Scream Collector

Creepy houses can be more entertaining than you might believe, and there’s a lot of money in the haunted mansions business. Hence, all you need is an old house that’s a bit rundown, as well as a few stories to go along with the mold and the old furniture. Naturally, this works better around holidays like Halloween when people are eager to get scared and tell creepy stories.

Scream Collector is a clicker game in which you get to build your very own haunted house and also be the one haunting it. Thus, the goal is to get as many screams out of the inhabitants as possible, usually by clicking on the screen or by purchasing special items that spook people on their own. It’s not a very complicated formula, but it can work for a few minutes if you are particularly bored one evening.

You start with a pretty normal house and only your clicks as income, with the screams being the currency used to purchase new items. Pretty soon you can buy scary pumpkins or various other such items, not to mention the fact that the house itself can be upgraded and expanded too. Later on you can also concentrate on the inside of the house and add even more creepy objects.

Since you might get too frustrated with the clicking alone, some items reward you with screams at regular intervals, and they can be upgraded multiple times to get more screams faster. Better upgrades become available later on with you have enough currency, and you can also hunt achievements and various other goodies. Naturally, in-app purchases can help you make progress a lot faster too.

In terms of graphics, the game is as basic as it can get, which is not usually a problem in a clicker game. However, the font choices are questionable, given the fact that it can be difficult to read some of the text sometimes. The sound effects get repetitive in a rush too, not to mention the short soundtrack that gets on your nerves in a matter of minutes.

On a closing note, Scream Collector is probably not going to keep you entertained for more than a few minutes at a time, given the fact that it gets significantly harder to progress after a while. However, it can be an entertaining activity around Halloween.