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Indie horror

TOP: indie horror games (not expensive scary games). While large studios are constrained by contracts with publishers and mandatory deadlines, small independent teams have complete creative freedom. There is an opinion that you simply cannot make a good horror film without it.

Such games are largely based on non-standard solutions. And publishers, as you know, don’t always like this. It's indie developers who are willing to risk everything for a good game.

The Forest
The Forest
Simulation, Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival
April 30, 2018
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 95/100
The Forest is an adventure action-horror game with survival elements set in an open world and featuring a first-person perspective. The main character is the sole...
Hello Neighbor
Hello Neighbor
Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view
December 8, 2017
Players: 7.2/10
Steam: 85/100
Metacritic: 40/100
Hello Neighbor! — adventure horror with stealth elements and first-person view. The game is about a guy who witnesses a terrible crime. While still a boy, he...
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Horror, Adventure, First-person view
December 16, 2021
VGTimes: 6.5/10
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 86/100
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is an atmospheric adventure survival game with a first-person view in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe. This time you...
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Action, Horror, Indie, First-person view
July 24, 2015
Players: 6.7/10
Steam: 93/100
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is an action-horror game with a first-person view in the point and click genre. This time the horror followed you home. In this final...
Hello Neighbor 2
Hello Neighbor 2
Adventure, Roguelike, Stealth, First-person view, Horror
December 6, 2022
Players: 6.9/10
Steam: 77/100
Metacritic: 59/100
Hello Neighbor 2 is a continuation of the exciting stealth horror game with a first-person view, which will offer you an advanced, self-learning artificial...
Outlast
Outlast
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie
September 4, 2013
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...
Little Nightmares 2
Little Nightmares 2
Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Horror, Cooperative (co-op)
February 11, 2021
VGTimes: 8.0/10
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Little Nightmares 2 is a continuation of the horror platformer with quest elements. This time a co-op has appeared in the game and the two of you will have to...
Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Nights at Freddy's
Horror, First-person view, Indie
August 8, 2014
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 78/100
Five Nights at Freddy's is a first-person horror game in the point and click genre. From your small office, you must keep a close eye on the security cameras. You...
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek
Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view
December 6, 2018
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 88/100
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek is the continuation of the original first-person stealth horror Hello Neighbor. The game tells the story of the neighbor's children...
Devour
Devour
Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action, First-person view
January 28, 2021
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 91/100
Devour is a first-person cooperative action-horror game with survival elements for 1-4 players. Together with other players, you will have to work together against...
Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares
Adventure, Horror, Side view, Platformer, Puzzle
April 27, 2017
VGTimes: 8.3/10
Players: 8.2/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 81/100
A dark tale in which the main character Six must find a way out of an underwater vessel filled with creepy creatures. The inhabitants of the in-game world also...
Darkwood
Darkwood
Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation
August 17, 2017
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 79/100
Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...
Bendy and the Dark Revival
Bendy and the Dark Revival
First-person view, Horror, Action, Survival, Indie, Adventure, Stealth, Casual game
November 15, 2022
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 94/100
Bendy and the Dark Revival — the continuation of the first-person adventure survival horror Bendy and the Ink Machine. In the sequel, you will explore a creepy...
SOMA
SOMA
Action, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)
September 21, 2015
VGTimes: 8.7/10
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 82/100
SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...
Choo-Choo Charles
Choo-Choo Charles
Adventure, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie
December 9, 2022
Players: 6.8/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 56/100
Choo-Choo Charles is a psychological horror shooter with a first-person view in an open world, in which you have to run away from a monster engine that resembles a...
Limbo
Limbo
Action, Horror, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle
July 21, 2010
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 88/100
Limbo is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with challenging puzzles. The game tells the story of a boy who lost his sister and goes on a search, finding...
Inside
Inside
Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Side view
June 29, 2016
VGTimes: 9.3/10
Players: 8.6/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 91/100
Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is hiding from...
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Horror, First-person view, Indie, Action
March 2, 2015
Players: 7.3/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 68/100
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is an action-horror game in the point and click genre with a first-person view. Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed its...
Escape the Backrooms
Escape the Backrooms
Horror, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Action, Exploration, Indie, Casual game
August 12, 2022
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 91/100
A co-op game in which gamers explore various utility rooms and solve puzzles. The team's goal is to find a way out and escape. In locations you can encounter...
World of Horror
World of Horror
Role-playing game, Horror, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure, Roguelike
February 20, 2020
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 79/100
An unusual text role-playing game in a Japanese setting, combining horror from the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The old gods awaken and once again invade a...
Cry of Fear
Cry of Fear
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie
April 24, 2013
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 86/100
Cry of Fear is a first-person action game with elements of shooter, adventure, horror and indie game from Team Psykskallar studio. The game is published by Team...
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Horror, First-person view, Indie
November 10, 2014
Players: 7.9/10
Steam: 94/100
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a continuation of the popular series of horror stories with a first-person view. Welcome to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's...
