HOW TO PLAY
Controls and goals
- How to operate
- Click the target or move arrow with the mouse. If you select an item in your possession at the bottom of the screen, you can enlarge it and examine it, and use the selected tool on another target.
- Goal
- Follow the clues about your lover, investigate the puppet theater, and aim to escape while solving mysteries.
ABOUT THE GAME
Check the theater,
Connect distant clues.
``Forgotten Hill: Puppeteer'' is an escape adventure where you click on areas of interest in the room and explore the relationship between the tools and devices you pick up. The search areas expand to include the entrance, reception, audience seats, and backstage, and you can take pictures and symbols from the surrounding area back to solve mysteries in other locations.
INSPECT THE INVENTORY
Open your inventory,
Check the details.
The image below shows a clue to the early game. When you select a ticket from the inventory column, it will be enlarged and you can check the pattern. "Ticket" in the upper left indicates a ticket.

Actual play photography: Detour Playlist Editorial Department/Production: FM Studio
Search the room and collect tools.
Click on the object on the screen and collect the tools you can carry in your inventory. Select and examine the acquired items and use them for appropriate purposes.
Match symbols and arrangements at distant locations
The pictures on the wall, the arrangement of clothes, the symbols on the audience seats, etc. are all involved in the trick. New clues give you a reason to revisit places you've already seen.
Exploration leads to the depths of the puppet theater
The structure goes from reception to waiting room, audience seats, stage, and backstage. In addition to riddles that use tools, there will also be tricks that deal with the posture of cards and dolls.
PLAY NOTES
Play notes
- Differences in prices and versions
- The standalone web version of the official website is free. A separate work, First Steps, reconfigures the first three works with new footage and additional locations and mysteries, and the content is different from the subject of this article.
- Language/How to proceed in the beginning
- This article deals with the web version with English display. English reading comprehension is required for conversation and text clues. At the entrance, open and check your belongings and compare the pattern you found with the mechanism on the door.
- Caution
- There are horror expressions involving creepy dolls, bloodshed, and bodies. The official guide, which includes answers to puzzles, allows you to keep your progress by checking only the necessary scenes.
- Device that uses sound
- The official guide explains a mystery that uses the number of cries of living things as a clue. If sound is not available, refer to the official guide, which contains spoilers
Open the theater door,
Look for secret clues.
On September 20, 2026, we confirmed the creator's official introduction, official game guide, and web version. The two published images were taken by the editorial department on the official web version. Sources: Forgotten Hill: Puppeteer — Official play page, Puppeteer — FM Studio official introduction, Puppeteer — FM Studio press materials, Puppeteer official game guide, Part 1 (contains spoilers), Puppeteer official game guide, part 2 (contains spoilers), First Steps — FM Studio official introduction
STREAMING INFO
Streaming and video uploads
We were unable to confirm any explicit instructions for distribution, video posting, or monetization in the official documents we reviewed. Please check the latest information from rights holders before implementation.
“Unconfirmed” does not mean streaming is prohibited. We have not confirmed an official policy for the general public.




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