Granny — the survival horror that locks you in.
Five days. One house. A grandmother with hearing sharp enough to catch a dropped key from two rooms away. Hide, sneak, or run.
What Granny is, in one read
Granny is a first-person survival horror game from DVloper where you wake up in a locked house with a grandmother who is not what she seems. Five days in, four walls out, and a strict no-noise rule: drop a glass, slam a door, or knock a chair, and she comes running. The game leans on sound design more than jump scares, which is why it has held a spot in the Play Store horror charts since 2017.
The official build sits free on Google Play with ads between attempts and in-app purchases for cosmetic extras. The modded build on this page is the same playable game with the menu opened up, the friction smoothed out, and the difficulty toggles unlocked so you can pick a tone that matches the night you are in. Easy if you want to explore the house and learn the routes, hard if you want the real heart-thump.
What this mod unlocks
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Mod menu on the pause screen
One in-game toggle drawer for the cheats below, so you do not have to restart a run to change the rules.
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God mode and frozen Granny
Toggle invulnerability or freeze the AI in place when you want to explore a room you have never had the time to study.
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Unlocked difficulty tiers
Practice, Easy, Hard, and Extreme are all available from the start — no need to clear the early modes first to access the higher tiers.
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No interstitial ads
The between-run video ads that the free Play Store build serves are stripped, so retry attempts start instantly.
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Achievements left intact
The base game achievements still trigger so progress feels earned, but the mod menu cheats are opt-in per run.
How to install the Granny mod APK
The install is the standard Android sideload. If you have used another mod APK from this site before, the steps are identical. If this is the first sideload on this device, the only extra step is granting your browser permission to install unknown apps.
- Tap the download button at the top of this page. The file lands in your default Downloads folder.
- Open Settings, search for "Install unknown apps", find your browser or file manager in the list, and toggle the permission on.
- Open the downloaded APK from your Downloads folder. Android's package installer will show the requested permissions.
- Tap Install, wait for the progress bar to finish, then tap Open to launch Granny.
- Pick a difficulty on the start menu. The mod menu lives on the in-game pause screen, accessible from the first match onward.
Granny mod vs the Play Store build
| Capability | Mod APK (this page) | Play Store build |
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| Price | Free download, no subscription | Free with ads and IAPs |
| Interstitial video ads | Removed | Plays between runs |
| Difficulty tiers | All four unlocked from launch | Unlocked through progression |
| Mod menu (god mode, freeze AI) | Available on pause screen | Not included |
| Achievements and saves | Local, preserved across reinstall | Local, preserved across reinstall |
What's new in version 1.8.10
- Added a fresh batch of achievements covering the practice and extreme difficulty tiers.
- Sound design pass on Granny's footstep audio — the wood-floor cues now decay realistically with distance.
- Fixed a hiding-spot exploit in the attic that let players skip the entire third night.
- Visual polish on the basement lighting and the locked-room puzzle prompts.
- Updated for Android 14 and Android 15 compatibility on newer mid-range devices.
If you like Granny, try these next
Granny lives in the same shelf as the long-tail survival and modded-arcade horror builds we cover elsewhere on the site. If you have already cleared all four difficulty tiers and want a different kind of pressure, our PUBG Mobile original guide covers the other major Android survival format — one hundred players, shrinking circle, the same heart-pounding lookout rhythm in an open environment instead of a closed house. For combat-driven players who want the same tension but with weapons in their hands, the Shadow Fight 2 mod opens its full move set without the months-long grind, and the Stick War: Legacy mod swaps stealth for army-vs-army survival across all campaign levels. For a wider catalog of mobile titles built around the same low-friction, high-stakes loop, our main site rounds up competitive Clash Royale strategy guides and cloud-gaming workarounds for Roblox if your device cannot handle the install.
The Granny mod APK above is a community-built variant. It is not published by DVloper and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the official Granny team. The information on this page is provided for educational and informational purposes, including for users evaluating the unlocked difficulty tiers before deciding whether to support the official free release with ads. App names, trademarks, and logos belong to their respective owners. Rights holders: see our DMCA process to request removal.
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