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An atmospheric 2D horror adventure set in 1960s martial-law Taiwan, where you sneak through a haunted school and solve puzzles as a student. It blends political repression with Taiwanese folk religion and myth for a deeply unsettling story.
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A dark point-and-click adventure in which you play a young girl with a mental illness who shifts between a brutal reality and a disturbing alternate world. Nightmarish hand-drawn art and inventory puzzles carry a bleak, emotional story.
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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 pixel-art point-and-click horror adventure set in Victorian England, built on thick atmosphere, eerie sound design and a dark mystery following Jeremiah Devitt. Classic adventure puzzles drive an episodic tale of buried secrets and creeping dread.
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As Gabriele Alighieri, you descend into a psychological take on Dante's Hell to reseal its gates and uncover your ancestors' dark secrets. Puzzles, horror and narrative drive the experience.
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A dark point-and-click adventure set in a macabre, surreal carnival that mirrors the protagonist's psyche. Tricky puzzles and an oppressive yet hopeful story drive the experience.
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A short 2D psychological horror adventure where you play Price, an ambitious debt collector who seizes people's homes while his conscience unravels. Bleak atmosphere, light puzzles and a troubling story are the focus.
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An atmospheric point-and-click adventure set in the Viking age, where you unravel a mystery steeped in Norse myth by solving inventory and environmental puzzles.
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A gothic horror adventure set in 1920s Scotland, where David Gordon inherits his family's estate and uncovers a dark curse and creeping madness. Players solve puzzles and explore an eerie manor.
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A short RPG Maker horror adventure in which you play Aya, uncovering the dark secrets of her mad doctor father inside a mansion. Puzzles, chase sequences and multiple endings deliver a macabre yet emotional story.
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A dark pixel-art horror mystery set in Victorian England, where you play Dr. Wakefield unraveling a secret society. Dense atmosphere, point-and-click puzzles and unsettling sound design drive its disturbing story.
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