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TORMENTOR: Everything You Should Know

Published January 31, 2023

Updated September 13, 2026

Jord Tury

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TORMENTOR is an adults-only psychological horror game built around staged manhunts and surveillance. Its premise deliberately places the player in the role of a captor producing violent broadcasts for an audience.

TORMENTOR at a Glance

Status: Released
Release date: Dec 11, 2025
Developer: Madmind Studio
Publisher: Madmind Studio, PlayWay S.A.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Steam platforms: Windows
Modes: Single-player.
Controls: Partial controller support.

Storyline and Setting

Ezekiel runs an abandoned prison built among ancient temple ruins while blackouts and a worsening mental condition destroy his memories. An underground group supplies an experimental drug through the dark web, and the cast includes executioner Bloody Mary. Prisoners have their own crimes, secrets, notes and emails, which become part of the investigation and broadcast premise.

Gameplay and Core Systems

The loop combines hunting victims, monitoring spaces, preparing traps, customizing the environment, and earning money from broadcasts. The material is intentionally graphic and disturbing, so its systems and story are inseparable from extreme violence.

Players rebuild the prison, install torture equipment, customize victims and stage violent online broadcasts for money and sponsors. The systems also allow prisoners to be armed and turned loose to hunt Ezekiel. This is an adults-only single-player horror simulation built around captivity, torture and graphic violence; those themes are the game rather than incidental scares. Partial controller support means mouse and keyboard may still be necessary.

Art, Audio, and Atmosphere

Surveillance feeds, confined rooms, harsh lighting, and an intentionally ugly industrial setting reinforce the feeling that every act is being staged and watched. The interface makes observation part of the horror rather than a neutral management view. Graphic violence and disturbing audio are frequent, so the presentation should be treated as a content warning as much as an aesthetic description.

Campaign, Progression, and Replayability

Money earned from broadcasts feeds back into the property and the tools used to control later hunts. Surveillance, traps, victim behavior, and audience demands are the systems driving progression, while customization changes how the grim spectacle is staged. This is a single-player experience, not a competitive horror game, and its replay value comes from experimenting with setups and outcomes. Its extreme violence is the defining subject, not a detachable layer of shock effects.

Steam currently lists 40 achievements.

Multiplayer, VR, and Controller Support

Modes: Single-player. Controls: Partial controller support.

Release and Current Availability

TORMENTOR was released on Dec 11, 2025 by Madmind Studio, with Madmind Studio, PlayWay S.A. publishing. Its current PC edition is listed on Steam for Windows.

Languages and Accessibility

Steam-listed language support: English , French, Italian, German, Spanish – Spain, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese – Brazil, Portuguese – Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
languages with full audio support

Steam-listed accessibility and presentation features: No specific accessibility feature labels are currently supplied on the Steam listing.

PC System Requirements

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 / 11
Processor: Intel Core i7-8750H
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (4GB)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 30 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Additional Notes: system requirements may change during development of the game.

Who Should Play TORMENTOR?

This is only for adult horror players comfortable with provocative subject matter; anyone sensitive to torture or gore should skip it.