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The Spare Room

First-Person Mystery by user-4945, released October 26, 2026. Free in your browser.

Open on itch.io

Page by the PlayNewt team. Checked in our browser on October 26, 2026, still live on October 28, 2026.

PlayNewtThe Spare Room is a free first-person mystery released on itch.io on October 26, 2026. You came home to care for Mother, but the house remembers a different child, and a door you do not remember stands at the end of the hallway. Explore the house, its garden and a city that rearranges itself each new game. The Week 1 Halloween chapter has 38 ending paths.

What waits inside

  • First-person exploration with interactive objects and hidden notes.
  • A seeded city with 20 shuffled locations, a day-and-night cycle and wandering residents.
  • A sanity system: disturbing discoveries cost you; kitchen sandwiches help you recover.
  • Easy, Intermediate and Hard modes.
  • Progress and your ending journal save on your device.

All Hallows' Eve, Week 1

Find three lantern seals, collect sweets from masked neighbours and return to the garden bell after midnight. Search for a lost visitor, follow the black seeds or find what waits behind the mirror. Week 2, The Houses That Answer, unlocks on Friday 30 October 2026 at 17:00 UTC and brings the total to 41 ending paths.

Screenshots

The Spare Room running in the browser, screen 1 captured by PlayNewt on October 26, 2026
Our capture: first screen after loading
The Spare Room running in the browser, screen 2 captured by PlayNewt on October 26, 2026
Our capture: after the first click

Questions players ask

Is The Spare Room free?

Yes. It is free and plays in your browser on this page.

How many endings are there?

38 ending paths in Week 1; Week 2 brings it to 41.

When does Week 2 unlock?

Friday 30 October 2026 at 17:00 UTC.

Does it have difficulty settings?

Yes: Easy, Intermediate and Hard.

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