Womb House
Square footage that will not add up. Mute witnesses. A family tree that folds inward.
Single Player
Find the missing square footage and use the villa's architecture, diaries, and family tree as a spatial reasoning puzzle to reconstruct the buried truth.
The case
At dusk you enter the dusty foyer with other viewers. Sun slants through grime; cobwebs hang like torn curtains. Thomas welcomes you with twisted fingers, saying his grandfather built the house, his mother died recently, and he only wants out.
The posted 1970 floor plan looks tidy on paper, yet the second floor never adds up — roughly twenty-two square feet missing, as if someone carved a piece from the world. Half a wedding photograph is pinned nearby; the bride's face is torn away. Every step on the rotting upstairs boards squeals loud enough to hear from any room.
The attic has no outside door, yet for years neighbors spoke of midnight rustling and a voice like a woman crying. Thomas believes his mother is truly gone. Lily cooks and cleans downstairs, answering in notes and gestures. The listing agent priced the house as if running from something; the carpenter who once renovated it still lives in town and will not discuss certain walls.
You came to view a house, but the house seems to have been waiting for you.
The suspects
Early 30s, illiterate, selling the family home after his mother died. Kind but knows little about the house's secrets.
Thomas's mute aunt who lived on the first floor and helped raise him. She communicates through gestures and written notes.
Local carpenter who renovated the house in the late 1970s. Installed the moving cabin and hidden passages.
Agent listing the property at a suspiciously low price. Has researched the Hale family history and collected diary copies.
Rooms to search
More mysteries to solve
Sweet HomeStolen names, a memory-eating fog, and a family that killed across two generations.
House of Shared CurrentsWrong names for father and mother — the house eats truth.
The Mirror StudyOne body, four killers, and a hall of stolen faces.
Fantasy of CausesA husband who changed, a door that vanished.
The VigilSix lamps went dark — one of them was a lie.
The House That LiesThe gallery is level. The marble still rolls north.
Magic Square ManorThe floors never turned. The numbers did.
The Fourth SuspectShe died a day after everyone says she did.
The Chapel of St. MichaelThe chimney has smoked for fifteen winters. Nobody lives there.
Black Sheep ManorThe sky has two moons, and they are watching one of you.
Choir of PlentyTen stones, ten doors, nine nights — and two of the stones are lies.
The Marrow Lake PatientSix alibis. One timesheet. One body holding the knife.
The Fox MaskCount the sons.
Snowbound PursuitFireworks over frozen river — four crimes, one night, and a scarf that ties them all.
AwakeningLaunch day never comes — the sync port kills before the keynote.
The NullifierThe body didn't disappear — it was erased.
The Crimson RiteWho died on the altar was never who was drawn.
Eight CoffinsOne trail up, none down — and the flowers grew back by dawn.
The Perfect WitnessThe evidence that never lies was written by hand.
The WarrenThe door opened at 4:00 a.m. The body was found at 2:00.
The Seventh GuestThe dead man wore a mask. So did one of the living.
The Rainbow CountryThe duel lasted eleven minutes. The chime rang ninety seconds late.