Games like The Broken Ceiling
by Iron Octopus Productions Inc.
The Broken Ceiling is a hand-drawn, 2D, top-down eldritch horror adventure where the player must use a fragile light, which constantly needs to be recharged, to hold back the darkness, explore alien caverns, and uncover why fate has summoned a little rabbit into a pit of incomprehensible beings.
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$6.99SCP: Descent
Mar 20 · Pixel Drip Games
Both: Horror · Lovecraftian
Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.
HorrorPuzzleLovecraftian1980sAtmospheric3DActionFirst-PersonRealisticConspiracy👍 105
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Horror · Exploration · Dark
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationDarkPuzzleSimulationDemonsInteractive FictionFirst-Person👍 932
$6.99Feed the Deep
Aug 16 · Luke Muscat
Both: Lovecraftian · Exploration · Dark
A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.
RogueliteLovecraftianIndieRoguelikeExplorationPhysicsDarkUnderwaterProcedural GenerationHorror👍 460
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · Exploration
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$14.99Minishoot' Adventures
Apr 2 · SoulGame Studio
Both: Exploration · Top-Down
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Twin Stick ShooterBullet HellMetroidvaniaExplorationTop-DownAdventureRPGCute2DCasual👍 7,820
$24.99ANIMAL WELL
May 9 · Billy Basso
Both: Exploration · Horror
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPuzzlePixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerHorror2DAtmosphericAdventure👍 22,819
$5.99Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
Apr 24 · Ankoku
Both: Exploration · Horror
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3DAdventureSurrealNonlinearHorrorRelaxing👍 398
$9.99Spectral Scream
Aug 28 · STOIC Ent.
Both: Horror
Spectral Scream is a 1-4 player cooperative horror exploration game. Are you ready to face death in the maw of purgatory? Your goal is to find key items in each chapter and retrieve the orb. But be careful! Threatening and vicious creatures await you at every stage.
Online Co-OpCo-opHorrorMultiplayerPsychological HorrorThrillerDemonsSurvival HorrorLogicPuzzle👍 653
$0.99The Simp - 舔狗
Aug 26 · 肉鸡工作室
Both: Horror · Mystery Dungeon · Exploration
A super super hardcore puzzle horror game. The player needs to carefully observe the interactive items in the scene and deduce how to crack them. Wisdom, patience, operation and courage are indispensable! Are you ready to embark on the difficult but self-inspiring road of simp for your loved ones?
PuzzleHorrorMystery DungeonDungeon CrawlerSokobanExplorationLovecraftianRPGFemale ProtagonistPsychological Horror
$19.99WORLD OF HORROR
Oct 19 · panstasz
Both: Horror · Lovecraftian
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
HorrorLovecraftianPixel GraphicsPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPoint & ClickRogueliteDifficultRPG2D👍 8,992
$2.99The Complex Tragedy
Feb 12 · Kubilay Dekin
Both: Horror · Exploration · Dark
The Complex Tragedy is a single-player horror game set in a massive living complex. While exploring different areas, you will feel the fear as you uncover the creepy and deserted side of the complex. Brace yourself for spine-chilling experience within The Complex.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericTranshumanismDestructionStory RichExplorationDarkPsychologicalMystery Dungeon
$24.99Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
May 16 · Simogo
Both: Exploration · Horror
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationHorrorActionMysteryStylizedAction-AdventureIndiePsychological👍 3,110
$4.99A Game About Digging A Hole™
Feb 7 · DoubleBee
Both: Exploration · Horror
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
ExplorationMiningSandboxVoxelHorrorSimulationEconomyCraftingSingleplayerUnderground👍 18,788
$6.99The Bunny Graveyard
Sep 22 · Pichon Games
Both: Horror · Top-Down
Skye and her Handy Pals are looking for a new pal to help them out on her lovely lil' garden! Think you're up for the job, partner?
ActionPixel GraphicsHorrorPsychological HorrorAction-AdventureCutePuzzleTop-DownPoint & Click2D👍 1,344
$4.99BOD-1
Feb 23 · Bulba-Games
Both: Horror · Lovecraftian
BOD-1 is a thrilling horror movie set in the midst of a supernatural nightmare. After a long day at work, the protagonist returns home and discovers that his apartment has turned into a sinister place filled with otherworldly powers.
IndieHorrorLovecraftianHidden ObjectSpace3DFantasyMagicMultiple EndingsPuzzle
$12.99Liminal Shroud
Sep 3 · Everdeep Studios
Both: Horror · Mystery Dungeon · Exploration
A different kind of liminal experience. Explore surreal spaces inspired by nostalgia, discover hidden paths, and unravel a mystery that is shaped by your own mind. No monsters, no combat. Just atmosphere, discovery, and dread.
Psychological HorrorHorrorMystery DungeonWalking SimulatorExplorationDungeon CrawlerRelaxingAdventureThriller3D
$9.99THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
Sep 7 · tweakEra
Both: Horror
The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.
AdventurePsychological HorrorHorrorStylizedStory RichGoreRetroAtmosphericActionStealth👍 148
-85%$1.49Kingsgrave
Apr 17 · Egg or Chicken Games
Both: Dark · Exploration
Welcome to Kingsgrave, a dark fantasy adventure RPG. Gain more power and obtain new combat skills as you explore the fractured land, slay foes created by plague, solve puzzles and rebuild villages. Reclaim your realm!
