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$19.99The Scourge | Tai Ương
Mar 28 · Rare Reversee, Beaztek
Both: Horror · First-Person · Puzzle
Explore the nightmarish lucid dreams of Nhat Huy to solve his family's mystery. Set in 90s Saigon, navigate dilapidated corridors, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Can you survive the twisting maze and The Scourge?
HorrorSingleplayerSupernaturalMultiple EndingsExplorationFirst-PersonIndieRealisticAdventurePuzzle👍 1,195
-20%$7.99Ultradimensional
Aug 19 · VYPXR Studios
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Horror
Explore over 40 interconnected levels, evade over 20 unique entities, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive a nonlinear backrooms horror experience with multiple routes, and extreme replayability.
ActionAdventureStrategyAction-AdventurePuzzle3DFirst-PersonAtmosphericHorrorMystery
-20%$3.19We Are Sisters
3 days ago · BobaGames
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Horror
We Are Sisters is a psychological horror experience that takes you deep beneath the forests of Eastbane. Solve puzzles and uncover dark secrets as you venture further underground, drawing ever closer to discovering what happened to your childhood friend, Aleks
Psychological HorrorAdventurePuzzleFirst-PersonHorrorLinearStory RichStealthIndieSingleplayer
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror · First-Person
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
New-15%$5.09The Confined: Basement
Yesterday · Forcell Games
Both: Horror · Puzzle
You are trapped in a dark basement. To find a way out, you must piece together your forgotten past. Survive deadly creatures, collect mysterious notes, and discover who you are before it is too late.
HorrorAdventureThrillerSimulationMysteryPsychological HorrorPuzzleSingleplayerPsychologicalDark
$4.99New Home
Aug 24 · kietchdev
Both: Horror · Puzzle · First-Person
You are trapped inside your new home, where doors open up to various liminal spaces and anomalies appear around every corner. Will you manage to find your way out?
HorrorExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorCasualActionPsychological HorrorFirst-Person3DSurreal
-10%$1.44小先生 Little ShiFu
3 days ago · Liminal Factory
Both: Horror · Puzzle · First-Person
Little ShiFu is a Chinese folk-horror puzzle adventure across the realms of humans, gods, and ghosts. As a Pure-Yang Fatebreaker, enter Zhongnan to break ancient laws and reshape fate.
HorrorNudityDating SimActionAtmosphericPuzzleIndieFirst-PersonSingleplayerPsychological Horror
-10%$9.90Poopy's Playland
3 days ago · EmilJoes Games
Both: Puzzle · Horror · First-Person
Play as a grieving mother whose child went missing in a playland one year ago. Use your trusty flashlight to navigate through the dark, solve replayable puzzles to progress forward, and hide from the unstable killer mascots! Investigate the mysteries and find out the truth...
ExplorationPuzzleHorrorSurvival HorrorAction-AdventureFemale Protagonist3DFirst-PersonColorfulRealistic
$39.99REANIMAL
Feb 13 · Tarsier Studios
Both: Horror · Puzzle
The creators of Little Nightmares™ I & II have returned to take you on a darker, more terrifying journey than ever before. In this horror adventure game, a brother & sister go through hell to rescue their missing friends and escape the island that they used to call home.
HorrorCo-opAdventureMultiplayerAtmosphericDarkLocal Co-OpPuzzle3DThird Person👍 13,825
$2.99Appointment
3 days ago · Omar Jawabreh
Both: Horror · First-Person · Puzzle
Appointment is a first-person survival horror game set in a dark, abandoned hospital. Explore, solve interconnected puzzles, search for essential items, and stay quiet as a relentless doctor hunts by sight, sound, and even the light of your flashlight.
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonPuzzleStealthAdventureAtmosphericActionPsychological HorrorExploration
-25%$5.24Ashworth
3 days ago · MR ROCK
Both: Horror · Puzzle
Something has been waiting for you. Explore a forgotten place buried beneath the earth, solve twisted puzzles, and piece together a dark story one clue at a time. But the deeper you go, the more it wakes. Survive what hunts you, or become part of Ashworth's story.
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleIndieAtmosphericAdventureStory RichExplorationWalking Simulator
$9.99SILENT BREATH
Aug 20 · EXODIAC STUDIOS
Both: Horror · First-Person
Unpredictable horrors lurk around every corner, forcing you to find the missing people while desperately clinging to survival. In this experience even your own mind can become your enemy. Stay vigilant and keep your voice hushed, or risk becoming another victim of the forest's darkness
HorrorPsychological HorrorThriller1990'sRealisticMultiplayerDarkFirst-PersonExplorationEarly Access👍 1,125
$3.99We Used to Play Here
Dec 19 · ThreeFrauds
Both: Puzzle · Horror
Daniel wakes up to the same nightmare every night. A girl he cannot escape. When he finds a missing child report tied to his childhood home, he returns to uncover a truth buried in twisted games and shattered memories.
ActionAdventureAction-AdventurePuzzleChoose Your Own AdventureExplorationHorror3DRealisticCrime
$0.99Cave Escape
3 days ago · Carrotbbit
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Horror
An observation-based 3D thriller game where you must safely escape a dark cave to save a companion trapped under a boulder. Carefully explore the cave: if you spot an anomaly, turn back immediately; if there are no anomalies, keep moving forward to find your way out.
CasualSimulationPuzzleWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonAtmosphericDarkHorrorIndieMystery
$9.99Project Unknown
Oct 10 · PsychoRavens
Both: Horror · First-Person
An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorDarkFirst-PersonInvestigationSupernatural👍 776
$3.99INKUBO
12 days ago · DATAPHOBIA INTERACTIVE
Both: Horror · Puzzle
Eve, who suffers from sleep issues and nightmares, takes pills from Dr. Isaac that put her into REM sleep. She becomes trapped in a loop inside a distorted, other-dimensional version of her own home. She must find anomalies, make the right choices, and survive deadly entities to break the cycle.
HorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorThrillerMysteryDemonsPuzzleRealisticCinematicAdventure
-33%$2.006F: NIGHT SCHOOL LOOP∞
6 days ago · お寿司
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Horror
Observe a familiar Japanese elementary school corridor at night. If nothing has changed, go downstairs. If you spot an anomaly, go upstairs. A wrong choice sends you back to 6F. Escape the loop in this short first-person horror game.
PuzzleWalking Simulator3DAdventureFirst-PersonHorrorPsychological HorrorSurrealRealisticMystery
$9.99KLETKA
Feb 19 · Callback, ln404
Both: Horror · First-Person
KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.
HorrorCo-opOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonPvEActionAdventureRoguelikeAction-AdventureDungeon Crawler👍 6,376
$7.99Backrooms Media
Dec 16 · NPK Games
Both: Horror · First-Person
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
$6.99Mournight
Sep 7 · Fround Interactive
Both: Horror · First-Person
A terrifying 1–4 player co-op horror game set in a cursed mansion. Use flashlights, find clues, and survive the horrors within. Every decision matters. Can you escape before the curse claims you?
HorrorActionThrillerSurvival HorrorSurrealAdventureDarkFPSAction-AdventureFirst-Person
-10%$2.69Take Care of My Heifer
6 days ago · REVVALUTION Studio
Both: Horror · First-Person
“Take Care of My Heifer” is a short horror game packed with terror and dark humor. You’ve been asked to look after a heifer until morning and follow the owner’s instructions. Just make sure you don’t miss anything.
Walking SimulatorIndieHorrorDarkAtmosphericPsychological HorrorSimulationExplorationThrillerFirst-Person
$18.99Ghost Deliverer
Dec 19 · TEAMDADA
Both: Horror · Puzzle
One day, A girl accidentally gets involved with the 'KEA (Korean Exorcist Association)' and the evil organization 'Lunacide'... Will be able to stop Lunacide's plot and be reborn as a proper exorcist?
Early AccessAdventureSingleplayerPixel GraphicsHorrorPuzzleStory RichExplorationPuzzle PlatformerDemons
$9.99NO BACKUP
May 9 · Serundeox
Both: Horror · First-Person
Escape together or die alone. A relentless creature is hunting you in this intense co-op bodycam horror experience. Communicate. Stay quiet. Survive. Every move matters. Every sound could be your last. Made by one developer.
HorrorFPSOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorActionRealisticFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorShooter👍 893
$4.99Embermaze: Descent
Aug 26 · Graeme Scott
Both: First-Person · Horror
Three shots. Fading light. Nowhere to run. Survive dark mazes, evade ghosts, and descend deeper into horror in this dark‑fantasy survival maze game with procedural labyrinths and limited magical resources.
ExplorationActionDungeon CrawlerAction-Adventure3DAdventureFirst-PersonHorrorProcedural GenerationDark Fantasy
-10%$4.49The Plant Shop
5 days ago · Tori
Both: Horror · First-Person
A cozy horror game where you craft plants for late-night customers while you manage a small plant shop. Expand your plant collection, upgrade your shop & grow your business.
Psychological HorrorSimulationHorrorCasualFirst-PersonAtmosphericImmersive Sim3DManagementAction-Adventure👍 123
$4.99Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery
Aug 5 · Th3GameStudio
Both: Puzzle
Cleaning Up The Puzzle Gallery is a cozy first-person organization simulator about cleaning up 5000+ puzzle pieces scattered across a gallery of ~200 famous paintings. Whether you want to relax and solve jigsaw puzzles to classical music, or min-max the fastest times, the gallery needs cleaning.
RelaxingOrganizingCasualPuzzleCozyIndieCo-opMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSimulation👍 634
$5.99Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
Apr 24 · Ankoku
Both: First-Person · 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
$2.99Backrooms: The Deep Dark
Aug 20 · SUDT Games
Both: Puzzle · First-Person · Horror
Backrooms: The Deep Dark is a 4-player cooperative horror game where you will survive in a mysterious scary atmospheric world, wander through unknown dark corners and get scared of every nook and cranny!
ExplorationFPSPuzzleStealthPvEWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonHorrorSimulation
-30%$6.99Undusted: Letters from the Past
Oct 13 · 5minlab Corp.
Both: Puzzle
Undusted: Letters from the Past is a casual game in which you clean and restore dirty items. What is her story as she returns to a long-neglected house? Enjoy the satisfying audiovisuals featuring sensually designed sounds and graphics.
CozyRelaxingShortStory RichFamily FriendlyVisual NovelWholesomePuzzleCleaningSimulation👍 1,738
-15%$5.94SHOCKFACE
4 days ago · adrenak, approximi
Both: Horror · Puzzle
THE JOB INTERVIEW FROM HELL. Chelsea enters a nearly abandoned office building for an interview and gets trapped inside with a serial killer. Explore, solve item-based puzzles, hide when he gets close, and escape. A short 90s-style survival horror with fixed cameras, tank controls and no combat.
Survival HorrorHorrorStealthRetroPuzzleInvestigation1990'sOld SchoolThird PersonAtmospheric
-20%$15.99Secrets of Thoth
3 days ago · Fortunate Games
Both: Puzzle · First-Person
Uncover ancient truths in the mystical, intriguing and often dangerous alpine heights. Solve puzzles, explore ancient, beautiful and forgotten locations while you awaken the secrets of the Emerald Tablets.
AdventurePuzzleExploration3DFirst-PersonSingleplayerAtmosphericDark FantasyStory Rich
$4.99Tales of Terror
Sep 1 · BearfoxBear
Both: Horror · First-Person
Tales of Terror invites you to delve into a chilling co-op horror survival experience. Unite to face unique enemies, navigate through visually stunning and treacherous levels and navigate the unknown. —Your ultimate challenge awaits: escape, if you can!
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerActionSurvival HorrorAdventurePvEAction-AdventureFirst-PersonShooter
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-15%$2.54下校怪奇譚
4 days ago · THE FOOL CREATE
Both: First-Person
Walk home from school — and step into a different story every time. Talk to the people you pass in town, or take a closer look at the things around you, and a new tale begins.
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-15%$8.49Tape 101: Liminal Descent
3 days ago · 2H-Productions
Both: Horror · First-Person
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
HorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericRealisticExplorationFirst-PersonSingleplayerImmersive SimSurreal
$1.99Nightmare Train
Sep 29 · Gaia
Both: First-Person · Horror
Survival horror on a train racing through endless night. Explore the cars, collect artifacts, keep your sanity, and avoid the monster hunting you in the dark.
ActionSimulationWalking SimulatorHidden Object3DCinematicFirst-PersonRealisticDemonsHorror
-20%$5.59United Heist: Facility Zero
4 days ago · No more Sleep
Both: Puzzle
A co-op puzzle heist for two. One of you breaks into a secret bunker. The other sits in the observation office, watching the bunker. A walkie-talkie is your only link. Talk to each other and find out how good your teamwork really is.
