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In strategy game Scream Operator, you run every inch of a haunted house ride from the all-important pre-show to the Chainsaw Guys

In Scream Operator: Haunted House Manager, you become an architect of alarm. A draughtsman of dismay. A mechanic of panic. A… haunted house manager. It's a "cosy-spooky" themepark strategy sim in which you attempt to maximise the chills and earn fat stacks by arranging your Grim Reapers just so. By day, you supe...

In Scream Operator: Haunted House Manager, you become an architect of alarm. A draughtsman of dismay. A mechanic of panic. A… haunted house manager. It's a "cosy-spooky" themepark strategy sim in which you attempt to maximise the chills and earn fat stacks by arranging your Grim Reapers just so.

By day, you supervise guests as they queue through the pre-show and board the cars, generating Immersion and Fear points as they witness the props and trigger the scares in each room. By night, you pick from randomised upgrades to squeeze more dread out of your setup. With patience and calculation, you can turn a mere Room 1408 into a full-blown Overlook Hotel. Or the other way around, depending on which Stephen King adaptation you think is scariest. I don't want to alienate John Cusack fans, not this early in the week.

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