Developed by Cozy Game Pals and published by Blumhouse Games, Fear the Spotlight is a lo-fi horror game with retro gameplay. One that delivers light frights, disturbing atmosphere, and a compelling story.
One of the most immersive horror games in recent times, Still Wakes the Deep can be simply summed up as John Carpenter’s The Thing but set on an oil rig. Yet, as exciting as that is, a simple summation does little to explain the emotional heft that the story has, nor does it truly convey the depressive terror that the environment creates.
From developer and publisher Team17 comes Killer Frequency, a first-person horror game that takes the form of a story-driven murder mystery walking simulator with puzzle aspects.
A first-person horror game that has the thickest of indie veins running through it, Mothered doesn’t initially grab the attention, but with perseverance, a delightfully dark and twisted tale is revealed.
At first, Anthology of Fear looks to be doing nothing different than any other first-person, story-based, mild-puzzling solving horror game. Yet, the more time spent in its dark and creepy locales, the more it stands out. If only because it chooses atmosphere over jump scares… for the most part.
Developed by Striking Distance Studios and published by Krafton, The Callisto Protocol blends survival horror with action, and is played from the third-person perspective.
Cheap, ugly and as about as scary as a broken-down funhouse that is to be retired that night, Allison’s Diary: Rebirth is a horror-themed walking simulator.
The Padre is retro-stylised, old-school gameplay-wise, horror game that does just about enough right to make it a decent play.
