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$17.99Desktop Explorer
Recurring Dream · 2026
An eerie, story-driven detective adventure through the abandoned files of an old PC, combining retro-90s simulation, psychological mystery, and creative file-based puzzles in a ~8-hour single-player experience.
PuzzleThrillerDesktop Explorer
Recurring Dream · 2026-07-17
An eerie, story-driven detective adventure through the abandoned files of an old PC, combining retro-90s simulation, psychological mystery, and creative file-based puzzles in a ~8-hour single-player experience.
$17.99
- Puzzle
- Thriller
- Adventure
$12.99VIDEOVERSE
Kinmoku · 2023
A casual, choice-driven interactive fiction about 2000s-era online friendships and the fictional Videoverse social network.
AdventureIndieVIDEOVERSE
Kinmoku · 2023-08-07
A casual, choice-driven interactive fiction about 2000s-era online friendships and the fictional Videoverse social network.
$12.99
- Adventure
- Indie
- Side view
$14.99Hello Goodboy
indie.io · 2023
A cozy, dialogue-heavy afterlife adventure about a lost soul and his dog helping other souls and uncovering a forgotten past, with an emotional story that may bring tears but can feel slow.
PuzzleAdventureHello Goodboy
indie.io · 2023-05-25
A cozy, dialogue-heavy afterlife adventure about a lost soul and his dog helping other souls and uncovering a forgotten past, with an emotional story that may bring tears but can feel slow.
$14.99
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy
FreeMomotype
Rimatoad · 2021
A short, experimental horror visual novel about raising an angst-filled virtual pet, mixing cute pixel art with a darkly funny tone and an emotionally meaningful story.
HorrorIndieMomotype
Rimatoad · 2021-12-03
A short, experimental horror visual novel about raising an angst-filled virtual pet, mixing cute pixel art with a darkly funny tone and an emotionally meaningful story.
Free
- Horror
- Indie
- Visual Novel
$4.99The Testing Chamber
Randumb Studios · 2022
A tightly paced single-player simulation/RPG in which your choices have consequences as you explore your subconscious within a mysterious testing facility, complete in under three hours.
Bird view / IsometricSimulatorThe Testing Chamber
Randumb Studios · 2022-03-28
A tightly paced single-player simulation/RPG in which your choices have consequences as you explore your subconscious within a mysterious testing facility, complete in under three hours.
$4.99
- Bird view / Isometric
- Simulator
$6.99Speed Dating for Ghosts
Copychaser Games · 2018
A roughly six-hour afterlife dating sim with branching dialogue, ghostly love interests, and a sweet-spooky tone.
ComedyHorrorSpeed Dating for Ghosts
Copychaser Games · 2018-02-13
A roughly six-hour afterlife dating sim with branching dialogue, ghostly love interests, and a sweet-spooky tone.
$6.99
- Comedy
- Horror
- Indie
$10.99Winion Virus
Dawntown Studio · 2024
A single-player pixel-art visual novel horror game with cute graphics, a dark fairy-tale story, point-and-click computer repair puzzles, and an 8-hour playthrough.
HorrorIndieWinion Virus
Dawntown Studio · 2024-12-26
A single-player pixel-art visual novel horror game with cute graphics, a dark fairy-tale story, point-and-click computer repair puzzles, and an 8-hour playthrough.
$10.99
- Horror
- Indie
- Simulator
$9.99Dyping Escape
PLAYISM · 2026
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.
AdventureHorrorDyping Escape
PLAYISM · 2026-03-13
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.
$9.99
- Adventure
- Horror
- Indie
$5.99KinitoPET
troy_en · 2024
A short psychological horror game in which an early-2000s virtual assistant becomes an unsettling desktop companion.
First personHorrorKinitoPET
troy_en · 2024-01-09
A short psychological horror game in which an early-2000s virtual assistant becomes an unsettling desktop companion.
$5.99
- First person
- Horror
- Indie
$9.99OneShot: World Machine Edition
KOMODO · 2024
A surreal, fourth-wall-breaking puzzle adventure starring a catlike child, set within a simulated desktop and shaped by choices across multiple endings.
PuzzleAdventureOneShot: World Machine Edition
KOMODO · 2024-09-30
A surreal, fourth-wall-breaking puzzle adventure starring a catlike child, set within a simulated desktop and shaped by choices across multiple endings.
$9.99
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Fantasy