Haunted House Renovator

If you enjoy chill, creative games with a unique twist — or you just love the idea of flipping houses while negotiating with the occasional friendly ghost — Haunted Renovator Simulator is absolutely worth your time. It’s relaxing, quirky, and surprisingly heartfelt, making it a standout addition to the Xbox library.

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The combination of cleaning out an old house and chasing ghosts sounds a bit absurd. And Haunted House Renovator is a bit of an absurd game, too.

I thought I’d leave playing Haunted House Renovator for a bit because I suffered a lot of issues. Mainly texture/gameplay problems, such as items clipping through walls and floors. Now that the game has released, a fair amount of my issues were fixed, but sadly some new ones have also turned up. For example, key items for spirits not appearing or new flooring becoming a solid white colour. The ghost busting part of the game also feels a little underwhelming as well, mainly because of Haunted House Renovator’s instructions not being clear. Take the gremlin (where you’ll find most of the issues), in the bestiary it explains on how to deal with it, either nasty or nice. Personally, I prefer to handle things nicely. Now, with the gremlin, it says place more expensive items nearby and bam, you got it. This isn’t the case at all. What you actually have to do is buy the Gremlin Clock and place it instead. The renovating side is okay but becomes tedious with all the bugged up menus and visual problems. Hopefully, with enough fixes and updates, Haunted House Renovator will be a worthwhile purchase. But as of right now, I’d suggest holding off. Sadly, Haunted House Renovator gets the Thumb Culture Silver Award from me.