’s killers, victims, and burned-out cops to life.
Inspired by 1980s VHS horror and exploitation films, the game features stylized violence, neon-lit decay, and an unapologetically grim aesthetic that blends horror and humor.
From the creator of Suffer the Night, Terror at Oakheart, Massacre at the Mirage, and Flesh Made Fear, Tainted Pact Games invites you into a grimy, neon-lit nightmare with The Skin Stapler. Experience handcrafted indie horror made with support from some of your favourite content creators.

Sums Steam only; GOG publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $9.74−35% | 537reviews | 91% | — | $133.3K |
| $14.99 | 4ratings | 100% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 486 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Трэш, угар, убийства, атмосфера олдовых хорроров и лютая грайндуха. Рекомендую всем фанатам жанра!
The indie horror market has a few titans at the moment, and Tainted Pact is certainly one of them. It seems like no matter what kind of project Michael Cosio (Tainted Pact) takes on, he absolutely knocks it out of the park. 2D, RE-like throwback, FPS... if it's a Tainted Pact release, it's going to be high quality, full of silly humor, and packed with just as many scares. Not to mention the amazing soundtracks. The Skin Stapler is, not surprisingly, another home run. It's a fantastic detective/slasher story told from the perspective of multiple characters across multiple locations, crafted expertly and boasting atmosphere that's hard to come by. Everything from top to bottom exudes horror charm and tells the tale of a dev who takes his craft seriously. Voice acting, character design, level design, story flow... it's all executed perfectly. Play it. And then if you haven't, go play all of the other Tainted Pact games. You won't be disappointed. FULL REVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLmi91IVRxg
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 486 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
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Had a good time in this. Early 90's style grindhouse shlock. Mostly a walking sim with some basic puzzles in the way; but just like Massacre at the Mirage it was surprisingly satisfying with the over exaggerated nature of Slater and the very crude humor. There's a Tainted Pact lore loop starting and I'm here for it.
buen juego
10/10 game, must buy.
B Horror movie goodness at the tips of your fingers, give it a go, you will not be disappointed !
Buy it. Like playing an 80s B movie with a very engaging story. I look forward to their next game 100%.
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what an emotional roller coaster huh?
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