Doors

How Doors Works

Doors is a horror roguelike. You and your team progress through numbered hotel rooms, solving light puzzles and surviving entities.

Each door leads to a new room type — some are safe, others spawn deadly entities. Reach Door 100 to win the run.

Essential Items

Always carry a light source. Lockpicks and skeleton keys open locked paths. Crucifixes can prevent entity spawns in key rooms.

Buy revives if you're learning — one mistake shouldn't end a 30-minute run. Redeem codes on our codes page for free knobs.

Common Entities

Rush and Ambush require hiding in closets. Screech appears in dark rooms — turn around when you hear the hiss. Eyes damages you if you look at it.

Learn one entity at a time. Watch for audio cues — headphones help enormously.

Co-op Tips

Stick together but don't crowd closets — only one player needs to hide for most entities.

Call out room numbers and item locations. If someone dies, decide quickly whether to revive or push forward.

Advanced Runs

Once you beat the Hotel, try Mines and higher difficulties. Speed comes from memorizing room layouts and entity timers.

Check our tier list for the best items to prioritize in the shop.

Learning Entity Audio Cues

Doors is an audio game disguised as a horror runner. Rush and Ambush have distinct sound profiles — learn them with headphones before pushing high floors.

Screech hisses from behind when you enter dark rooms. Eyes damages you for looking at it — use peripheral movement instead of camera pans.

Figure chases on timer patterns. Listen for footsteps and breathing rather than staring at the entity model — panic camera movement kills more runs than raw speed.

Shop and Knob Priority

Spend knobs on items that save runs: lockpicks, skeleton keys, and light sources before cosmetic flair. Revives belong in your inventory before floor 70 push sessions.

Redeem codes for free knobs and revives on our codes page before long attempts. Codes do not replace learning patterns — they insure you against one mistake on an otherwise clean run.

Common Beginner Mistakes

Hiding in closets too long triggers Figure — learn each entity’s audio cues instead of defaulting to closet panic. Wasting revives on floor 20 runs saves less value than pushing deeper first.

Solo players who sprint without listening die to Rush and Ambush constantly.

Pushing Past Floor 50

Memorize hotel room layouts for your current floor band — routing saves more time than speed alone. Co-op with players who communicate item usage.

Redeem active codes before deep runs that consume revives and light sources.

Weekly Doors Practice Plan

Spend two short sessions memorizing audio cues and safe rooms before pushing high floors. Redeem revive codes immediately before deep runs, not after a loss streak.

Co-op one night a week with friends who call out entity spawns — Doors communication beats raw reflex alone.