TheLostMenu
by MiiWilli
TheLostMenu changes the Minecraft main menu into an eerie horror screen with forced window sizing, glitch effects and an unsettling soundscape before a player enters any world.
What it does
The mod replaces the standard main menu with a psychological horror presentation. Its effects are inspired by the Graveyard Shift and Freddy's aesthetic, and the Broken Script theme is meant to make the game feel hijacked before any world loads. Standard menu music is swapped for unsettling mechanical noise that follows the game volume setting, and the sound effects and music come from whalesofjupiter via Pixabay.
Forge is the only loader with files, and the mod is published for 1.20.1 alone, with 0.0.1 as the latest beta file dated 2025-12-29. It is a client-side cosmetic mod, so only the player's client needs it and a server can run without it. The code is covered by the MIT License, but the project is not open source.
Key features
Forced window sizing
The game window is restricted to 800x600 on the main menu, which creates a sense of claustrophobia.
Window manipulation
Window shaking can be switched off separately through the file lost menu-client.toml, so each player decides how strongly the desktop jolts.
Dynamic visual glitches
Subtle internal shaking effects are drawn to suggest a corrupted game state.
Cryptic window title
The window title changes to short, cryptic messages such as choose or decide.
Individually toggled effects
Window shaking and other effects can be switched off separately in the lost menu-client.toml configuration file.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Horror modpacks
Modpack developers building a horror experience can add the menu as a first scene before the world loads.
Who it’s for: Players who want a horror-themed menu, and modpack developers who want an unsettling start screen. Players who find the window effects uncomfortable can disable them in the configuration file.
How it compares
Unknown Host is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server and is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. A Happy World.jar [Horror] is client-side only for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved. Glitches is client-side only for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under All rights reserved, while TheLostMenu covers only 1.20.1 and is also client-side only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TheLostMenu | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2025-12-29 |
| Unknown Host | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-01 |
| A Happy World.jar [Horror] | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2026-07-19 |
| Glitches | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client-side only | 2026-02-22 |
Questions
Does TheLostMenu need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and game version does TheLostMenu support?
Can the window effects be turned off?
In the catalog
TheLostMenu is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,426 Cursed mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
The Lost Menu is a client-side cosmetic mod designed to overhaul the standard Minecraft main menu into a psychological horror experience for modpack developers. Inspired by Graveyard Shift at Freddy's and the aesthetic of The Broken Script, it aims to create an unsettling "system hijack" atmosphere before the player…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/thelostmenu
- Owner
- MiiWilli
- Published
- 2025-12-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15