Tainted Pact Games
The Skin Stapler
The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.
- Released
- 6 August 2026
- Developer
- Tainted Pact Games
- Publisher
- Assemble Entertainment
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Steam recommendations
- 448
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Genres
- Indie
- 16
- Achievements
- 2
- DLC packs
The Skin Stapler
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- Single player
Themes
- Action
- Horror
The Skin Stapler
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The Skin Stapler
Reviews and languages
1 languages in the interface, 1 of them with full voice acting. English is supported, with full voice acting.
Publisher's content notice
This game contains heavy depictions of blood, gore, horror, frightening scenes, violence, and is not suited for children and young people under the age of 18. Action sequences involve violence against zombified humans and monsters.
The Skin Stapler
