- Play The Demo For Our New Game Now - 29 July 2026
Thorner Demo Out Now!I'm very pleased to share with you all that the demo for our new game Thorner has now been released and you can play it right now here!There are three endings in total. Let us know what ending you got first as well as what you thought of the demo.
- We're Releasing A Demo On 30 July For Our New Game - Check Out The Trailer Now - 15 July 2026
Hi everybody.I'm very pleased to announce that a demo for our new game Thorner will be released on 30 July. It's a 10-15 minutes slice of suspense that will act as a preview of the terror that awaits you in the main game. There are three endings in total.To celebrate, we've released a trailer for the demo which can be viewed below.
- Our new game Thorner is avaliable to wishlist now! - 16 March 2026
We’re very pleased to share that our new game Thorner, a horror visual novel is now available to Wishlist.Thorner is a dark, disturbing visual novel featuring three possible endings.You are Colin Snead, a military veteran. Haunted by your time in the service, you flee to the Scottish wilderness attempting to escape your past. However, you will find that spilled blood is not easily forgiven, and you are not alone. The land knows what you did. The land judges. Thorner awaits.We’d like to thank everyone for their incredible support with The Flayed Man, it's been a long road and we’re excited to finally share Thorner with you. If you’d like to help us out, please consider sharing the game on your socials, telling friends and family, posting on Bluesky or Twitter, or tagging your favourite content creators or media outlets, or covering it on your own channels You can find the press kit here.…
- The Flayed Man is in Steam Scream Fest! Exclusive character sketches on Discord! - 27 October 2025
Hi everybody.First of all I'm pleased to announce our largest ever discount of The Flayed Man as part of Steam Scream Fest with 40% off. It's perfect for a Halloween night spook so make sure to grab your copy or to gift to a friend! Secondly, I'm very pleased to announce that I am sharing the character designs for our next game Thorner exclusively on our discord and mailing list. If you haven't already, make sure to sign up to both for all the latest updates by pressing the blue links.
- The Flayed Man is 35% off! - 29 September 2025
We're pleased to announce that The Flayed Man is 35% off as part of the Autumn Summer Sale. Grab your copy now!Let us know what you think and keep up to date with our new game on Discord, follow us on Bluesky, and sign up to our mailing list.
- We Are Making Another Game! Here's A Preview. - 21 August 2025
It's been a little over 4 months since we released The Flayed Man and if you've followed our updates, you know it was a bumpy ride. The move to a paid model from free was a tough decision, but ultimately it's one that's paid off, because we have now raised enough funds to make our next game. I'm very pleased to share with you the Steam Capsule Art below:Thorner is going to be a horror visual novel and we're looking forward to sharing updates with you as we progress. Lucio has returned to complete the UI and Rafael will be completing both the steam capsule and in-game illustrations. The aim is for the Steam Page to be available in Q1, with the game to be released towards the tail end of 2026. I've shared more details on the inspirations for the game on our discord and mailing list, and I look forward to be able to share the formal announcement and trailer for the game with you next year.…
- An Update On The Future Of Snoring Dog Games & 35% Discount Announcement - 26 June 2025
Hi everybody. It's now been roughly six weeks since The Flayed Man changed from free to a paid model and I wanted to share an update with you all on the impact this has had and the future of Snoring Dog Games.Before I do, I'd like to bring to your attention that The Flayed Man is now 35% off as part of the Steam Sale, including the Give Me Your Skin Bundle. If you haven't already grabbed a copy or would like to gift a copy to a friend, make sure to do so now!As per my last message, sales of The Supporter Pack were low and so the move to a paid model was an attempt to raise the funds to make another game. I'm very pleased to say we are now 75% of the way there, and it looks very likely another game will be coming your way. We had previously shared some of the games we would like to make. However, we're still nowhere near the level of funds we'd need to make these a reality at this point.…
- The Flayed Man Is On Sale & Has Been Updated - 18 May 2025
Hi everybody. Following on from our last post The Flayed Man has now changed from a free to a paid model. You can read the reasons why here and I want to emphasise this is a Hail Mary to raise the funds to make our next game. We have tailored pricing internationally, meaning that it is equally affordable around the globe. I would especially like to thank all of the people who bought a version on the Supporter Pack back when the base game was free, your generosity is tremendous. For those of you who missed the opportunity to grab a copy for free, I'm very pleased to share that The Flayed Man and the Supporter Pack are now on sale until Monday 26th May. You can also buy the Give Me Your Skin bundle containing both and discounted by 15% for as long as we're on Steam. We have added several updates to both the base game and the Supporter Pack which I'm pleased to share with you below: The Fl…
- The Flayed Man Is Moving From Free To Paid Next Week - 9 May 2025
Firstly, we would like to give extra special thanks to everybody who purchased a Supporter Pack. It is thanks to people like you that we're slightly closer to the point where we will be able to fund our next game. Your generosity is enormous and we are so grateful for your support. However, following on from our previous announcement, I wanted to share with all players that The Flayed Man will be moving from being a free game to a paid game on the 17th May. We're keeping the price of the game very small and we are also tailoring prices so that fans across the world can afford the game. On the plus side, we will be reducing the price of the Supporter Pack, adding in a few more goodies as well as a releasing it with a CC BY-NC 4.0 license, so you'll be able to make your own hellish adventures. This will come out on the 17th too. I had hoped we would be able to keep The Flayed Man free for…
- Help Save Snoring Games - The Games We Would Like To Make - 6 May 2025
Hi Everybody, We would like to start by saying thank you to all the kind words and support people have showed us since our last post. Unfortunately after an initial boost in sales, things have slowed down and we are only at 15% of the total amount we need to carry on, with Snoring Dog Games likely to close it's doors in June and The Flayed Man delisted (although if it's in your Library you can play it forever). The Flayed Man sits in 36,000 libraries and has been played by 4000 players with 96% positive reviews. It's clear that players have enjoyed our game and we're hoping that by sharing the games we would to make, it might help nudge you to helping support our studio through purchase of our Supporter Pack. It Waits In The Abyss - Sci-Fi Point and Click Horror Prior to my current day job I served in the military as a submariner, which is where the seeds of the idea for It Waits In The…
- Help Save Snoring Dog Games By Buying A Supporter Pack - 24 April 2025
Hi Everybody. First off I'd like to thank everybody who has played The Flayed Man and left positive reviews. We've had over 1100 players in a week and The Flayed Man is also sitting in over 18,000 libraries waiting to be played. We've managed to hit Very Positive reviews in that time too, so we're very glad for all your support. When adopting the free-to-play model, our aim was to get The Flayed Man in the hands of as many gamers as possible to show what kind of unique horror games Snoring Dog Games will make. The hope was always that gamers would respond to the free game with generosity to help us pay our artists and to make a new, full-length game unlike anything else on the market. I will always be honest with players, and it pains me to say that as it stands, The Flayed Man will almost certainly be not only our first game, but our last game too. The Supporter Pack has only sold 35 c…
- The Flayed Man is out now! - 17 April 2025
The Flayed Man, our free point and click horror game, is out now! Featuring a dark twisted story with unique, horrific pixel art graphics and multiple endings, it's perfect for a bite-sized spook with a playtime of ~30 minutes. If you enjoy the game, please consider buying a Supporter Pack to help fund our next game and leaving a review. We look forward to hearing what you think of our game!
