Top-Rated Free Horror Games on Steam

298 free Horror games with 500+ reviews and a 70%+ positive rating, newest first.

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No Results Found - Players say: Reopen a cult’s mass-death case by searching its websites, hidden forum posts, and records for clues to complete reports. Players like: Hands-On Searching · Detailed Forum Posts · Retro Desktop Atmosphere ·
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Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?

SCP – Containment Breach - Players say: As a Class-D subject in a breached SCP facility, scavenge access items, evade anomalies, and manage blinking to escape. Players like: Unsettling Atmosphere · Blinking Under Threat · Community Bug Fixes ·
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A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

Operation: Outbreak - Players say: After a patrol crash leaves him alone, a soldier fights through a zombie-infested city, rationing supplies to reach extraction. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Quick Horror Experience · Tense Ammo Scarcity ·
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Your squad's vehicle exploded during a patrol, and you're the only survivor. The enemy is unusual this time. A virus has turned the city into a warzone of the undead. Get to the exfil in time or die trying. A free-to-play short and intense FPS zombie survival horror game.

Killer Chat! - Original Edition - Players say: A customizable crime writer infiltrates a serial-killer chatroom, faking a murderous persona while pursuing romance and trying to survive. Players like: Memorable Killer Cast · Immersive Chat Interface · Branching Romance Routes ·
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Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?

Welcome To The Dark Place - Players say: Navigate a surreal horror world through text and sound, chart its grid, solve puzzles, and search for the train out. Players like: Immersive Sound Design · DIY Mapmaking · Surreal Horror Writing ·
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The train is the only escape.

Days Without Incident - Players say: Investigate a deserted metalworks where workers died, solving factory puzzles and surviving monsters in a first-person horror game. Players like: Eerie Factory Atmosphere · Effective Sound Design · Intriguing Story Clues ·
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It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠  days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.

TERPENIE - Players say: Do evening chores in a post-Soviet apartment, spy on the neighbors through binoculars, and hide when a maniac targets you. Players like: Apartment Atmosphere · Post-Soviet Setting · Memes and Easter Eggs ·
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In the gloomy atmosphere of post-Soviet everyday life, routine tasks like cleaning, cooking, and exploring your own room hide something much darker. Survive and uncover the truth before the maniac comes for you.

永不停息的黑暗之歌 ~ Endless Black Song - Players say: After an accident distorts Till’s view of the world, explore an Alien Stage horror story and shape its four endings through choices. Players like: Detailed Artwork · Atmospheric Soundtrack · Emotional Endings ·
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This is a fan-made game for "Alien Stage," created as a tribute to the world of "The Song of Saya." It is a coupling-focused game centered on the "IvanTill" pairing.

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Aug 17, 2025
90% 👍
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Vigil - Players say: Dispose of boxes in an underground facility while watching a stalking automaton that advances whenever you blink or look away. Players like: Webcam Blink Mechanic · Tense Horror Atmosphere · Creepy Automaton Design ·
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Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

Whimsical Artefacts - Players say: Explore liminal bunkers with friends, test strange artefacts, draw your own designs, and trade loot to descend deeper. Players like: Creative Drawing Tools · Co-op Laughs · Quirky Artefact Effects ·
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A co-op friendslop game with a heavy focus on customization via drawing. Scavenge liminal bunkers and obtain artefacts that may or may not aid you and your friends.

Skull Hotel - Players say: Clean eight hotel rooms, inspect each for a hidden monster, and flee any anomaly before it ends your shift. Players like: Sudden Monster Scares · Tense Sound Design · Hidden-Spot Searching ·
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Skull Hotel is a horror game where you clean hotel rooms while creatures hide, waiting to kill you.

SCP: Containment Breach 2 - Players say: Explore a breached SCP facility as Class-D, evade anomalies alone or in co-op, or take faction roles in randomized PvP matches. Players like: Co-op With Friends · New Rooms and Items · Updated Visuals ·
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Survive the chaos of SCP Foundation! Step into a thrilling SCP horror experience with story-driven co-op, intense PvP Breach mode, and randomized maps. Play as Class-D, scientist, SCPs, and more, each role bringing unique challenges in an unpredictable, immersive facility.

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Jul 4, 2025
79% 👍
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A Simple job - Players say: Take a job with one rule—don’t press the red button—and see how your choices and a taunting narrator change the ending. Players like: Narrator's Humor · Multiple Endings · Achievement Hunting ·
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💼 A simple task: Don’t press the red button. Sounds easy? 😏 Featuring an annoying voice, absurd endings, and too many achievements. Free. Pointless. Glorious. 🤡🔴

The New Flesh - Players say: Explore a surreal first-person world shaped by Red Vox songs, helping strange inhabitants and searching for hidden records. Players like: Red Vox Soundtrack · Surreal Visuals · Atmospheric Environments ·
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Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox. 

Pathologic 3: Quarantine - Players say: As doctor Daniil Dankovsky, investigate a plague-struck town by diagnosing patients, uncovering secrets, and revisiting events. Players like: Patient Diagnosis · Plague Atmosphere · New Story Perspective ·
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In this free prologue to a narrative-driven adventure, watch a mysterious plague break out in a small town. Learn what drove a celebrated academic to leave his acclaimed lab. Examine patients, uncover strange secrets, and make first steps towards immortality.

The Children of Clay - Players say: As an archaeologist, inspect a strange clay artifact, cross-reference clues in books, and uncover a folkloric horror at your desk. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Stop-Motion Art · Artifact Investigation ·
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The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

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Mar 7, 2025
99% 👍
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Saihate Station - Players say: After waking at a strange station, two estranged coworkers explore its mysteries, face dangers, and shape their bond. Players like: Hand-Drawn Art · Emotional Story · Unsettling Atmosphere ·
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An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

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Mar 7, 2025
95% 👍
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Garten of Banban 0 - Players say: As Flumbo, explore Banban’s Kindergarten, meet its mascot residents, solve puzzles, and uncover clues to the establishment’s past. Players like: Enjoyable Puzzles · Prequel Lore · Quirky Characters ·
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Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…

Project Hailstorm - Players say: As part of an Antarctic recovery team, explore an abandoned dig site, solve simple environmental puzzles, and investigate a buried mystery. Players like: Immersive Atmosphere · Striking Visuals · Effective Sound Design ·
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Step into the shoes of a researcher in the depths of the antarctic and uncover the mysteries behind Project Hailstorm.

Beat Around The Bush - Players say: Roam a strange clearing, hit red targets for currency, buy upgrades, and decide when to take on the bush. Players like: Absurd Humor · Unexpected Encounters · Upgrade Progression ·
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Beat Around the Bush is a series done over YouTube shorts where the top comment got the next addition to the game. Beat Around the Bush is a game where your primary goal is to Beat around the Bush. Once you do, you did it. You won. Therefore, there's no more reason to keep playing this game.

Dodgy Deliveries - Players say: Ride through a monster-haunted city with friends, deliver orders by bike, and earn enough money to pay the rent. Players like: Co-op Laughs · Chaotic Bike Rides · Funny Scares ·
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Co-op "Horror" game about running a delivery service with your friends! B̵̨̦͓͖̹̪̥̮͛̀̏̈́̐̔̉Ę̴̤̦̤͓̰̤́͗̚ ̵̨̺͓̱̞͔͉͙̀̂͂͋͠͠Ç̸̫͈̋͋͆̋̾̑̕͜Ä̴̛̟͑͛͋͂̌̕͜͝R̵̛͎̮̜̒̽̈́͂̓̒͘Ę̸͉̙̎̀͐͆Ḟ̶̼͖̭͇̗U̸̡̫͇̤̭̪̦̣̔Ḷ̶̛͖̙͗̋̈̇̕ ̷̡̢͕̦̜͚̌̎̃̔Ā̷̧͇͎̳͔̩̜̤̗͊̋Ţ̸̭̩͚̮͖͇̹̬̾ ̷͍̞̰͈̻̣͚̂̾ͅN̵̛̤͒̏̒͝Ḯ̵̡̘͇̖̏͘Ģ̸̛͙̥̞̽̀͒͜H̶̲̜̺̐̄͋͊̍̈́͘͜T̴̯̲̳̪͚̜̼̈͠

Awaria - Players say: Repair failing generators in haunted tunnels by finding and delivering parts while dodging ghosts, projectiles, and lethal hazards. Players like: Challenging, Rewarding Runs · Distinctive Character Art · Ghost Romance ·
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Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

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Dec 16, 2024
96% 👍
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Scauage - Players say: As a scavenger in an abandoned house, search for valuables by flashlight, solve coded locks, and face consequences for what you take. Players like: Unsettling Atmosphere · Immersive Sound Design · Tension Without Jumpscares ·
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Scauage is a short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within.

PockeDate! - Pocket Dating Simulator - Players say: Date Akari in a choice-driven pixel visual novel where repeated outings, branching endings, and glitches unsettle the romance. Players like: Fourth-Wall Twists · Cute Akari · Pixel Art and Music ·
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Your Pocket-Sized Dating Simulator! Every launch brings a new date with unique dialogues! Spend endless hours with your adorable, love-struck virtual girlfriend.

PAPERHEAD EP.0 - Players say: Escape a blood-streaked cardboard prison in a fast-moving horror FPS, blasting enemies and drawing bombs or doors with a pencil. Players like: Fast, Mobile Combat · Cardboard Horror Style · Pencil World Tricks ·
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In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?

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Nov 14, 2024
94% 👍
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Nightmare House: The Original Mod - Players say: Explore a haunted house and hospital, solve puzzles, and fight undead with guns and an axe in this first-person horror campaign. Players like: Oppressive Horror Atmosphere · Fight-Back Combat · Effective Scares ·
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Wake up, it’s time for the real nightmare to begin. Make your way through a terrorizing house, uncover the secrets of a haunted hospital, fight through hordes of the undead, and try to escape Nightmare House.

The Happyhills Homicide - Players say: Plan killings as a slasher and investigate the crimes as a detective in a pixel-art horror game. Players like: Retro Slasher Atmosphere · Pixel-Art Gore · Killer-Detective Switch ·
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Welcome to Happyhills, the town where you can indulge your deepest desires, make your wildest dreams come true, and slaughter anyone in your path. In this case, all three of these are the same. Welcome the citizens of Happyhills in your way!

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Nov 4, 2024
96% 👍
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PUMPKIN PANIC - Players say: A pumpkin-headed farmer tends a forest plot, earns money through crops and fishing, and tries to escape as monsters roam. Players like: Cozy Horror Contrast · Tense Sound Design · Farm-and-Survive Loop ·
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COME TO THIS COZY FARM! Plant crops, take care of the plants, go fishing, or whatever you prefer, but have a good time! But be carefull, they say that strange things are happening in the area...

Bloody Painter Dating Sim - Players say: Captured by serial killer Bloody Painter, you have seven days to make choices that shape your survival and relationship. Players like: Voice Acting · Bloody Painter Appeal · Art and Sound ·
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You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?

Terroro - Players say: As a famous TikToker’s boyfriend, investigate her home, repeat domestic routines, and uncover the unease behind her seemingly perfect life. Players like: Unsettling Atmosphere · Unexpected Story Turns · Meme-Driven Humor ·
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In this psychological horror game about a famous TikToker, you take on the role of her boyfriend to discover that behind their perfect life, nothing is as it seems. Duration 30 minutes.

Morimens - Players say: As Keeper, lead four Awakeners against Kadath’s eldritch threat, building card combos and navigating unpredictable roguelite runs. Players like: Deckbuilding Synergies · Lovecraftian Art · Story and Lore ·
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Morimens is a roguelite card-battler inspired by the Lovecraftian mythos. Bond with a diverse cast of Awakeners, build your perfect deck, and battle through the mists of Kadath—facing wild events and uncovering maddening truths at every turn.

Krypta FM - Players say: Investigate a rumored cryptid in a Polish village, using radio reports and forum posts to guide your nighttime photo hunts. Players like: Polish Village Atmosphere · Early-Internet Nostalgia · Radio and Forum ·
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Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

Dark Hours: Prologue - Players say: A supernatural event traps a crew of thieves in an auction house; steal valuables, evade monsters, and work together to escape. Players like: Chaotic Co-op Moments · Scary Monster Encounters · Tense Audio Atmosphere ·
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Dark Hours: Prologue is a free co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with a monster. Forget your plan, your mission: survive! Explore and cooperate to find a way out or hide and wish for daylight.

VHS - Players say: Click a VHS tape to grow your cassette count, buy click upgrades, rewind for a reset bonus, and collect timed item drops. Players like: Retro Visuals · Synthwave Soundtrack · Relaxing Background Play ·
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VHS, the most retro and nostalgic Idle game!

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Jul 17, 2024
82% 👍
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Once Human - Players say: Explore a Stardust-tainted wasteland, craft and customize guns, fight monsters, and build a relocatable base alone or with others. Players like: Creative Base Building · Atmospheric World · Solo-Co-op Flexibility ·
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Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Bring Me that Shawarma - Players say: Read episodic tales around Samara’s shawarma shops, where a courier and other characters encounter alien plots and food-themed horror. Players like: Absurd, Offbeat Humor · Interconnected Episode Stories · Distinctive Visual Style ·
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A visual novel about shawarma, consisting of multiple episodes.

