Knock Knock — The core loop
About
OverviewKnock Knock [FOREST] is a horror escape game where you prank your neighbor by knocking on their door and then running for your life. This guide covers the core loop, controls, difficulty progression, and the challenges and badges that give you long-term goals to chase.
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The core loop
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Each round starts when you knock on the neighbor's door and ends when you either escape or get caught. Cash you earn goes toward buying traps, which help you on future runs.
- Knock on the door this wakes up the neighbor and kicks off the chase.
- Run put as much distance between you and the neighbor as fast as you can.
- Collect your cash surviving the chase pays out money.
- Buy traps spend that cash before your next run.
Controls to learn before your first run
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The game uses keyboard keys or a gamepad.
- Run Shift on keyboard, Y button on gamepad.
- Crawl Ctrl on keyboard, X button on gamepad.
- Emote B on keyboard, L1 on gamepad.
Four difficulty levels and how to climb them
TableThe game has four difficulty settings. Each one is a bigger test than the last.
| Easy | your first goal. |
| Medium | a step up from Easy. |
| Hard | earns you a badge and marks you as genuinely experienced. |
| Extreme | the highest difficulty; only the best players reach a clear here. |
Challenges: the hardest goals in the game
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Challenges are extra conditions you equip before a run. The game has two all-challenge badges: one for winning with every challenge active on any map, and a second specifically for beating Concert on Extreme with every challenge active.
Win count and cash milestones
TipsBeyond difficulty clears, the game tracks your total wins and your all-time cash earned.
- 10 wins — unlocks the Survivalist badge.
- 25 wins — unlocks the Super Survivalist badge.
- 50 wins — unlocks the True Survivalist badge.
- 1,000,000 cash earned — unlocks the Fortune badge.
- Save another player from death using Doctor to earn the Medic badge.
Glossary
Glossary- Knock
- Hitting the neighbor's door to start the round and activate the neighbor.
- Crawl
- A low-movement action activated with Ctrl or the X button.
- Trap
- An item you buy with earned cash.
- Challenge
- An extra condition you equip before a run to make it harder, with special badges for completing runs with all of them active.
- Extreme Mode
- The hardest difficulty setting in the game.
Common questions
FAQHow many difficulty levels are there?
There are four: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Extreme.
What is the point of challenges?
Challenges are extra conditions that make a run harder. Equipping all of them at once and still winning unlocks some of the rarest badges in the game, including a special one tied to the Concert map on Extreme mode.
Can I play with friends?
The Medic badge requires you to save another player from death using the Doctor ability, which confirms the game supports multiple players in a session.
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