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Mix and match character parts, collect and craft accessories, earn idle rewards, and choose how your desktop companion keeps you company.
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Wandering: How to Control Movement and Auto Walk
Character House wandering occurs when characters use Standing Mode. Here is how Auto Walk works, how to stop wandering, and how to reset pets.
Recreate Yourself: Complete Avatar Creation Guide
Character House recreate yourself step-by-step using custom hair, face scaling, and desktop pet modes in Yinengjie's cozy simulation game.
Standing Mode: How It Works and How to Set It
Character House standing mode lets your desktop pet idle and wander. See how the Auto walk toggle, scaling, and screen settings manage its behavior.
Personality Customization Guide
Character House personality customization lets you shape companion behaviors using ID setting cards, typing skill points, and interactive actions.
Character House offline rewards: How Idle Earnings and Caps Work
Character House offline rewards accumulate currency while closed. Learn the 24-hour cap, affection multipliers, and how to collect your idle payouts.
Character House sit in a row mode: Typing Sync and Desktop Guide
Character House sit in a row mode syncs your companion with real-time keystrokes and lets you line up multiple desktop characters easily.
Outfits: Customization, Layering, & Unlock Guide
Character House outfits allow players to mix tops, jackets, bottoms, and accessories. Here is how clothing layers, colors, and unlock systems work.
Guide: Multiple Characters and Limits
Place and manage Character House multiple characters on your desktop with this guide covering creation, limits, typing mode grouping, and bonding.
Virus Safety: Is the Keystroke Counter Malware?
Character House virus safety concerns stem from its desktop keystroke counter. Here is what developer Yinengjie confirmed about privacy and malware risks.
Facial Expressions: Unlock and Trigger Guide
Character House facial expressions unlock using skill points earned through desktop productivity. Here is how to unlock and trigger every emotion.
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Your Character House Journey
Beginner Setup Guide
Set up keystroke synchronization, adjust screen transparency, and choose initial display modes for your companion.
Character Creation Studio
Design custom avatars using modular hair pieces, facial morphs, hex palettes, and layered clothing.
Desktop Mode Comparison
Compare standing, sitting, and corner screen behaviors to fit your personal workflow or gaming setup.
Offline Reward Progression
Manage the twenty-four hour idle accumulation cap and invest early coins into furniture multipliers.
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Character House beginner guide: Setup, Modes, and Progression
Get started with Character House: Desktop Companion. Learn keystroke sync setup, character creation, display modes, and offline idle reward systems.
Guide: Multiple Characters and Limits
Place and manage Character House multiple characters on your desktop with this guide covering creation, limits, typing mode grouping, and bonding.
Mode Comparison: Standing, Sitting, and Corner
A Character House mode comparison of Standing, Sit-in-a-Row, and Corner setups to help you pick the right desktop layout for work or gaming.
Character House demo: Free Download, Features, and Setup Guide
The Character House demo is a free Steam desktop pet. Check system specs, character customization, typing modes, and safe setup steps.
Steam: Free Demo Download and System Specs
Download the Character House Steam demo for free on PC and Mac. Check system requirements, release details, gameplay features, and crash fixes.
Character House character parts: Complete Customization Guide
Character House character parts let you customize hair, faces, outfits, and accessories. Here is every part category, studio tool, and feature limit.
Customization Guide: Studio Tips & Tools
Character House character customization lets you design desktop companions with detailed hair, facial features, outfits, and expressive personality cards.
Outfits: Customization, Layering, & Unlock Guide
Character House outfits allow players to mix tops, jackets, bottoms, and accessories. Here is how clothing layers, colors, and unlock systems work.
Personality Customization Guide
Character House personality customization lets you shape companion behaviors using ID setting cards, typing skill points, and interactive actions.
Recreate Yourself: Complete Avatar Creation Guide
Character House recreate yourself step-by-step using custom hair, face scaling, and desktop pet modes in Yinengjie's cozy simulation game.
Always on Top Toggle and Window Overlay Guide
Keep your Character House desktop companion pinned above your apps or disable Always on Top quickly using the context menu and taskbar shortcut.
Character House corner mode Explained: Setup and Desktop Controls
Character House corner mode lets your pet watch from the screen edge without blocking windows. See how to activate and manage it.
Character House sit in a row mode: Typing Sync and Desktop Guide
Character House sit in a row mode syncs your companion with real-time keystrokes and lets you line up multiple desktop characters easily.
Standing Mode: How It Works and How to Set It
Character House standing mode lets your desktop pet idle and wander. See how the Auto walk toggle, scaling, and screen settings manage its behavior.
Wandering: How to Control Movement and Auto Walk
Character House wandering occurs when characters use Standing Mode. Here is how Auto Walk works, how to stop wandering, and how to reset pets.
Accessory Crafting: Recipes and Upgrades
Character House accessory crafting lets you synthesize duplicate items into higher rarities and unlock targeted furniture recipes via bench upgrades.
Accessory Pulls: Gacha and Synthesis Guide
Character House accessory pulls cost 500 coins per roll. Check how the gacha system works, idle coin accumulation rates, and crafting synthesis paths.
Character House offline rewards: How Idle Earnings and Caps Work
Character House offline rewards accumulate currency while closed. Learn the 24-hour cap, affection multipliers, and how to collect your idle payouts.
Animations: Poses, Expressions, and Unlock Guide
Character House animations bring desktop pets to life through walking, keystroke sync, and unlockable expressions. Here is how every action works.
Facial Expressions: Unlock and Trigger Guide
Character House facial expressions unlock using skill points earned through desktop productivity. Here is how to unlock and trigger every emotion.
Steam Crash Fix: Stop Startup and Desktop Errors
Character House Steam crash fix guide detailing DirectX 11 launch options, file verification, Visual C++ runtimes, and GPU driver updates.
Virus Safety: Is the Keystroke Counter Malware?
Character House virus safety concerns stem from its desktop keystroke counter. Here is what developer Yinengjie confirmed about privacy and malware risks.
The Game at a Glance
What is Character House?
Character House: Desktop Companion is an idle collection game and desktop pet simulator developed by Yinengjie. Players create customizable animated companions that live as an overlay on the screen, react to keyboard inputs, and generate idle currency while you work, study, or browse.
Gameplay revolves around choosing display modes, leveling companions through typing volume, and collecting resources both actively and offline. Accumulated coins can be spent on cosmetic gacha pulls, furniture crafting, and setting cards to customize your companion's appearance and environment.
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- 100K+
- Planned Full Release
- 2026
- Demo Release
- Sep 15, 2026
- Demo Approval
- 98% (458 reviews)
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From downloading the demo to customizing companions and collecting offline rewards, choose the topic you need.
Download and Demo
Try the Character House demo through the official Steam store. The full desktop companion game lists a planned 2026 release, with wishlisting available for release notifications.
Players can download and play the standalone demo on Steam without purchasing the game.
Character customization data created in the demo is planned to carry over into the full 2026 release.
The application runs on 64-bit Windows 10 and macOS 10.15 Catalina with at least 4 GB of RAM.
Beginner Guide
Discover the core activities: create a desktop companion, choose a companion mode, and collect accessories. Get familiar with character customization, keyboard interaction, and AFK rewards before exploring different outfits.
Open the system tray menu and locate the game icon to access the setup configuration.
Turn on the keystroke synchronization toggle to allow the companion to react to typing input.
Slide transparency to roughly fifty percent so the overlay remains clear without blocking your work.
More details
Anchor your companion window to a screen corner and type a test sentence to confirm animations trigger.
Character Customization
Mix and match hundreds of parts to create a desktop companion with its own look. Experiment with accessories and outfits, complemented by the game's character animations and facial expressions.
Style hair using independent bangs, side pieces, back cuts, and multi-slot cowlicks with two-tone gradients.
Adjust eye spacing, independent left and right colors, pupil designs, and expressive eyebrow angles.
Mix and match inner shirts, outerwear jackets, bottoms, legwear, and accessories across dual-color channels.
