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Horror

Featuring tense atmospheres, unsettling themes, and often supernatural elements designed to frighten or disturb players. Games in this category may include jump scares, psychological terror, or survival elements set in eerie environments.

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Text based

Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)

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Death Incarnate - Part 1
Can you escape madness?
Xevi Hafeez Aqeel
Adventure
Play in browser
Strayed
The woods are waiting.
adventurecow
Role Playing
In My Dreams
What do you dream of?
MooseboyGames
Adventure
Tuuli
An interactive ritual
rubereaglenest
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Lars
A graphic psychological horror text adventure
hankworx
Visual Novel
Play in browser
[redacted] Life: End State
It was never just a horror game.
Norbez Jones (call me Bez)
Visual Novel
Play in browser
FRAID: A TEXT-BASED GAME
A TEXT BASED HORROR GAME
Jack Kelly
Action
Dark As Blood
A short, text-based horror game inspired by Slavic folklore
Misha [he/they]
Role Playing
Play in browser
oooh.ga
£1.99
Gather round... it's time to die.
BlueDeadpool
Adventure
GIF
ＳＰＥＣＴＲＵＭ ＧＩＲＬＳ
It's about lesbians on motorcycles. The end.
TUB
Visual Novel
You're Going To Be Fine (Branches)
$1
Escape your fairy tale nightmare in this short text game.
Megan
Interactive Fiction
The Curious Incident at Blackrock Township
When a young girl is accused of witchcraft, her responses will determine her fate.
bitterkarella
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
Night House
You're eight years old and alone in the house tonight. But something is lurking outside...
bitterkarella
Interactive Fiction
Ajana Path
A small text adventure in bengali
Sumana
Play in browser
Cold Iron
A short, text-based horror game inspired by European witch folklore
Misha [he/they]
Role Playing
Play in browser
GIF
_transfer
$10
a story about computers, memory, and the end of the world
Abyssal Uncreations
Adventure
GIF
RE: CASTMEMBERS MEMO
ALL castmembers must read before entering the park.
peachymilk
Play in browser
All Visitors Welcome
Spend the night at a state park with a sinister secret
bitterkarella
Interactive Fiction
YOUR PARTY IS DEAD
Unfortunately, death is not the end.
Norbez Jones (call me Bez)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Speaker
jonvandyke
Play in browser
Futility
AN INTROSPECTION TO HORROR
aiwulf
Adventure
Play in browser
Corrupter of Dreams
You are a nightmare in paradise.
Robert Patten
Adventure
Play in browser
Werifesteria
Does a scream in the forest make a sound?
adventurecow
Simulation
Play in browser
Going Down
Journey to another world. Return if you can.
Hanon Ondricek
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
GIF
Where we'll live for nine days
Half-remembered fragments that possibly happened
Pseudavid
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
little
a tiny yarn for ectocomp
CMG
Play in browser
Arkham Investigator
Ectocomp 2017 (GG)
Delacannon
Adventure
Play in browser
This is Your House
$1.04
A short horror game, in twine.
jestershark
Adventure
Play in browser
It's (Not) The End Of The World
Fulfill your destiny. Save humanity. Don't let your ex get in the way.
Steph Armstrong
Play in browser
House on the hill
MCacique
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
NEON NIGHTMARE
Alien Invasion Choose Your Own Adventure Game!
ARCADEdreams
Role Playing
Nightmare Library
Short horror game
Heikerana
Play in browser
The End of Warren's House
nbgstudio
Adventure
Mayfly LD#40
Silkworm
Visual Novel
GIF
The Birthday Dungeon
It’s your birthday. You’ve received the keys to a dungeon. This won’t end well.
Green Giraffe
Adventure
The Forest's Entwine
A horror style choose your own adventure game
acohen95
Adventure
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