Three tickets for an art gallery somewhere in the deserts surrounding Morocco. That's how it starts. But how it ends is an entirely different matter. And it is wonderful for it.
Live the life of the sole fisherman of Pleonexia, and survive against the tide of increasingly-demanding townspeople who, for some bizarre reason, have an insatiable desire for your seemingly-ordinary fish.
A short, brilliant platformer with some meta-elements expertly-integrated for a very enjoyable 30-45 minutes.
Be the fish. Choose up or down. (And find the dance number.) Black comedy at its finest.
A wonderful, horrifying metaphor for deep trauma, LevelHeaded brings you up, down and below all the trauma of one janitor and his recent loss.
A dark Germanic fairy tale where names have power, and the unwary are quickly ensnared by evil. Well-told with beautiful art and excellent voice acting, definitely a great VN to play.
You are one Dr. Thornheart, occult scientist and exorcist. You've been travelling through the Forest, seeking the root cause of its residents and neighbors' continual bad luck and hostile supernatural occurrances. While this is certainly not the end of that journey, nor its beginning, it's definitely the best part thus far. Great dialogue and puzzles, choices which actually matter, and a masterfully-told mix of traditional and Lovecraftian horror.
Welcome to the Mystery Flesh Pit Planet, engineer! Keep your creaky, accident-prone neck of the woods up and running, and all will be well. Probably.
A well-executed creepypasta which explores the fictional hypothetical of the legendary, genre-blending TV game show Knightmare being far more real than its creators would prefer to admit.
Your GF doesn't know what you're into. And she really shouldn't. But you're going to tell her anyways, aren't you? See how that goes in this wonderfully creepy visual novel.
Try out the Enigma Machine, and become entranced by the first game of Enigma Studio's surreal, technological, and uncanny horror trilogy.
Tinker, tailor, soldier, or spy? Or just a normal woman going through a psychotic breakdown? Whatever she is, she's getting to the bottom of it with some self-surgery and a stolen X-ray machine.
Alex is south of real, and the stars have come a'reaping. Time to put your past in order before you're culled.
As an adherent of the (fictional in real life) "Underwater Catholicism" school of thought, you probe the depths for proof of your beliefs. But as you'll soon discover, some things man was meant to know comes with a price....
His name is literally "You". And his life, despite his protestations otherwise, is quite unusual. Take this delight for a spin.
Enter this officially-licensed video game in the world of Wasteland Radio. Quirky, fun, and just a blast to play.
A modern-day witch and single mother deals with a home invasion. Unfortunately for them, you have...uses...for uninvited guests.
For a certain, unfortunate, and pitiable group of real people, "the sun shines red" is a very powerful reminder of their past sins for which they'd rather atone. Play this game if you want to experience their pain and sorrow.
Don't fear the reaper's curse - weaponize it. You've got packages to deliver.
If you're a fan of RedLetterMedia, this is the Hack Fraud Simulation.
A highly atmospheric and well-written visual novel clearly meant as the spiritual successor to the obscure, but just as atmospheric and well-written visual novel Mirrors for the old Japanese PC-98 computer system. Strange, lonely, and in a world where the natural and supernatural are far closer to each other than most realize.
Do it for her. After all, you have no reason not to, right? Right?...
It may be the official PICO-8 conversion of Superhot, but it's somehow still the same great game despite being made on much weaker hardware than we have today.
Drive and putt, until it is done.
A talking crow is scared for the lives of everyone living in Ryo's little village. But given about whom he's warning seems quite good-hearted, is the crow's scare really merited?...
A masterful modern-day Lovecraft-style short story told through the medium of a point-and-click adventure game.
As a 1940's radio station DJ, deal with the fallout from the discovery of a tenth planet in our solar system (not a typo - Pluto hadn't be demoted from "planet" status yet). Wonderfully tense.
They say limitations breed greatness. Limbo Line is a textbook example of that saying. Made in just one month, yet so packed to the brim with excellent storytelling, great voice acting, and a smorgasboard of equally-excellent optional content that it feels like it took years to make.
A game near and dear to my heart, it's a great play, especially if you want to learn the plight of those like myself who are high-functioning disabled persons.
