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by Core Interactive
A terminal-driven psychological horror puzzle set in a secret Soviet underground research facility built after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Survive in procedurally shifting sectors using only the terminal. Type ‘help’ to begin.
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$9.99SCP: Fragmented Minds
Jan 27 · HST Studios
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
Early AccessHorrorFPSCombatPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorSci-fiShooterSingleplayerSimulation👍 1,247
$16.99Hollowbody
Sep 12 · Headware Games
Both: Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorThird PersonPost-apocalypticAction-AdventurePuzzleExplorationFemale ProtagonistShooterCyberpunk👍 1,467
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
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
$5.99Palmyra Orphanage
Sep 24 · Steppe Hare Studio
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
HorrorViolentIndiePsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorDarkGoreFirst-PersonSingleplayerPuzzle👍 624
$14.99Paradise Lost
Mar 24 · PolyAmorous
Both: Exploration · Alternate History
It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.
UndergroundWalking SimulatorExplorationAlternate HistoryFirst-PersonPost-apocalypticAdventureChoices MatterTranshumanismStory Rich👍 1,470
$3.99Paragnosia
Oct 24 · Sine Coda
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Puzzle
Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?
Psychological HorrorHidden ObjectAtmosphericHorrorStealthPuzzleFirst-Person3DTime ManipulationRealistic👍 229
$19.99Kvark
Oct 3 · Latest Past, Perun Creative
Both: Cold War · Alternate History · Exploration
Kvark is an FPS game set in a fictional version of the 80s Czech Republic. The player finds themselves in an underground facility that is falling apart as they travel through it. They will have to navigate through dark tunnels and will encounter many obstacles and enemies that will test their skills
FPSShooterCold WarAlternate HistoryFirst-PersonHero ShooterArena ShooterBullet HellExplorationStory Rich👍 463
$9.99Dread X Collection 2
Aug 21 · DreadXP, David Szymanski, Torple Dook, Lovely Hellplace, Scythe Dev Team, Secret Cow Level, panstasz, Mahelyk, Daniel Mullins Games, Wither Studios, Akabaka, Vidas Salavejus, Wayward Preacher, John Szymanski, Bathysfear Labs, Abbey 'Scruncho' Smith
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.
HorrorLovecraftianPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericSingleplayerPuzzleFirst-PersonStory RichAction👍 573
$19.99EXAPUNKS
Oct 22 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Hacking
The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.
ProgrammingPuzzleHackingAutomationIndieSimulationLogicCyberpunkSingleplayerDifficult👍 1,378
$5.99The Story of Henry Bishop
Nov 7 · Blazes Games
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.
AdventureHorrorIndieActionMultiplayerViolentSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorSingleplayerExploration👍 504
$4.99Station 17
Aug 31 · Ginger Tree Games
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Puzzle
Venture into the echoing halls of Station 17. But Beware, not is all as it seems. Explore the depths, survive what lies within, and keep your eyes open in this horror puzzler.
Psychological HorrorHorrorPuzzleHidden ObjectExplorationAtmosphericPsychologicalSurvival HorrorAdventure3D
$9.99THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
13 days ago · tweakEra
Both: Psychological Horror · 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
$4.99Noise
Oct 13 · Talentplace
Both: Horror · Cold War
The USSR era is coming to its end – it is 1988. The radio amateur catches a strange signal that emits incomprehensible noises. It is broadcast around the clock and only sometimes a human voice makes its way through the air. You will have to uncover terrifying secrets about this enigmatic signal.
AdventureIndieHorrorVRMysteryAtmosphericCold WarEarly AccessFirst-PersonSurreal👍 153
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Exploration
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
$4.99Rake
Jul 13 · Konsordo
Both: Horror · Survival Horror
Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events.
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorSurvivalFirst-PersonHuntingOpen WorldActionIndieCo-op👍 3,794
$9.99Exit From
Apr 16 · White Box, Elendely
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Exploration
Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericMysteryRealisticPhysicsStealthFirst-Person3DExploration👍 490
$1.99Archimedes
Oct 6 · Joshua Hughes
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Hacking
After you purchase and install Archimedes, an old operating system appears to be running, and a strange man asks for your help as you start to discover the terrible secrets behind the game.
IndieGorePsychological HorrorHorrorHacking👍 177
$4.99Horror Squad
Feb 26 · Cheesecake Dev
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Thriller
Horror Squad is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game. Assemble your squad to clear the areas cursed by terrifying creatures.
HorrorMultiplayerCo-opSurvival HorrorThrillerActionPsychological HorrorOnline Co-OpIndieAdventure👍 518
$8.99Summer of '58
Jul 21 · EMIKA_GAMES
Both: Horror · Thriller · Psychological Horror
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
HorrorThrillerAtmosphericPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonCinematicPsychologicalRealisticDark👍 4,543
$4.99Emily Wants To Play
Dec 10 · Shawn Hitchcock
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.
