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There are some AMAZING big name horror releases that have come out last year and are set to release this year. There is no argument how amazing Resident Evil: Biohazard was or how terrifying Outlast 2 looks. But there is a treasure trove of indie horror games out there that so many people don’t know about.

Everyone in my life would probably agree that I watch too many Let’s Plays. I think I watch people play games more than I actually play games myself. Do the dishes, watch a Let’s Play. Making dinner, watch a Let’s Play. There is a good reason for it.

Let’s Plays are an amazing resource for little known indie horror games. It gives me a chance to experience these sometimes short, sometimes funny and usually terrifying games that otherwise would pass through my radar.

I’m going to save you some sifting trouble and list out some of the top underrated indie horror games out there. Some are even free to download. So get your PC’s ready and let’s get listing.

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Fran Bow

I love when artists mix cutsie and disturbing and Fran Bow takes the cake. The story follows a young girl named Fran Bow that gets put into an asylum after she witnesses her parents being brutally murdered. She can’t remember what happened and people seem to think she did it.

Her goal is to find her beloved black cat, Mr. Midnight, and find out what really happened to her parents. The entire time you are wondering if she suffers from a dangerous mental disorder or could supernatural forces be at work?

The animation is strange in appearance and gorgeous. Everything seems “normal” but when Fran takes her medicine, the world changes into grotesque scenes of insanity, blood and child dismemberment. You feel for this little girl and are terrified along with her. Highly recommend this one; just leave a light on when you sleep afterward.

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Lethe: Episode 1

This. Game. Is. Gorgeous. What drew me to this game was its environment. With seamless graphics and a foreboding atmosphere, I got hooked very quickly. A first-person horror survival game, you follow Robert Dawn, a journalist looking into where he came from.

With little knowledge of his mother or where he is from, he goes searching and finds his past in a small mining town. However, the abandoned town isn’t what it looks like. My only complaint about this game is continuity of story.

Sometimes the story line can become a little convoluted and the environments can change so drastically, you wonder how it’s even feasible. Overlooking that, the game play is easy, although not without slight bugs (not nearly as many as some major titles carry) and the story is immersive.

Only chapter one has been released as of yet, but each episode will stand alone as its own story. I’m looking forward to the next one, that’s for sure.

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The Visitor/ The Visitor Returns/ The Visitor: Massacre at Camp Happy

Sometimes, just because a game is short, doesn’t mean it’s not as good as any long game. Case in point: The Visitor series. I put three in one favorite spot because, honestly, I couldn’t pick my favorite.

These games are ridiculous. You play an alien that is on earth that starts off as a bitty worm. Every time you eat something, you get bigger and gain the characteristic of what you ate. The game play varies a bit between each game but the premise is the same: solve the puzzle and eat your way to victory.

They are all flash animation games and kind of bring me back to being a kid and playing Night of the Tentacles. These games are silly, gory and you can have multiple endings.

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Buried

I first saw this game in a Markiplier play through. Whether or not you like him, he can narrate a story like nobody’s business and that’s what this game is about. A throw back to text based games, there is nothing to it BUT story line.

You play as Roger Hastings, a logger working in the forest with his crew when something happens, an explosion…something. You must find your crew and find out what happened. If you liked choose your own adventure books as a kid, you’ll love this.

In the spirit of Until Dawn, your decisions change the story. It leaves you on the edge of your seat and you delve deeper and deeper into the mystery of what happened. With at least two possible endings, you’ll play again and again.

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The Park

This game isn’t scary per se, but it was pretty disturbing. In this first-person psychological horror, you play as Lorraine, searching for your son, Callum, in an old abandoned amusement park. While the premise at first seems like it has some holes, it is all explained in the end.

The game is short at one to two hours of game play, but the feelings are lasting. This may affect parents more and make you feel uncomfortable and squirm in your seat. Movies like The Babadook and games like this one play on the emotions from a parent to a child and it’s things like that tend to bother me the most.

