Here are some of the most interesting upcoming horror games based on the folklore of different countries: - Agni Village of Calamity (Indonesia)[pic 1] - Curilemu (Chile) - Rakshasa (India)[2] - Drowned Lake (Brazil) - Aswang Hunter (Philippines)[3] - Kumarn (Thailand)[4]

Besmirch if what happens if FAITH was a farming simulator. Harvest your crops for winter, talk with villagers, prepare for bizarre festivals... and be ready for the disturbing beings visiting at night. Full of things to do, from dungeons to boss battles.

In a world where people became slugs, a surviving with and her loyal baseball bat decided to destroy everything and bring mayhem. Kill the Witch is an old-school action platformer with insanely challenging and disturbing boss battles.

A reminder that Eldritch Sniper, our solo-RPG defined as "Evangelion meets Sniper Elite," is available on itch. Carve your way with bullets to the core of disturbing monsters, and play the game using a proper world map. Link: surreal-and-creepy-games.itch.io/eldritch-sni...

Last year had many great titles, and here a list of hidden horror gems released in 2025 with still <100 reviews on STEAM: - You are not bunnygirl [1] - Dig Night - クビトリドオルズ・レトリーバー 島津怪談01 - Unbroken [2] - Mind Control: Bloody Renaissance - FriendShapes [3] - Hydra - Decade - Instant Anastasia [4]

Mageye is an extremely disturbing adventure about a bird trying to save her last baby by feeding it... human eyes. From the sound to theme and art, everything is quite uneasy, for an adventure mixing simple flight gameplay and VN.

While Expedition 33 is surely a masterpiece, let's check some more hidden gems for the best indie games released last year: - Look Outside - Deformed - Promise Mascot Agency - Stone of Madness - クビトリドオルズ・レトリーバー 島津怪談01 - Stray Children - Verho Curse of Faces

Last year was really great for indie horror RPGs developed with RPGmaker, with amazing titles including: - Trench Face [pic 1] - Look Outside - Mind Control Bloody Renaissance [pic 2] - Dig Night [pic 3] - FriendShapes - Break Wolf [pic 4]

Paracom is a military-themed JRPG inspired by Fear & Hunger, where you control a paranormal SWAT team exploring a "mimic" house. Behind the simple style hides an interesting lore, credible actions, and choices with consequences.

Catalina's Horror Adventure is in-between horror and comedy, where you must explore a parallel world behind an arcade searching for your mom. Reminiscent of Earthbound, a horror adventure mixing Zelda-like puzzles and a shooter, with really bizarre NPCs.

The entire Surreal and Creepy Games catalogue is on sale only for today, including Eldritch Sniper, our "Sniper Elite meets Evangelion." Link: itch.io/s/170729/bla...

Trench Face is clearly inspired by Fear & Hunger, a short dark JRPG set in a twisted and horror WW1 setting. Explore gas-filled trenches, fight tough puppet soldiers, and select different classes, from sniper to flamethrower or a humanoid rat.

The free playtest of Mama's Sleeping Angels showcased an insane and surreal co-op horror game. Be ready to decapitate yourself or your friends, avoid twisted beings while kissing others to regain health, and, of course, feed cursed items to Mama, ending the dreams.

In our new game, Eldritch Sniper, you use a deck of cards to build a monsters' anatomy, carving a path to THEIR core. A solo TTRPG where you're an enhanced sniper saving cities from colossal horrors. Can you kill THEM before you're absorbed? Link: surreal-and-creepy-games.itch.io/eldritch-sni...

The bosses of Loplight have an insane, twisted, and original design.

In Bioysque, Zelda meets biopunk and body horror in a RPG with portal-based exploration and clicker combat. Level up your way through grotesque and disturbing abominations, created by a "generative" witch, and walls of bullets.

Last day to buy Amnios with 25% discount.

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Amnios is a horror TTRPG where you wake up inside an eldritch Lake, with mechanics based on holding your breath. Explore Bubbles, escape Specimens, and mutate your body to improve your chances. Can you escape the Lake, or will you join it? LINK: surreal-and-creepy-games.itch.io/amnios

Instant Anastasia is the game for fans of Event Horizon. Explore an organic spaceship imprisoning the crew in its nightmares in a challenging roguelike with great atmosphere. Avoid invisible enemies, explore the ship, and save the crew by entering their nightmares.

The enemies of Even in Death are not only grotesque and disturbing, but each of them has a different behavior.

The atmosphere and setting of Kubitori Dolls Retriever are truly and uniquely disturbing. LINK: store.steampowered.com/app/2750410/...

Amnios is a horror TTRPG where you wake up inside an eldritch Lake, with mechanics based on holding your breath. Explore Bubbles, escape Specimens, and mutate your body to improve your chances. Can you escape the Lake, or will you join it? LINK: surreal-and-creepy-games.itch.io/amnios

With all the censorship insanity going on right now, I think it is the best time to check Fear & Hunger and its sequel Termina. You never know in these times...

APlaceDominatedByHoles is a simple Chinese-only RPG with peculiar art, where a talking hole appears on a troubled girl's arm. Plan your days, fight other holed people to absorb their powers, and trade health with a mysterious merchant.

Stones of Flesh is a peculiar JRPG set in a nightmarish world made in claymation. Alone in this dungeon, learn new stop-motion gifts and use them to survive, by throwing flames to "turn the eyeballs all the way around".

This year is very promising for RPGmaker horror RPGs, with already some great titles: - Look Outside - Break Wolf - Dig Night - FriendShapes

With half the year already gone, it is a good time to check some of the best indie games released so far in 2025: - The Stone of Madness - Unbroken the Awakening - Deformed - クビトリドオルズ・レトリーバー 島津怪談01 - Promise Mascot Agency - Look Outside

Despiria is a Japanese-only sci-fi nightmarish JRPG produced by Atlus for Dreamcast. And while you would probably never play it in English, have a look at some of the most disturbing enemies in my article. Link: darkrpgs.home.blog/2020/11/15/t...

Dig Night is a comedy-dark JRPG where you work as a cleaner in a city where people turn into ghosts. A game full of details and personality, from old-cartoon ghosts to mini-games and a cinema with short stop-motion movies.

A Chamber of Stars is the the sequel of the amazing The Endless Empty. Venture again inside a distressful mind, moving from domains such as anxiety or creation. Puzzles, rhythm guitar "battles", and great characters/writing shape this surreal adventure.

Necrophosis is a horror adventure with disturbing puzzles set in basically an explorable Beksiński's painting, a hellish landscape with an insane amount of details and grotesque beings that is a pleasure to explore.