Playable characters
The Skin Stapler features multiple playable perspectives. Players control Dick Slater as the main detective, and several civilians in their respective locations. The official description promises "a hardened veteran detective and ordinary civilians in the final moments of their lives."
Dick Slater
Burned-out detective hunting the Skin Stapler. The main protagonist of the story.
Walkthrough →Dies (finale)Robbie Knox
Slater's eager rookie partner, transferred from Routewood. Sacrifices himself in the final confrontation.
Ending explained →Dies (first victim)Fefe
The opening playable character, encountered in her apartment during a thunderstorm.
Fefe guide →Survives encounterHexy
Overworked convenience store clerk who serves hot dogs and encounters the Skin Stapler.
Hexy guide →DiesBlair
Graveyard-shift employee at a run-down bowling alley. Killed by the Skin Stapler.
Blair guide →DiesLuna
Runs an occult-themed donut and coffee shop. Killed at her shop alongside Chief O'Brien.
Luna guide →Not confirmedNurse Layna
Runs Lazar's Blood Bank. A playable character announced by Tainted Pact.
Nurse Layna guide →Not confirmedScaroline
Playable owner of Underworld VHS, a grimy old-school video rental store in Carrion City. Her performer published a first-person gameplay video confirming the role.
Scaroline guide →Supporting cast
The supporting cast includes characters who appear in specific locations, deliver dialogue, or play a role in the investigation without being primary playable viewpoints.
Elias Crow / The Skin Stapler
Owner of the Flesh Pit barbecue restaurant and the real identity of the Skin Stapler. Dick shoots him in the finale, but the footage does not clearly establish death or arrest.
Identity & motive →Not confirmedDJ Woolz
The radio DJ of Carrion City, reporting on the killings over the air.
Voice actors →DiesChief O'Brien
Police chief found dead at Luna's donut shop alongside Luna.
Ending explained →Not confirmedRoxy
An officer at the Carrion City Police Department.
Voice actors →Not confirmedMr. Shrimp
A character at Gutters End, voiced by the same actor as Blair.
Blair guide →Not confirmedElmer
A CCPD staff member who appears during the police-station investigation.
Walkthrough →Not confirmedLucas
Blair’s coworker at Gutters End, seen around the graveyard-shift handoff.
Blair guide →Not confirmedBee
A named role on the cast poster whose exact story function and playable status remain unconfirmed.
Voice actors →Dies (before game)Silus Kaine
Elias Crow's twin brother, killed by Dick Slater. His death is the motive for the killings.
Killer identity →