No Vacation for an Executioner
Games like No Vacation for an Executioner

Games like No Vacation for an Executioner

A short, janky retro PS2-style horror ARPG about an executioner battling a monster riot in 17th-century Europe to uncover the truth.

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
A single-player Quake-engine retro FPS with dark, maze-like levels and a lengthy campaign, drawing mixed reviews for its hardcore challenge.
2024-02-27
- Shooter
- Action

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No Vacation for an Executioner
Games like No Vacation for an Executioner

Games like No Vacation for an Executioner

A short, janky retro PS2-style horror ARPG about an executioner battling a monster riot in 17th-century Europe to uncover the truth.

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
A single-player Quake-engine retro FPS with dark, maze-like levels and a lengthy campaign, drawing mixed reviews for its hardcore challenge.
2024-02-27
- Shooter
- Action

First person

Adventure

Horror

Fantasy

Open world

Verho - Curse of Faces

A dark first-person dungeon crawler with mask-based defense and soulslike combat, offering roughly 17 hours of eerie exploration in a cursed land.

2025-11-10

First person
Adventure
Fantasy
Role-playing (RPG)

Butcher's Creek

A short first-person melee horror game where you wield rusty tools against serial torturers in the Appalachian woods.

2025-01-23

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie

Crisol: Theater of Idols

A dystopian survival horror adventure set in a twisted Spain, where you explore a cursed island and spend your own blood as ammunition across roughly 11 hours of combat and puzzles.

2026-02-10

Shooter
Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Mystery

Dungeons of Blood and Dream

A stylish single-player action roguelike about a blood wizard navigating psychedelic death-loop dungeons with weapons and spells, in a dark surreal tone and a roughly 7-hour reviewer runtime.

2024-11-11

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Fantasy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

Saint of Chains

A tense retro-styled psychological first-person horror with melee/gun combat and puzzles, delivering a short ~4-hour experience with some frustrating combat.

2026-05-12

Shooter
Action
First person
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Mystery

Tyrant's Realm

A single-player roguelite action-adventure with retro visuals, procedurally generated dark fantasy worlds, a satisfying but easy combat loop, and a short campaign of roughly 5-7 hours.

2025-01-16

Action
Fantasy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

Tombwater

A Souls-like 2D action-RPG in a cursed Wild West town, blending brutal combat with Eldritch horror and rewarding exploration.

2026-03-31

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

The Tower on the Borderland

A compact ~7-hour horror adventure set in a monster-filled tower, blending Metroidvania exploration and soulslike combat with a bleak lovecraftian atmosphere.

2024-05-20

Action
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Third person
Indie

Dark PGT

A compact, high-difficulty single-player Souls-like set in an alternate future USSR, following an alcoholic-schizophrenic protagonist through a mysterious village in 2030.

2025-02-20

Action
Adventure
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity

A compact, isometric soulslike action-RPG with parry-focused combat and cosmic-horror estate exploration, clocking in around three hours.

2016-05-27

Action
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)
Historical

Heidelberg 1693

A short, challenging 2D action-adventure in a dark, twisted 17th-century Germany, blending musket combat and black magic, with clunky controls noted by reviewers.

2021-05-21

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Historical
Arcade

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin