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Please Answer Carefully
a horror survey game
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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Home Safety Hotline
$14.99
A horror game about working in a 90's call center.
Night Signal Entertainment
Puzzle
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a man outside
a friendly horror game in your neighborhood
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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The Salt Keep
$4.99
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A traveling salesman's struggle to survive a night of horror
Small Gray Games
Adventure
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Chronicles of Tal’Dun: The Remainder
$9.99
-50%
A story of love, death and lies.
Nim
Visual Novel
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The Night Abridged
there is a whisper in the shadows...
ZICO
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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We Never Left: <Standalone>
On a dark and stormy night in 1983, the phone rings. “FINISH THE GAME”.
FYRE Games
Adventure
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WORLD OF HORROR
$19.99
1bit adventure game of cosmic horror inspired by the work of Junji Ito
panstasz
Role Playing
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To Be Human
An eldritch being finds a child.
KingOverlord
Interactive Fiction
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domvs
a gothic mystery
litrouke
Interactive Fiction
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10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
$2
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A short kinetic novel — on bright minds, and the end of all things.
Elliot Herriman
Interactive Fiction
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Mind Games: Trepidation
Horror, Sci-fi, Queer-friendly, and Romance... what more could you ask for?
Bottlecap Rabbit Games
Interactive Fiction
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Eczema Angel Orifice
$5
beautiful twine compilation
Porpentine
Adventure
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Code 7 - Episodes 2 & 3 Available Now
$22.99
What would you do if you found yourself trapped on an eerie space station with nothing but a computer?
Goodwolf Studio
Adventure
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What Girls Do in the Dark
A short slumber party text adventure ♡
olivebranche
Interactive Fiction
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Your Future Self
$2.99
A time-loop based experimental text adventure.
Contortionist Games
Adventure
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Your Phone Dies in 20 Seconds
You have 20 seconds to determine your fate.
Crimson Arcade
Interactive Fiction
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GIF
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BBirthday
$9.99
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BBirthday - Visual Novel
Yun Seven
Visual Novel
GIF
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sacrament iv.
calamity occult-horror rpg
melessthanthree
Role Playing
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Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service (Demo)
One day, HEINO's partner dies. He gets a new one.
etherane
Adventure
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Don't Die Alone
Spam has never been so deadly.
StephenW313
Visual Novel
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Typing...
A Chatroom Thriller
DancingEngie
Interactive Fiction
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The good people
Explore the weird, until the sunken things come for you
Pseudavid
Interactive Fiction
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Dave Microwaves Games Trilogy I
$1.50
A collection of horror games, each with their own distinct styles
Dave Microwaves Games
Adventure
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Sorry We're Open
$7.99
Welcome to the Corporate Ladder.
oates
Role Playing
GIF
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Buddy Simulator 1984 DEMO
Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!
Not a Sailor Studios
Simulation
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All Hail The Spider God
All Hail The Spider God is an eerie interactive fiction adventure about You, and all the Yous you've left behind.
Strange Scaffold
Interactive Fiction
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GUTLESS
hadopelagic false light
DOMINO CLUB
Interactive Fiction
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The House Abandon - Now part of 'Stories Untold'!
A nostalgic horror adventure game, inside another horror game, inside a tv show, inside a game.
jonNoCode
Adventure
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Blood On The Snow
A narrative adventure game.
Maricu
Adventure
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Suffer The Night(Demo)
The envelope is just the beginning. Burn it. Destroy it. Don't play his game. When you see him, it’s already too late.
TaintedPact Games
Survival
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SHINRAI - Broken Beyond Despair
$14.99
In bundle
A Murder Mystery Visual Novel.
GosatsuVNs
Visual Novel
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A Series of Interactive Stories Where No Matter What You Do You Are Immediately Killed by a Werewolf
Can you escape the werewolf? (No.)
Luke Burns
Interactive Fiction
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The Dust Below
The horizon is a haze of polluted ash.
TrulyDrew
Interactive Fiction
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Snakeroot.
[ INACTIVE ] A fantasy horror IF WIP.
cerberus
Interactive Fiction
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There's A Bear Outside
Isn't it nice that there is a perfectly normal bear at the window?
The Very Worst Thing
Interactive Fiction
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