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Thank you :) I'm hopelessly behind, but I fill it as I go. Horror games with gameplay beyond walking around and getting jumpscared are getting tough to come by on Steam 😅

48: Forbidden Solitaire by @greyalien.bsky.social and @nightsignalentertainment.com A horror visual novel where every obstacle and combat encounter is resolved through strategic Solitaire as you venture through a cursed dungeon on the hunt for the secret to eternal life.

47: Tormented Souls 2 by Dual Effect Fixed-camera survival horror and an improvement to the predecessor in every way. What starts as an experience confined to a convent quickly expands to several areas across a whole town. Great combat and great puzzles all around.

46: MiSide by AIHASTO You are trapped in a mobile game with a homicidal anime waifu (don't anyone dare say "Would"). A surreal and story driven psychological horror game set within the walls of a dating sim.

45: Selewi's Collection by selewi @selewi.bsky.social A series of slasher movie-style survival horror games, each entry building upon the last. Each games sees you trapped in a building with relentless stalker and your only hope of escaping is to run while you gather clues and solve puzzles.

44: Home Safety Hotline by Night Signal Entertainment @nightsignalentertainment.com Take calls and assist your clients with their issues in the home, ranging from rats and black mold to inter-dimensional portals, trolls and roaming fae folk.

this thread is a glorious account of giving me new games to try to check out, thank you!

42: Zero Protocol by R_Games A short and linear first-person survival sci-fi horror with multiple endings. Solve puzzles and fight your way past zombies and madmen in an underground research facility while managing your ammo, light batteries as well as your sanity.

41: Alisa by Casper Croes A surreal late 90s-style survival horror game, complete with pre-rendered background. Elite Royal Agent Alisa finds herself trapped in a mansion populated by creepy dolls and other uncanny creatures, and her closest ally is a weapons trading, dress selling hand puppet.

40: Conscript by Jordan Mochi & Catchweight Studio A survival horror game that switches out mansions and monsters for the trenches and brutality of World War I. As a French conscript, search for your brother who is MIA during the Battle of Verdun. Solve puzzles, scavenge, fight and survive.

39: Ad Infernum by @entropyphi.bsky.social A short immersive sim horror game that sees you stranded at an abandoned gas station in the desert that has been host to cult activities. While contending with a stalker patrolling the area, you must scavenge for supplies and adapt if you hope to escape.

38: The Night Fever Series by @duskdev.bsky.social A shared universe of surreal first-person horror comedy. From the dark corridor shooter, The Pony Factory, to the educational hunting sim, Squirrel Stapler, culminating in the grimy melee mayhem against the snuff film cult of Butcher's Creak.

37: Signalis by @laststarfarer.bsky.social & @antihelios.bsky.social A top-down survival horror game taking you through a cosmic sci-fi horror tragedy. Awaken on a crashed spaceship as Replika unit Elster and search for your partner at an off-world mining station haunted by the dead and decaying.

36: The Children of Clay by Balazs Ronyai @balazsronyai.bsky.social A short and free horror game of archeological investigation as you are alone face to face with a small clay idol. Inspect the mysterious object and research its materials, symbols and origins.

32: Killer Frequency by Team17 @team17.com Step into the graveyard booth of big city DJ Forrest Nash in small town station KFAM 189.16. Covering for 911, through investigation and puzzle-solving, you are the lifeline of the people of Gallows Creek as the town is haunted by a brutal serial killer.

Thanks for the shoutout!

30: Skinwalker Hunt by Gua A slow-burn horror hunting simulator. Explore vast open environments for upgrades and supplies as you track down the illusive skinwalker and defend yourself against not only it, but also the animals and cultists under its occult influence.

29: Amnesia: The Bunker by Frictional Games @frictionalgames.bsky.social Escape a ruined, rat-infested WWI bunker during while you are stalked by a ruthless monster. Gather supplies and keep the lights bright as you contend with the many obstacles and dangers in the depths of the bunker.

28: Amanda the Adventurer by MANGLEDmaw Games A puzzle-adventure game. While you investigate your aunt's attic you come upon a series of VHS tapes of the beloved TV show, starring Amanda and her best friend Wooly.

27: Yuppie Psycho by Baroque Decay @baroquedecay.bsky.social A top-down pixel art psychological horror adventure game set on your first day at the job as a corporate witch hunter, combining satire of office life with s surreal fairy tale.

26: Mouthwashing by Wrong Organ @wrongorgan.bsky.social A story-rich surreal psychological horror set in a stranded cargo spaceship. It uses the medium exceptionally well to tell its non-linear story through use of character perspectives. The first game I've played to do real-time datamoshing.

