Nightmare House 2 is a free, horror-themed first person shooter modification, and the direct successor of “Nightmare House”.
The story resumes with the player lost and confused in a hospital known as “Never Lose Hope”. With no understanding of how you came to be there, there’s only a vague memory of the mysterious, haunting girl from Nightmare House. Soon it will be difficult to determine between a dream and reality. How long will it take you to realize that escape is not an option?
- Title: Nightmare House 2
- File Name: hl2-ep2-sp-nightmare-house-2.7z
- Size : 243.15Mb
- Author: We Create Stuff
- Date Released: 22 August 2010
Some readers may be confused as to why this is posted in the Alt. Mods category. It’s a total conversion, not set in the Half-Life universe nor is it a science-fiction mod. Being in the Alt. Mods category means that no recommendation images are used.
It has the “Half-Life 2: Ep2″ in the title because it requires that game in order to play it.
- FileFront.Com
- The mod’s homepage contains plenty of other mirrors in zip and exe formats.
- Copy the NH2 folder into your SourceMods folder.
- Restart or start Steam.
- Nightmare House 2 should now be listed in your Library tab.
If you require more help, please visit the Help page.
The mod features extensive use of Easter Eggs and an unofficial list can be found on this Face Punch thread.
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28th August 2010
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28th August 2010
I’m not a fan or horror mods, even great horror mods. This is a great horror mod, but I really didn’t like it.
Normally it’s because I get scared and I did get scared with this one but my dislike comes from something else.
I found it too repetitive. It was the same thing over and over. I only got to the middle of the third chapter and maybe things change after that but I didn’t have the desire to keep playing.
Some off the effects are really great, but if you don’t like a particular genre then no matter how good a mod is, you probably won’t enjoy it.
I’ve seen players say this is one of the best mods they have ever played and I am happy for Hen (the author) and his team, but the all I would say is that it’s a great horror mod.
The basic idea of waking up in a hospital and having somebody on the radio guiding you is just too clichéd for me, not matter how well done.
The voice acting goes between okay and good, although the intro voice over is excellent. The script is mediocre, but that’s mostly to do with the setting.
The models, textures and mapping is very good, I have no complaints here, as are the sounds effects and music – great job.
The scary effects are well done, but not being somebody who players any other horror games, it’s hard to say if they stand out.
The repetitive part was really the gameplay and style. Flashing lights, doors that lock while you perform some task in a room and then suddenly unlock are over used. Sure, the place is haunted and that’s a reason for the locking doors, but does it have to be so often?
As mentioned in the main post, there are lots of Easter Eggs, but they seem to be too much out of context. Seeing a mini Mario on the floor is cheap, adding a little more detailed information about the background via some hidden room is better.
That said, players seem to like that sort of thing but I feel it should be done properly.
All in all, I highly recommend you play it, even if you don’t like horror mods, but don’t be afraid to stop playing if you don’t enjoy it.
Don’t like peer pressure keep you playing in the hope that you will eventually get to something you enjoy. That style of mod should not be encouraged.
Well done Hen and team, you have created something you should all be proud of.
29th August 2010
Hey phillip, i’d like to ask you if you knew something about the nightmare house 1 MOD where can i download it?, i hear that you need to use the counter strike source game in order to play the first NH mod, anyway do you know something about NH 1??
29th August 2010
NH1 is include in NH2, it’s the Prologue, so you don’t need to download anything extra.
29th August 2010
Oh ok, thanks phillip!!
29th August 2010
Really? REALLLY?
Repetitive? Nightmare House 2 is REPETITIVE? What about those other dozens of ”Hall of fame” mods where all you do is shoot some generic combines and zombies? NH2 is the only mod that does not feel like you are playing just another Half Life 2 mod. You are not Gordon Freeman, you are not fighting headcrabs and combines, you are not in HL universe! Every texture and model is unique! (The moving vents and walls was one of the coolest things Ive ever seen done in a mod)
Complaining about how waking up in hospitale is cliche and…ugh. Maybe you should stop playing mods like they are THE REAL DEAL. Just enjoy for what they are. FREE.
