IT'S FREE REAL ESTATE

Ah yes, the horrors of being an adult and trying to buy a house.

This is kind of...brilliant? Because this is THE house! If you play or watch enough cheap horror games, you recognize this house. Its a cookie-cutter house modal that is used in dozens, if not hundreds, of cheap throw-away games on Steam! And using it for an Open-House horror is kind of genius?

Nothing is more terrifying than adult responsibility, and crippling debt.

I figured this would just be a straight foward game where you bought a house... and then realized the plumbing needs to be redone, and all the electrical work needed to be redone, the roof was falling apart... oh and the taxes. Maybe a bit too real for a game though.

A convenience store horror game, a real estate horror game, there's even a pizza delivery horror game, what's next? Trying to get some sleep on an airplane full of kids horror game?

Not gonna lie, the guy in the laundry room freaked me out

"Hey uhh.. can you give me some details on this?" X X ## "Great.."

Buying a house? In THIS economy?

"How's it going dude" eerily echos through the house. LOL A lot of games use this house.

Kinda hate how i actually got freaked out......until the room was made out of ground beef. That was weird but with different Taste.

The "Too Many Cooks" reference reminded me, "Unedited Footage of a Bear" contains a link to a website that allows you to go on a virtual tour of the house in the video and it's kind of similar to this.

That guy in the closet made me *very* uncomfortable. And the video is over.

I’m 86% sure that first house is the same one from that weird porn game “House Party”, must be some free or cheap model

ASMR: you and manlybadasshero buy a haunted house.

5:36 - A shovel stabbed into the ground of a garden is never a good sign without nearby plants to obscure it. I don't know why I noticed that immediately. 5:54 - a bloody saw in the garage Yep, definitely a horror game.

5:57 : *happens* Me: *exits fullscreen*

"I prefer warmer tones." The most annoying thing a real estate agent can hear. They just want to scream "YOU CAN PAINT IT AFTER YOU MOVE IN DUMBASS. COLOR IS IRRELEVANT." This is why it started to attack you FYI.

The Old Woman who thought this was a genuine Real Estating app: 👁👄👁

I appreciate how the perspective in the dining room was from standing on the table

This game actually freaked me out so much in the beginning. Had so much potential to be a creepy game but kind of ruined itself and became just another horror game. Subtlety is what is scary. Like the guy in closet freaked me out more than any jump scare.

I legit thought that 4:25 was someone begining to sing just to realize it was Manly making a noise.

Dont you just hate it, when you're trying to buy a house virtually and turns out its cursed? Smh bruh

I actually really enjoyed this one, it's not perfect or mindblowing at any means but I found it legit creepy and surreal (I'm also kind of a baby though lol). I love when horror games create like a norm or expectation and then break it, part of the reason I liked ddlc so much. Good stuff imo

"This house used to be crime scene of mass murder, it's almost certain to be haunted by deadly ghosts. Would you buy it?" "..." "It has the lowest flat interest rate you can find" "YES!"

4:24 "Eeeeeeh-" Honestly, I thought that sound was a stock ghost sound effect but it was just Manly. XD

"And if this was California it would probably be $800,000!" If you're lucky! I've seen houses like this listed for $1 mil.

the first half of this game was pretty brilliant, I haven't been that unnerved in a very long time, I think the mechanic of only being able to look in four directions and the slow turning around to face another wall worked super well in creating tension, I was super spooked!!

That was legitimately freaky holy shit

No one is appreciating how Manly is actually surveying the house, even in the scary moments 16:36

When you saw the reflection in the glass I thought it was going to be a slower burn than it ended up being. I think there's something there for a more subtle game where the player gets to view creepy things caught when a location was photographed, maybe for a house recreation like this or maybe for a streetview or something. This was alright and genuinely pretty creepy, but it did slightly lose me a bit when everything started to go crazy. Great usage of the stock image guy though.

Signs you know your screwed Front door doesn't open Gain the ability to run Reflection in mirror Walk in closet Children

The dude who is in the stock image being in this is probably scared of what he’s become

20:15 - Manly: "I think we just offered my soul" That's expected when you deal with real estate.

Ah the true horror, the house buying market

I think the theme/inspiration they were going for is the creepy things you may find on Google Maps. There’s just this unsettling feel when you actually find something “unusual” there.

How's it goin', dood? You stayin' away from the alcohol? You'll start imagining rooms made of ground beef if ya don't, dood.

