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A single-player, dark, emotional action-adventure in which a teddy bear fights through nightmarish fairytale worlds to save its owner — a compact ~5-hour quest.

The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare
A short, dark fairy-tale action-adventure where a teddy bear and fairy sidekick rescue their owner from a nightmare version of "happily ever after."
2021-10-14
- Action

Platform

Adventure

Indie

Side view

Simulator

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Creepy Tale 2

A ~7-hour Grimm fairy-tale puzzle adventure with a creepy atmosphere, where you rescue your sister from an evil force.

2021-07-16

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view

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Saviorless

A hand-drawn, combat-based metroidvania set in a surreal, religious-themed dark fantasy world, offering a single-player storybook journey that lasts about three hours.

2024-04-02

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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Creepy Tale: Some Other Place

A short, eerie single-player adventure of riddle-solving and secret-hunting in a mysterious otherworld.

2024-05-30

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Strategy
Indie
Side view

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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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Tandem: A Tale of Shadows

A steampunk puzzle platformer about a girl and her teddy bear solving a magical disappearance, with clever puzzles and a ~7.5-hour runtime.

2021-10-20

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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Figment

A charming, music-filled action-adventure through a surreal mind, with light combat and puzzles, in a roughly 6-7 hour linear journey.

2017-09-22

Action
Comedy
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Music

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The Plucky Squire

A single-player, ~8-hour action-adventure set in a storybook world, where charming heroes jump between 2D and 3D realms to save friends, though reviewers note it's easy and limits experimentation.

2024-09-17

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Bird view / Isometric
Side view
Kids

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Lost in Random™

A gothic fairy tale action-adventure with deck-building combat and dice-driven fate, offering a story-rich ~12-17 hour campaign.

2021-09-10

Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow

A single-player action-puzzle adventure through a dying man's subconscious, featuring a poignant ~5-hour story.

2023-06-14

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view
Stealth
Mystery

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Creepy Tale: Snow Child

A sinister yet cute indie adventure about a boy going to Hell to defeat Evil, blending action and mystery with black humor; roughly 9 hours.

2026-05-14

Adventure
Indie

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Toony's Daycare

A single-player action-adventure set in a sinister daycare, where you unravel missing children and twisted experiments; reviewer playtimes suggest a compact ~3.4-hour experience.

2025-10-08