Top-Rated Free Short Games on Steam

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

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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.

DateBoy - Players say: On a restaurant date, secretly play a retro handheld platformer while choosing replies and trying to keep the conversation alive. Players like: Funny Dialogue · Multitasking Premise · Short Experience ·
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Secretly playing your Generic-90s-Handheld-Video-Game-Console during a first date? Shame on you!

this game will end in 205 clicks. - Players say: A supervillain barred from evil for a day passes the time with chores in a click-driven, linear visual novel. Players like: Meta Storytelling · Royal's Character · Queer Themes ·
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What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? WARNING: This is not the type of game where you can make meaningful choices.

INSERT GAME HERE - Players say: Follow a bickering game manager through a broken first-person game, explore strange spaces, and fire a cardboard popcorn gun. Players like: Meta Game-Dev Humor · Voice Acting · Heartfelt Story ·
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Got it! You're asking me to generate a short Steam description for a FPS that's dramatic, with shades of comedy, suspense, thrills, soft horror, emotional moments, and bombastic action. "[INSERT GAME HERE] is a-

DOGWALK - Players say: Control a big dog on a snowy walk, explore a handcrafted forest, and tow a child toward the missing pieces of a snowman. Players like: Handcrafted Paper Art · Dog-and-Kid Antics · Cozy Winter Mood ·
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Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.

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Jul 11, 2025
98% 👍
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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.

Fruit Stand Fortune - Players say: Run Kate the Cat’s fruit stand: spin slot machines, collect bouncing produce, sell it, and reinvest in new fruit and automation. Players like: Cute Pixel Characters · Quick, Relaxed Sessions · Rewarding Upgrade Progress ·
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Start with nothing and spin your way to the top! Gather fruit from slot machines and sell them to buy upgrades, new fruit types, and more! Unlock cute customers! Meet a Bear Wizard! Build your fruit empire with Fruit Stand Fortune!

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Jan 24, 2025
96% 👍
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Slash/Jump - Players say: A knight who cannot walk or jump uses sword-swing recoil to propel through hazards in a compact precision platformer. Players like: Distinctive Sword Movement · Responsive Controls · Thoughtful Level Design ·
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How do you platform if walking and jumping aren't an option? With a sword of course! Bounce and slash your way through this short and sweet, uniquely controlled precision platformer!

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.

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.

Sheepy: A Short Adventure - Players say: Guide a living plush sheep through a ruined facility, gaining movement abilities to platform, face threats, and uncover its past. Players like: Soundtrack and Sound · Pixel-Art Atmosphere · Smooth Platforming ·
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A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

Instruction - Players say: As a power-plant employee, click and upgrade five systems to meet the city’s voltage quota while uncovering your AI mentor’s story. Players like: Funny AI Dialogue · Story and Secrets · Quick Clicker Game ·
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Generate voltage while uncovering the mysteries of a power plant in this story-based clicker game.

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Feb 2, 2024
94% 👍
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Milo and the Christmas Gift - Players say: Guide Milo through snowy homes and gardens, searching scenes and solving point-and-click puzzles to recover a lost Christmas gift. Players like: Cozy Holiday Atmosphere · Hand-Drawn Artwork · Cat And Rabbit Charm ·
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Enjoy your Winter Holidays with Milo and the Christmas Gift: a free-to-play, short but sweet point-and-click spin-off about our favourite little cat, Milo, who once again needs your assistance! But this time, Milo needs help finding one runaway Christmas Gift!

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Dec 22, 2023
91% 👍
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Pineapple on pizza - Players say: Explore a tropical island of dancing residents in a brief first-person adventure that turns a quiet party into something stranger. Players like: Unexpected Dark Comedy · Memorable Short Experience · Catchy Island Music ·
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Golgotha - Players say: Explore a haunted railway station in first person, using a lantern and found keys or security cards to uncover its horrors. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Immersive Sound Design · Short Tense Experience ·
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Dare to explore the most haunted vicinity in all of England? You will leave no stone unturned as you walk along the eerie grounds of the Black Waters Station and uncover the horror that lies within.

