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A supernatural thriller adventure through 1980s Hollywood, a haunted town, and Hell, with a strong story, mild puzzles, and an ominous mood running about 6.5–8 hours.

Slender Threads: Prologue
A compact paranormal point-and-click mystery in a seaside town, where a traveling salesman investigates horrific deaths over roughly three hours.
2021-09-15

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Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place

A compact single-player psychological horror adventure with mouse-driven puzzles, where nightmares haunt a room-bound protagonist.

2024-03-19

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view
Mystery
Point-and-click
Visual Novel

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Homebody

A single-player survival-horror thriller with time-loop puzzles, a female lead, and a haunting emotional story, running about nine to ten hours.

2023-06-01

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie

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Fear the Spotlight

A compact third-person horror adventure set in a haunted high school, blending a spooky yet cozy atmosphere with tactile puzzles and a séance-gone-wrong mystery.

2024-10-22

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Indie
Stealth

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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

A roughly nine-hour point-and-click urban thriller where a down-and-out private eye hunts a serial killer through clue-gathering and logical puzzle-solving.

2025-05-20

Adventure
Indie
Side view
Mystery
Point-and-click

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Kathy Rain: Director's Cut

A roughly eight-hour 1990s point-and-click detective tale with a dark occult mystery, a small-town setting, and logical puzzles.

2021-10-26

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Mystery
Point-and-click

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The Haunting of Joni Evers

A dark supernatural mystery adventure in Oklahoma, featuring a haunted house, generational curse, and memory exploration in a roughly five-hour single-player experience.

2025-01-13

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator
Mystery
Drama

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Decarnation

A compact pixel-art horror adventure blending action puzzles and surreal dream sequences, with a female-led narrative and generally praised for its striking visuals.

2023-05-31

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Drama

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Heartworm

A compact single-player survival horror set in a memory-born world, where you defend with a camera and solve death's mysteries in a haunting ~7-8 hour campaign.

2025-07-31

Shooter
Action
Puzzle
Horror
Survival
Third person
Indie

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Killer Frequency

A first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, where you play a radio host helping callers survive a slasher killer in a story-rich, atmospheric adventure with multiple endings.

2023-06-01

Action
First person
Comedy
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator
Virtual Reality

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Paranormal VHS

A compact VHS-styled horror adventure where a vlogger explores haunted locations and faces intense jumpscares, in roughly 2.5–3 hours.

2023-09-15

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness

A tense, sad single-player adventure blending point-and-click puzzles and light survival horror as you navigate a nightmare labyrinth tied to grief and madness.

2023-10-16

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie