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Husk
Adventure 03 February 2017
A first-person perspective survival horror inspired by such classic titles as Alan Wake, Silent Hill, and Alone in the Dark. Husk is produced by Polish studio UndeadScout, supported by IMGN.PRO – the creators of the successful horror Kholat. The title takes you to a mysterious town of Shivercliff, the destination of the game's main hero – Matthew Palmer. After a train wreck, he tries to find his family, which requires delving into the town’s dark secrets.
Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court
RPG 19 June 2017
The first expansion for the 2016 dungeon crawler RPG Darkest Dungeon by Red Hook Studios. The add-on utilizes the gameplay mechanics from the core game — you complete a team of heroes and set out to explore the eponymous Darkest Dungeon. Your goal is to find enormous riches, with which you can expand a shabby hamlet, also serving as your base.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Zombies Chronicles
Action 15 May 2017
An expansion pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, created by Treyarch, the authors of the original game. The Zombies Chronicles add-on is a compilation of remastered versions of the top eight zombie mode levels from the previous Call of Duty games.
Tokyo Dark: Remembrance
Adventure 07 September 2017
Developed by Cherrymochi from Japan, a horror adventure title with strong visual novel elements. The main heroine of the game is Ayami Ito, who carries out an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of her partner. In order to find the truth, she needs to take matters in her own hands. Things become complicated as she also has to face the demons of her own past, nightmares, and hallucinations. The non-linear plot leads to one of eleven endings, depending on the player’s in-game choices.
The Town of Light
Adventure 26 February 2016
First-person adventure game in the form of a psychological thriller and the debut of an independent Italian studio Lka.it. The game's plot is set in an mental institution located in the Italian town of Volterra. Creators of The Town of Light decided to depict in their game the history of an actually existing place, focusing on dramas of its residents, treated by facility staff like animals.
Dark Fall: Storm Warning
Adventure canceled
A point-and-click adventure game in which the player's task is to unravel the mystery hidden by the pier, more than a hundred years old. On this object forgotten by people in unexplained circumstances people died, and their presence is still manifested here astral beings. The core of the game is exploration of shivering locations, solving puzzles, searching for relics of the past and interacting with spirits.
Uncanny Valley
Adventure 23 April 2015
A two-dimensional pixel art survival horror. It is a debut title of the independent Slovenian studio Cowardly Creations. In the game the player assumes the role of a night watchman who guards a mysterious factory in shifts with his friend. To kill some time, the protagonist decides to explore the building. He discovers things he would rather not know. As the story progresses, he learns new dark secrets about his working place.
Mage: The Ascension - Refuge
Adventure 16 February 2017
An adventure storytelling game for mobile devices, created by White Wolf Entertainment and Swedish novelist Karin Tidbeck. Mage the Ascension: Refuge is based on a tabletop role-playing game. The production takes place in today's Sweden, and you play as a woman, who recently learned that she's a mage and gradually discovers her powers, which allow her to shape reality. Unfortunately, enemy factions want to use her powers to conquer the magical society.
Hollow
Action 16 November 2017
A horror science-fiction adventure game by Polish studio Forever Entertainment. In Hollow you play as a pilot, who visits an abandoned space station orbiting Saturn, and your task is to learn why its crew is gone. The mission is difficult to complete, however, as the station is infested by humanoid mutants, which you have to fight. The game utilizes a first person's perspective and the gameplay focuses on exploration, solving puzzles, and combat.
Through the Woods
Adventure 27 October 2016
A horror adventure game and the debut production of Antagonist, a Norwegian studio. The action of Through the Woods takes place in modern times in a dark forest somewhere on the western shore of Norway. While playing, we assume the role of a desperate woman named Karen who tries to find her lost son. She is constantly interrupted by various evil creatures inspired by Nordic mythology and Scandinavian folklore.
Goosebumps: The Game
Adventure 13 October 2015
A point-and-click adventure game created by WayForward Technologies - a team known mainly for DuckTales Remastered. Goosebumps: The Game was based on the license of popular books written by R.L. Stine. The player takes on the role of a kid that on their way home from school, discovers that the neighborhood has been taken over by monsters - werewolfs are lurking in the forest nearby, gnomes are running along sidewalks and scarecrows walk the streets at night.
