---
title: "Were|House"
description: "What if the monsters in the haunted house weren’t just wearing a costume...?  By accident, Dori stumbles across the monstrous secret behind popular haunted hous"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/56/51956.jpg"
---

# Were|House

![Were|House](https://t.vndb.org/cv/56/51956.jpg)

**Developer:** Sad Ghost Studios

**Release date:** Oct 1, 2020

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 6.4/10 (7 votes)

## Description
What if the monsters in the haunted house weren’t just wearing a costume...?

By accident, Dori stumbles across the monstrous secret behind popular haunted house, the Were|House - and then they get roped into working alongside the crew on Halloween night! 
A job's a job, right? But will Dori make it through three days of hard work preparing for the big night - and will they grow closer to any of the monsters...?

[From [itch.io](https://sad-ghost-studios.itch.io/werehouse)]

## Characters
### Dori
* Re-nameable protagonist!

* Resident token human

* Reigning hide and seek regional champion; personal best 100m sprint time is under ten minutes; expert at padding a résumé.

[From [url=https://sad-ghost-studios.itch.io/werehouse]itch.io[/url]]

- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Hair:** Brown, Long, Curly
- **Body:** Slim, Young-adult, Dark
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Clothes:** Earrings, Hoodie
- **Role:** Nameable, Gender Choice
- **Engages in:** Theft, Sewing, Job Hunting
- **Personality:** Non-Binary

### Cormac
Optimistic and full of energy, Cormac is the founder of the haunted house... not that he gets that much done in terms of actually running it every year.

Has been known to chase squirrels.

[From [url=https://sad-ghost-studios.itch.io/werehouse]itch.io[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Green, Multicolored, Stubble
- **Eyes:** Green, Glowing
- **Body:** Young-adult, Olive, Kemonomimi, Fang, Furry Tail
- **Clothes:** Earrings, Hoodie, Dog Tags, Choker
- **Engages in:** Shapeshifting
- **Role:** Werewolf
- **Personality:** Energetic, Optimist, Cheerful

### Esseth
Esseth is in charge of the haunted house's special effects - costumes, lighting... and maybe a few pranks on their fellow monsters.

Their snakes make a lot of the decisions (and contribute a surprising amount to Esseth's fashion choices).

[From [url=https://sad-ghost-studios.itch.io/werehouse]itch.io[/url]]

- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Alias:** Ess
- **Body:** Slim, Young-adult, Dark
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Jacket, Pendant Earrings, Crop Top, Pin-Back Button
- **Eyes:** Amber, Slit Pupils
- **Personality:** Mischievous, Non-Binary
- **Role:** Medusa
- **Engages in:** Sewing

### Morag
Morag is the self-proclaimed brains of the operation - she takes care of 'human' resources, and the horrifying monster known as... paperwork.

Morally opposed to the whole drowning humans thing Kelpies are famous for (also, it's a logistical nightmare).

[From [url=https://sad-ghost-studios.itch.io/werehouse]itch.io[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Shoulder-length, Multicolored, Teal
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Pointed Ears, Fang, Makeup, Humanoid (Non-human)
- **Personality:** Hard Worker, Serious
- **Clothes:** Dress, Pendant Necklace, Multiple Earrings
- **Engages in:** Shapeshifting, Theft
- **Role:** Non-human, Irish, Horse
- **Eyes:** Teal

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://pizzapranks.com/product/indiepocalypse-cassettes/)
- [Itch](https://pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-22)

## Releases
### English
- **2020-10-01**: Were|House - [Itch.io](https://sad-ghost-studios.itch.io/werehouse)
- **2021-11-05**: Indiepocalypse #22 - [Itch.io](https://pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-22)
- **2023**: Indiepocalypse #22 - Physical Edition - [Official website](https://pizzapranks.com/product/indiepocalypse-cassettes/), [Itch.io](https://pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-22)

## Tags
ADV, Modern Day Earth, Girl x Girl Romance, Boy x Boy Romance, Male Protagonist, Female Protagonist, Adult Protagonist, Multiple Endings, Early Branching Plot, Nameable Protagonist, No Sexual Content, Protagonist with a Face, Side Portraits, Monster Girl Heroine, Dark Skinned Protagonist, Kemonomimi Hero, Werewolf Hero, Only Good Endings, Halloween, Colored Name-tags, Cheerful Hero, Friendship Ending, Game Jam, Both Male and Female Love Interests, No Gallery, Only Adult Heroines, Only Adult Heroes, Hero with Facial Hair, Non-Binary Love Interest, Non-binary Protagonist Option, Protagonist's Pronoun Choice, Contemporary Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Otome Game, Ethnically Diverse Cast

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- [When Aster Falls](https://pinovel.net/v24667)
- [Were|House](https://pinovel.net/v29288)
- [DemiDato](https://pinovel.net/v23728)
- [Grand-Nya](https://pinovel.net/v45585)

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