Amidst The Darkness
Amidst The Darkness is a truly terrifying first-person survival horror game developed and published by Loneminded.
Dragged, bloodied and bruised into old dilapidated worker halls, Amidst The Darkness follows the story of a sadistic entity - known informally as The Being. Trawl your way through old abandoned halls and sewers in a bid to find an escape.
No matter where you go, or the route that you take, The Being will unpredictably follow your every move. Creeping closer step-by-step, inch-by-inch until it is within reaching distance. The crows scarpering from their nest nearby, or that unmistakable slow-moving silhouette in the distance - it beckons upon thee.
Features
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Immersive First-Person Horror: Navigate through chilling, immersive environments
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Truly Unsettling Story: Experience and uncover the story of old workers and The Being.
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Unpredictable Enemies: Each playthrough will play differently with help from the unpredictability of AI.
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Full Gamepad Support: Prefer sitting back and enjoying the experience? Now you can - Amidst The Darkness has full controller support.
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Exitium
Challenging game, should be good for speedrunning.
Has puzzles and stealth and beep bop music
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
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As far as the story and visuals go, I enjoyed this experimental game, but the platforming was a bit clunky. For the most part, it’s a puzzle-platformer with a psychological twist. The narrative is told from the perspective of a girl that is having relationship problems with her boyfriend. After each platforming section, you get to play a stealth mini-game where you are trying to isolate your boyfriend from the crowd by creating distractions. I suspect that game has 2 endings depending on your actions, I am pretty sure I got the bad one. Even though I kinda knew where the story was going, it still got me, and I am considering replaying it just to see if I can get a better outcome. It takes around 2-3 hours to finish if you don’t skip any puzzles, although you do have that option if you keep getting stuck. Aside from that, the game has nice achievement support, assuming that you want to replay the game with no hits and so on. Overall, the game is very creative, but that creativity occasionally comes at the cost of intuitive gameplay.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
Serene Asylum
So, I’ve never really played a horror puzzle game like this but this got me into a whole new genre of games i didn’t know i loved, and for those of you saying it wasn’t scary I was definitely scared! the psych part of this game totally had me in my head and even though its a short game completed in about 2 hrs for myself it got me in my head for sure and that was the freaky part, perfect for spooky season for sure. i cant wait to see if this Developer comes out with more games because i will be watching. the puzzles aren’t undo-able either, just takes some brain power! highly recommended. my viewers on stream loved it
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
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ill give it 7/10 the doors is a bit strange you cant go sideways through them it just wont let you when i play it so some times i got stuck and you can take things through the walls at some places but besides that it was a good round game not so scary for the experience play in scary games but for the average player it will scare you i bet :)
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Aesoteric Collection
9 Æsoteric games, the result of many experimental worlds brought to conclusion at last.
Each of these belong in a common oniric universe, where you’re confronted with a diverse array of A.R.G. consoles, each having a uniquely different game in its system but sharing a common dark origin.
The Æsoteric Collection
EGREGORE / ZYX
tmOD / Vlast
Oneiroi / tmPaint
Apex Byte Reeling / Wrecc
Noahs Ark Demake
The experiences contained within this collection are calling. It is a mystery if they even grew to exist as a published format, cursed as they are, belonging somewhere between the discarded and the dreamt. Some originally forgotten demos, others accidents of evil destiny and spiteful development, even the consoles in which they belong are not a thing of public knowledge…
Until now.
Bist du zu schwach oder Stark
You play a character die was against zombie or against ki opponents (soldiers) has to fight.
You don’t catch anything and you have to go through the map and look at the weapons and find them.
The game will be like that with more levels and such.
And that the levels are getting harder and harder.
DUMB: Treasure
Nice excursion.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Very nice horror atmosphere
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Forsake
**Forsake is a 1 to 4 co-op online psychological horror game where each player is a member of an urban explorers group.
Enter off limits places full of paranormal activities to discover their darkest secrets at the risk of your life.**
1 - Create your exploration team
Invite up to 3 other people to form your urbex group and explore abandoned places with many mysteries.
