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An atmospheric horror adventure set in 19th-century Italy, where you play a solitary gourmet writer drawn into an unsettling night. It relies on creeping tension and disturbing twists rather than jump scares or chases.
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A first-person folk-horror adventure in which you play a woman accused of witchcraft, fleeing through a war-worn village over a single night. You evade witch hunters, eavesdrop on the locals and gradually uncover the village's dark secrets.
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A dark detective visual novel set in 1956 Japan, where investigator Reiji probes gruesome murders tied to an all-girls academy and his wife's death. It is a disturbing, mature, strongly narrative-driven mystery.
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A narrative-focused point-and-click adventure set at a masked ball aboard a late-1920s train, weaving together the stories of four characters. Mystery and horror elements give it a dark, moody atmosphere.
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A harrowing first-person walking-style adventure set in the faithfully recreated Volterra psychiatric hospital in Italy. As Renée you piece together her troubled past and the grim reality of institutional psychiatry, with no combat and a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.
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A dark first-person psychological thriller set in 1944 Italy, where you investigate your twin sister Martha's death while reality, folklore and wartime trauma blur together. Story and disturbing atmosphere take center stage, with photography and light puzzle elements.
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A folk horror point-and-click adventure set in Victorian England, where antiquarian Thomasina Bateman investigates the secrets of an ancient barrow on the gloomy moors. Moody pixel art, creeping dread and a strong narrative define the experience.
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A short Japanese-style indie horror game in which you play a young woman working a late closing shift as eerie events unfold. Tension comes from atmosphere and mundane routine that gradually turns sinister.
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A dark detective visual novel where you question witnesses, gather clues and hunt a mysterious killer with a smiling paper bag over his head. Tension comes from dialogue and a tightly told, eerie story.
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A quiet first-person narrative adventure in which an American naturalist explores a remote Norwegian fjord village in the 1920s alongside a young woman while an eerie mystery unfolds. Atmosphere, dialogue and the bond between the two characters take center stage.
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You find a teenager's laptop from 2004 and piece together what happened to her through her diary, chats and desktop snooping. The psychological horror breaks the fourth wall and plays on the nostalgia of old computer interfaces.
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