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A narrative driven, puzzle-horror game. Solve cryptic puzzles, embrace or evade vengeful specters, decide who to trust and unravel a mystery.
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$24.99NightCry
Mar 28 · Nude Maker
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Point & Click
NightCry is set on a cruise ship, and you have been invited along for the cruise of a (possibly short) lifetime. While your surroundings are luxurious and the guests are friendly, not everything is as it should be. The guests and the crew start to turn up dead, the victims of some foul murderer.
ExplorationPuzzleFemale ProtagonistPoint & ClickThird PersonHorror3DStealthPsychological HorrorDark Fantasy👍 225
$1.99Breathing Fear
Nov 12 · LunarPixel
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Exploration
Breathing Fear is a non-linear 2D horror game with survival elements. Solve all the secrets of the mysterious house and try not to go crazy with horror.
AdventurePuzzlePoint & ClickExplorationSide ScrollerInvestigationChoose Your Own AdventureHorror2DPixel Graphics
$8.99True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Oct 19 · Goblinz Enterprises Ltd
Both: Exploration · Horror · Puzzle
True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.
ExplorationHidden ObjectHorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzlePoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistAdventureFirst-Person2D👍 1,108
$9.99Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
Feb 25 · Kiary Games
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Exploration
Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics
PuzzlePoint & ClickMysteryLogicAdventureDetectiveExplorationInvestigationHidden ObjectStylized👍 813
$2.99Fandom
Jun 12 · Joon Games
Both: Point & Click · Puzzle · Exploration
"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
$14.99Homesick
May 28 · Lucky Pause
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Horror
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
AtmosphericPuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonIndieWalking SimulatorAdventureHorrorMysteryGreat Soundtrack👍 1,282
$4.99Dark Fall: The Journal
Dec 3 · Darkling Room
Both: Point & Click · Horror · Puzzle
This Myst-style horror-adventure game will bring fear into your heart. From the very beginning you are exposed to an overwhelming but invisible ghost presence – strange calls, footsteps, voices from nowhere. In order to help your brother and survive you will need to solve the mystery of this abandoned, haunted place. And remember!
AdventurePoint & ClickHorrorMysteryAtmosphericPuzzleFirst-PersonSupernaturalSingleplayer👍 258
-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
-80%$0.99Haunted Past: Realm of Ghosts
Apr 10 · Gogii Games
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Horror
Many years ago, Emily plummeted from an attic window to her doom. Her house now lies abandoned along with the mystery of her death. Sara has inherited this dark home, only to discover that it is not empty.
AdventureHidden ObjectPuzzlePoint & ClickCasualHorror👍 158
-85%$1.19Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Nov 13 · Stormling Studios
Both: Horror · Point & Click · Puzzle
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
AdventureHorrorPoint & ClickLovecraftianIndiePsychological HorrorPuzzleAtmosphericDetectiveFirst-Person👍 559
$24.992Dark
Mar 10 · Gloomywood
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Top-Down
2Dark is a stealth adventure game developed by Frédérick Raynal, the pioneer of survival horror games and creator of Alone in the Dark®. Make your way through the lairs of psychopaths, unravel intrigue where madness mingles with horror, and, above all, save the kids!
HorrorIndieStealthSurvival HorrorStrategyPuzzleActionTop-DownPsychological HorrorExploration👍 544
Scratches - Director's Cut
Apr 20 · Nucleosys
Both: Point & Click · Horror · Dark
Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.
AdventurePoint & ClickHorrorAtmosphericFirst-PersonMysteryStory RichDarkInvestigationPsychological Horror👍 302
$4.99The Survey
Oct 27 · Erebus
Both: Horror · Dark · Puzzle
In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.
HorrorDarkPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericMysteryPuzzleFirst-PersonSingleplayerExploration👍 742
$3.99The Lost Tape - Cellar
Jan 23 · Sardos, Turélie
Both: Horror · Exploration · Puzzle
A psychological horror game in which you wake up in an unknown cellar with a VHS camera and a journal. In the narrated journal, the main character will be recording their thoughts. Your task will be to get out of the cellar.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzlePoint & ClickAction-Adventure3DFirst-Person
$6.99Family curse
Mar 31 · Stork Game
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Exploration
Family curse is a mystical horror from the first person with a frightening atmosphere. Immerse yourself in the intricate history of the Crouse family and find out the terrible secret of the people who died in the cursed house.
HorrorPuzzlePsychological HorrorIdlerExplorationThrillerFirst-PersonDemonsAlternate HistoryLogic👍 222
$13.99Never Again
May 9 · Primary Games
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Exploration
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleFemale ProtagonistAdventureSingleplayerExplorationWalking SimulatorFirst-Person👍 887
$4.99DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Oct 21 · Jesse Makkonen
Both: Horror · Pixel Graphics · Dark
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
IndiePsychological HorrorHorrorPixel Graphics2DAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerDark👍 7,683
$6.99Left Alone
Apr 28 · SpeedTutor
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Horror
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
ExplorationPuzzleWalking SimulatorFirst-Person3DHorrorStory RichPsychological HorrorActionLogic👍 592
$19.99Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Sep 8 · Frictional Games
Both: Horror · Puzzle · Dark
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
HorrorGorePsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPuzzleFirst-PersonNudityDarkLovecraftian👍 20,429
-90%$1.99Tormented Souls
Aug 26 · Dual Effect, Abstract Digital
Both: Horror · Puzzle
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
Survival HorrorHorrorPuzzlePsychological HorrorActionFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericThird-Person ShooterThird PersonSingleplayer👍 6,102
$9.99Matsuro Palette
Oct 14 · SleepingMuseum
Both: Horror · Point & Click
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
AdventureHorrorPoint & ClickCuteMysteryStory RichEmotionalVisual NovelCasualMultiple Endings👍 485
$18.99Spider Queen cave
Feb 4 · 帅宅快乐屋
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Horror
The student sister who has been secretly in love for a long time has been missing for three months. Tonight, my sister suddenly called and asked me to go to an abandoned villa in the suburbs. I have no choice but to prepare for departure. It is said that the villa is a famous and dangerous house.
PuzzleExplorationFemale ProtagonistRealisticAction RoguelikePuzzle PlatformerFirst-PersonHorrorDungeon CrawlerThird Person👍 159
$24.99Silver Chains
Aug 6 · Cracked Heads Games
Both: Horror · Exploration · Puzzle
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.
HorrorAdventureIndiePsychological HorrorMultiplayerFirst-PersonGoreSurvivalExplorationPuzzle👍 931
$19.99Darkwood
Aug 17 · Acid Wizard Studio
Both: Horror · Dark · Exploration
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
HorrorSurvival HorrorAdventurePsychological HorrorActionRPGDarkAtmosphericSurvivalExploration👍 22,253
-50%$4.99Granny: Escape Together
Dec 6 · CreepyToad
Both: Horror · Puzzle
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
$2.99The Broken Ceiling
Oct 13 · Iron Octopus Productions Inc.
Both: Horror · Top-Down · Exploration
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.
HorrorLovecraftianTop-DownHand-drawnExplorationDarkAdventureAtmosphericMystery Dungeon2D
$7.99Myth
Jun 2 · Techcast
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Dark
Myth is a puzzle horror multiplayer game that guarantees an intense and headache-inducing experience with friends. Why the headache, you ask? Well, let's just say the puzzles are so mind-bendingly hard, they should come with a complimentary bottle of aspirin!
ActionAdventurePuzzleExploration3DFirst-PersonRealisticDarkDark FantasyHorror
-90%$3.49In Sound Mind
Sep 28 · We Create Stuff
Both: Horror · Puzzle
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
HorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichPuzzleActionAtmosphericSingleplayerFirst-PersonIndieAction-Adventure👍 5,467
$2.99The Cost Of Bliss
Jan 5 · Andre David Dev
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Horror
Force to spend a month in a psych ward to cure your addiction, you fight yourself going through painful levels of withdrawal. To cope, you make friends with a man who helps ease your pain, in exchange for unsettling favours.
ExplorationFPSPuzzlePvE3DFirst-PersonHorrorPsychological HorrorChoices MatterLinear
$2.99Myths of Rules
Aug 30 · Sugarcane Games
Both: Puzzle · Exploration
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Word GamePsychological HorrorNonlinearPuzzleExplorationLevel EditorStory RichSingleplayerInvestigationCasual👍 1,009
$10.99Lazaret
Feb 20 · Aegon Games
Both: Horror · Exploration · Puzzle
Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericExplorationMysteryPuzzleHidden ObjectWalking SimulatorControllerSailing👍 263
$15.99Backrooms: Lost Tape
Dec 23 · Cortez Productions
Both: Horror · Dark · Exploration
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkExplorationSingleplayerAtmosphericLore-RichMysteryInvestigation👍 1,334
$7.99Mystical Riddles: Behind Doll’s Eyes Collector's Edition
Sep 12 · Do Games Limited
Both: Puzzle · Point & Click · Horror
What's hidden in an ordinary toy? Is it possible to bring the dead back to life? Find answers to these questions using your wits, knowledge of the paranormal phenomena, and your special equipment – a magic camera! Are you up for the challenge?
Hidden ObjectInteractive FictionPuzzleVisual NovelPoint & Click2DFirst-PersonDetectiveHorrorPsychological Horror


