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A tense first-person survival horror in a dark forest where managing your campfire, gathering clues, and evading a mysterious 'she' makes for a short, oppressive ~2-hour experience.

THE DEVIL HAUNTS ME
A short pixel-art survival-adventure in a spooky forest, where exploration and scavenging are driven by permadeath and an eerie, lonely atmosphere.
2019-01-06
- Adventure
- Horror

Survival

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

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Siren Head: Awakening

A free-to-play first-person horror scavenger hunt in a dark forest, featuring a terrifying cryptid and a very short runtime.

2020-10-30

Action
First person
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Indie

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Lempo

A brief, atmospheric psychological horror exploration of Finnish folklore, where you navigate a forest to escape the otherworldly Metsänpeitto.

2023-09-07

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Mystery

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Veneficium

A free-to-play, single-player survival horror adventure in a cursed forest, blending stealth and spellcasting as Abigail searches for her grandmother.

2021-03-12

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Stealth

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The Strange Lights

A compact, atmospheric horror adventure about exploring a forest where people disappear amid strange flashes and sounds.

2026-02-07

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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Tales From Hoia Baciu Forest

A brief first-person horror walk through an eerie forest with an unseen stalker, rooted in Hoia Baciu lore.

2025-05-18

Adventure
Indie

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Wick

A tense first-person survival horror about exploring a haunted woods by candlelight, with procedural generation and a challenging, scary atmosphere.

2015-12-17

Action
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie

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DON'T SCREAM

A short horror walking sim where staying silent through a dark forest until 8 AM is the only goal, with mixed reviews for its scares and pacing.

2024-10-28

First person
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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SILENT BREATH

A tense co-op survival-horror game set in a dark forest where staying silent is key to finding missing people and surviving, but reviewers find it very short.

2024-04-05

First person
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Open world

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Feed The Flames

A tense single-player indie defense game about keeping a sacred flame burning until dawn in a shadowed, hostile forest.

2025-10-07

First person
Horror
Indie

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Campfire: Night One

A short, hands-off survival-horror adventure set in a cursed wilderness, with a suffocating atmosphere and a challenging experience that reviewers completed in about 79 minutes.

2026-02-10

Action
First person
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Simulator
Historical
Mystery

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DEADLIST

An early access psychological horror where you explore a shifting forest, uncover rituals, and flee madness, with mixed early reviews and rough technical edges.

2026-01-27

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie