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Released Oct 9, 2026 Free Mostly Positive Not counted on Steam profiles yet

The Hat Man

By Black Lantern Entertainment

HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericFirst-PersonRealisticDarkSupernaturalMysteryAdventureFree to PlayIndieThriller
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Reviews 30 Mostly Positive
Players now 0 Peak today 0
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About The Hat Man

The Hat Man is a game tagged Horror, Psychological Horror and Atmospheric by Black Lantern Entertainment, released Oct 9, 2026. It has 30 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Case Blind: Stolen Route, The Sixth Sorrow and VHS Collection: Goodnight Me.

A first-person psychological horror game inspired by The Hat Man urban legend, focusing on sleep paralysis, fear, and the terror of being unable to move.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for The Hat Man · record updated 14 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID4347270
Release dateOct 9, 2026
Last change number40231634
Last record update14 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Black Lantern Entertainment
Publisher
Black Lantern Entertainment
Steam profile
Not counted yet: Steam is still getting to know this game, so it doesn't add to game counts or achievement totals · checked 23 hours ago
Website
blacklanternentertainment.com

Platforms

Windows

Features

2
Single-playerFamily Sharing

Patches

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
26013004publicOct 17, 2026

Depots

Depots

1
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
4347271 — All 3.77 GB 1.70 GB 961478455079966402

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 26013004 Oct 17, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Hat Man

Launch options

1
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
THE HAT MAN\The Hat Man.exe All

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