What Is Mischief House?

Mischief House is an upcoming 3–8 player social deduction party game for PC. Everyone moves into the same cluttered house, receives a private list of odd chores, and races to score points. One player is secretly the Menace. They get chores as cover, but their real objective is to sabotage everybody else without being identified.

You can wishlist Mischief House on Steam or join the Discord for playtest and beta news.

A Party Game About Suspiciously Ordinary Chores

The jobs sound harmless: move the toaster to the bathroom, protect the tools, or carry toilet paper across the house. The problem is that every houseguest is rushing through the same rooms with a different list.

That turns normal behaviour into evidence. Was somebody carrying that rolling pin because their chore required it, or were they stealing it from you? Did the door jam at the worst possible moment by accident? Why did the lights go out just as the clock started running down?

The house is deliberately compact. Players cross paths, block doorways, grab the wrong objects, and create plenty of confusion even before the Menace interferes.

What Does the Menace Do?

The Menace needs to look productive while quietly making everybody else's round worse. They can snatch important items, jam doors, cut the lights, and use the Menace Pad to plan sabotage around the house.

Getting away with sabotage matters. Each successful disruption helps the Menace reduce suspicion, so an obvious troublemaker is easier to catch than someone who washes the dishes, completes a chore, and causes chaos only when nobody is watching.

That creates the central choice: do you chase points, watch another player, or stop to defend an object you need?

Secret Voting Changes the Argument

After each round, the house votes for the player it suspects. Votes are cast by throwing paint, but the result is not revealed immediately. The full voting record stays hidden until the match is over.

Without instant confirmation, the group cannot simply follow one successful vote. Players have to remember who was where, compare stories, and decide whether a confident accusation is useful—or another piece of misdirection.

Who Is Mischief House For?

Mischief House is being made for groups who enjoy:

• social deduction and hidden-role games;
• short, chaotic multiplayer sessions with friends;
• physical comedy and messy shared spaces;
• bluffing without eliminating a player early; and
• games where ordinary actions become suspicious.

It is not a board game or a local pass-the-controller game. Each player joins the multiplayer match on PC.

The Short Version

Mischief House takes the familiar tension of a hidden traitor and puts it inside a ridiculous house-share. Complete your private chore list, protect your score, watch the other houseguests, and work out who is quietly tearing the place apart.

See screenshots and the full explanation on the official Mischief House page, then wishlist it on Steam.