Missing Hiker - Players say: Drive into a snowy wilderness and search on foot for your missing brother in a brief, first-person horror mystery. Players like: Creepy Atmosphere · Retro VHS Look · Surprise Scares ·
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Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.

memories - Players say: After a breakup, a young woman revisits a sapphic relationship through a visual novel built around memory-linked outfits. Players like: Emotional, Relatable Story · Cute Art Style · Sapphic Representation ·
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memories is a sapphic visual novel dress-up game where clothes are linked to painful memories of a failed relationship.

Locke(d) - Players say: Wake across from a stranger, question freedom and identity in conversation, and inspect a few objects in a short visual novel. Players like: Thoughtful Freedom Themes · Fourth-Wall Moments · Atmospheric Art And Sound ·
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BABBDI - Players say: Explore a strange concrete city, meet its residents, and use unusual tools to reach new places as you search for a way out. Players like: Eerie City Atmosphere · Freedom To Explore · Unusual Movement Tools ·
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Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

I Frog-ot - Players say: Help Diego, an amnesiac wizard turned frog, search a house for potion ingredients in a short adventure with branching endings. Players like: Cute, Silly Humor · Surprise Horror Shift · Multiple Endings ·
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A short horror- I mean, cute game :) Help a normal, innocent frog get back to his super awesome wizard self!! :O

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Dec 16, 2022
99% 👍
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Unsolved Case - Players say: Two detectives face a Cryptic Killer challenge, sharing clues across separate screens to crack codes and solve co-op puzzles. Players like: Co-op Communication · Collaborative Puzzles · Comic-Style Art ·
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A new lead turns up old doubts about an 'Unsolved Case'. A trap, or a copycat killer? In this co-op puzzle game prequel to the award-winning Cryptic Killer series, put on your detective badges as you collaborate and communicate to crack the codes, solve the riddles, and catch the Cryptic Killer.

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Nov 24, 2022
87% 👍
of 6.7k
Breadsticks - Players say: Guide a fox boy through wooded caves, throwing breadsticks as platforms and wall-jumping toward afternoon tea with Mr. Bear. Players like: Breadstick Platforms · Cute Fox Art · Short Fun Sessions ·
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A speed-based platformer with throwable platforms! Travel through the dangers in the woods as a fox boy to join afternoon tea with Mr. Bear.

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Nov 5, 2022
95% 👍
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Alien Removal Division - Players say: As the sole survivor of a 1950s facility invasion, wall-run, dash, and shoot your way through alien-filled halls. Players like: Parkour Movement · Fun Alien Shooting · Smooth Controls ·
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The invasion has started and the secret military research facility has fallen leaving only chaos. As the only survivor, you must fight your way through the military base against a horde of frantic aliens. A.R.D. is a FREE single-player first-person shooter made by students from Breda University.

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Jun 17, 2022
89% 👍
of 1.1k
Check it Out! - Players say: Work a cashier shift by checking customers’ groceries, handling robberies, and getting to know the eccentric people in line. Players like: Cute Art Style · Quirky Customer Stories · Relaxing Short Play ·
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Ever dreamt of working a cash register with no pay or real-life customer interaction? Look no further! This simulation game brings a fresh-take to the notoriously dull tasks of customer service, introducing you to a cast of wacky characters and the baggage they carry.

The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king - Players say: Pull a sword from a stone by dragging it with your mouse; each online success makes it longer and heavier for everyone. Players like: Absurd Sword Premise · Patient Pulling Challenge · Triumphant Victory Fanfare ·
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Are you The Rightful King™ or just a filthy peasant? The sword is waiting for you to lift it, but it gets longer and heavier each time someone else succeeds...

