#10: ‘Gorky 17’
Gorky 17 || Launch Trailer
‘Gorky 17’ is a gripping turn-based tactical role-playing game. Combining both elements of horror and mystery. It is set in a remote Polish Town. Where a team of operatives is sent to investigate a series of mysterious events, uncovering a dark and chilling secret.
Players navigate through the eerie and dangerous town of Gorky. Solving puzzles, battling grotesque creatures, and uncovering the truth behind the sinister experiments that started the town’s nightmarish transformation.
#9: ‘Stirring Abyss’
Stirring Abyss || Launch Trailer
Immerse yourself in a deep-sea nightmare as you lead a team of explorers. Investigating an otherworldly underwater realm. Uncover the secrets of the abyssal world that is teeming with eldritch horrors.
The player guides their team through the dark depths of the ocean. Solving enigmatic puzzles, managing limited resources, and battling creatures. The primary objective is to survive while piecing together the game's narrative. Confronting the danger below.
#8: ‘WORLD OF HORROR'
World of Horror - Official Trailer | The Indie Horror Showcase 2023
This spine-chilling retro-style role-playing gamechannels the eerie and macabre aesthetics of Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. You step into a monochromatic world plagued by eldritch abominations. Unraveling the cosmic horrors, preparing to confront unspeakable terrors in this roguelike experience.
The player's goal is to investigate and combat unspeakable horrors that threaten their town. As they explore, players gather cluesand solve mysteries and battle entities. With their choices shaping their outcome. Striving to put an end to the lurking terror.
#7: ‘Sorry We’re Open’
Sorry, We're Open Launch Trailer
In this supermarket management horror RPG. You are the new manager of your local supermarket. Needing to make the hard decisions to keep the store afloat during both the day and the night. With your store's reputation and your employees' livelihoods in your hands. With horrors along the way.
Players encounter challenging currency-based content. With procedurally-generated supermarket shifts. Striving to provide cordial customer service regardless of what they encounter.
#6: ‘Skautfold: Knight’s End’
Skautfold: Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games
The final chapter in the Skautfold series. You explore the Waltham Industries factory. Trying to uncover its dark secrets. With the unique timeline-based RPG battle system. You will come face to face with different scary encounters as humanity faces its final days on Earth.
Players take up arms as Lennecia Britannia, the First Knight of the Angelic Empire of Britannia. With the moon opening up, revealing horrors within, chunks of the shattered moon are on a collision course with Earth. Threatening to cleanse all life from the surface. Players explore the factory, uncovering the history of the most notorious figure in the series. Alfred Waltham, helping him fulfill his final scheme.
#5: ‘SKYHILL’
Skyhill - Release Trailer
‘SKYHILL’ is a thrilling and suspenseful survival game. It takes place in the aftermath of a biological catastrophe. You find yourself trapped in a luxury high-rise hotel, SKYHILL, where chaos reigns.
Players descend through the 100 floors of SKYHILL. Battling the inhabitants of each level while collecting essential items along the way. The objective is to reach the ground floor and escape the building. With strategies that players employ to determine their fate.
#4: ‘Othercide’
Othercide - Launch Trailer | PS4
In a dark and tactical turn-based strategy world, you get immersed in the haunting and surreal atmosphere. You take on the role of the Mother, who is a mysterious warrior fighting against cosmic horrors. Trying to prevent the end of reality. Commanding a squad of Daughters, supernatural beings born from Mother’s memories.
The player leads their squad of Daughters into battles against different creatures known as the Others. They must plan carefully, as every decision carries weight. Pushing back the darkness, overcoming what threatens to consume everything.
#3: ‘BEAST’
Beast - Official Playable Villain Announcement Trailer | TGS 2023
After being long presumed dead, a veteran returns from a 10-year-long Ottoman slavery. His homeland is reigned by the demented prophet-king. With the lands being ruined by raiders and cursed by a deadly plague. All he has left is a quest to put an end to the plague overtaking his home. You must help him see his mission through, no matter the cost.
The dynamic for players is a brutal one. With gridless tactical turn-based RPG. Where moral choices during their battles can influence their gameplay. They must decide if they will exercise or exorcize their inner beast. With dire consequences for the player and their allies.
#2: ‘Slayaway Camp’
Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut - Launch Trailer | PS4
In this delightful yet gruesome puzzle game, you are transported to a campsite filled with hapless victims and iconic horror movie villains. You must guide these killers through a series of sliding block puzzles. Devising strategies to dispatch their prey.
In ‘Slayaway Camp’ the main goal is to complete a series of increasingly challenging puzzle levels. Maneuvering the horror movie villain character to eliminate all camp counselors, bystandards, or other characters on the grid. Finding victory by doing the correct sequence of moves and actions to clear each level.
#1: ‘Darkest Dungeon’
Darkest Dungeon - Terror and Madness Trailer (OFFICIAL)
You prepare to descend into madness and darkness in ‘Darkest Dungeon.’ A gothic and challenging role-playing game. You recruit a team of flawed and tormented heroes to explore treacherous dungeons. All of which are filled with unspeakable horrors.
Players aim to cleanse the family’s ancestral estate from the infestation of creatures that have taken over. Reclaiming the estate and bringing hope to the world.
