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Higurashi When They Cry
Adventure 10 August 2002
Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese adventure in the visual novel category. The production is kept in a horror atmosphere and tells the story of a small village of Hinamizawa, which in June 1983 became the scene of a series of brutal murders. The game boils down primarily to passive tracking of the plot presented in text form enriched with simple pictures.
Whispering Willows
Puzzle 17 June 2014
Whispering Willows is a puzzle game developed by Night Light Interactive team. We play the role of a young girl looking for her father in a haunted house. In her adventures the heroine uses parapsychic powers, including astral projection skills.
Fran Bow
Adventure 27 August 2015
A two-dimensional point ‘n’ click adventure game that tells a terrifying story of a young girl that suffers from serious mental disorders. Fran Bow is the debut project of the two-people studio Killmonday Games and was funded thanks to a crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo. In the game, we assume the role of the eponymous Fran who witnesses the brutal murder of her own parents.
Twin Soul
Adventure October 2024
A survival horror focused on co-op gameplay. Twin Soul was developed by White Noise studio, which was previously famed for creating a Source Engine-based modification called Silent Hill: Alchemilla. Twin Soul is set in Russia, not long after the dissolution of the USSR. The players assume the roles of souls of dead people trapped in the purgatory, trying to find their way to the afterlife.
Uncanny Valley
Adventure 23 April 2015
A two-dimensional pixel art survival horror. It is a debut title of the independent Slovenian studio Cowardly Creations. In the game the player assumes the role of a night watchman who guards a mysterious factory in shifts with his friend. To kill some time, the protagonist decides to explore the building. He discovers things he would rather not know. As the story progresses, he learns new dark secrets about his working place.
Painkiller: Redemption
Action 25 February 2011
Another installment of the Painkiller series, this time developed by Eggtooth Team, a studio that started its career by creating fan mods for the previous installments in the franchise. The story is focused on Daniel Garner and Belial who join forces to put an end to the bloody conflict between heaven and hell. The developers prepared a new solo campaign in which we have to kill six thousand enemies.
Dante's Inferno: Trials of St. Lucia
Action 29 April 2010
Add-on to Dante's Inferno. The DLC has introduced a cooperation mode, in which together with other friends we can play a battle in one of the specially prepared arenas. One player can play St. Lucia, assisting Dante in his special attacks. The second novelty is the editor of the previously mentioned arenas and scenarios, which we can share and pass with other players.
Dementium II
Action 04 May 2010
Full-fledged continuation of the brutal and dark horror of 2007 created by Renegade Kid studio. We walk through dark corridors, fighting terrifying enemies and solving various riddles.
Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
Adventure 09 January 2011
A sequel to the Japanese game developed by studio 5pb. in 2010. The game combines old school, two-dimensional horror with the visual novel genre. The story of Corpse Party: Book of Shadows relates to events depicted in the original game and sheds new light on the plot and characters that were shown there. The game consists of seven chapters which present separate stories in which the protagonists from the original game participate.
Estranged: Act I
Adventure 16 January 2014
Self-modification to Half-Life 2, in which we play the role of a lonely fisherman trying to face the dangers on a mysterious island. The project, which turned into a fully-fledged, but free production, runs on a Source engine known from the second installment of the famous Valve series.
Twisted Lands: Shadow Town
Puzzle 23 October 2010
Twisted Lands: Shadow Town is the first installment of a series of logical games with elements of adventure, developed by Alawar Games development studio. The player plays the role of a man whose small boat crashes against the shores of an apparently deserted island. Having woke up after the accident, the survivor finds out that his wife has disappeared. So he sets off into the depths of the island with the hope of finding it.
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Adventure 25 October 2005
A horror action adventure game. The production refers to the work of H.P. Lovecraft and the universe he created. In the game, taking place in the year 1920, we play as detective Jack Walters, who has to find a missing person. The trails eventually lead the protagonist to the bottom of the town's dark secret. The game focuses on traveling through various locations, fighting against opponents and searching for clues.
Sanitarium
Adventure 30 March 1998
Sanitarium is an adventure game, realized in the convention of surrealistic horror. Developers from the DreamForge Entertainment studio were inspired by the literary work of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe. The action takes place in several separate worlds, and players have the opportunity to play, among others, the cyclop of Grimwall and the Aztec god Olmec.
Daemon Summoner
Action 31 March 2006
Chronicles of Vampire Hunter is a shooter from Atomic Planet studio, which is a kind of variation on the reality of Victorian England. According to this assumption, the title takes us to London, depicting the story that took place in 1888.
Penumbra: Overture
Adventure 30 March 2007
Penumbra: Overture is the first episode of the Penumbra cycle prepared by Frictional Games studio. The action of the program takes place in Greenland, in an abandoned research complex, which was captured by strange and very dangerous creatures.
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes
RPG 03 December 2020
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a horror action RPG with a view from above, created by independent studio Still Running. In the game we play as the last of the warriors from Dibrom, who was trained all his life to defeat seven acolytes.
Death of Rose
Adventure canceled
Death of Rose is a game belonging to the TPP horror genre, inspired by P.T. (Silent Hills), a cancelled production of Hideo Kojima. It is an independent debut of Polish developer from Bloober Team studio - Artur Laczkowski.
Goetia
Adventure 14 April 2016
A dark, Victorian-themed adventure game developed by Ynnis Interactive, an independent French studio. The story takes the player to the mysterious Blackwood Manor, where the female protagonist died years ago. Her name was Abigail, and her spirit has been summoned once again. The protagonist has to find out what happened here after she died, and what was the cause behind the Manor's abandonment.
The Convenience Store
Adventure 17 February 2020
Adventure game and 24-hour shop simulator combined. Take on the role of a young employee of the eponymous "The Convenience Store" and try to both survive and work your way through the shifts during lonely nights in a building that is possessed.
Dark Moonlight
Action 2024
Survival horror action adventure game. In Dark Moonlight we take on the role of a hero, who after an experimental therapy woke up in a dark world straight from a nightmare.
Martha Is Dead
Adventure 24 February 2022
First-person adventure game maintained in the genre of a dark psychological thriller. Martha is Dead transfers us to Tuscany in 1944. The production is the responsibility of an independent studio LKA, the creator of The Town of Light.
DYING: 1983
Adventure 17 February 2022
A horror adventure game in which we explore escape rooms and solve environmental puzzles, trying to find a way out. DYING: 1983 contains three times more puzzles than its predecessor - DYING: Reborn.
Estranged: The Departure
Adventure 22 May 2020
The second part of a series of FPP action adventure games, launched in 2014. In Estranged: The Departure, we play the role of a fisherman, who finds himself on a mysterious island. During the game, we explore its secrets and fight against enemies with cold weapons or firearms.
In Silence
Action 30 October 2021
Survival horror FPP designed for multiplayer action. At In Silence, one of the players takes on the role of a monster called Rake, while the rest of them are people whose task is to get out of the battle with him in one piece.