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Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.
STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT - STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.
Aug 19, 2026
Project P.I.T.T. - Feed rubber ducks to a corporate void. Build physics contraptions. Chain combos for profit as the Maw grows hungrier... and larger. Brutalist PSX satire meets first-person sandbox chaos.
Aug 19, 2026
The Sinking City 2 - Set in the Roaring '20s, The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror steeped in Lovecraftian dread. Defy an eldritch deity and explore the drowned alleys of Arkham, stalked by the dead, as you weigh one life against an entire city.
Aug 18, 2026
Sister Other Paranoia - A dark visual novel by acclaimed creator nyalra. Overly sensitive to other people's emotions, the protagonist—a light novel writer—develops the ability to read minds, only to be driven even deeper into isolation. His sole remaining comfort is his younger sister, gifted yet lonely.
Aug 14, 2026
Hariti - "Hariti" is a first-person psychological horror game. You will play as a mother searching for her missing daughter in a crisis-ridden hospital. Experience an atmosphere of extreme dread within the halls of this abandoned Chinese-style medical facility.
Aug 11, 2026
Horse Magnifier: The Full Horse - this is a game about magnifying horses.
Aug 10, 2026
The Skin Stapler - The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.
Aug 6, 2026
Dissolution of the Silent Union - The silent union of two girls begins to dissolve in an abandoned high school. A melancholic and liminal short story played in a single sitting, where the fear of collapse is felt at every moment.
Jul 28, 2026
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CPU Invaders - Invaders are living inside your computer. You shouldn't let that happen! Interact with your desktop while playing, watch Youtube videos, chat with your friends and more! CPU Invaders overlaps the game itself with your computer screen.
Feb 17, 2017
DISTRAINT 2 - You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.
Nov 13, 2018
The Chant - A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.
Nov 3, 2022
Ad Infinitum - When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
Sep 14, 2023
Exit From - Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
Apr 16, 2021
CONTROL Ultimate Edition - Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Aug 27, 2020
The Beast Inside - The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Oct 17, 2019
NUTS - NUTS is a single-player walking simulator surveillance mystery. Record the squirrels, report your findings, and piece together what’s really going on in Melmoth Forest.
Feb 4, 2021
Remothered: Tormented Fathers - Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Jan 30, 2018
Stories Untold - Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
Feb 27, 2017
>observer_ - The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Aug 15, 2017
Layers of Fear (2016) - A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Feb 15, 2016
Top Rated
Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.
Steam Engine Simulator - The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Jun 7, 2023
Paper Lily - Chapter 1 - Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Jan 26, 2024
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue - Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Oct 15, 2021
Patrick's Parabox - A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
Mar 29, 2022
Ib - A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
Apr 11, 2022
Picayune Dreams - Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...]
Dec 4, 2023
Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim - If you've ever wanted to romantically pursue a phone, then hot DARN, do I have just the game for you.
Feb 14, 2022
Firework - An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
Feb 3, 2021
The Room Two - Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.
Jul 5, 2016
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It - USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Nov 10, 2025
BABBDI - Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.
Dec 22, 2022
