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2018 PC −50 % 2.99 € 1.49 € 8 days left 👍 92 % Very positive, 1,088 reviews on Steam

A small indie horror adventure where you play David Hoover, digging into the eerie secret of the previous tenant of your new apartment. It focuses on atmosphere, exploration and choices rather than combat.

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  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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The Convenience Store

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2020 PCNintendo Switch −30 % 2.99 € 2.09 € until tomorrow 👍 84 % Very positive, 2,921 reviews on Steam

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Accessible and relaxed

A Japanese-style horror game in which you play a college student working a night shift at a convenience store. Mundane job tasks blend with creeping dread, puzzles and multiple possible outcomes.

Those Who Remain

Dark, serious atmosphere

A psychological horror thriller set in a small American town cursed by a demon and swallowed by darkness. As Edward you explore, solve environmental puzzles, avoid threats lurking in the shadows and make moral choices.

When the Darkness comes

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A short, surreal horror trip of about an hour that feels like a glitchy hard drive full of nightmares. A narrator who starts out jokey leads you into ever darker corners of the human mind.

Home

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An atmospheric pixel-art horror game where you wake in a strange house and piece together a murder. Your own reading of the clues shapes what really happened.

Spirit Hunter: Death Mark

Dark, serious atmosphere

A Japanese horror visual novel where you play a marked amnesiac investigating vengeful spirits, uncovering their tragic backstories and making choices and solving puzzles to escape a deadly curse.

Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh

Dark, serious atmosphere

An interactive full-motion-video horror story in which you play Curtis Craig, a man with a fragile mind who doubts reality as gruesome murders unfold around him. It blends paranoia, provocative sexual themes and point-and-click puzzles in a distinctly 90s way.

Kara no Shoujo

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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.

Tokyo Dark

Dark, serious atmosphere

A dark anime-styled point-and-click horror adventure where you play Detective Itou investigating her partner's disappearance in Tokyo. Your choices and mental state shape available options and lead to multiple endings.

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

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A reimagining of the first Silent Hill in which Harry searches for his daughter while an in-game psychological profile reshapes the story, characters and monsters based on how you play. There is no combat, only chases through an ice-bound nightmare, puzzles and heavy atmosphere.

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