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Rescue the Hostages: Cryptic Countdown
Games like Rescue the Hostages: Cryptic Countdown

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Games like Rescue the Hostages: Cryptic Countdown

A tense FMV thriller where players solve timed anagram puzzles to defuse a bomb and save hostages, with brief high-pressure sessions.

The Lancaster Leak - Crisis At Call Center
A short, interactive found-footage investigation into a leaked tape covering up a call center disaster.
2023-08-29
- Action

Horror

Indie

Point-and-click

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Bomb Squad Academy

A short, casual puzzle game about defusing bombs by solving wire-cutting logic puzzles under time pressure.

2017-03-27

Puzzle
Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Butcherman

A brief psychological horror adventure about escaping a serial killer, focused on exploration and puzzle solving.

2026-05-21

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie

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Hacked: The Streamer

A choice-driven FMV detective thriller where you investigate clues to unmask a blackmailer targeting a streamer, with a short runtime and mixed reception.

2026-04-06

First person
Thriller
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Mystery
Drama

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Dyping Escape

A short under-two-hour single-player typing adventure in which a mysterious eyeball's instructions become reality, turning a simple exercise into unsettling psychological horror.

2026-03-13

Adventure
Horror
Indie

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HANGMAN

A brief, eerie indie puzzle game reimagining hangman through dark note-decoding and multiple endings.

2024-10-30

Puzzle
Thriller
Horror
Indie
Side view

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You Can Save Everyone

A short horror meta-puzzle game about communicating via a console to save people in a locked facility, with puzzle and fighting-game-style sequences.

2024-01-22

Adventure
Indie
Simulator

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M_rdle

A tense single-player horror word game where you guess words and use consumables to survive an esoteric being, with an intense, roughly 8-hour experience.

2025-10-21

First person
Puzzle
Thriller
Horror
Indie

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The Run

A single-player FMV horror-thriller where a fitness influencer's choices decide her survival across multiple endings, with a median reviewer playtime of about 8.5 hours.

2026-02-05

Action
Adventure
Horror

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Netbreak

A brief mouse-only horror-puzzle investigation into a snuff marketplace, with mostly positive Steam reviews.

2025-10-27

Action
First person
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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Cold Calling

A tense, silly point-and-click switchboard puzzle game about juggling calls to avert nuclear war in an alternate-history Cold War comedy.

2026-02-15

Comedy
Adventure
Indie

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Case Files: Internal Affairs

A short FMV murder mystery where you spot lies in police interrogation footage, with a strong story and solid acting.

2026-05-14

First person
Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Mystery