Aperture Desk Job - Players say: As a new Aperture Science employee, test desk-bound devices and learn Steam Deck controls in a comic, guided adventure. Players like: Portal-Style Humor · Steam Deck Tutorial · Funny Dialogue ·
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Introducing Aperture Desk Job — a free playable short made for the Steam Deck, set in the universe of the modestly popular Portal games.

Cave Crawler - Players say: Jump and shoot your way through five side-scrolling cave levels, avoiding enemies and hazards on the path to a boss fight. Players like: Quick Retro Platforming · Jumping And Shooting · Brief Fun Challenge ·
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Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.

How Fish Is Made - Players say: A sardine flops through a grim industrial machine, questioning other fish before choosing whether to go up or down. Players like: Surreal Atmosphere · Existential Choices · Absurd Musical Scene ·
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Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC!

Bubble People - Players say: Help a bubble person clear objects from illustrated scenes in a wordless story built around a simple point-and-click loop. Players like: Satisfying Bubble Popping · Relaxing To Play · Symbolic Story ·
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Bubble People is a point-and-click game, click on things with your mouse and have some fun!

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Oct 12, 2021
93% 👍
of 6.1k
Coloring Game 4 - Players say: Color numbered sections of pixel-art pictures, matching each number to its color to complete the canvas. Players like: Relaxing Coloring · Pixel-Art Pictures · Easy Controls ·
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The fourth game of the Coloring Game franchise (coloring by numbers). The game’s fans are going to enjoy the improved functionality and a multitude of new images.

Alpaca Stacka - Players say: Play as Paz, an alpaca exploring an island, hopping over terrain and gathering lost chicks to carry back to their mother. Players like: Cute Art Style · Relaxing Atmosphere · Simple Family-Friendly Play ·
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A 3D adventure platformer where you play as a kind alpaca dedicated to helping their animal friends.

Suspicious Downpour - Players say: Shelter in a forest tent during a storm, using a flashlight and keyboard-based interactions to uncover a comic horror encounter. Players like: Rainy Forest Atmosphere · Sound and Music · Unexpected Comedy ·
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Suspicious Downpour is a very short single-player comedy horror experience about getting stuck in a storm while out camping. Sit in your tent with your trusty flashlight in the calm rain and just relax. Just be warned If you look for trouble you might find it.

Samorost 1 - Players say: Guide a space gnome through wordless point-and-click puzzles to divert an asteroid threatening his drifting home. Players like: Distinctive Art Style · Dreamlike Atmosphere · Gentle Scene Puzzles ·
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Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

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May 20, 2021
96% 👍
of 5.5k
Dead Seater - Players say: As Jesse searches the Vincent estate to reunite his family, he finds keys, keeps the lights on, and evades threats before Father returns. Players like: Tense Horror Atmosphere · Effective Sound Design · Distinctive Camera Framing ·
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Explore the halls and travel deeper into the Vincent estate, but beware what lurks there. Father is coming home.

Mitoza - Players say: Guide a seed through surreal transformations by choosing between two options, then explore the branching outcomes as the cycle loops back. Players like: Surreal Visuals · Unexpected Outcomes · Absurd Humor ·
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It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.

Cloud Climber - Players say: As a lone climber in a water-starved world, explore towering ruins, uncover their history, and keep ascending toward the clouds. Players like: Distinctive Visual Style · Melancholy Atmosphere · Intriguing Premise ·
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A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Tukoni: Prologue - Players say: Guide a forest spirit through a hand-drawn woodland, helping animals by exploring, collecting and combining items to solve visual puzzles. Players like: Hand-Drawn Art · Cozy Atmosphere · Relaxing Puzzles ·
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Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.

Perfect Vermin - Players say: Search surreal office floors for furniture-like vermin, smash them with a sledgehammer, and race against a timer. Players like: Surreal Story · Satisfying Destruction · Unsettling Atmosphere ·
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Your task is simple, exterminate all vermin. The sledge hammer you have been provided is capable of destroying almost all office appliances and furniture that may be uncooperative. Your time is running out.

Flicker of Hope - Players say: Guide Jean Wick, a living candle, through a plague-struck cathedral, hiding his flame and managing wax while evading monsters. Players like: Gothic Atmosphere · Candle Premise · Visuals and Lighting ·
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Flicker of Hope is a suspense thriller where you play as a small candle in the ruins of a dark cathedral. Though the halls are littered with victims of a mysterious plague, you are not the only soul left. Use the properties of a candle, and a trusty douter to prevent yourself from being discovered.

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Aug 2, 2020
93% 👍
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Kinoko - Players say: Play as forest spirit Kinoko, clearing snow and planting flowers to revive the woods and unlock new areas. Players like: Relaxing Atmosphere · Cute Forest Creatures · Colorful Visuals ·
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The crisp winter air fills your lungs, but you can feel the earth underneath calling for you. The warmth from the sun melts the snow away and flowers bloom. Spring is here.

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Jul 24, 2020
83% 👍
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Devolverland Expo - Players say: Sneak through an abandoned game expo, dodge security bots, and explore themed booths to uncover trailers, secrets, and lost promotional material. Players like: Interactive Expo · Themed Booths · Creative Promotion ·
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Devolverland Expo is a first-person 'marketing simulator' set within an abandoned convention center after the annual Devolver Digital game expo was mysteriously canceled.

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Jul 11, 2020
89% 👍
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Friendly Fire - Players say: Explore a magical 2D world, help its peculiar inhabitants through quests and dialogue, and uncover five possible endings. Players like: Charming Characters · Relaxing Atmosphere · Distinct Endings ·
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Can you save the world from an unknown destiny?

The Night Fisherman - Players say: As a Channel smuggler confronted by an armed stranger, steer a tense conversation, choose your actions, and frame the scene. Players like: Distinctive Art Style · Tense Dialogue · Camera Scene Switching ·
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A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?

Left on Read - Players say: During 2020 quarantine, a college freshman texts a crush in a story-driven platformer where messages become paths and replies are choices. Players like: Relatable Texting · Quarantine Nostalgia · Emotional Story ·
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It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel.

Samsara Room - Players say: Search a strange room, solve point-and-click puzzles, and move through surreal transformations on a journey toward escape. Players like: Eerie Surreal Atmosphere · Creative Puzzles · Distinctive Transformations ·
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You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

We Went Back - Players say: Wake alone on a deserted space station, revisit shifting corridors, gather clues, and crack the exit code in a horror time loop. Players like: Station Atmosphere · Changing Loops · Simple Puzzles ·
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We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.

There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015 - Players say: A sarcastic narrator insists nothing is here as you click through a point-and-click puzzle built around defying him. Players like: Funny Narrator · Inventive Puzzles · Fourth-Wall Humor ·
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A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

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Mar 18, 2020
97% 👍
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Super Bernie World - Players say: Play as Bernie Sanders in a retro side-scrolling platformer, leaping through U.S. levels and dodging political enemies. Players like: Mario-Style Platforming · Political Humor · Pixel Art ·
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Join Bernie's movement and transform the United States in this free retro 2D platformer.

Rhome - Players say: As architect Hailey Rhome searches her shifting, Escher-like home for her missing husband, she solves puzzles in a growing nightmare. Players like: Atmosphere and surreal, creative environments · Visual design and unusual architecture · Voice acting and Hailey's increasingly fearful narration ·
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Rhome is a first-person dark atmospheric exploration game made by students at SMU Guildhall. Players navigate an increasingly chaotic and psychologically unnerving environment to reveal the fate of Hailey Rhome. Proceeds from your purchase on Steam go to support student development.

The Supper - Players say: As tavern keeper Ms. Appleton, explore, solve item puzzles, and cook strange meals for customers under a voice’s command. Players like: Distinctive Pixel Art · Creepy Cozy Atmosphere · Memorable Short Story ·
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The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.