- Check out a new game by our alternative label! - 11 March 2026
Hello everyone!You might remember the game under our alternative label Smarto Club, Bubblegum Galaxy - we also posted a crossover video between it and Rental here previously. Even though it's not horror, you might be interested in knowing we've finally released it on Steam! If you enjoy our narrative style and like city builder/puzzle style games, please check it out:If you want to discuss the game, join the Smarto Club Discord!We'll have news on our more spooky ventures sometime in the near future. Until then~-Lonely House Team
- Bubblegum Galaxy Crossover Episode - 9 June 2025
We know some of you are patiently waiting for Mircea on the Lonely House side, we're still working on some nice horrors for you, but in the meantime, if you'd like a similar style of silly dialogue and characters, check out Bubblegum Galaxy under our alternative label, Smarto Club!We've been working on this for years now and it's finally about to release this year ₊˚⊹♡ Try the latest demo for free here!
- The UMI PLUSHIE is HERE! - 23 January 2025
Hi everyone, thank you for your patience ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎ ₊˚⊹♡ The final design for the plushie is here, and the campaign is now live! https://www.makeship.com/products/umi-plush It'll be available to purchase until February 13th only, so if you're interested don't miss this chance! We're working hard to be able to deliver new and bigger games, so thank you for all the support our little bunny game has recieved
- Important News about Umi Plushie - 25 November 2024
Hi everyone, the official date for the design release and final campaign launch has been moved We're working together with the Makeship team to ensure that the plushie looks as good as possible and perfectly represents our little bunny demon. We've been making some adjustments to the physical design, but unfortunately that has meant a delay on the final campaign release, the official date being now early 2025 (January if everything goes well). The link for the campaign remains the same: https://www.makeship.com/petitions/umi-plush Sorry for the troubles and please look forward to it!! ꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱₊˚⊹ Lonely House team
- Check out the new Lonely House project! - 24 October 2024
Hello everyone ꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱ we have good news! Thanks to the immense support Rental has received, we have been able to start work on our new horror game project under the Lonely House label: Mircea You can check out the steam page and trailer here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3252240/Mircea/ Hope Rental fans will enjoy it too! 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟
- Umi Plushie Initial Campaign. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ - 12 August 2024
Hello everyone, we're happy to announce we are hosting a Plushie campaign with Makeship! First stage is an initial petition to kickstart the plushie: https://www.makeship.com/petitions/umi-plush The way this works is: This petition only lasts 10 days! For the petition to be succesful, we need 200 pledges before it ends. Each pledge is $2 which, if the goal is not reached, will be fully refunded (and the plushie will not be made ૮ ◞ ﻌ ◟ ა) If successful, the remaining $27.99 of the plushie (+ shipping and tax) will be charged on November 16, 2024, when the final product design is launched. Many fans have expressed the wish for a plushie so please help us make it come true₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ Don't miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have Umi haunt you in your home! EDIT: The campaign has been succesfully funded!! Thank you everyone for your support once again! ₍ᐢ. ̫.ᐢ₎₊‧.°.⋆✮⋆.°.‧₊ The ca…
- THANK YOU for 2000 REVIEWS!! - 7 June 2024
Thank you so much everyone ( ˶ˆᗜˆ˵ ) As we said before, we're working hard on delivering new projects so we wholeheartedly appreciate your support! Please look forward to new things on our side. Thank you also to everyone who's joined our contests, it's been awesome to recieve so many entries~ Hope to see our community grow even more ✰⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆✰
- Rental Short Story Contest - 7 May 2024
Hello everyone! We're happy to announce a new contest, where you can write a short stories about Rental! The rules are as follows : The short stories may be a maximum of a 100 words, inspired by a writing contest that is held in our city in Chile You can use the characters or the world of Rental, feel free to do what you want as long it is in the world of Rental and follows the rules. We'll have 2 winners, one will be voted among the devs, the other will be chosen by popular vote on the discord server. Each winner will get a 15.000CLP/15USD STEAM giftcard as a prize. No NSFW. No outright gore. No AI generated content. Send your submissions through the forum Short Story channel on our discord server. Submissions that don't follow the rules will be deleted, be mindful of what you upload. Deadline is 27 of may 23:59, Chilean time (20:59 PST). Have fun! (ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ.ﾟWe can't wait to see what y…
- “RENTAL” now supports Chinese and Japanese! - 11 April 2024
Dear players, We are happy to announce that “RENTAL” is now available not only in Chinese but also Japanese thanks to the support provided by our kind friends at Astrolabe Games! Please check it out and tell us what you think ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎ ₊˚⊹♡
- This spooky bunny horror game is free, but you can buy a cool zine to support the devs - 2 April 2024
I like horror , I like bunnies, I like cool little games. Hey, y'here that, Rental ? You're alright, kid. It's a free (free!) little game originally made for 2022's 32bit jam that takes about 20 minutes to play through, wherein you play a child rabbit who has arrived at a holiday cabin with her family. You're the first to head inside and, oop, the door locks behind you. Classic twist. A further twist is that, while Rental is entirely free to download and play, you can buy a supporter zine as DLC to kick some funds to the devs. Noice. Read more
- Minor hotfix - 31 March 2024
We've just released a patch that fixes the issue with the labyrinth door and the Short-Term Rental achievement. Thanks everyone who brought these issues to our attention ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ🐇་༘࿐
- We've reached 1000 reviews! - 29 March 2024
Thank you so much everyone! ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ🐇་༘࿐ We're working hard on delivering new and bigger projects, hope you can keep supporting us! We've also just updated the game with the following fixes: Traditional and Simplified Chinese added to the game's languages. Fixed bug where achievement "Short-Term Rental" was earned even though game was finished in more than 10 minutes. Moved a particularly hard to see item needed for the "Curious Bunny" achievement. Moved the evil couch to avoid bunnies from being trapped. -Lonely house team (𓁹 𓁹)
- RENTAL Fanart contest! - 25 March 2024
Rules: 1. We'll have 2 winners, one will be voted among the devs, the other will be chosen by popular vote on our discord server. Each winner will get a 15.000CLP/15USD STEAM giftcard as a prize. 2. All mediums are permitted: digital, traditional, pixel art, 3D, plasticine, etc. NO use of AI though. You don't need to be a skilled artist to participate ^^ 3. No NSFW. You can have blood for spookiness but no outright gore. 4. Send your submissions through the fanart contest channel on our discord server. The link is on the Rental Steam Store page. Feel free to post them on the Artwork tab on Steam too, if you like. 5. Deadline is 15 April 23:59, Chilean time (19:59 PST). Winners will be announced on that week. Any entries that don't follow the rules will be disqualified. Have fun! ໒꒰ྀི´ ˘ ` ꒱ྀིა Please make something that you enjoy
