Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a missing persons case on Velvet Island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

You died? So what? Tuck your guts back in and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.

Happy's Humble Burger Barn was the prototype concept we published on Itch.io in 2020. A little over a year later we created our fully featured title Happy's Humble Burger Farm. We wanted to release the prequel on steam so the game can be experienced by those who have never played it before! Have you ever DREAMED of working at the best burger place ever? Your dream is about to become a reality as you just landed a brand new job at Happy's Humble Burger Barn! Welcome to Happy Humble's Burger Barn, home of the chilled beef burger, can we take your order? It's time to show your new boss what you're made of. Don't let the Happy's Humble Family down! Featuring a state-of-the-art Burger Chef Simulation™ that'll get your buns toasted and patty sizzlin'. The burger cooking is so realistic your very perception of reality will abruptly fade into a kaleidoscope of introspective turmoil that is re-transmitted as the ultimate low-poly PS1 burger cooking experience! The sizzle of the burgers as they cook on the grill, like music to your ears, will lull you into a deep relaxation not unlike an ASMR whisperer with a rare talent and the highest-end microphone connected directly into your ears like vintage Leslie speakers with the rotary cranked. The crispy green lettuce, the tomato oh-so ripe and juicy, the onions sliced to perfection will have your taste-buds surfing the waves of satisfaction, impressing all the tourists that had congregated at Burger Beach on Flavor Island. Tend to your customers as their demand for Happy's delicious Chilled Beef Burgers increases every minute. Satiate their hunger, quench their thirst...after all, the customer is always right.

A Villain Protagonist, High Fantasy, Horror RPG in which you, Player, will control Scythe and his party of Deathtouched as they take part in a story rich conquest through the world of Trebezia. Gods and Goddesses will try to stop you... but hey you're the villain... and being evil is so. much. fun.

Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, Our Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.

My Night Job is an action-skills game, inspired by the 80s horror, full of visual and musical references from several movies.In a 16-bit old school style, the game revives the age of disputed arcades, when the dream was to put the initials there in the first position.  The gigantic haunted mansion has 26 areas to explore, all infested with creatures of all kinds: from zombies to gargoyles, demonic dogs, murderous robots and more and the big goal is to rescue at least 100 people The player has to save all of them with what he finds inside the house: bicycles, crates, umbrellas, chests, safes, knives, tennis, statues, vases, mallets, shotguns, etc.

Find the Truth Or Die In Shame and Terror
No Son Of Mine is a survival horror game focused on combat, stealth, exploration, puzzle solving and uncovering a gruesome mystery. Your job is to find the truth, before he finds you. You will be hunted. You will be terrorized. Can you survive?
Face The Boy
He's intelligent, unpredictable, deadly and cruel. He will stalk and terrorize you. But maybe there is more to him than meets the eye...

Watch the Lights
Despite being armed with the best combat technology money can buy - THE CB 9000, as well as other useful tools, it is advised that you avoid dark areas and hide immediately if the lights go out. Or prepare for a fight, if you're brave enough.

Pay Attention
Your enemy is unpredictable and can attack at any moment, from unexpected places. Utilize in-game mechanics which may give you an early warning of impending doom.
Master the Mechanics
No Son Of Mine does not hold your hand, it's aimed at players who enjoy a challenge, but you have what it takes to survive. Pay attention to your surroundings and don't panic. Good luck.

Peripeteia is an upcoming first-and-third-person game, mixing shooter, stealth and RPG mechanics. Heavily inspired by immersive sims made by Ion Storm and Looking Glass Studios; Peripeteia expands upon the formula with original ideas and an unexplored setting. In an alternate history cyberpunk Poland, a young cybernetic supersoldier named Marie must make her way as a Mercenary in a post-Soviet city full of corruption and opportunity; where nations, powerful factions and ideologies clash. You will be forced to use your wits, tact, and raw violent nature to complete tasks shrouded in conspiracy and mystery. Logic, skill and ruthless cunning will win you the day in an interactive and highly adaptive world. When that fails, a loaded gun and the ability to create your own climbing routes virtually anywhere, will suffice. Have you found yourself hungering for a sense of survival, accomplishment, and player choice long absent from this dark and belied industry? Then consider joining us in the lights of the Eastern Night with Peripeteia.

Fresh from The Indie Horror Showcase, check out the latest gameplay trailer for System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition — Nightdive Studio's remaster of the 1999 classic sci-fi horror action role-playing game. 

Nightdive Studios has taken their restorative talents to a game that many consider one of the best first-person shooters of all time. Like its remastered predecessor, System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition has been rebuilt for modern platforms using Nightdive Studios’ proprietary KEX Engine, offering players the definitive System Shock 2 experience with improved visuals, enhanced gameplay, and vastly improved performance.

Set out on a rescue mission into the harsh cold of the Arctic Ocean in search of HMS “Erebus” and HMS “Terror" in this turn-based strategy game. What will YOU do when harsh weather and limited supplies force you into impossible decisions?