About the flashing light – the flashlight starts flashling like crazy when its low on battery..so thats not even part of the gameplay.
And the doors often are locked&unlocked because 1) They are supposed to lead you to the next story area LATER 2) If you notice – the doors lock when there is a some sort of cinematic event. That is how they keep you from ruining the event. (Cmon, HL2 and bunch of other mods also do this. Only in NH2 its very noticable)
It feels like you got mad at the mod for some reason (My guess would be that it scared you so hard from the start that you subconsciously developed some sort of hatred for the mod).
I appreciate when a game can scare ME so thats why I love it so much and try to defend it. I couldnt stop playing it and finished it in 1 sittng (If someone would tell me that NH2 is repetitive – I would LAUGH). My MOTY so far for sure.
(Oh my… WALL OF TEXT)
30th August 2010
There are some sections where the flashlight is still usable but it flickers a lot
31st August 2010
Yeah, but I was talking about the flashing lights in the corridors, not the flash light.
31st August 2010
Just about the hospital topic, Korsakovia mod, another great horror mod, is also placed in a hospital-kind of mental institution and i think its concept was also inovative, anyway i would recommend korsakovia mod also, personaly i love horror mods tough they can scared me with the sounds i used to get out my head phones before i feel something bad its going to happen…..
31st August 2010
Oh also mistake, mistake-1 are set in a hospital, and of course!!! the terrific Afraid of monsters and AoDc,, of rumpel are set in the “Markland Hospital”to be precise,, just looked at new rumppels mod cry of fear and it just look its going to b l o w our minds!!!!!, cant wait to play it
28th August 2010
For starters, sorry for my poor English.
Everything below is my personal “gamer opinion”.
First of all this mod is constant rip-off. You could name exactly every game which is quoted there. F.E.A.R., Condemned, Silent Hill etc, etc. Have you played them through? If your answer is yes, well… you’ll be bored with direct quotes – in scares, I mean. Oh, did I mention they are repetitive?
And second thing — the script. Personally I had a feeling it existed just to tie up the whole box of quotes. It could be way better and original.
Overall 5 of 5 for level design and technical stuff, 3 of 5 for gameplay and script.
P.S. Find good script writer and game designer and you could create a bomb, guys! Just don’t stop!
P.P.S. Right now, horror fans should wait for Cry of Fear, upcoming mod from Rumpel, creator of Afraid of monsters DC.
28th August 2010
You NEVER need to apologize for your level of English on Planetphillip. It’s much better than 99% of readers’ Russian!
It must be incredibly hard to create a truly original horror mod/book/film.
28th August 2010
It’s hardly a rip-off when the mod is free and no one benefits. I think you mean ‘homage’.
28th August 2010
Whatever, you still got the point
29th August 2010
Ohh Rumpel is doing another mod??? wow, i didn’t know that, lets see how its going to be…., sure it is a preview on mod db, isn’t it??
28th August 2010
This is a very well made mod. Technically, wow.
The attention to detail is fantastic.
It is repetitive in places but that does not detract.
The end is very silly. A solid metal structure supposedly held up by thin wooden planks. Dear me.
The gameplay experience is a matter of personal preference.
Very many will thoroughly enjoy this and probably replay.
For them it’s a PIN for sure
Very many will not.
For us HL2 warriors, it’s a ‘Think Twice’ or an ‘Avoid It’.
28th August 2010
I thought the good horror, the subtle stuff came AFTER where phillip got up to.
Im talking about the
The mannequins in particular were excellent.
I also liked
The spoiler tags never worked for me, lets hope they do this time.
All in all, yeah the combat isn’t great, detail in some areas is sparse, but if you’re looking for a horror game, this is number one on the list.
28th August 2010
First of all I’m not going to “pick this apart” What’s the point?? I finished this up (with lots and lots of quicksaves) the other nite, this was only played with lights out, I have a backlit gamming keyboard so the “effect” was great!! The battle was just right for me, the not knowing where you are scenes that reminded me of the 60′s (hehe) The reference in the game to F.E.A.R and Silent Hill were great!! A nice touch was the author included “Nightmare House 1″ that rolled into “Nightmare House 2″!! I love this type of mod/game, Nice and scary! All in all a personal favorite for me, and a must replay! But hey what do I know, I’m just an old man!! (64)
28th August 2010
looks great. i awoke after wrecking my truck, i find the house. but find nothing to break the celler door. any hints.
