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A short, gloomy horror adventure about using a boy's glowing glass head to solve puzzles and rescue his family from monsters.

Children of Silentown
A dark, atmospheric point-and-click adventure about a girl investigating monster-related disappearances in a forest village, with accessible puzzles and a story-driven mystery spanning roughly 10-12 hours.
2023-01-11
- Puzzle

Adventure

Horror

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Point-and-click

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Gloomy Eyes

A cozy horror adventure where you switch between a zombie boy and a girl to solve puzzles in Tim Burton-esque levels, with a ~8-hour forbidden love story.

2025-09-12

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Indie

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GYLT

A gentle, story-driven horror adventure with puzzles, stealth, and light action, featuring a cute-but-creepy style and approachable difficulty.

2023-07-06

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Role-playing (RPG)

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9 Childs Street

A short, first-person indie horror game that puts a curious boy in a red cap inside a recently abandoned house with a terrifying, dark atmosphere.

2023-02-16

Indie

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Children of Silentown: Prologue

A brief, atmospheric dark-adventure prologue about a girl investigating disappearances in a monster-haunted forest village.

2020-11-25

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Don't Be Afraid

A tense, atmospheric survival horror adventure about a kidnapped boy exploring a psychopath's house, solving puzzles, and escaping—usually beatable in around four hours.

2020-12-17

Action
First person
Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Mystery

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Happy Game

A short, darkly surreal single-player adventure through a boy's gory nightmare.

2021-10-28

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Point-and-click

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Creepy Tale

A short, atmospheric 2D puzzle-adventure set in a dark fairy-tale forest, focused on solving puzzles to rescue your brother.

2020-02-21

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Indie

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Don't Be Afraid 2

A compact single-player horror escape room in a nightmare-filled mansion, with puzzle solving and a sinister atmosphere lasting roughly 3-4 hours.

2024-10-28

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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Bulb Boy 2: Jar of Despair

A short, dark adventure where you experiment with surreal item combinations and environmental tricks, playable via mouse or touch.

2025-10-23

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Arcade

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Lightkeeper's Curse

A compact single-player horror puzzle adventure about restoring light in a cursed keep while evading lurking darkness.

2025-10-09

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Simulator

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GraveBoy CrowFeet - A Quest for Skulls

A short spooky 2D adventure of exploration and light puzzling, with a skull-collecting quest to rescue your father from a demon.

2026-06-01

Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie