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A ~1-1.5 hour first-person psychological horror with five interlocking scary stories, known for loud jump scares and a tough, opaque path to the ending.

Violent Horror Stories 2
A ~5-hour single-player anthology of short-form psychological horror games themed around confinement, mixing unsettling vignettes with detective-style puzzles.
2025-11-18
- First person
- Puzzle

Horror

Indie

Side view

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SEPTEMBER 1999

A free, single-player found-footage horror game with a VHS aesthetic that runs exactly 5 minutes 30 seconds, delivering a brief psychological horror experience.

2018-10-10

First person
Horror
Indie

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Tales of the Forgotten

A compact PSX-style horror anthology of three ghost stories with jump scares and multiple endings, taking roughly 80 minutes to complete.

2025-03-28

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Mystery

Hundred Doors cover art

Hundred Doors

A short, atmospheric psychological-horror walking simulator about exploring unsettling rooms behind one hundred doors.

2026-01-26

First person
Horror
Indie

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Locked in my Darkness 2: The Room

A short psychological horror walking sim with light puzzles and chase sequences, set between realities and lasting around two hours.

2026-02-11

First person
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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Cotard

A brief, choice-driven psychological horror spanning three parts with four endings and a tense, atmospheric feel.

2025-10-27

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie

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Whispering Death

A very short free horror puzzle adventure where solving puzzles while being watched can end in one wrong move.

2025-11-28

First person
Adventure
Indie

Real Scary cover art

Real Scary

A brief solo psychological horror game that gets scary within minutes, designed for immersive late-night headphone play.

2019-05-11

Adventure
Indie
Simulator

Exanimum: The Silent Call cover art

Exanimum: The Silent Call

A brief, single-player first-person psychological horror about confronting chilling mysteries and secrets.

2024-03-11

First person
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie

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Violent Horror Stories: anthology

A brief, dark anthology of four single-player horror vignettes, each an author's take on pursuit, that reviewers finish in about 90 minutes.

2024-08-06

Action
First person
Puzzle
Horror
Indie
Side view
Simulator

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Phobophobia 1.0 – The Experiment

A short first-person psychological horror puzzle game where players traverse 10 phobia-themed rooms in a mysterious facility, solving puzzles and following a guiding voice, though controls and repetition are criticized.

2025-10-18

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie

JPEG cover art

JPEG

A ~20-minute first-person psychological horror walking sim about performing routine apartment tasks while reality slowly breaks down, with loud jumpscares and an oppressive atmosphere.

2026-05-28

Indie