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Bite-Sized Scares
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A free-to-play collection of short indie horror games with varied mini-experiences and a relaxed, snack-friendly tone, playable in about three hours.

Dread X Collection
A compact anthology of ten short indie horror games with a five-hour total runtime, featuring mixed but often creative scares.
2020-05-26
- Shooter
- Action

First person

Platform

Puzzle

Thriller

Adventure

Horror

Survival

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Arcade

Card & Board Game

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Perceptions of the Dead

A short, free single-player adventure following three eerie stories about the dead and things beyond the veil.

2017-10-31

Adventure
Indie
Visual Novel

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Trash Horror Collection

A collection of ten short 80s-style trash horror games you can play in any order, offering quick scares and a bit of comedy in about five and a half hours.

2022-06-16

Adventure
Indie

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[Stories to Tell] Greyville Stay

A free, single-player psychological horror walking simulator drawn from the developer's nightmares, delivering a suspenseful, atmospheric experience in a very short ~40-minute playthrough.

2025-01-06

First person
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Simulator

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Dread X Collection 2

A 12-game horror anthology with a tape-collecting meta narrative and hub-based puzzles, delivering roughly 11–13 hours of varied indie scares.

2020-08-21

Shooter
Action
First person
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Side view
Text
Point-and-click
Visual Novel

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Notebook Entries Vol. 1

A brief indie horror anthology of vignettes, each using a distinct tension method, with unsettling creatures and a deeply creepy atmosphere.

2022-11-11

Action
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Simulator

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Trash Horror Collection 3

A fast-paced collection of 10 short, campy horror-comedy exploration games with a retro 80s/90s cult-movie vibe.

2023-03-24

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie

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The Permanent Residence : Souls Kept

A free-to-play, single-player episodic psychological horror game of sinister short stories in a cursed place, with a very short reported playtime and very positive reviews.

2024-12-06

First person
Horror
Indie

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Fragments of Dread - False Haven

A free-to-play episodic psychological horror adventure with a creepy world-switching mechanic and short, self-contained survival stories.

2025-10-07

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie

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SPOOKWARE: Watch Party

A short single-player collection of spooky, fast-paced microgames inspired by horror classics, bundling three iterations including the original 20-game challenge and a video-store themed mode.

2021-11-16

Action
Adventure
Indie

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10 Seconds

A short, easy time-loop puzzle horror about escaping a failed experiment, with about 90 minutes of playtime.

2025-01-30

First person
Horror
Indie

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Dread X Collection 5

A ~10-hour horror anthology of 12 indie games tied together by a narrative set in a creepy, run-down party venue.

2022-05-20

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie