Fit check
Is Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Horror players who want time-traveling exploration across distinct historical settings
- Adventure fans who prefer collecting items and solving puzzles between fights
- RPG players who want stealth, ranged, and melee combat with skill progression
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a relaxed or forgiving adventure may find the lethal encounters and gory horror tone too severe
- Players looking for a single setting or short, linear campaign may not suit the five-period structure and exhibit-based progression
- Players who want a primarily social or dialogue-driven RPG may find the focus on puzzles, exploration, and combat too action-oriented
Our take on Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors
Instead of keeping horror in one continuous setting, the game makes a wax museum the hub for journeys across four historical periods. Each exhibit functions as a self-contained danger zone, replacing a standard linear map with puzzle-gated excursions tied to the family curse.
What is Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors?
Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors is a survival horror game set around a family curse.
The protagonist uses a wax museum and Uncle Boris’s crystal ball to travel from the present into Ancient Egypt, medieval Transylvania, Victorian England, and an industrial mine. Each period contains items to collect, puzzles, dangerous encounters, and a villainous twin to defeat. Combat supports ranged, stealth, and melee approaches, while an RPG system lets the character improve skills and gain perks. Crafting, animated characters, voice work, and 3D environments accompany the exploration. After collecting four special artifacts, the protagonist travels back in time to confront Ixona and attempt to erase the curse.
How Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors plays
- 01Four Historical Eras
- The journey visits an Egyptian pyramid, a Romanian graveyard, 1888 London, and a 1934 mine.
- 02Puzzle-Based Progression
- Entering an exhibit requires solving its puzzle, surviving a battle, or facing death before returning to the museum.
- 03Flexible Combat
- Encounters can be approached with distance attacks, stealth, or close-range fighting.
- 04Character Development
- An RPG system allows skill improvements and the acquisition of new perks.
- 05Crafting System
- Crafting is included alongside exploration, puzzles, and combat.
- 06Language Support
- The game supports 8 languages.
Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors compared to similar games
Ghost of a Tale centers on a mouse minstrel in an animal-populated medieval world, with immersion, exploration, stealth, disguises, and conversations. Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors instead combines survival horror, puzzles, combat, crafting, and RPG progression across five time periods. Vagante is a dark-fantasy adventure about dangerous lands, monsters, and adventurers pursuing fame, riches, and power, while Waxworks follows a defined quest involving four evil twins and a family curse.
Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors: platforms & release
Is Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors worth it?
It is worth it if: horror players who want time-traveling exploration across distinct historical settings. Skip it if: players seeking a relaxed or forgiving adventure may find the lethal encounters and gory horror tone too severe.
Where can I download Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors on?
Windows only.