Desktop Modes and Keyboard Sync
Compare Standing Mode, Sit-in-a-Row Mode, and Hiding in the Corner to find the right companion behavior for your desktop. Standing Mode includes occasional wandering, Sit-in-a-Row Mode responds to keystrokes, and Corner Mode keeps your companion at the screen's edge.
Companions stand upright and periodically roam across open windows unless autonomous walking is disabled.
Characters stay seated at miniature desks, animate in sync with keystrokes, and line up tidily.
Avatars park quietly along screen margins to minimize workspace distraction during intensive tasks.
Offline Rewards and Accessories
Earn rewards while AFK or offline as part of Character House's idle collection experience. Pull, craft, and collect accessories to expand your outfit combinations.
Currency accumulates while the game is closed, scaling with your companion's unlocked affection level.
Offline rewards stop accumulating after twenty-four consecutive hours until you claim the reward chest.
Crafting upgrades like the Cozy Bed permanently raise base offline reward rates across all play sessions.
System Requirements
Compare the official minimum and recommended specifications for Windows and macOS, including processors, memory, graphics, and storage. The listed minimums include Windows 10 with 4096 MB RAM or macOS 10.15 Catalina with 8 GB RAM.
Requires a 64-bit processor, Windows 10, Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent, and 4096 MB RAM.
Requires macOS 10.15 Catalina, an Apple M1 or Intel Core i5 processor, and 8 GB of RAM.
Demands 512 MB of available storage space and DirectX Version 11 compatibility on Windows.
Quick Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Character House -Desktop Companion- free to play?
The Character House demo is free to download and play on Steam, while the full game is scheduled for release in 2026.
Does Character House log or record personal keystrokes?
No, Character House only counts the aggregate volume of keystrokes locally to drive animations and progression, without storing or transmitting typed text.
How long do offline rewards accumulate in Character House?
Offline rewards in Character House accumulate for up to 24 hours, after which progress pauses until you log in and claim the treasure chest.
How do you recover a Character House companion that wanders off-screen?
You can right-click the Character House icon in the system taskbar and select the character reset option to snap companions back to the center of the screen.
How many characters can you display simultaneously in Character House?
The Character House Steam demo supports up to four active companions on screen, while the full game plans to support at least eight.
What platforms support Character House?
Character House is available on PC via Steam for 64-bit Windows 10 and macOS 10.15 Catalina or later.
Where will you start?
Set up the demo, customize your character, or learn how to collect and craft accessories.
Character House · Platform: Windows PC, macOS · Developer: Yinengjie
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Outfits: Customization, Layering, & Unlock Guide
Character House outfits allow players to mix tops, jackets, bottoms, and accessories. Here is how clothing layers, colors, and unlock systems work.
Accessory Pulls: Gacha and Synthesis Guide
Character House accessory pulls cost 500 coins per roll. Check how the gacha system works, idle coin accumulation rates, and crafting synthesis paths.
Animations: Poses, Expressions, and Unlock Guide
Character House animations bring desktop pets to life through walking, keystroke sync, and unlockable expressions. Here is how every action works.
Virus Safety: Is the Keystroke Counter Malware?
Character House virus safety concerns stem from its desktop keystroke counter. Here is what developer Yinengjie confirmed about privacy and malware risks.
Personality Customization Guide
Character House personality customization lets you shape companion behaviors using ID setting cards, typing skill points, and interactive actions.
Character House corner mode Explained: Setup and Desktop Controls
Character House corner mode lets your pet watch from the screen edge without blocking windows. See how to activate and manage it.
Mode Comparison: Standing, Sitting, and Corner
A Character House mode comparison of Standing, Sit-in-a-Row, and Corner setups to help you pick the right desktop layout for work or gaming.
Wandering: How to Control Movement and Auto Walk
Character House wandering occurs when characters use Standing Mode. Here is how Auto Walk works, how to stop wandering, and how to reset pets.
Guide: Multiple Characters and Limits
Place and manage Character House multiple characters on your desktop with this guide covering creation, limits, typing mode grouping, and bonding.
Facial Expressions: Unlock and Trigger Guide
Character House facial expressions unlock using skill points earned through desktop productivity. Here is how to unlock and trigger every emotion.