Launch night · Friday, December 11

MICHAEL’S ISLAND + HOLD YOUR BREATH

Both full games launch together on Friday, December 11. Pre-order both for US$5, once, and they unlock by themselves that night.

  • Bigger maps
  • Much more to survive
  • Updates here along the way
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One US$5 payment through Stripe’s secure checkout, for both full games, played in your browser at fliinch.com. On launch night they unlock by themselves in this browser, and on any other with your email. Refundable on request until they open. Pre-order terms

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The big update · out now

It got worse.

Two of our games just got their biggest update yet, on the same night.

  • 26rooms open in the castle
  • about 30new scares in the night
  • 4new kinds of demon
  • 0dollars. Both are free.

HOUSE RULES

The whole castle is open.

  • Twenty-six rooms on two floors, a garden, a cellar and a tunnel, in any order you like. Every room is three to five times the size it was.
  • New things hunt you: a statue that only moves when you look away, the Butler’s mistress out of the mirrors, hounds, and something in the tunnel.
  • Every monster remade, more than twice the scares, and it gets worse with every room you quiet.
Play free: HOUSE RULES The game: HOUSE RULES

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Newest trailer · HOUSE RULES

The doors are open.

All of them. Twenty-six rooms on two floors, in any order you like, and you are hunted between them now: a stone woman who only moves when you look away, the Butler’s mistress in the mirrors, Sir’s hounds in the corridors.

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Before you play

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What is Fliinch?

An independent horror game studio in Toronto. We make short horror games that play in your browser: MICHAEL’S ISLAND, DRAKE’S MANSION, HOUSE RULES, HOLD YOUR BREATH and ABYSS so far.

Are the games really free?

DRAKE’S MANSION, HOUSE RULES, HOLD YOUR BREATH and ABYSS are, all the way: no ads, no paywalls, no account. MICHAEL’S ISLAND has a free demo (about 10 to 15 minutes). The full games of MICHAEL’S ISLAND and HOLD YOUR BREATH launch together on Friday, December 11: pre-order both for US$5, once.

Do I have to download anything?

No. Press Play and the game runs in the page, on a computer or a phone. ABYSS also has a Windows app if you would rather keep it.

Does it work on my phone? With a controller?

Both. Every game plays on a phone with touch controls, and with an Xbox, PlayStation or Switch Pro controller on a computer.

How scary is it? Can I turn the jump scares off?

They are horror games for adults, and they mean it. The site’s own jump scares switch off at the bottom of every page, and HOUSE RULES has a SCARES switch of its own.

Can I stream it or post my run?

Yes: stream it, record it, monetize it. You don’t need to ask, and there are no keys. Send us the link and we’ll share it.

How do I hear about new games and updates?

Join the VIP list at the bottom of any page: one email the night something big goes live. Or follow on YouTube, Instagram or Discord.

The studio

We make you flinch.

Fliinch is an independent studio making games that watch you back: horror you can finish in one sitting, replay for the parts you missed, and think about with the lights off. Everything we make is free to try.

No ads, no paywalls. If one of our games got you, chip in any amount, from $1 up, and help us make the next one.

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Wait · launch night is coming

Leaving already? December 11 is coming.

MICHAEL’S ISLAND and HOLD YOUR BREATH: both full games launch together on Friday, December 11. Bigger maps, much more to survive.

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