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When the Darkness comes
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A glitchy, surreal walking simulator (~3.5 hours) that portrays depression and anxiety through dreamlike digital landscapes and introspective, multiple-ending storytelling.

DEAD LAMB WALKING
A short, free-to-play psychological horror adventure about a dead lamb, delivering an emotionally charged story in under an hour.
2024-12-12
- Thriller
- Adventure

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Text

Drama

Visual Novel

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In Passing

A free-to-play, single-player first-person 3D platformer blending challenging movement puzzles with a short, emotionally resonant story set inside a broken mind.

2019-10-24

Action
Adventure
Indie

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Ignited Entry

A compact free-to-play single-player psychological horror with dreamlike visuals, voice acting, and an ominous door-based story.

2024-11-11

First person
Adventure
Horror
Strategy
Indie

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Welcome To The Dark Place

A free-to-play solo adventure horror where you navigate a dreamlike train-focused world through text and sound, with a chilling atmosphere and roughly 7-8 hours of cryptic gameplay.

2025-10-24

Adventure
Indie

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Pleh!

A short single-player psychological horror walking sim about a depressed developer facing his intrusive thoughts and dark secrets.

2023-03-17

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view

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The Shattering

A slow-burn first-person psychological thriller set in dreamlike environments, centering on memory investigation and self-discovery over about five hours.

2020-04-21

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

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My Friend The Spider

A brief single-player narrative adventure that uses a horror-tinged mood to explore isolation and depression.

2024-01-04

First person
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Simulator

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Awkward Dimensions Redux

A brief, dreamlike experimental adventure that offers an intimate look into the developer's inner world.

2016-10-21

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Drama
Music

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A House Inside Me

A single-player, roughly 25-minute dreamlike psychological horror walking sim that explores trauma through environmental storytelling and offers three endings.

2026-03-30

Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Text
Kids
Drama
Auditory

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Glassy Stare

A free, single-player, half-hour psychological horror that builds dread through fading memory and deepening silence in a dark, surreal gothic setting.

2026-01-23

Horror
Indie
Text
Visual Novel

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The Predecessor

A brief, contemplative walking simulator through abstract worlds where you collect memories and meet enigmatic characters.

2025-11-03

First person
Adventure
Indie

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Inner Voice

A short, gloomy first-person narrative adventure guided by a mysterious narrator through four chapters of nightmare-like grief.

2026-04-30

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Mystery