# The Skin Stapler

> The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.

## Game facts

- Developer: Tainted Pact
- Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
- Release status: Released
- Release date: Aug 7, 2026
- Region for this schedule: GLOBAL
- Platforms: PC
- Genres: Action, Puzzle, Adventure, Detective Adventure, SurvivalHorror
- Steam Deck: Playable (Steam, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4310610/)
- Languages: Interface: American English; Subtitles: American English; Audio: American English (IGDB, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://www.igdb.com/games/the-skin-stapler)

## AI Review Analysis

Analyzed Sep 1, 2026

### Strengths

- High-quality full voice acting and music that fits each situation well
- An excellent combination of PSX-style graphics, a 1980s atmosphere, and grindhouse horror sensibilities
- A unique and memorable tone and humor that blend horror with comedy

### Weaknesses

- The same structure repeats as the game progresses, making the murder patterns predictable
- Some feel the game becomes boring due to a lack of new elements after the opening
- Sexual jokes and toilet humor are considered excessive, increasingly juvenile, or uncomfortable

## Links

- [The Skin Stapler on WAME](https://www.wame.is/game/6005)
- [Player reviews](https://www.wame.is/game/6005/reviews)

Updated: 2026-11-10T09:21:50.214Z