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2015PC62 % positive

An indie psychological horror game in which the world shifts as you move, creating an unsettling, oppressive atmosphere. Specific details are only partly known.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hektor special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Complex: Found Footage

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2022PC88 % positive5.19 €

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A walking-simulator horror game viewed through a VHS camera, in which you wander endless dreamlike Backrooms-style spaces. Its cryptic story raises more questions than it answers.

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Hazing: Night Shift

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A short indie horror game with a VHS-tape look, where you play a young police officer investigating a creepy country house after a disturbing call. The found-footage presentation builds an oppressive mood.

He Needs His Medicine

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You answer an emergency call and quickly sense that something is deeply wrong inside the apartment. Its eerie atmosphere and slowly unfolding story make this short indie title stand out.

Find Yourself

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A short first-person psychological horror game set in claustrophobic, eerie subway cars. You explore the surroundings and confront the fears of the main character.

Try to Fall Asleep

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You play John Herrin, whose brain damage from an accident means you can only piece together his past by falling asleep. Within his dreams, visions and hallucinations make every attempt to rest harder than it looks.

Gray Dawn

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A psychological horror thriller in which you play a priest accused of murdering an altar boy, wandering through nightmarish, religiously charged scenes. Exploration and puzzles drive a dark, story-focused narrative.

The Closing Shift

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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.

Stigmatized Property

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In Stigmatized Property you investigate haunted Japanese apartments whose suspiciously cheap rents hide a dark secret. The tension comes from slowly piecing together clues until you uncover what really haunts each room.

Don't Play This

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You work through five eerie stories that all converge on the same unsettling ending, and the game keeps asking whether you can really endure it. Its appeal lies in the claustrophobic first-person view and the steady psychological pressure.

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