AdventureActionAction-AdventurePuzzle2DBuildingDarkRPGExplorationMetroidvania👍 517
$18.99Shadow Corridor 2 雨ノ四葩
Mar 29 · Space Onigiri Game LLC
Both: Horror · Dark
Lost forever in the pitch black! But that's what makes it fun! The vast corridors covered in darkness change with each play. All you can do is run or hide from the frightening Apparitions. Use unique items and Karuta cards with special powers in your desperate search for an escape from the darkness!
HorrorProcedural GenerationStealthRoguelikePsychological HorrorDeckbuildingActionStory RichDarkAdventure👍 855
$2.99Strange House
Nov 2 · Games4Wonders
Both: Dark · Exploration · Hand-drawn
Сity of sadness, where everyone tries to survive, in which there is no place for anyone and which is infinitely huge. It absorbs everyone who is not ready to live by his rules. Are you ready for this?
Early AccessAdventureAtmosphericDarkExplorationPoint & ClickVisual NovelHand-drawnHidden ObjectPuzzle
$9.99PANICORE
May 31 · ZTEK Studio
Both: Horror
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorCo-opMultiplayerFirst-PersonPvEStealthAtmospheric👍 10,746
$24.99Stygian: Outer Gods
Apr 14 · Misterial Games
Both: Lovecraftian · Horror · Dark
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Early AccessChoices MatterLovecraftianSurvival HorrorStory RichHorrorPsychological HorrorAction RPGDarkFPS👍 516
-50%$4.99Granny: Escape Together
Dec 6 · CreepyToad
Both: Horror
This is a creepy co-op horror game. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house!
HorrorSurvival HorrorMultiplayerAtmosphericHidden ObjectPuzzlePvPStealthLogic3D👍 1,666
$14.99The Complex: Expedition
Jul 18 · pgWave
Both: Horror · Exploration
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
HorrorExplorationRealisticSingleplayerPsychological HorrorStory RichActionMysteryAdventureCinematic👍 2,621
$2.99Fandom
Jun 12 · Joon Games
Both: Exploration · Hand-drawn · Dark
"Fandom" is a psychological horror game played through a girl obsessed with celebrities. It explores the dark side of stalking and shows that obsession goes with terrible consequences.
ActionAdventureSimulationPoint & ClickPuzzleExploration2DHand-drawnConspiracyDark
$14.99MetaPhysical
Dec 9 · Paper Promises Programming
Both: Horror · Dark
Supernatural phenomena are on the rise. In MetaPhysical you and up to 5 other friends can go on the hunt for eerie creatures to put an end to their sinister activities! Whether it's an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.
SupernaturalDetectiveHorrorDemonsOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonDarkAtmosphericPsychological HorrorCharacter Customization👍 288
$19.99Depersonalization
Aug 8 · MeowNature
Both: Lovecraftian
"May all stories find their best endings." "Depersonalization" is an anthology-style game featuring standalone chapters and diverse story genres. We continuously collect and create a wide variety of stories, ultimately housing them in a library that transcends the flow of time.
LovecraftianPixel GraphicsInvestigationRPGStrategy RPGAnimeStory RichCard BattlerBoard GameThird Person👍 6,041
$2.99Deep Space Solitude
Oct 31 · 王容克
Both: Horror · Exploration
"Deep Space Solitude" is a first-person horror game. As a journalist, you investigate the disappearance of a scientist in a remote cabin, tackling puzzles, challenges, and fear to survive.
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonSingleplayerAtmosphericGoreFPSExploration3D PlatformerSandbox
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: Horror · Exploration
Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.
Co-opMultiplayerCasualPsychological HorrorHorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationSingleplayer👍 546
$24.99CRYODEATH VR
Feb 1 · Kerag Elisaar
Both: Horror · Exploration · Mystery Dungeon
CRYODEATH is a hard VR survival horror aboard the Evriskon, a deep-space station too vast to ever learn. One life per engineer: die and the next wakes somewhere else entirely, so route knowledge is worthless. Scavenge, craft and improvise while something hunts you.
VRActionHorrorSpaceProcedural GenerationExplorationMystery DungeonImmersive SimDungeon CrawlerHidden Object
$14.99My Little Universe
Oct 5 · Estoty
Both: Exploration
Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!
MiningExplorationDungeon CrawlerSandboxCraftingSurvivalCharacter CustomizationSpace3DAction👍 1,503
$14.99Hollow Cocoon
Dec 6 · NAYUTA STUDIO
Both: Horror · Dark
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAdventureSurvival HorrorDarkMultiple EndingsStealthFirst-PersonIndieAtmospheric👍 865
$14.99Dwelvers
Dec 19 · Rasmus Ljunggren
Both: Dark · Top-Down
Dwelvers is a unique real-time strategy Dungeon Keeper-like with resource management, logistics, battles, magic spells, trading, crimes against humanity, labyrinths, and so much more. Are you able to eradicate the pesky humans once and for all? Of course you are. The Dark Mother wills it.
Base BuildingVillain ProtagonistUndergroundManagementSandboxDarkFantasyMagicTop-DownBuilding👍 237