28th August 2010
Look fo an axe!!!
28th August 2010
thanks i shall look for a axe. any hints on near where? i walked around in the woods and could not find a thing.
29th August 2010
Hint: there is only one other structure in the mod. Look inside.
29th August 2010
thanks for the hint i shall see me another structure. will be playing in about an hour. wish me luck surviving the nightmare house II.
the first mod was real good. the horror the horror. sorry. hehe.
29th August 2010
man it was very hard to see the tool shed. i did find the axe and have made my way in to nightmare house II. this is going to be CREEPY to the max, looks like loads of fun.
thanks to the developers.
If i survive i shall post.
if not i will haunt you. hehe. maybe even make it in to nightmare house III as a ghost.
off to play….
29th August 2010
Turn up the brightness in the menu.Otherwise you may not see the other structure.
As for the MOD i give it personal fave for horror mods.It was great.Only time I needed to make a save was the Boss ending as I didnt know how to kill it.Once I figured that out out it easy sailing.I played it in the afternoon and still had a few parts make me jump.
28th August 2010
PERSONAL FAVORITE, PERSONAL FAVORITE, PERSONAL FAVORITE
DON’T TURN AROUND, DON’T TURN AROUND, DON’T TURN AROUND
DON’T LOOK UP, DON’T LOOK UP, DON’T LOOK UP
SHUT UP WOMAN, GET ON MY HORSE
28th August 2010
my horse is amazing
29th August 2010
What is that?You cant do nothing with it so why make spoiler?
29th August 2010
Remove the _ after map.
BEST EASTER EGG EVER.
29th August 2010
Ha! OK, that was the maddest thing I ever saw. Thanks for pointing it out.
30th August 2010
Ok I thought that was what needed to be done but it didnt work.Just remembered I was not in NH2 when I tried it.DUH.I need some sleep lol
29th August 2010
If I could give this mod 3 or 4 Personal Faves, I would. I actually think it IS the best mod of the year, bar none.
The suspense and shock-value moments of this mod are way beyond what I’d expect out of a typical half life story, which is nice, because even if it’s not a “standard” mod designed around hl2, it’s utilizing the Source engine and many textures in unique and very clever ways.
Had me leaping out of my seat several times, but always with the intent to get past whatever scare was there.
The easter eggs are AMAZING and EVERYWHERE.
All in all I’m kind of disappointed that folks don’t think more strongly about this being in the running for best mod here. I seriously doubt we’ll be seeing much better than this, from anyone, this year anyway.
I’ve never played, and probably won’t be able to afford to play FEAR or STALKER or whatever else I’m missing .’s out of, though I did play Bioshock and the most scary bits in that were BLOWN AWAY by the same ideas in this mod for me.
The technical genius that Hen shows in manipulating visuals, spaces and mood really deserve the kudos. He’s just the best, honest and for true…
30th August 2010
The positives outweigh the negatives for this mod. It is well done and as good as some commercial games I have played.
I have played F.E.A.R and it wasn’t as good as or atmospheric as this mod.
Right now it is my favourite mod.
31st August 2010
@planetphillip: I would strongly recommend finishing the rest of the mod.
My only complaint was that it went on too long before the story started to progress and that’s around Chapter 5 or so. Even then, it’s on a curve but I think it’s well worth it.
I’m only a moderate fan of horror games, mostly because most of the tricks don’t scare me. This one, well I think it works a lot better than most and is clever in so many places. Are the kinds of scares repetitive? I guess so and if I’d focused on that I’d have probably lost my suspension of disbelief too much. If that’s what happened for you, I could see where you ended up with it.
Still, I think you may find the ending satisfying.
This blew me away more than a hundred single-player Antion-centric maps ever could.
31st August 2010
I want to and plan to try again tomorrow. Fingers crossed. perhaps I’ll love it when I get to the best parts.