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Adventure, Horror, First-person view
September 8, 2010
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game will tell the story of Daniel, who wakes up in a deserted...
Fran Bow
Fran Bow
Adventure, Horror
August 27, 2015
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 97/100
Fran Bow is an atmospheric point and click adventure with horror elements. A very interesting story awaits you of a girl who is not at all crazy. But still, the...
Slender: The Arrival
Slender: The Arrival
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural
March 26, 2013
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 63/100
Continuation of the atmospheric horror with a first-person view Slender. The story tells of Slenderman, a paranormal figure who haunts inquiring minds around the...
Visage
Visage
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie
October 2, 2018
Players: 9.4/10
Steam: 86/100
Metacritic: 80/100
Visage is a first-person horror adventure inspired by the work of Hideo Kojima — P.T. The main actions of the game take place in the 80s of the last century...
OMORI
OMORI
Horror, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval
December 25, 2020
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 97/100
OMORI is an indie horror adventure with fantasy RPG elements. You have to explore a strange world full of colorful friends and enemies. You'll travel through the...
MADiSON
MADiSON
Adventure, First-person view, Horror
July 8, 2022
VGTimes: 7.5/10
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 74/100
MADiSON is a psychological horror game with a first-person view. You play as Luca and endure the hellish torture of MADiSON, a demon who forces you to do monstrous...
Dark Deception
Dark Deception
Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Arcade, Free game
September 27, 2018
Players: 8/10
Steam: 89/100
Dark Deception is a shareware arcade horror runner with survival elements and a first-person view. Trapped in a dark world full of nightmarish labyrinths and...
BIGFOOT
BIGFOOT
Cooperative (co-op), Online, Survival horror, First-person view, Shooter
January 31, 2017
Players: 10/10
Steam: 83/100
A game with survival elements about hunting Bigfoot. There are 2 modes available: you can play against the AI-controlled Bigfoot, or another player can play as the...
Pacify
Pacify
Adventure, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), First-person view, Indie, Action
February 22, 2019
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 87/100
Pacify is a cooperative survival horror game with a first-person perspective. You will be a newly minted employee of an organization that investigates cases of...
Bendy and the Ink Machine
Bendy and the Ink Machine
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Free game, Game-season
April 27, 2017
Players: 7.5/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 71/100
Bendy and the Ink Machine is an episodic adventure with horror elements and a first-person perspective. Visually, the game is made in the style of the first...
Among the Sleep
Among the Sleep
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle
May 29, 2014
VGTimes: 6.2/10
Players: 7.7/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 66/100
Among the Sleep is an adventure puzzle game with a first-person view and horror elements. The main character is a very young child. He is hiding from a mysterious...
The Beast Inside
The Beast Inside
Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie
October 17, 2019
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 83/100
Metacritic: 74/100
The Beast Inside is a photorealistic horror adventure with a first-person view. The game will tell the story of two characters living in two different eras. Adam, a...
Knock-knock
Knock-knock
Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view
October 4, 2013
VGTimes: 7.2/10
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 88/100
Metacritic: 57/100
Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...
The Mortuary Assistant
The Mortuary Assistant
Horror, Mysticism / Supernatural, Demons, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, First-person view
August 2, 2022
Players: 6.4/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 75/100
The game takes place in a morgue, where the character is urgently called to work one night. However, the hero could not even imagine what was waiting for him there...
Monstrum
Monstrum
Action, Horror, First-person view
May 20, 2015
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 91/100
Monstrum is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view. All levels in the game are procedurally generated, so with each playthrough you will encounter...
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home
Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie
September 27, 2017
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 88/100
Home Sweet Home is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. Tim's life has changed dramatically since his wife mysteriously disappeared. Overnight, after...
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted
Virtual Reality (VR), Horror, Puzzle, First-person view, Action
May 28, 2019
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 67/100
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted is an exciting action-horror game with a first-person view in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe, supporting virtual reality...
Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk
Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie
December 16, 2021
Players: 9.6/10
Steam: 97/100
Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of pyramidal word...
Inmost
Inmost
Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Indie, Side view
October 11, 2019
Players: 9.8/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Inmost is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with horror elements. The events of the game take place in two parallel worlds in which three brave main...
DISTRAINT
DISTRAINT
Adventure, Horror, Free game, Side view
October 21, 2015
Players: 8.1/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 76/100
DISTRAINT is a psychological horror game with a side view for mobile platforms. You have to play as a young ambitious guy Price, who in an unholy way took the...
Poppy Playtime Horror SG
Poppy Playtime Horror SG
Action, Horror, First-person view
November 19, 2021
Players: 6.3/10
Poppy Playtime Horror SG is an action game with horror elements and a first-person view. This is a game in which you have to explore a toy factory. You will be...
Lorelai
Lorelai
Adventure, Side view, Horror
April 26, 2019
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 90/100
Lorelai — a side-scrolling adventure horror from the creator of Downfall and Cat Lady. The game tells a dramatic and terrifying story of a young girl named...
DISTRAINT 2
DISTRAINT 2
Adventure, Horror, Side view
November 13, 2018
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 96/100
DISTRAINT 2 is a continuation of the horror adventure with a side view. You have to plunge into the role of an employee of a successful company that decides the...
Firework
Firework
Indie, Adventure, Side view, Horror, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Visual novel
February 4, 2021
Players: 10/10
Steam: 93/100
Firework is a side-scrolling indie horror adventure with visual novel elements. An accidental fire at a funeral forces police to re-investigate a closed mass murder...

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