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Jun 7, 2024
91% 👍
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Nightmare Kart - Players say: A conscripted beast hunter races copper-and-steam vehicles through gothic streets, fighting rivals, hunting beasts, and facing bosses. Players like: Retro Gothic Style · Chaotic Combat Racing · Dark Comedy References ·
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Zoom through gothic streets in this horror themed vehicular combat racing game!

[Nightmare Files] Clap Clap - Players say: House-sit a home where claps control the lights, finish routine chores, and confront signs that someone else can clap. Players like: Creepy Atmosphere · Clap-Controlled Lights · Effective Scares ·
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Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Cats - Players say: Click on cat illustrations to cycle through new feline images and colors in a minimalist, low-pressure clicker. Players like: Cute Cat Artwork · Relaxing Low Pressure · Quick Achievements ·
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Cats — and that says it all. Interactive cat clicker. Click on cats for new cats. That's all, really.

Indigo Park: Chapter 1 - Players say: Break into an abandoned amusement park, restore its power with Rambley’s help, uncover clues, and evade its mascot residents. Players like: Rambley’s Character · Park Atmosphere · Catchy Soundtrack ·
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Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

Burger - Players say: Click to make burgers, earn money, unlock new additions and automation, feed a cat, and pursue achievement milestones. Players like: Simple Clicker Loop · Achievement Hunting · Incremental Unlocks ·
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🍔 Burger is a clicker cooking game where you just click to make burgers — more and more burgers! Thinking about pizza 🍕 or eggs 🥚? Think again, because it's all about burgers! Free. 🍔✨

Puppet Master: The Game - Players say: Play humans and killer puppets in asymmetrical horror matches, team battles, or a solo objective mode set in the film series. Players like: Fun With Friends · Franchise Fan Service · Distinct Puppet Roster ·
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This free-to-play online multiplayer game celebrates the series' 30-year legacy. Revisit iconic locations, select from a large roster of playable characters from the movies, and play a variety of online multiplayer game modes, each inspired by the Puppet’s many adventures.

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May 3, 2024
87% 👍
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Mimic Search - Players say: As a rural police officer, investigate a mimic attack through witness interviews and a search of the snowy woods. Players like: Creepy VHS Atmosphere · Tense Forest Search · Short One-Sitting Horror ·
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Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

Bendy: Secrets of the Machine - Players say: Explore Gent's shifting Drawing Room, experiment with objects, and solve cryptic puzzles to uncover secrets in the Bendy world. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Hidden Lore Clues · Interactive Teaser ·
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Some things are better left forgotten.

Dave's Fun Algebra Class: Remastered - Players say: Recover eight art-contest papers from a strange school while solving algebra, evading Dave, and using items to survive. Players like: Chaotic School Charm · Memorable Characters · Creative Item Mechanics ·
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Dave's Fun Algebra Class: Remastered is a strategy-based indie game inspired by Baldi's Basics, featuring chaotic and intense gameplay mixed with an old-school psychedelic artstyle. Solve math problems, meet Dave's friends, and uncover the secrets of Dave's school.

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Apr 3, 2024
88% 👍
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The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom. - Players say: Read a strange fairy tale as a child promised to a godparent, choosing paths through its mysteries to shape your fate. Players like: Branching Story Paths · Storybook Presentation · Folklore-Rich Writing ·
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A fable from your childhood. Don't you remember it?

last seen online - Players say: Snoop through a secondhand computer, solve password and file-based puzzles, and piece together its former owner's story. Players like: Nostalgic PC Atmosphere · Emotional Story · Clever, Fair Puzzles ·
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Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.

Rental - Players say: As rabbit girl Umi, explore a strange beachside rental, search for ritual items, and navigate a mirror maze in a short horror adventure. Players like: Cute Retro Art · Eerie Cozy Atmosphere · Umi's Dry Humor ·
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Rental is a short and spooky adventure game about the dangers of renting a house in an unknown place.

NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE - Players say: Build a battered Japanese street car, then wager cash against rival crews in late-night races and climb the local ranks. Players like: Underground Racing Atmosphere · Memorable Soundtrack · Detailed Car Customization ·
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Descend into the underworld of Japanese street racing. Set between 1990-2009, join the local street racing crews in their battle for territory control. Explore the real location open world(s), compete in wager races, battle other crews and upgrade your vehicles with detailed car customization.

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Feb 23, 2024
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my eyes deceive - Players say: Live a young girl's week in a sealed shelter, repeating daily chores, exploring unsettling dreams, and making choices that shape the ending. Players like: Oppressive Atmosphere · Unsettling Dreams · Gradual Story Reveal ·
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Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.