- The Flayed Man Releases Tomorrow! - 16 April 2025
This time tomorrow, The Flayed Man will officially be playable to all. We hope you enjoy our fleshy little pixel art, point and click horror game and it’ll be great to hear your thoughts on it. The idea behind releasing the game for free was to try to reach as many players as possible to show what we’re capable of, and hopefully raise the funds needed to make our next game a reality. All money raised will go to pay our artists and our accountant. Aside from the art, I create everything on my own in the evenings after work and during the weekends. I calculated how many hours on average I poured into The Flayed Man and I’ve just realised that it comes out to a whole second job at 40 hours a week on top of my day job which is also 40 hours a week. The actual funds we need to develop our next game are really quite small in the grand scheme of things. If everybody who had wishlisted the game…
- Only one week left... Are you ready to be flayed? - 10 April 2025
There's only one week left until The Flayed Man is released. Are you ready to be flayed? We recently crossed over into 4 digits for our wishlists, which was well beyond our expectations for our game. We're hoping that once you guy plays it, you'll enjoy it so much you'll recommend it to your friends, as well as buy a supporter pack to help fund our next game. It's been a long road and we can't wait to hear what you all think about our game. Until then, follow us on Bluesky, sign-up to our mailing list, and join our Discord.
- Our is Discord is now live! Also check out our new teaser trailer. - 12 March 2025
It might be slightly delayed, but we're now happy to announce that we have set-up our Discord server. To celebrate, we've released a new teaser trailer so make sure to check that out on our Steam Page (it's the second video). To kick-start hopefully the first of many of conversations, we've listed on our Discord three games that influenced us and that we think you should buy in the Spring Sale. We look forward to hearing some of your recommendations. Join our Discord here
- The Flayed Man is finished and our Discord launches next week. - 25 February 2025
I'm really happy to say that the Flayed Man is now fully completed with 15 Steam Achievements integrated and working. You may already have seen it, but in case you haven't, the Supporter Pack Steam Page is also live on Steam and can be found here. If you enjoy the game when it comes out, please consider purchasing, we've gone through every country individually and priced it to equal a pint of beer (and cheaper in some places). In terms of what's happening in March: Discord launches next Wednesday: Every Thursday will be Inspiration Thursday where I'll share some of the games, movies, books, and other media that inspired The Flayed Man. It'll also be a general place for chit-chat for people who like games about skinless men. Review copies will go out to reviewers: I've been very lucky to have quite a few places online agree to review, but if there's a site/stream you like (or you run one…
- Looking Forward Into February - 31 January 2025
So it's now been nine days since The Flayed Man was announced. I have to say, it's been a surprise for a no-name Indie releasing their first public game for free at the level of interest the game has received. I have a secret number of players I hope play the game (okay, if you can keep the secret, it's 100) and with wishlists we've far exceeded that number already. It's also been surreal to see the game on sites like Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, Adventure Game Hotspot and more. So I just want to thank everybody who's wishlisted the game, shared it, and joined this community. Now onto the update. What I would consider the "base" game is finished. There's an optional hint system that's been implemented (surprisingly easy) and the sound has been fixed and levelled correctly (surprisingly hard). Moving into February there's certain things that I will be working on: Implementing Steam…
- Wishlist The Flayed Man Now! - 22 January 2025
Hello! Welcome to the official Steam page for The Flayed Man, an upcoming free point and click horror game. I've been working on this game for roughly 14 months now, partnering up with some fantastic artists to produce a horror game that scratches that age old question what if Silent Hill met Broken Sword? Come rain or shine, the game will be released on 17th April 2024. Although the game will be completely free, there will be the opportunity buy a supporters pack to help fund our next game, more details on that will come later. In terms of where we're at now: Story: 100% Graphics: 100% Sound: 90% Programming: 90% This is primarily for steam integration for achievements. We look forward to sharing the game with you soon but if you haven't already wishlist now. If you'd like to receive exclusive monthly content, insights, and updates on our games then please sign up to the Snoring Dog Ga…