Co-opCo-op CampaignEscape RoomPuzzleAdventureCasualMysteryMultiple EndingsAbstractStylized
$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
$1.99カブトムシの森
2 days ago · Neruneko
Both: First-Person · Horror
A young boy visits a forest with his father to catch rhinoceros beetles. As he wanders through the night forest, an eerie presence gradually begins to reveal itself in this short horror game.
Exploration3D PlatformerAdventureFPSWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonHorrorMultiple EndingsNature
$11.99Orb of Creation
Jun 23 · MarpleGames
Both: Puzzle
Orb of Creation is a non-idle incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
IncrementalMagicCasualStrategyResource ManagementPuzzleIndieMinimalistSingleplayerCrafting👍 2,170
-20%$3.19CONCRETE BURIAL
4 days ago · Games From The Abyss
Both: First-Person · Horror
Equipped only with a weapon that consumes your own blood, explore an ancient brutalist catacomb. Beware the Eyes of The Whispering Crypt. Find the 4 artifacts of desire. Confront God.
ShortFirst-PersonHorrorAtmosphericFemale ProtagonistAdventureFPSPsychological HorrorDark FantasyDystopian
$17.99Folklore Hunter
Jan 30 · Liquid Donkey Games
Both: Horror
You’re a world-renowned hunter of supernatural beasts. Track down urban legends from all over the world, set traps, solve disturbing puzzles, and defeat the beasts before you succumb to their otherworldly presence.
HorrorMultiplayerSurvival HorrorOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorViolentEarly AccessMythologyHuntingFPS👍 1,217
-50%$12.49Bye Sweet Carole
Oct 9 · Little Sewing Machine
Both: Horror
Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.
Dark FantasyHorrorSupernaturalFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericSurvival HorrorCartoonyAdventurePuzzle PlatformerSingleplayer👍 1,041
$8.99MY FATHER LIED
Nov 5 · LUNAR GAMES LTD
Both: Puzzle
“My Father Lied” is a Story-rich Mystery Lovecraftian game that tells the story of Huda, who finds herself following an unfathomable secret regarding her father’s 20 years disappearance.
Story RichMysteryLovecraftianPoint & ClickIndiePuzzleInvestigationFemale ProtagonistHistoricalMythology
$6.99SERPENT AT THE VERNISSAGE
Oct 23 · a trip by daniel bock
Both: First-Person
A psychedelic trip to an abandoned island paradise, where nothing is quite what it seems. Explore forgotten villas, sentient art pieces and sunken opera houses. And find your way back home before the archipelago swallows you whole.
AdventureActionFirst-PersonExplorationAction-AdventurePsychedelicSurrealAtmosphericPuzzle Platformer3D
-40%$1.79I Wish You Weren't Here
3 days ago · Covenant
Both: Puzzle
After waking up alone in an unfamiliar building, you have 2 questions: Why are you here, and where is everyone? As you explore, things start to make sense - but not everything is as it seems
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$3.99Five Mysterious Murders
Dec 3 · Silencer
Both: Horror
The serial killer simulator. Five teenagers arrive in the rural wilderness to film a horror show for their YouTube channel. You are the maniac waiting for them.
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$17.99Hellscreen
Feb 13 · Jamie D, Mixtape Games UK
Both: Horror · First-Person
Use a rearview mirror to fight through a horror-filled hellscape in this Doom-inspired retro-fps. Shoot behind you, detect invisible enemies & never fall victim to enemy traps.Find new weapons, unlock abilities & warp to maps at any time!Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear!
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-20%$9.59lily's world XD
4 days ago · SonderingEmily
Both: Puzzle
Lily was an ordinary teenager in 2004, and you just found her laptop. Read her diary, message her friends, and piece together what happened to her before it’s too late. But you're not the only one with access to her computer… A fourth wall-breaking psychological horror experience featuring LilyPichu
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$4.99Rescue the Hostages: Misaligned Fate
Sep 3 · rescuethehostages.com
Both: Puzzle · Horror
Race against the clock in this gripping FMV horror puzzle where every move could be your last. Solve a deadly sliding-tile challenge, uncover hidden clues, and disarm the bomb while a twisted mastermind watches your every mistake. Can you keep your nerve and save the hostages?
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$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: First-Person
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
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