2 - Choose your weapon and equipment
Prepare for each expedition by choosing weapons and equipments to explore abandoned places where evil entities roam!
3 - Explore, Loot, Survive
Explore the locations and unlock areas by finding hidden keys or codes. Collect items and equipment to upgrade your arsenal and earn money.
Watch out for yourself and your friends, the paranormal entities that haunt the place will be your worst nightmare.
Escape whenever you want to return to your base with your loot. Only survivors will be rewarded.
4 - Upgrade your equipment and unlock new areas to explore
With equipment recovered and items sold after your exploration, upgrade your arsenal and unlock new unique weapons and equipment!
Equip them at the start of the next exploration and access even more challenging areas haunted by ever more demonic entities.
Key Features:
- An immersive experience: with realistic graphics and sound design, Forsake offers a unique and immersive psychological horror experience
- Solo, co-op or PvP experience: You can explore alone or up to 4 players. If your squad is not complete, an unknown player can join your group. Will this stranger be friendly, or will he try to harm you to get all the loot?
- Paranormal entities with unique behaviors: each entity has a unique behavior with personal characteristics. Get to know their specificities to better face them.
- Close voice chat: use the in-game voice chat to speak with your friends. Don’t get too far from them, or you may find yourself alone with a terrifying creature.
- Your gameplay, your experience: you are armed and can confront spirits to make them flee. But you can also play it stealthy by avoiding confrontation.
Upcoming features:
- Customized events: thanks to a behavior learning and analysis system, unique events will start according to the player habits. It will sure scare the bravest of you.
- Accessibility for the visually impaired: in line with Unseen Interactive’s commitment, Forsake will eventually be accessible to the visually impaired.
- VR version: for a perfect horrific experience, a VR version will be developed… We know this will make your blood run cold.
- Skill tree: you will be able to choose from several branches to get unique skills. Will you be strong, fast, or technical?
Midnight Laundry
Midnight Laundry is a short first-person horror game where a long night at the laundromat takes an unexpected turn.
Features
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Psychological horror with a retro aesthetic
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A haunting story about loss, liminal spaces, and the unexplained
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An immersive experience set in a single location
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Designed to be finished in one sitting
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Multiple endings
Best played in a dark room with headphones.
The Hungry One
The Hungry One is a combination of horror and drama about loneliness and its consequences.
You are a young scientist. Your task is to do experiments to explore a unique virtual environment.
Another ordinary day, yet another experiment that is pretty much the same as all the previous ones. Or is it..? This time, everything goes sideways. Why has the virtual world changed so much? Who is this little girl, and what’s dog is she talking about? Now you have to deal with what is happening and answer all these questions.
Key features:
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A tricky mystical story
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Multiple/secret endings
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Random events
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Puzzles
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Unusual visual style
The Repairing Mantis
Okay wow. First of all, I do like the narrative, and it’s very thought-provoking, but I have to give a content warning, which is very strange because I never felt that way about the game. The game is super heavy on animal sadism, even though it’s more of a mirror for people - I am sure the devs don’t hate the flying squirrels. It’s very into the suicide themes, and it’s not subtle at all. You have to willingly harm characters and watch them suffer, so it can be a little uncomfortable. That said, having some experience with these issues, I don’t think the game misrepresents the problem at all, it’s all very close to the heart. Even better, the game also has some genuinely funny moments, which made me feel very bad for laughing, my god, that alligator dream.
– Real player with 3.0 hrs in game
I spent a good while trying to think of a way to review this game, but the only words that keep coming back to my head is that ‘it’s an experience’.
Nonetheless, I appreciate any game where you can be a mantis. Even if you have to get a little choppy-choppy on some squirrels.
I’d love to have the opportunity to hear from the games developers on the thought process behind many of the game-play decisions.
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game