The Day Before is an open-world MMO survival set in a deadly, post-pandemic America overrun by flesh-hungry infected and survivors killing each other for food, weapons, and cars. You wake up alone in a world you no longer remember, setting out to find answers and the resources to survive.

“What goes on in the mind of a killer?” Modern crime dramas often build on this question of cognitive theory criminal psychology. What if instead of entering the killer’s mind, an investigator could explore the unconsciousness of the victim? Seek the answer in The Signifier: Director’s Cut, a psychological thriller that blends experimental parapsychology, artificial intelligence, and technology on a journey into the realms of the unconscious mind. As so often is the case, the outcome may reveal the truth behind the saying, “be careful what you look for.”

Set after the events of the 1982 John Carpenter movie, The Thing: Remastered is a squad based 3rd person shooter, where each member of your team is equipped with a range of weapons and items to help you in your quest to destroy The Thing.

A first-person horror adventure in which you will be involved in a surreal plot, with apparitions and mysterious characters that will accompany you.
You have no name, you are unique, but your faithful friend, a large dog, will be your faithful follower.

Shines Over: The Damned will take you into a unique experimental adventure, in which your senses will be involved in a mysterious atmosphere, from which you will not know what will happen. Will you be able to reach the end of this adventure?

A unique story, with scares, tension, puzzles, skill, and everything... without weapons and with a faithful companion who will be with you. Our faithful dog, a German shepherd, will guide us through the most suspicious places in Shines Over: The Damned and will make your heart race at every step.

Beware of the dangers that lie in wait for you in Shines Over: The Damned. You have been warned.

Turn back the clock for one of the pioneers of the survival-horror genre. Translated and released outside of Japan for the first time, Clock Tower: Rewind is a revival of the terror-inducing 16-bit classic that dares you to explore the haunting confines of the Barrows family manor. As teenage orphan Jennifer, you must search every disturbing corner to find items, reveal secrets, and discover ways to evade Scissorman, a murderous, unstoppable, shears-wielding psychopath.

Play Original mode to experience Clock Tower as it was when initially released in 1995, or play Rewind mode with extra content and improvements. Additional features include a new animated intro, opening and ending vocal theme songs, motion comics, creator interview, art gallery, border artwork, save states, and a music player. The clock is ticking...can you survive?

Explore the forgotten levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the new terrors that reside below. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

These monsters have no mercy for you...

Self-Delusion is a first-person survival horror in the original setting of Slavic fairy tales. You will faces such unique monsters like: Kolobok, Leshy, Boggart, Lapot and other creepy creatures. Explore, hide or run. Just don't get devoured by them.

Features:

- Horror in the original setting
Monsters unique to the horror genre, only found in fairytales and folklore up 'til now.

- Opponents with unique abilities and behavior pattern
Find your survival strategy based on the behavior of the monsters and the environment.

- Atmosphere
Tense atmosphere complete with jump scares and heart hammering races to beat the clock.

- Exploring
Explore a strange village house and other locations. Can you uncover the secrets of these places?

As an employee of a mysterious organization, your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and report other-worldly anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory.

Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb to paranoia?

Monitor surveillance cameras across six unique levels, each with their own unnerving "anomalies"—supernatural occurrences ranging from moving furniture to otherworldly intruders. Report anomalies to ""fix"" them, and survive the night.

I'm on Observation Duty is the original viral franchise that ignited a trend in spot-the-difference horror games that have been loved by players and streamed for millions by legendary content creators.

The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
The Extrication is a standalone sequel to The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation, and is a reimagined adaptation of the thriller film The Bridge Curse 2: Ritual. It is a first-person survival horror game, seen from the perspective of multiple characters, that uses a modern, campus ghost story as the basis for its plot.
The Story
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication takes place at Wen Hua University, one of the ten universities in Taiwan known for its unsettling ghost stories. To attract new members to the film club, a group of students has decided to hold the Carnival of Horror in the Da Ren building, which abounds with rumors of ghost sightings. They plan on re-enacting a bizarre case that happened on campus decades ago and turning it into a horror movie, but as they rush to film in the depths of night, strange things start to happen...


At the same time, a reporter arrives on campus after receiving an eerie letter in hopes of resolving a mysterious missing persons case from the past. After piecing together a series of clues, the mystery unravels and a massive conspiracy covered in darkness is on the verge of emerging.

As they frantically try to escape, the terrifying being behind the specter-infested building gradually reveals itself... With demons closing in and impending doom at hand, will anyone survive the horrors of the night?

Best Xbox Series X|S Horror Games

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Dead of Darkness

CULTIC

Happy's Humble Burger Barn

Lucid Soul

My Friendly Neighborhood

My Night Job – Definitive Edition

No Son Of Mine

Peripeteia

System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition

Terror: Endless Night

The Day Before

The Signifier: Director’s Cut

Garten of Banban 7

The Thing: Remastered

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

Cursed Feed

Beyond Hanwell

Shines Over: The Damned

Clock Tower: Rewind

Garten of Banban 6

Self-Delusion

Phasmophobia

I'm on Observation Duty 6

Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut

The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

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