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Games with horror themes and/or settings, gameplay. Survival horror, narrative/adventure horror, horror RPGs, even city-builder horror. Interactive horror experiences.

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Opinion | Celebrating Resident Evil's 30th anniversary, and exploring what comes after the Requiem.

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Hoarder is a bit like Powerwash Simulator, except you might be in a sort of Cthulhu-esque hell.

Hoarder Steam store page

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Explore how indie developers are pushing horror to new extremes in 2026 with slow-burn tension, immersive atmosphere, and bold new ideas.

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With the release of the New Game+ mode, Total Chaos returns as an iteration that asks for your reconsideration of Fort Oasis.

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Thinking of trying Unsealed: The Mare? This review explores its haunting audio, puzzles, and overall worth.

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Hellraiser: Revival still hasn't locked a release date, but its latest dev diary gives us plenty more details about its narrative ambitions and gameplay.

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This is a game about dread, tension, and enigma

Steam store page

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HORSES from Andrea Lucco Borlera / Santa Ragione hit the headlines last year for getting banned on Steam and Epic Games, but they've still won the Nuovo Award.

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Brainshell's demo made me do awful things to myself.

Steam store page (demo currently included)

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No thank you, the ocean.

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Enjoy our interview with the solo dev of Unsealed: The Mare, an upcoming psychological horror game that offers a "dark and emotional story."

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43877238

HYPNOS is a first-person adventure and exploration game, set in a lovecraftian megastructure fever dream. Enter the Nameless City at the edge of Dreams. Follow the trail into the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Embrace your destiny.

Teaser Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X7ftSkdqV0

The game is largely inspired by Lovecraft's Dreamlands subject of many of his stories and in particular "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"

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The first-person survival horror game Out Fishing will get its demo on March 18, letting players explore a chilling lake.

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The developers of cult classic horror shooter Clive Barker's Undying tell us how Steven Spielberg, Clive Barker, and Robert De Niro made the game happen.

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Return to where it all began, but not quite how you remember.

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The Alighieri Circle: Dante’s Bloodline doesn’t attempt a direct adaptation of The Inferno, but purposely situates itself in its shadow.

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Chase St, an indie from Ibzy Studios, has launched on Steam to deliver the feeling that something is following you home.

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Hands-on | Getting in deep trouble in this cosmic horror detective adventure

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Diving into the roots of the POSTAL series, Running With Scissors recently revealed the new horror first person shooter Flesh & Wire.

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Hands-on | The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2 puts me back on the familiar couch in its Steam Next Fest demo

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I thought 'I have to make a scary movie because the game is scary'

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Resident Evil Requiem is a skin-crawling combination of everything that makes Resident Evil tick, even if it lost us a bit in the second half.

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In an alternate timeline, Resident Evil could've become a lot more serious.

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