A downloadable game for Windows

Build a snowman following the instructions your grandpa told you once, and watch how a Christmas miracle does it´s magic this winter! Surely nothing wrong could happen so close to holidays...

Join a short scary adventure with the Stevensons as you discover an ancient secret that has been running in the blood of your family for millenia in this game inspired by  both the christmas story of Frosty, and Lovecraftian creatures.

Merry Christmas, and brace for his arrival.



Even though this game hasn´t been for a game jam, I still had to make it in quite a short timespan. This has been done in around 3 weeks (which is 1 week more than The Trees Holding Heaven).

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StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(54 total ratings)
AuthorSirTartarus
GenreAdventure
Tags3D, Atmospheric, Christmas, Creepy, Fantasy, First-Person, Horror, Lovecraftian Horror, Short, Singleplayer

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HowToBuildASnowman.zip 173 MB

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Let me start by saying This is one of the best indie horror games I have played. From the characters to the atmosphere to the absolute beast that is Ons'thasnou man this has been a thrill ride from start to finish. If you ever invest in a prequel or sequel to this game, SIGN ME UP, and I'll play both of them in a heartbeat. Keep up the good work and I look forward to playing more of your games. 10/10
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Was NOT expecting to get sucked into the lore of a short indie game like think but wow! I definitely need either a prequel following the grandfather's story or a sequel following the kid and his fight with Ons'thasnou when he's older. 
Also the snowman managed to really freak me out multiple times even though I knew it was coming, so nice job! 

Also also the dialogue from Ons'thasnou had me feeling some type of way... 🥵 Am I the only one??

The ending part got a little confusing and glitchy but overall it was quite fun.

The Sinister Side of Snowmen: Time to Rethink Olaf & Frosty Forever! (1st Game & I absolutely loved it! Please make part 2!)

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Great scary Christmas game! 

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I think I created the wrong snowman? Also love the music but it copyright me on youtube so i ended up chopping out some parts lol just a heads up.

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I encountered 2 bugs that made me restart the game twice I got beef with you developer😭jk

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Simple yet fun, quick game~!

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The snowman are very spooky 

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You know I love your Holiday Horror Game! I just showcased in 21 Nights of Christmas Horror | 16th Game

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

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This was such a cool game! I was not expecting this type of story from the game! I had fun playing every minute of the game!

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A really cool little game! I found it a bit goofy, maybe a touch cliche, but I enjoyed it regardless. I loved the minigame to actually build the snowman! The textures were simple but pleasant, good job!

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noice

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hey if u see this comment please consider helping a brother out and looking at my new video if not i totally get it 

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awesome game me encanto

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THIS GAME IS FIRE 
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Super fun game! got me into the Christmas spirit 

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Neat game. If you need proper snowman building mechanics, along with prop placements on them, I can share my code from my snowman building game.

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Hey! Your game is awesome, but just wanted to let you know that someone must of uploaded your game (as malware) on here https://how-to-build-a-snowman.en.softonic.com/. Make sure you've got an Adblocker on before. And if you did upload it to there, well I found it!

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Found another place uploaded... https://filehippo.com/download_how-to-build-a-snowman/

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Thank you for telling me! I'd like to be sure this pages contain malware before I do anything (since they do seem to credit me and have links to this very page), but I will look into it. Glad you enjoyed the game, merry Christmas!

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WATCH OUT FOR FROSTY!
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Love the lore

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EVIL OLAF AFTER MY CARROT [How to build a snowman]

One of the best Christmas horrors games I’ve ever played!! 🙏
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AMAZING Game!! Just a future note, could there be an options to turn off the music? It's copyright :P
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I had added this to a list forgetting it was a horror game- so I got quite the surprise and treat! This was a fun one for me to play as part of my Gamesmas series- can't wait to play more of your games!

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A
Already knew this wasn't a tutorial on how to build a snowman
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What a twist perfect game to record for my Christmas spooktacular!

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Very fun game to play! I enjoyed the game a lot and am definitely planning on NOT building a snowman! Nah I'm playing. Great job!
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This game is so cool. The story is delivered very well. Though I did get a bug in the elevator (I think from not standing on it. It got weird with the "redacted" glitching trying to grab me, instead of waiting up top)

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😊👍
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I don't know how you made such a compelling mythos around Snowmen but you did it! Was really good.


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Instructions not clear, ended up summoning Satan. 😅 but seriously, not bad 👌 I like how the game took a turn into horror. I didn't read the description of the game so I went in blind and was pleasantly surprised 👍
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Cute ending, you should make a prequel to this where you play as the father/grandpa, would be cool.

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Very creepy

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I played this in my Christmas horror games video in December and I really like this game! The story was interesting and there were parts that really sent chills down my spine. The ending part made me freak out too haha.

It was the last game I played in this video!

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un bv
un videojuego con una historia impresionante !!! espero que sigas trayendo tan buenos trabajos como estos a la comunidad <3 sigue asi : ) !!! saludos desde buenos aires
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