For anyone wondering, photogrammetry is a real word. It's talking about calculating the size of things in photographs to potentially be turned into maps or 3d models.

the first part reminds me of "unedited footage of a bear". if you went to the website associated with it, you could take a virtual tour of a house. there was even a closet you could look in and see half a guys head stuck in the wall

The worst thing for me, is that this house was strikingly similar to a house of a family friend that I used to play at all the time back some 20 years ago.... The creepiness of this really got through me because of that.

I mean, if you ignore all the blood, and murder, and spooky ghosts, it's a lovely house for the most part. But my question is, Why is there a huge window in the *shower* of all places!?

I honestly didn't think there would be a horror game about open houses. But you can make a horror game about anything really, as long as the idea is executed well.

This was so close to being fantastic imo. The idea of going on a virtual house tour and just seeing small evidence of something sinister that went on in the house beforehand is brilliant. Unfortunately they took it too far and it stopped being scary with all the overt references to the spooky things in the house. Plus the ENTIRE end part should've been cut. If the game ended where he said "is the game over?" it would've been good and creepy, despite not taking the premise to its full potential. The last part with the ground beef monster and the endless hallway was just... Comical

I eat too many avocado toasts to buy a house. This is the next best thing.

So far in the comments I've seen "this game has the same layout as": House party Mortem House of leaves That one game where you're killed by your sister?

_Not for that price_ The shovel in the backyard was the first tip off really... that & no double vanity or separate shower in the master bath, not enough storage in the kitchen. Then that overly long hallway will be terrible to heat/cool.... & if that "It" guy is going to be in my house, he better darn well pay rent.

300k? for a house built in 2019? dear lord thats a understatement, you'd think it would be a outrageous wopping 650k, well if the house was in perfect condition

Wow, so they took a real thing people have (virtual open houses) and made a horror game based on it? That's a really creative idea. um... but isn't this the house from that one Porn Party game... again...

The agent's sewn mouth and eyes at 6:03 was the scariest part for me. It definitely went downhill towards the end but had some brilliant creepiness at the beginning.

This house is the same as the house from the game House Party, a poorly made porn game

The funniest thing about this is Manly genuinely reviewing the Unity House.

Im hiding in the comments rn, idk why its so scary for me. It could be the weird glitches, the crippling anxiety of house buying, or the weird texture of the game. But i can not look at the screen for more than a few moments

I love that you're actually reviewing the house throughout the playthrough

4:48 How can that reflection be "us" when it is a "Virtual" open house?

The beginning was very strong, subtly offputting and unnerving... then it squandered all of it with the blatant stuff coming too quick and the meat was were the final nail that killed all tension and made it just mildly amusing and mostly dull.

Did anyone else notice the very sly "666" in the address or just me?

*seeing the person in the closet* Manly: AH! *Me, a second later* AH!!

"Hey, can you give me some details on this?" *Man arrives with sewn mouth and eyes.* "Great."

_As if buying a new house wasnt terrifying enough. They had to make a game about it_ I thought I recognized this house. That in itself is horrifying. Noticed a good lack of "Howsit goin doood" Anyway, this house is sure used a lot XD. Yeah touring a house like this has become a thing. I kinda liked the real estate agent guy. Didnt expect the second part though

That's the house from the survey and house party etc,etc.....

Ah yes HQ residential house I hope John Wolfe plays this as well

11:10 uh oh, someone hasn't been flossing

If you look at the date on the debugging camera the game reads the date you played and inserts it into the game as part of the experience. Clever details really sell the atmosphere.

A common Unity house

This reminds me of uncut footage of a bear and this house has people in it Interactive website.

I dunno what this genre is but I’m in love with everything about this games style, it isn’t “traditionally” scary but I think the idea of turning something normal and mundane and making it creepy and unsettling just scratches my brain just right. Tbh the ending was a lil…meh, tbh it would’ve been more scary if you had to run around and hide in broad daylight, the darkness can’t shield you that way. I think if it stayed in the uncanny valley the whole time it would’ve been perfect. That build up tho??? Chefs kiss.