Year Walk
Adventure 20 February 2013
Year Walk is an adventure game developed by Simogo team based on old Swedish legends. We play the role of a young man wandering through a snowy forest, full of secrets and supernatural beings, and the game consists mainly in exploring a maze of powerful trees and solving riddles.
Song of Horror
Adventure 31 October 2019
An action adventure game, developed by Protocol Games studio, belonging to the survival horror genre. The main protagonist of Song of Horror is a man named Daniel Noyer, and during the game we try to unravel the mystery of the evil force that torments him. However, we control Noyer himself only occasionally, playing instead as sixteen different characters, each of them possessing unique skills and biographies, that are somehow connected with the main hero.
The Coma
Adventure 19 October 2015
A survival horror action adventure game and the debut production of Devespresso Games. In The Coma, we assume the role of a high school student by the name of Youngho who falls asleep during his final exam and having woken up, he discovers that it’s nighttime and everyone has long since left the classroom. It turns out that some sinister force has overrun the school and won’t stop until the student is dead.
At the Mountains of Madness
Action TBA
At the Mountains of Madness is an action-packed adventure game. The production is kept in a horror mood, and its plot was inspired by the short story "In the mountains of madness" by H. P. Lovecraft. We play the role of a geologist taking part in a scientific expedition to Antarctica. He has to face both harsh climatic conditions and monsters straight from the worst nightmares.
Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
RPG 24 November 2015
The first big expansion to an action RPG that combines elements of fantasy and horror, created by From Software (i.e. the creators of the bestselling Dark Souls franchise). The Old Hunters expansion pack offers a brand new story campaign telling of the legendary hunters who used to guard the secrets of Byrgenwerth.
Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land
RPG 29 January 2012
Turn-based RPG based on the work of horror master Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The action takes place during the First World War. We control a small group of detectives and soldiers who have to foil the plans of an ancient evil. The game consists mainly in fighting tactically complex clashes.
Sons of Uruzime
Adventure 13 May 2015
An adventure gamebook with RPG elements for mobile devices. Sons of Uruzime was inspired by stories by Howard Philips Lovecraft and utilizes many motives from the Cthulhu Mythos. You play as a University of Miskatonic professor, who receives a letter from a missing student. The student warns the professor against a dark cult involving much of the university's staff. The story is shown mostly via text with occasional pictures.
Corpse Party: Blood Drive
Adventure 24 July 2014
Another installment in the series of Japanese survival horror visual novels developed by 5pb. Corpse Party: Blood Drive takes place after the events shown in Book of Shadows and concentrates on one of its protagonists, Ayumi Shinozaki. The girl's new adventure starts when her aunt visits her. She informs her that since centuries the duty of the Shinozaki family is to guard the mysterious Book of Shadows which, should it fall in the wrong hands, might lead the world to doom.
Friday the 13th: The Game
Action 26 May 2017
Focusing around the asynchronous multiplayer mode, a third-person action game adaptation of the classic horror movie Friday the 13th. Known for the tactical simulation series Breach & Clear, Gun Media studio is the developer of the game. The key figures connected with the film series, such as Sean S. Cunningham, Kane Hodder, Tom Savini, and Harry Manfredini, have had their hand in the production.
Home
Adventure 31 August 2012
A retro-style adventure game filled with the atmosphere of horror. We are recovering consciousness in an unknown house where the murder was committed. Fighting our own fears and doubts, we make decisions that influence the finale of the story told.
Silent Hills
Adventure canceled
Another fully-fledged installment of the cult survival cycle of Silent Hill horrors. Norman Reedus and Guillermo del Toro, led by Hideo Kojima, were involved in the production. As a result of a conflict with the publisher Konami, the project was cancelled shortly after the release of its famous demo version, called P.T.
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
RPG 04 March 1994
A dark cRPG game set in Ravenloft - one of the worlds of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons feature system. The player-controlled team, trying to regain the priceless amulet stolen from Lord Dhelt, ends up in the land of Barovia, ruled by a ruthless prince of vampires.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2
Adventure 14 December 2023
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 is the second VR mini-game collection set in the Five Nights at Freddy's horror universe. Once again, the player must face off against murderous animatronics.