HorrorSurvival HorrorIndieMultiplayerActionVRPsychological HorrorStrategySingleplayerAdventure👍 2,058
$29.99Chernobylite Complete Edition
Jul 28 · The Farm 51
Both: Horror · Exploration · Survival Horror
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
SurvivalPost-apocalypticHorrorRPGSingleplayerAtmosphericAdventureFirst-PersonExplorationSurvival Horror👍 12,573
$4.99Crisis in the Kremlin
Mar 20 · Nostalgames
Both: Cold War · Alternate History
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Political SimStrategyCold WarSimulationIndieHistoricalAlternate HistoryGrand StrategyDiplomacyChoices Matter👍 1,372
$2.991953 - KGB Unleashed
Sep 20
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Cold War
Developed by Phantomery Interactive, 1953 – KGB Unleashed is a tense and atmospheric First Person Adventure set deep within the bowels of a Soviet bunker during the Cold War. Players must uncover the dark and horrifc secrets buried within, fighting their own paranoia along the way as well as the possibility of all-too-real terrors within...
AdventurePoint & ClickHorrorIndieFirst-PersonPuzzleCold WarAtmosphericSingleplayerCasual👍 218
-85%$1.49CASE: Animatronics
Aug 3 · Walnut LLC
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
CASE: Animatronics is a truly scary and challenging first-person stealth horror on PC. Control of the police department is in the hands of anonymous hacker. All exits are locked. Electricity is off. Metallic thumps are getting closer. Will you survive, Detective Bishop?
HorrorRobotsSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonSingleplayerPsychological HorrorIndieStealthSci-fiSurvival👍 3,812
$0.99One Wish
Jun 6 · GDNomaD
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
Сlassic indie horror for one evening. The game has no tips, you need to solve all the puzzles yourself and avoid the monster that wants to devour your soul. Therefore, you need to be very careful and attentive to escape from the nightmare.
AdventureIndieHorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorPuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonMinimalistPsychological👍 162
$9.99Connection
Oct 25 · FTH GAMES
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Don't lose the signal to get out of here.
HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonAtmosphericDarkExplorationThrillerAdventureHidden Object
-80%$1.79Surrounded
Jul 14 · Nightmare Studios
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
A 6-player open world horror game. Explore a abandoned town, filled with mysteries, be chased around with your friends and survive creatures capable of ending your life. Uncover what really happened.
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorAtmosphericOpen World3DSingleplayerDarkPsychological HorrorMultiple Endings👍 445
$19.99S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Feb 11 · GSC Game World
Both: Survival Horror
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.
AtmosphericOpen WorldPost-apocalypticFPSSurvivalActionSingleplayerRPGShooterSurvival Horror👍 24,979
$3.99V696
Jan 11 · Veysel Çınar
Both: Psychological Horror · Thriller · Exploration
V696 is a first-person horror-thriller game. It contains a cult subject of veiled beings. Even if everything seems clear at first glance, it has a gripping story that will throw you a curve.
First-PersonPsychological HorrorThrillerHidden ObjectExplorationPsychologicalFPSStory RichInteractive FictionHorror👍 115
$9.99Knock-knock
Oct 4 · Ice-Pick Lodge
Both: Horror · Puzzle
There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers.But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.
HorrorSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzleAdventureDifficult2DStory RichStrategyPlatformer👍 1,604
$8.9935MM
May 27 · Носков Сергей
Both: Survival Horror · Horror · Psychological Horror
Post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic.
FPSWalking SimulatorSurvival HorrorHidden ObjectShooterFirst-PersonVisual NovelHorrorPsychological HorrorChoices Matter👍 3,509
$19.99S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Mar 20 · GSC Game World
Both: Survival Horror · Horror
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
AtmosphericPost-apocalypticOpen WorldFPSSurvivalActionSurvival HorrorShooterRPGHorror👍 38,083
$14.99SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
Dec 3 · TB Games
Want to survive? - Arm yourself and survive. Crafting, shooting, transport and much more awaits you in the Survival game. What happened to the world around and why he died - you may find out. But is this the main question now?
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerPost-apocalypticFPSCraftingActionAdventureZombies👍 7,751
$1.99The Underground Man
Sep 1 · Mehsoft
Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.
IndieStory RichMemesPost-apocalypticAdventureAtmosphericRPGGreat SoundtrackClassicSingleplayer👍 1,302
$7.99Heaven Dust
Feb 26 · One Gruel Studio
Both: Survival Horror · Horror
When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth.
IndieActionAdventureRPGSurvival HorrorHorrorStory RichSingleplayerPsychologicalSci-fi👍 597
