Choose Haunt the House: Terrortown
Choose Haunt the House: Terrortown if you want an Action experience. On Steam, it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. 1,104 Steam reviews back the pick.
Haunt the House: Terrortown vs Santa's Holiday
Haunt the House: Terrortown and Santa's Holiday both land in Indie, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Casual on Steam. Haunt the House: Terrortown (2014) is 5 years older than Santa's Holiday (2019). Haunt the House: Terrortown is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Santa's Holiday (4.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Santa's Holiday
Choose Santa's Holiday if it's the newer release (2019) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Santa's Holiday launched in 2019.
Both Haunt the House: Terrortown and Santa's Holiday sit in Indie and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Haunt the House: Terrortown |  Santa's Holiday | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Casual | Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 85.4% positive (1,104 reviews) | 7 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | SFB Games | Green Sauce Games |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Casual on Steam.
- Haunt the House: Terrortown (2014) is 5 years older than Santa's Holiday (2019).
- Haunt the House: Terrortown is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Santa's Holiday (4.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
- Haunt the House: Terrortown is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Santa's Holiday has no Deck rating yet.
Haunt the House: Terrortown vs Santa's Holiday — FAQ
- Should I play Haunt the House: Terrortown or Santa's Holiday first?
- If you want chronology, Haunt the House: Terrortown (2014) came out before Santa's Holiday (2019). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Haunt the House: Terrortown and Santa's Holiday similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Haunt the House: Terrortown run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Haunt the House: Terrortown is rated Deck Verified by Valve. Santa's Holiday doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.