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2016PC64 % positive4.99 €

Curse is a small indie horror game where you investigate paranormal phenomena. It focuses on atmosphere and exploration rather than combat.

Dark, serious atmosphere

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Fears to Fathom: Carson House

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2023PCSteam Deck playable92 % positive4.99 €

Dark, serious atmosphere
Realistic visuals
Accessible and relaxed

A short first-person horror game where you play house-sitter Noah spending a weekend in an eerie mansion as the threat slowly escalates. Tension comes from atmosphere, mundane tasks turning sinister, and sudden scares.

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Nightmare Files: Clap Clap

Pure single-player experience

You play a house sitter who notices stranger and stranger events in what looks like an ordinary home. This short indie horror game relies on an uneasy atmosphere and slow-building tension rather than action.

Graveyard Shift

Realistic visuals

You start your first night shift guarding a cemetery and watch strange events unfold through security cameras. The appeal lies in slowly investigating the grounds and the growing sense that the place hides something far worse than it first seems.

You Deserve

Pure single-player experience

You play Amy, a teenager trapped in a strange, menacing world who must escape without being murdered. This indie horror tells a dark tale of bullying and revenge.

Shadows 2: Perfidia

Realistic visuals

A small indie horror game in which you explore a darkened office complex and piece together the truth behind the terrible events that happened there. Its mood draws on Penumbra and Layers of Fear.

Phantasmagoria

Pure single-player experience

A 1990s point-and-click horror adventure with live-action video footage: as Adrienne you explore a sinister mansion and uncover its dark secret. Notorious for its graphic scenes and full-motion-video style.

Doorways: Prelude

Pure single-player experience

A short first-person horror adventure opener where you play a detective wandering through dark, unsettling places, solving puzzles and avoiding creepy creatures. Atmosphere and psychological tension take center stage.

Jisatsu

Realistic visuals

Jisatsu unfolds as a Japanese found-footage mockumentary, letting you piece together a disturbing story from fragmented material. Its strength lies in its unsettling atmosphere and the slow dread of uncovering what really happened.

Araya

Pure single-player experience

You explore an eerie Thai hospital in first person and piece together a mysterious murder case through the eyes of three different characters. Its tension comes mainly from the oppressive atmosphere and the sense that something disturbing waits behind every door.

Fears to Fathom: Ironbark Lookout

Realistic visuals

A short, grounded first-person horror episode in which you play a new fire lookout in a forest park, doing everyday chores while a growing sense of dread and danger closes in.