Everything you need to know about Ven's Horror Sims - archetypes, twists, game modes, and mechanics.
Five sims, five completely different games. They all run entirely in your browser with no install required.
Your horror franchise, your rules. Build a custom cast, design a killer, and watch survivors fight for their lives across multiple films. Franchise continuity tracks characters across sequels with branching storylines and dynamic kill sequences.
Key features: Custom cast and killer creation, multi-film franchises, franchise continuity tracking, trait-based survival odds.
The flagship sim. Counselors vote each other off a remote island to be the last one standing with the cash prize. A full Survivor-style season - pre-merge tribal councils, a merge, individual immunity challenges, and a jury finale.
Key features: 60+ archetypes, 30+ twists, alliance dynamics, edgic tracking, multi-season franchises, interactive and spectator modes, cloud saves.
Face mob mentality with cameras watching your every move. Contestants live in a house together and vote to cull their competition week by week. A Big Brother-style sim where social dynamics build fast and one wrong move can define your whole game.
Key features: Big Brother-style house format, group vote elimination, interactive challenges, consequence-driven social dynamics.
A brutal battle royale where players fight to be the last one standing. Navigate dangerous terrain, form alliances, hunt for supplies, and survive elimination events across multiple maps with dynamic day/night cycles.
Key features: Battle royale format, multiple maps, day/night cycles, alliance and supply mechanics, survival-based elimination.
Based on the hit reality show. A hidden group of Traitors plot murders each night while Faithfuls try to expose them at the Roundtable. Features a dynamic suspicion system that shifts with every vote and murder, plus Traitor recruitment, shields, and a prize pool at stake.
Key features: Dynamic suspicion system, Traitor recruitment, shield missions, Jester twist, fake elimination, live voting chart, detailed analytics panel.
Counselors are divided into teams and compete for safety each episode. The losing team attends Bloodfire, a ceremony where they vote out one of their own. After a few episodes, teams merge and the game becomes individual. Last one standing wins.
Watch the sim run without input. The game controls all decisions, alliances, and votes. Good for seeing how a cast plays out or running quick seasons.
Take control of one counselor. You choose who to align with, who to vote for, and how to navigate social situations. Your choices directly impact your survival.
Set which twists appear in each episode before the season starts. Drag events onto episodes to build a fully custom format.
Track counselors across multiple seasons with career stats and history. Run returnee seasons with past players from your franchise.
Available in Spectator mode. Influence the game like a reality TV producer - rig challenges, plant advantages, or shape storylines.
Edit counselor names, upload custom portraits, and assign archetypes. You can randomize names while keeping archetypes, or go fully random.
Each counselor has an archetype that sets their baseline stats and behavioral tendencies. Archetypes affect how they play socially, strategically, and in challenges. There are over 60 in the game.
Plus 50+ more: The Flirt, The Jester, The Paranoid, The Nerd, The Celebrity, The Villain, The Hero, The Black Widow, The Fan, The Rookie, and many others.
Twists are special events that shake up episodes. Add them using the Episode Designer during season setup. Multiple twists can stack in a single episode.
Counselors form alliances based on relationship scores, shared interests, and strategic need. Alliance members typically vote together and protect each other - but alliances fracture under paranoia, better offers, or endgame pressure. Loyalty stats are a strong indicator of who is likely to flip.
Every pair of counselors has a score from -10 (enemies) to +10 (best friends). Scores shift throughout the game based on voting history, alliance membership, challenge performance, and random events. Archetype compatibility also plays a role.
Challenge outcomes depend on a counselor's Challenge Ability stat combined with randomized variance - anyone can have a strong or weak day. Advantages and team composition factor in for group challenges. Most challenges have distinct physical, mental, and endurance phases.
At Bloodfire, votes are shaped by alliance loyalty, threat perception, recent challenge results, relationship scores, and items in play like Blood Statues. Strategic endgame positioning also influences who becomes a target.
The sim tracks edgic (Edit + Logic) to show how each player is being portrayed each episode. Visibility levels help predict who is being set up to win or be eliminated.
Each rating also carries a tone (Positive, Mixed, or Negative), which together give you a read on where the edit is taking each player.
On the setup screen you can edit each counselor's name, choose an archetype, and upload a custom portrait. You can also randomize names while keeping archetypes intact, or fully randomize everything.
Spectator mode runs the simulation without any player input - you watch the story unfold. Interactive mode puts you in control of one counselor where you make real alliance and voting decisions that directly affect your survival.
Blood Statues are hidden immunity items. When played at Bloodfire before votes are read, all votes cast against the holder are negated. They can also be gifted to another player.
Yes. Franchise mode tracks counselors across seasons with career records and relationship history carrying forward. You can run returnee seasons using players from previous installments in your franchise.
Jury voting weighs relationship scores with jury members, perceived gameplay quality, challenge wins, big strategic moves, and how the finalist was portrayed throughout the season.
The Episode Designer appears during season setup. Select an episode and add twists to it from the available list. You can stack multiple twists in one episode to build a fully custom format.
Showrunner Mode, available in Spectator, lets you influence the game from behind the scenes - rigging challenges, planting advantages, and shaping storylines like a reality TV producer.
Yes. Challenge outcomes, relationship development, alliance formation, and voting decisions all include randomized elements. The same cast can produce completely different seasons.
Seasons save automatically to your browser's local storage. You can also export as a shareable link or sync to cloud storage with a Firebase account.
The sims run in mobile browsers, but the experience is built for desktop and tablet. There is a lot of information on screen at once, so a larger display will give you a better experience.