Name: Acanthoceras
Brand: Fanatical
Price: 0.17 USD
Availability: InStock

Deal overview

Acanthoceras is currently 91% off on Fanatical — down to $0.17 from $1.99.

At 91% off, this is one of the deepest discounts Acanthoceras reaches on Fanatical — near its typical floor.

That works out to $1.82 off the Fanatical list price of $1.99.

This deal is for the PC version. Click View Deal to open the official Fanatical page — prices and regional availability are confirmed at checkout, not by GamesCreed.

Before you buy, read our buying guide or compare more fanatical deals on GamesCreed.

About this game

Acanthoceras is a short, tight horror game built around a nightmare loop that doesn’t slow down to explain itself. You wake up somewhere that used to be a hospital, something is chasing you, and the whole point is figuring out how to keep moving before it catches up. It’s less about jump scares and more about the dread of momentum, the sense that stopping to think is the one thing you can’t afford to do.

How it plays

You’re dropped into an abandoned hospital scattered with unsettling puppet pieces, and your job is to piece together what happened to you using scraps of paper you find along the way. There’s no combat and no real way to fight back, just movement. You run, jump, slide, and crawl through the space, with extra options like dashing, wall running, and flipping to keep your escape route open when the environment or your pursuer boxes you in. The rhythm of the game is fear, search, run, repeat, so every playthrough becomes a cycle of exploring just enough to learn something before you’re forced to bolt again. It plays like a parkour game that occasionally remembers it’s also a horror game, and that mix is really the whole hook.

Who it’s for

If you like short, atmospheric horror experiences that don’t ask for a huge time commitment, this is worth a look. It’s also a solid pick for anyone who enjoys movement-focused mechanics, since wall running and sliding under pressure give it a different feel than the usual walk-and-hide horror formula. On the other hand, if you need a deep story with lots of explicit answers, or you’re after a long campaign with hours of content, this probably isn’t going to satisfy that itch. It reads more like a mood piece than a full adventure, so go in expecting something compact and atmospheric rather than sprawling.

Is it worth it?

For what it is, a focused, single-developer horror experiment with a clear identity, it’s the kind of game that’s easy to justify picking up when you see it discounted. It’s not the sort of purchase you make expecting dozens of hours of content, so treating it as a quick, memorable detour rather than a marquee release is the right mindset. Games like this tend to be at their best on sale, since you can go in for an evening, get the specific feeling it’s going for, and not worry about whether it “was worth it” in a cost-per-hour sense. If the concept of a running, sliding nightmare through a puppet-filled hospital sounds appealing, it’s a reasonable low-risk grab whenever the price drops.