Granny Original

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You're locked in a creepy house and there's an old lady who really, really doesn't want you to leave. Granny Original is a first-person horror escape game that's basically the indie version of a FNAF-style nightmare—except instead of animatronics, you've got one terrifying grandma with superhuman hearing. Your goal? Find keys, solve environmental puzzles, and get out before your five lives run out. It's tense, jumpy, and surprisingly tricky for something labeled "horror-for-kids."

Key Features

• Five Difficulty Levels: From Practice Mode (no Granny, just puzzles) to Extreme (good luck surviving more than 30 seconds).
• Multiple Escape Routes: Unlock the main door, or find the car keys and drive out through the garage.
• Sound-Based AI: Drop an item or step on a creaky floorboard? She's coming for you.
• Browser-Friendly: Runs in Unity WebGL—no download needed, works on older PCs and mobile.

How to Play Granny Original

Getting started is easy—staying alive is the hard part.

Move Quietly and Search the House

You wake up in a bedroom with five days (lives) to escape. Use WASD to walk and your mouse to look around. Press E to pick up items like keys, hammers, and weapons. The house is full of drawers, cabinets, and secret compartments—check everything. But here's the catch: dropping objects or bumping into furniture makes noise, and Granny will sprint to your location. Crouch with C to move more carefully.

Hide When She Comes

When you hear footsteps or that creepy chase music kicks in, press R near a bed, wardrobe, or chest to hide. Stay still until she leaves. If she catches you, the screen goes red and you lose one of your five attempts. There are also bear traps scattered around—if you step on one, hold F to escape before she arrives. You can stun her temporarily with a crossbow or shotgun (if you find them), but she always comes back.

Solve Puzzles to Unlock the Exit

The main door has multiple locks—padlocks, a code panel, a gear mechanism. You'll need to find specific items: a cutting tool to remove the wooden planks, keys hidden in random rooms, and even a watermelon (yes, really) that's part of a bizarre puzzle involving a guillotine. Each playthrough randomizes item locations slightly, so you can't just memorize solutions. Once you've gathered everything and disabled all the locks, the door opens and you win.

Who is Granny Original for?

This is for players who like short, intense horror sessions without a huge time commitment. Kids and teens will get a kick out of the jump scares (hence the "horror-for-kids" tag), but it's genuinely challenging even for adults. If you loved the original Granny mobile game or enjoy stealth-horror like Outlast but want something lighter and browser-based, this nails that vibe. Not recommended if you hate trial-and-error gameplay or get frustrated by cheap deaths.

The Gameplay Vibe

It's pure anxiety fuel. Every creak of the floor makes your heart skip. The graphics are low-poly and basic—textures are grainy, lighting is flat, and Granny's character model looks like it escaped from a 2010 mobile game. But honestly? The janky visuals add to the charm in a weird way. The sound design does the heavy lifting: her humming, the sudden sting when she spots you, the thud of her bat hitting the floor. I recommend headphones for maximum dread. The house layout is repetitive after a few runs, but figuring out the optimal route to grab items without alerting her keeps it interesting.

Technical Check: Saves & Performance

The game saves your progress automatically in your browser cache, so you can close the tab and pick up where you left off—just don't clear your browsing data. Performance is solid even on weaker hardware; I tested it on a mid-range laptop and it ran smoothly at 60fps. Mobile controls work fine with the virtual joystick and touch icons, though aiming when throwing items feels a bit clunky on touchscreens. Load times are minimal, maybe 10 seconds to start.

Quick Verdict: Pros & Cons

A scrappy horror game that delivers more tension than its budget suggests.

• ✅ Pro: Instant scares—no long setup, you're in danger from minute one.
• ✅ Pro: Randomized item spawns add replayability.
• ❌ Con: Graphics are extremely rough, and it's clearly a clone of the original Granny mobile game with zero new ideas.

Controls

Responsive on desktop, though the interact prompt (E key) can be finicky when multiple objects overlap.

• Desktop: WASD to move, E to interact, C to crouch, R to hide, Space to throw items, F to escape traps.
• Mobile: Virtual joystick on the left, swipe the right side to rotate camera, tap hand icon to interact, bed icon to hide.

Release Date & Developer

Developed by Awesome and released on January 1, 2023. It's a browser port clearly inspired by DVloper's original Granny game, repackaged for web play.