25: SOMA by Frictional Games @frictionalgames.bsky.social Existential sci-fi horror at the bottom of the ocean. Explore the ruined and bloody underwater research and space cannon facility, PATHOS-II, as it is haunted by the reanimated dead and a rampant AI.

24: Observer: System Redux by Bloober Team and Anshar Studios. A detective thriller set in Kraków of 2084. Voiced by Cyberpunk acting legend, Rutger Hauer, you play as neural detective, Daniel Lazarski, in search of his estranged son in a locked down, rundown apartment block.

23: Faith by Airdorf Games @airdorf.bsky.social What if the Exorcist was made into an adventure horror game on a beefed up Atari 2600? Faith combines 8-bit style graphics, unnerving rotoscoped cut-scenes and cult shenanigans into what could be imagined as a Satanic Panic-era cursed lost game.

22: Iron Lung by David Szymanski @duskdev.bsky.social Explore the blood ocean on an alien moon in your welded-shut submarine. With no porthole you must rely on your radar and the sub's external camera to investigate what lies hidden at the blood ocean floor.

21: Crow Country by SFB Games A retro-style Survival Horror game set in a monster-infested abandoned amusement park. The unique art style replicates 90's pre-rendered background, despite being fully 3D.

20: The Count Lucanor by Baroque Decay @baroquedecay.bsky.social A pixel art horror adventure in the twisted fairy tale of Tenebre Castle.

19: Tormented Souls by Dual Effect and Abstract Digital Campy Survival Horror set in a mansion-turned-hospital. Embody Caroline Walker as you investigate a mysterious letter from the hospital and contend with the evils that inhabit it.

18: Buddy Simulator 1984 by Not a Sailor Studios @notasailorstudios.bsky.social Play adventure games with your virtual AI buddy, who learns from you and adapts to your interests :-)

17: Sucker For Love: First Date + Sucker for Love: Date to Die For by Akabaka @akabaka.bsky.social Lovecraftian dating sims with eldritch waifus with the second game adding dungeon crawling. Great characters and voice acting and at times way creepier than the pitch would let you believe.

Thanks for the shout out :)

15: Darq by Unfold Games A gravity- and mind-bending puzzle game in Lloyd's lucid nightmares.

14: Nightmare of Decay by Checkmaty Survival horror distilled into a first-person shooter in a nightmarish mansion infested with zombies, cultists and monsters.

13: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2023) by Frogwares @frogwares-games.bsky.social Seamlessly merges Sherlock Holmes with Lovecraft as you descent into the mystery of disappearances and occult activity, stretching from Europe to the US.

12: Nightslink by Noiseminded A short horror game of delivering cassette tapes under cover of night in a post-apocalyptic world.

11: The Horror of Salazar House by Maldo19 @maldo19.bsky.social Italian horror inspired point-and-click adventure with multiple endings.

10: Witch Hunt by Gua A slow burn 18th century monster hunting simulator. Hunt monsters, explore the forest, find treasure, kill the witch.

9: Mundaun by Hidden Fields A surreal folk horror adventure in the alps featuring lovingly hand-penciled textures.

8: A Place, Forbidden by Poison the Inkwell An atmospheric adventure through the Ouroboros Library in search of forbidden knowledge contained within. The game is free on Steam.

7: Gullet by Joshua Allin @joshuaallin.bsky.social Uniquely a rappelling horror game. After most people on Earth vanish into thin air and giant maws emerge from the ocean, you are drawn to one and must descent into the gullet in search of answers.

6: No one lives under the lighthouse by Marevo Collective Alone on the island, you must tend to the lighthouse after the previous keeper disappeared. Watch after the light and don't open the door to the lighthouse basement.

5: The Excavation of Hob's Barrow by Cloak and Dagger Games @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social A Lovecraftian point-and-click adventure through the small English village of Bewlay. Befriend the strange townspeople and solve puzzles in your quest to discover what lies hidden beneath Hob's Burrow.

4: Apsulov: End of Gods by Angry Demon Studio @angrydemonstudio.bsky.social A horror action adventure mixing Norse mythology with a Sci-Fi setting.

3: Mother by Irwin Segarane After the loss of your husband and moving to a new apartment you must protect your children from the creatures stalking the rooms and hallways in the dark of the night.

2: Withering Rooms by Moonless Formless @moonlessformless.bsky.social A side-scrolling roguelike action RPG. Battle the monsters and residents of the dream world of the Mostyn House. Gather items, weapons and spells to improve your build and uncover the mysteries of the house.

Thank you! ☺️❤️

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What a thread/threat 🖤 I'm too scared to enter the eShop now. I, my shit budget and poor impulse control have no idea which games are available on Switch. I already own a few and some are wishlisted, but your sales pitches make me ravenous.

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