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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.
Neverending Nightmares
Adventure 26 September 2014
Original independent adventure game, maintained in the convention of psychological horror. Infinitap Games team is responsible for its creation and the story was inspired by real life experiences of the studio boss and his fight with severe depression. In the game, we play as Thomas, who can't break out of a nightmare dream and, trapped in his mind, moves from nightmare to nightmare, facing his fears and the monsters lurking around him.
Without Escape
Adventure 24 April 2018
A combination of a point-and-click and a HOPA game, in which you have to escape a hellish alternative reality. In Without Escape, you search locations for useful objects, and solve various logic puzzles.
Closed Nightmare
Adventure 19 July 2018
A horror adventure game, in which we take the role of Maria Kamishiro. The heroine of Closed Nightmare gets captured and is forced to take part in an experiment – the only way to win her freedom is to complete it.
Emily Wants to Play Too
Adventure 13 December 2017
A first-person perspective action-adventure survival horror game. The title is a sequel to Emily Wants to Play from 2015. The game enables the players to assume the role of a takeaway sandwiches delivery man who enters a seemingly abandoned home. There he will met Emily, who is eager to participate in a dangerous game.
Dream Alone
Adventure 28 June 2018
A 2D platformer with horror elements. You assume the role of a boy searching for the mythical Lady Death who can help him stop the disease spreading across his family village. The hero of Dream Alone has supernatural powers and can cross the boundaries of an alternative reality or copy himself (which helps in solving various puzzles and revealing secrets).
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.
Hide or Die
Action 01 May 2020
Hide or Die is a PC-based multiplayer action game. The production is maintained in a horror atmosphere, and the gameplay is asymmetrical. Sixteen players start the game and one of them transforms into a supernaturally strong psychopath who hunts for the rest. Matches run in stages and every time someone else can become a murderer. The game continues until only the psychopath and one survivor are left alive, and their duel decides who will be the ultimate winner.
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.
Octave
Adventure 18 October 2016
A point-and-click adventure game with action elements, developed by one-man indie developer Anate Studio. You play as an unfortunate man taken to a forest by a murderer. In the last moment, the protagonist is rescued by a mysterious force, but as he looks for a way to escape, he quickly learns that he hasn't been saved yet and still needs to fight for his life. Octave utilizes a side view perspective.
Past Cure
Action 23 February 2018
Inspired by the Inception movie, Past Cure is a third-person action game with elements of stealth and horror. It is also a debut project of the German developer Phantom 8 Studio. The main protagonist of the game is Ian - an ex-soldier, who for years has been locked in prison and subjected to mysterious experiments that resulted in him acquiring supernatural abilities that enabled him to control human minds and use telekinesis.
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.
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
Adventure 25 October 2018
A horror-style game enriched with visual novel elements.
Rise of Insanity
Adventure 01 March 2018
A psychological horror, in which the players assume the role of a psychology doctor who is trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of his wife and child. In Rise of Insanity, the gameplay revolves around traversing frightening locations in search for clues and solving environmental puzzles.
Silver Chains
Adventure 06 August 2019
A first-person horror story with an emphasis on exploration, riddles and the story to be told. The game is based on realism and heavy atmosphere. Silver Chains was made by Russian studio Cracked Heads Games, for which it is a debut project.
Crying is not Enough
Action 19 June 2018
Being a part of the three-season history called “Project Chromopolis,” a third-person perspective adventure game from the survival horror genre. We assume the role of 35-years old Jacob who decides to go on a journey between two parallel worlds in order to wake his wife from a coma.
Alien: Blackout
Adventure 24 January 2019
A survival, horror game in the universe of the Alien film saga. The production allows us to follow the fate of Amanda Ripley (the protagonist of Alien: Isolation). We must use the damaged systems of the space station, and the skills of other survivors in order to survive the clash with the monster.
Paranoid
Adventure 15 December 2023
Paranoid is the second production of Madmind studio in Bydgoszcz, known from Agony. The title is a survival horror and offers a brutal gameplay, suitable only for an adult audience. We play the role of a mentally ill man who receives a message from his missing sister.
Yumenikki -Dream Diary-
Adventure 23 February 2018
YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- is a narrative surreal horror adventure game. The title is a commercial remake of the cult free game from 2004. The new version abandons two-dimensional graphics and features fully three-dimensional visuals. It also expands the story with new features.
Lovecraft's Untold Stories
RPG 31 January 2019
Roguelike action RPG game with adventure elements, in which we get to the universe known from the mythology of Cthulhu. In Lovecraft's Untold Stories we can take on the role of five characters, each of whom conducts their own investigations in places inspired by Lovecraft's stories.
Dollhouse
Adventure 24 May 2019
First person survival horror inspired by noir films. During the game, we follow the fate of Maria, a detective trying to regain lost memories. However, her footsteps are followed by an unspeakable horror, from which the heroine can only flee. We have at our disposal more than 40 unique abilities and the ability to look through the eyes of the torturer.
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.
Evil Dead: Hail to the King
Adventure 05 December 2000
A production based on the soot "Dead Evil", which depicts the further fate of the heroic Asha. The title is a survival horror film that uses proven mechanisms and motifs characteristic for the whole genre.
Distraint
Adventure 21 October 2015
An interesting 2D adventure game with elements of psychological horror. The game forces the players to answer the question about the limits and the price of humanity. The game was created by an independent Finnish developer Jesse Makkonen.