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October 27, 2023
Dying feels like the point of Lakeview Cabin 2, as your own blunders and accidental discoveries tend to lead to…
October 20, 2023
Spawn ties your ultimate survival to your special ability meter, adding fear and tension every time you want to use…
October 13, 2023
Lies of P uses an emphasis on guarding and watching enemies to make you soak in every detail of its…
October 6, 2023
You need to save your son in Mimic, but one look at the eerie colors and smeared shadows of this…
September 29, 2023
Save points are normally peaceful places, but Signalis uses some crafty design ideas to create unease when you save the…
September 22, 2023
Seven Nights Ghost follows a haunting with a silly side, using the heightened emotion of terror to play with the…
September 15, 2023
The best Fatalities in Mortal Kombat have an element of the absurd along with the blood and guts, and here…
September 8, 2023
Many games have let you kill vampires with all manner of weapons, but the ridiculous, exhilarating headbutt from Orbo's Odyssey…
September 1, 2023
Parasocial follows a streamer who's had their identity revealed online, letting players explore how this experience makes everything terrifying.
August 25, 2023
bad flesh. asks us how many sickening acts we'll take part in to satisfy our curiosity and need for truth.
August 18, 2023
Underlevel shows you how scary it can be to be a skeleton in a sinister dungeon, putting you through a…
August 11, 2023
Tail & Trails sees us helping a monster through a grief it doesn't understand, and in doing so reminds us…