The Tenant in the Wall
Adult domestic horror where household paperwork becomes the rule system that decides who may live in your home.
- Play on
- Laptop or desktop browser
- 6 sheets · choose A4 or US Letter
- Prepare
- Writing implement
Download the files. Print at home. No physical items are shipped.
Check the preparation guideA closer look
Inside the experience.
Your home has always had two residents. Tonight, the tenancy ledger is making room for a third.
The Tenant in the Wall is adult domestic horror played through household records, a changing digital ledger and the rules you are willing to write around your own home. The fear comes from paperwork, identity and boundaries rather than gore or jump scares.
What you actually do
- Compare household records and decide which claims deserve trust.
- Write a resident definition precise enough to exclude what is trying to enter.
- Use a printed house survey to place boundary objects.
- Choose what the house is allowed to keep when you withdraw the claim.
The folio and browser companion form one fixed case. It can be played alone or discussed by two adults sharing the same evidence and decisions.
What is included
One offline HTML game companion, a six-page player folio in both A4 and US Letter, and START-HERE instructions. Print one paper size only.
Digital download only. No physical game, printed folio or tools are shipped.
Set the table
For 1–2 adults. Use one laptop or desktop with a JavaScript-enabled browser, a printer, six ordinary sheets of your chosen paper size, and a pen or pencil. Print one complete folio single-sided at 100% / Actual Size.
Start, save and replay
Extract the entire package, read START-HERE.txt, then open PLAY-THE-TENANT-IN-THE-WALL.html. Use the included pause/export/import controls to preserve committed progress before closing or changing browsers.
Replay revisits the same case; familiar evidence does not become a new mystery. No measured completion time is promised.
Good to know
Personal, non-commercial household play only. Do not redistribute, resell or publicly upload the files.