31st August 2010
I played this mod a few days ago and have to say I thougt it excellent. It is properly thought out and well constructed, resulting in very entertaining gameplay. I found the ‘swat team’ a refreshing addition to the game. For a change the ‘swat team’ acually functioned and contributed something to the realism. I definitely would have made it a Personal Favourite. It still bowls me over that someone would put so much work into such a project and then give it away for free.
1st September 2010
This is a different kind of mod.
It’s the kind of mod that makes you wonder “why aren’t these guys working at Valve?”
I won’t even dare to talk about this game. It has EVERYTHING you would love. Scaryness, atmosphere, comedy, fun, puzzles, and it actually makes you think, not only get scared but think.
Go download this mod. Its my PERSONAL FAVOURITE.
1st September 2010
I see a lot of concerns about this mod and its originality… and to me I welcomed the cheeky play on AAA titles and AAA horror games like FEAR. Like I said on Podcast 17 this mod doesn’t take itself seriously in all the right areas… for example the ending battle – it was cliche and corny… just like every other horror mod.
Sometimes I like to just sit down and play something I’m familiar with… I don’t always want anything too off the wall or too experimental. In the Half-life community when someone does a AAA rip-off… they usually come out bland or boring. I think NH2 did a great job keeping itself unique while still holding true to common gameplay mechanics.
I’m a little shocked phillip that you thought this mod was so repetitive… I felt every chapter had it’s own theme and there was a nice ballance between the action chapters (with the SWAT) and the freak chapters (where the SWAT basically abandons you).
I’m also a little disappointed that you labelled it an ALT mod thereby baring it from any nominations for this years awards, but I understand your restrictions.
Either way – for me this mod was excellently produced – I was a little shocked by your review, but like you said… horror mods are not your genre.
2nd September 2010
I LOVED THE GAME! It Freaked me out everywhere I went! Such a super good Horror mod! I’d Say this game should be a OFFICIAL Game, Maybe should be a free mod at the STORE! This game is so fun! I suggest you should play it!
7th September 2010
Whilst I can see why Phillip would have made the decision to stick NH2 in Alt. Mods, it’s a great shame that this is not included in the running for Mod Of The Year, as it’s absolutely awesome. OK, so it’s not obviously set in the Half-Life universe crawling with Combine, antlions and headcrabs, but I only hope he relents in his policy decision to keep it out in the cold, because it’s right up there with Minerva: Metastasis, Mission Improbable, and Research And Development for its design, gameplay, and sheer inventiveness.
Yes – sometimes it’s difficult to play because you’re heart’s thumping, and your entire being wants to quit playing and run away. It’s a natural ‘fight-or-flight’ response, and one which the game authors (who really should be working for Valve or a movie studio) have designed the gameplay to generate – it’s a horror mod – Get over it!
Yes, sometimes the effects are sometimes repetitive and over-done
, but some of the fresh ideas for creepy ideas to keep the adrenaline pumping easily outweigh the negatives.
Full marks to the We Create Stuff team for being so imaginative in getting me to ‘wasn’t-expecting-that’ jump clean off my seat at least a couple of times…
I can only recommend you download this and stick it out ’til the end. as it’s worth it, and all of a sudden the general cut scene weirdness and terror will all make sense. Storytelling at its best.
Personally, having had to play this mod in twenty-minute sessions (as I couldn’t take being creeped-out for much longer), I’m going to keep this top of my personal favourites list.
8th September 2010
I found this hard work all the way through,
I don’t think there’s much, if any, horror in this. Just a bit startling in a few places.
There’s far too much just walking around.
The end felt as though the developer ran out of ideas.
14th September 2010
just got done and i am still quaking in my slippers. PLAY IT NOW. the final battle is very confusing but you will eventually figure it out.
10 out of 10 for creepy
10 out of 10 for scary
10 out of 10 for “it’s going to make you jump”
looking forward for the next installment in the series. thanks guy’s it was great!
18th September 2010
Still working my way through it, but it is definitely a great mod and very scary. Very enjoyable.
