The Secret of Hutton Grammar SchoolThe Secret of Hutton Grammar School

Game Details:  Mystery, 2019

Links:  Moby Games, Steam

Walkthrough Updated:  4/25/2023

Suggested Listening:  Caught Up in the Panic (Ash 25)

The Secret of Hutton Grammar School is a short third-person adventure set in a school. You play as a janitor who has been working at the school for 25 years. During a night shift you uncover a mysterious cult and must do your best to clean up their act. There are 10 Steam Achievements, all documented in the walkthrough below.

Night Time

Walk to the right until the man in the other room hears you. There are now two things you can do:

  • Wait out in the open and get shot That shirt isn't bulletproof
  • Hide in any of the shadows near the windows Life in the shadows

If you survive, you will make it to the next day.

Day Time

Open the drawer to get a close-up view of it, then touch the photo frame Guard Duty. Now pick up the matches. Head outside through the door on the right. Enter the west wing of the school through the left door. Go through the first door into the janitor's cupboard. Pick up the petrol and rag, then combine them in your inventory.

Save your game, then combine the matches with the rag soaked in petrol Highly flammable. Load your game.

Leave the cupboard and walk to the right. Try to sit on the bench No time to sit. Go right again, and listen at the first door to hear the man from last night Found the cult leader.

Save your game, then use the rag soaked in petrol on the painting. Use your matches on the painting, and you will catch on fire as well. Head out through the right door and try to use the fountain Burning desire. Load your game.

Go left twice and enter the janitor's cupboard again. Open the fuse box and turn on the fountain switch. Leave the cupboard and go right twice. Use the rag soaked in petrol on the painting, then use your matches on it. After you catch fire, head out through the right door and use the fountain. Continue inside through the left door and enter the janitor's cupboard again. Open the fuse box and turn off the fire alarm switch That was loud.

Leave the janitor's cupboard and go outside to the left, then enter the right door. Follow the cult leader to the left, then follow him through the middle door. After the cult leader disappears downwards, use the books on the right, and press the bright red book X marks the spot.

At the large gathering, use your broom on the giant statue Defeated the cult.