Demented
A hostile entity that you can put down — killing one unlocks Freed, held by 75.3% of players. It sits in the group of threats nearly everyone encounters within their first few shifts.
Last verified 28 July 2026 · game version: launch build (22 July 2026)
Where it sits in the difficulty curve
The achievement data tells a clear story about this one. Freed is at 75.3%, which puts the Demented in the same tier as the Shrieking Doll (87.8%) rather than the Marionette (35.1%). Three quarters of everyone who has played this game has killed a Demented.
That means two things. It appears often enough that ordinary play produces the encounter, and it is winnable with ordinary equipment — there is no gimmick object gating the fight the way the music box gates the Marionette. If you have a weapon and you commit, you win.
The ~25% who do not have it are mostly people who stopped playing early rather than people who kept failing the fight. The drop-off between Freed at 75.3% and Relentless at 40.1% is where the game stops handing achievements out for simply continuing.
The name
The achievement for killing one is called Freed, not "Slain" or "Cleared". That word choice is doing something. In a game whose entire premise is that the things coming through your door are wearing stolen humanity, an achievement that frames killing as release is a deliberate piece of framing.
We are flagging this as tone, not mechanics — we cannot tell you it unlocks anything or feeds into an ending. But it is consistent with a game where the rare hidden achievements are called Grave Decision and Empty Home, and it is worth noticing while you play.
Have a weapon bought and equipped before the encounter, not after it starts. That single habit accounts for most of the difference between players who clear early threats comfortably and players who spend every hunt scrambling. The weapons arsenal is also an achievement in its own right — Locked And Loaded, at 20.6% — so the money is not wasted.
What we have not confirmed
Specific health values, attack patterns, and whether particular weapons perform better against a Demented than others are not things we can verify yet, so we are not publishing numbers. When we can confirm them they will appear here with the date.