21st September 2010
Yes, you should definitely finish playing this one Phillip. I’m not a big horror fan either but this one’s got some really good qualities. You probably quit before meeting up with your squad mates. Why doesn’t this have the rating system on it? On a scale of 1 to 5 I think I’d give it a 4 (play it now?).
21st September 2010
I have. It got better, but I still didn’t enjoy it. The final battle was pretty good though.
Because it is an Alt Mod.
24th September 2010
Fantastic! Loved almost every minute of this
The pacing is great with a good mix of squad based fighting and corridor crawling.
There were some issues I had with the mod however:
Some of the tongue in cheek writing could have been left out as it takes you takes you out of the game in a bad way. Just my personal preference though.
Also the story was so derivative I couldn’t really get into it(although even having a story is rare in mods these days so this is a minor quibble)
The set pieces and script work are the real highlight of this mod. I was very rarely “scared” since I’m fairly jaded but there were so many moments in this map that had me grinning ear to ear with how clever and inventive they were
. I could go on but any fan of fun inventive and extremely well produced mods need to download this now. This was obviously a labor of passion and love for the makers and it shows through in almost every aspect.
3rd October 2010
Well, I thought it was brilliant, played it yesterday in one go…took me a while to spot how to win the end battle…but good, really good.
8th October 2010
Well I liked it….
* Play it now *
5th November 2010
PERSONAL FAVOURITE!!!! Hell, it was IMHO even better than F.E.A.R.!!! Action, scary moments, epic soundtrack, very good story…
By far my MOTY!!! Too bad it’s an alt. mod
((( , but seriously Phillip, if you consider THAT as an “alt. mod”, what about THEY HUNGER, Random Quest, …??
For me, it’s the same!!! the same!!
No set up in the HL Universe, but re-appropriations of some elements (here, the zombies, they are basically the same, or different models used…), but overall, it should be, IMHO again, in the list.
8th November 2010
There are also NUMEROUS easter eggs, many laughables, which are easly foundable on YouTube, I let you check it out
(and yes, there is in fact more more than the ‘map this_is_not_an_easter_egg” ^^ ).
13th November 2010
Honestly I have to say that this mod was a HUGE letdown. NH1 is one of my favorite mods of all time, it is one of very very few that I have replayed SEVERAL times. NH1 truly scared the everliving crap out of me and had a few puzzlish parts that confused me. NH2 seems like a big-budget Uwe Bolls capitalization on the success of the first. The mod is completely transformed from a horror adventure to an action-FPS. It is no longer scary, only a small few moments made me jump. The idea for the setting was good and the level design clean but the implementation poor: it lacked atmosphere I felt. That type of location should do very well for horror but it felt so safe!
Last but not least was the ending, it was interesting, story wise, but there was sort of this massive explosion of story that should have weaved more through the mod. Everything was explained all at once, and had that quality that bad sci-fi has where the writers attempt to squeeze fifteen paragraphs of information into a few sentences. Not to mention the voice acting at the end was goofy, as was the contraption. The whole ending had a feeling of disjointed sillyness to it, it was as different from the rest of NH2 as NH2 was different from NH1. Plus the game mechanic was a bit confusing and had frustrating quirks that made if very difficult at times. I died dozens of times trying to beat it.
All that said the mod is well made and stands better on it’s own. If it was not the sequel to NH and I did not know it was made by the same person/team I would have enjoyed it more. The first Nightmare House was a MASTERPIECE, but this, this is average.
24th December 2010
For me this is definitely my PERSONAL FAVORITE AND MOTY. Played it in the dark with headphone sound up scared me at every turn. I have absolutely no negatives to say about this, It for me was EPIC.
I cant begin to say enough to the team that put this together, as some have said and I agree its a Masterpiece. Thank You Hen and the – We Create Stuff Team – for a most enjoyable Mod. This one will be tucked away for a definite replay value. Time for an Easter Egg Hunt.
30th December 2010
I wonder why we cannot do recomendations for this mod.
30th December 2010
Because it’s part of the ALT mods category and therefore not part of the Recommendation Image system. This post will be removed in a few days anyway, as it’s being moved to my new website.