I actually really liked the first half of this game. The forced perspective really makes things feel a lot spookier.

that fireplace is gonna bug me for the entire video, it's in a carpeted living room while the guy says it's a real one, and he says it's a brick fireplace when it's not made of brick

Oh is it the recession again? XD

I see Monika decided to go into real estate after she graduated from high school ...

i know he said the concept of walking thru a virtual open house and you uncover a murder happened there is corny, but like.. that was the scariest part of the game for me tbh. idk i think if it was more subtle, you toured more houses, and perhaps slightly differing crimes happened in the various houses, then it would work. i think the shovel outside was a nice touch because it makes sense - the drones are just doing 3d scans of what's around them, and so would include something like that. the faint reflection in the cabinet is also pretty good, as is the killer peeking from the closet, not knowing he's being recorded (though i did think it was the victim's body at first). so just focus on that, and not the corny satanic ritual shit. idk maybe ddlc gets my hopes up for things like that :,)

Hey it's the exact same house as in "The Survey". And honestly, it would have been so much better if it stayed all "Doki Doki Literature Club" and not turned into yet another walking simulator halfway through.

I'm too broke to move out ;-; Edit: I changed my mind, I don't wanna move out

why is this actually creepy 😭🥺

The fact Manly actually knew his stuff about real state and whatnot is what made this video even better

THE WAY MANLYS VOICE WENT FROM “formal businessmen” to *-HEY-* I SWEAR FOR THAT MOMENT I COULD HEAR THE MICS SUFFERING 💀

Although I see that many would have preferred a more subtle terror, I feel that it could also have been a more parodic terror to the generic games that use that same house. Aside from possible general horror cliches, seriously this house gives me great slasher movie vibes and I love it

So this is what happened after house party ended

I love watching Manly play the silliest horror games because his personality makes it so much better than other gaming channels

Point and click horror games have evolved over the years, haven't they?

Wait, is that the house from House Party?

The whole square footage maze was straight out house of leaves lmao! That's great!

That guy in the closet freaked tf out of me

this game is super corny and i hate how badly it actually freaked me out alas i am a coward

It literally IS a nightmare!!! I'm having flashbacks. PTSD.

huh. I guess I'm in the minority thinking that this is actually pretty tense and genuinely unsettling. the way the turns during the tour are very on-rails, very deliberate, it creates this supense like turning a page. I actually like the surrealism of subtle changes giving way to this total structural decay. the _lack_ of sound is used so well - it really makes the sounds it _does_ use _that_ much more effective. a very good example of "less is more" I think it's a bit more layered than just "oh it's a tour of a house where a mass murder happened," yknow? bc you get juuust enough details of exactly how it went down - the hair ripped out from the scalp, the scratches along the walls, the murderer hiding in the laundry room closet. I think the reflection in the cabinet door might be of his hanging body - signalling that we're _playing as_ the killer, and telling the story of a family annihilation/murder-suicide. and I think juxtaposing that with this cheery corporate tour of an idyllic family home - literally _thee_ hq residential house - is very clever, actually. I don't feel like this is the kind of game that _needs_ big, punchy scares and I don't understand this posturing in the comments of having to couch the admission of being scared in these sorts of "I'm ashamed to admit this creeped me out," "this was so cheesy but it freaked me out," "this actually scared me but I guess I'm kind of a coward lol" statements. idk I just think it's actually really well done

The most terrifying part is this is the EXACT layout of my neighbors house like that’s terrifying

Coming back years later to say the real horror is that primary bedroom is literally bigger than my entire first apartment.

The layout of the house is the exact same of some other horror game icant remember the name. Where you are hunted by your sister because you killed your family or something.

I like how you played this like you were actually looking to buy a house. :D

The placid music makes this even more terrifying

The hallway bit scared me so badly, because I was constantly expecting a screamer jumpscare or an unsettling sound to pop up around every corner 😭

I didn't know I could buy the backrooms to live in! I hope I can get homeowners insurance on it.

I thought this was a adult swim game.

I've watched Manly play this first then other letsplayers who I subscribe to. I appreciate Manly is the only one so far I've watched who would click and make the realtor pop up with the stitched eyes and mouth. Manly's thoroughness in his lets plays are something I greatly enjoy and appreciate so much

As someone who once spent hours looking through an actual one of these real estate virtual tour things for… personal reasons, I’m impressed by the accuracy this game has to them! Like, the dude in the reflection at around 5 min in? It looks like how in the actual virtual tour, if you look in any reflections, you can see the camera or cameraman just there, facing the same way no matter where you look at it from

The too many cooks reference make me think about how much this reminds me of too many cooks and this house has ppl in it

The combination of your voice with this game's initial music is incredibly soothing.

Fuck! now I have that" too many cooks" song stuck in my head. Super catchy.

My KZfaq app decided to shut itself down at 12:50 and scare me shitless. Impeccable timing and good spooks.