This is a good, narrative driven story to kill a couple hours.

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‘Immaculate’ Stars Reveal Which Horror Villains They Would “F, Marry, Kill”

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Sydney Sweeney is just coming off the success of her rom-com Anyone But You, but she’s ditching the love story for a horror story in her latest film Immaculate.

Sweeney is taking Hollywood by storm, portraying everything from a love-lusting teenager in Euphoria to an accidental superhero in Madame Web. Although the latter got a lot of hate among theater-goers, Immaculate is getting the polar opposite.

The film was screened at SXSW this past week and was well-received. It also gained a reputation for being extremely gory. Derek Smith of Slant says the, “final act contains some of the most twisted, gory violence this particular subgenre of horror has seen in years…”

Thankfully curious horror movie fans won’t have to wait long to see for themselves what Smith is talking about as Immaculate will hit theaters across the United States on March, 22.

Bloody Disgusting says that the movie’s distributor NEON, in a bit of marketing smarts, had stars Sydney Sweeney and Simona Tabasco play a game of “F, Marry, Kill” in which all their choices had to be horror movie villains.

It’s an interesting question, and you might be surprised at their answers. So colorful are their responses that YouTube slapped an age-restricted rating on the video.

Immaculate is a religious horror movie that NEON says stars Sweeney, “as Cecilia, an American nun of devout faith, embarking on a new journey in a remote convent in the picturesque Italian countryside. Cecilia’s warm welcome quickly devolves into a nightmare as it becomes clear her new home harbors a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.”

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‘Terminator: Survivors’: Open World Survival Game Releases Trailer And Is Launching This Fall

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This is a game that many gamers will be excited for. It was announced at the Nacon Connect 2024 Event that Terminator: Survivors will be launching early access for PC via Steam on October 24th of this year. It will launch fully on a later date for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Check out the trailer and more about the game below.

Official Trailer for Terminator: Survivors

IGN states, “In this original story taking place after the first two Terminator films, you take control of a group of survivors of Judgment Day, in solo or co-op mode, faced with a multitude of lethal hazards in this post-apocalyptic world. But you’re not alone. Skynet’s machines will hound you relentlessly and rival human factions will fight for the same resources you desperately need.”

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In related news to the Terminator world, Linda Hamilton stated I’m done. I’m done. I have nothing more to say. The story’s been told, and it’s been done to death. Why anybody would relaunch it is a mystery to me. She claims she doesn’t want to play Sarah Connor anymore. You can check out more of what she said here.

First Look Image at Terminator: Survivors (2024)
First Look Image at Terminator: Survivors (2024)

An open-world game about surviving against Skynet’s machines sounds like an interesting and fun game. Are you excited about this announcement and trailer release from Nacon? Let us know in the comments below. Also, check out this behind-the-scenes clip from the game below.

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New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Entry Isn’t a Movie, but “It’s Going to Be Intense” [Teaser Video]

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If you were expecting another Paranormal Activity sequel to be a feature film you’d be surprised. Maybe there will be one, but for now, Variety reports that DreadXP co-director and creative director Brian Clarke (DarkStone Digital) are creating a video game based on the series.

“We are thrilled to work with Paramount Game Studios and to have the opportunity to bring the world of ‘Paranormal Activity’ to gamers everywhere,” Epic Pictures CEO and DreadXP producer Patrick Ewald told Variety. “The films are steeped in rich lore and creative scares, and under the stewardship of creative director Brian Clarke, DreadXP’s ‘Paranormal Activity’ video game will honor those core tenets and offer horror fans one of our most terrifying games yet.” 

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Clarke, who worked on the horror video game The Mortuary Assistant said the Paranormal Activity franchise shows just how much reach a genre-specific title can accomplish, “If you thought ‘The Mortuary Assistant’ was scary, we’re taking what we learned during the development of that title and cranking it up with a more reactive and horrifying haunting system. It’s going to be intense!”

The new game is scheduled to be released in 2026.

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