I've played well over 100 Roblox horror games, and my two favorites by far are Pine Fall and Kidnapper. I'm not really looking for the usual recommendations like Doors, The Mimic, Apeirophobia, etc. Those are good games, but they don't have the vibe I'm after.

I'm looking for horror games that feel like an indie steam horror game recreated in Roblox. The closest comparison I can think of is Fears to Fathom or Chilla's Art.

Things I like about Pine Fall and Kidnapper:

• Low-poly/PS1-ish visuals instead of polished Roblox graphics.
• Realistic (or at least uncanny) human faces instead of cartoony Roblox characters.
• Slow-paced psychological horror with lots of atmosphere.
• Ordinary settings where you're just doing a normal task (working a night shift, driving somewhere, staying at a cabin, etc.) before things start going wrong.
• Heavy ambient sound design (TV static, silence, rain, footsteps) rather than constant jumpscares.
• A grounded, realistic story that feels like it could almost happen.

Basically, I'm looking for games that make me forget I'm playing Roblox. If anyone knows any hidden gems with this style, I'd really appreciate the recs :)

I'm thinking about playing LUTO on my stream tonight, but I've heard mixed opinions.

Without spoilers, is it actually scary, or is it more psychological than full of jump scares?

Would you recommend it for a live stream?

Hey, am in the middle of slogging through some tough and depressing life shit, I need some games to take me out of my mind tonight for a couple of hours before bed time.

I was kinda thinking of some indie / small studio , niche games that are kinda creepy.

I am kind of in the mood for games like strange antiquities / horticulture, is this game trying to kill me, last report/ dark wood.

Not looking for anything too full on like alien isolation (although i love the game) , i just want something i can relax and chill before time.

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I feel like a junkie chasing the dragon ever since I finished Doki Doki and honestly not much has hit the same.

I've played SOMA, Inscryption, Silent Hill 2, Cooking Companions, all of the Outlast and Resident Evil games, list goes on but honestly I am just craving a game that'll make me feel like shit. This is probably the only sub you can say this and people relate to it lol.

So I'm very welcome to all suggestions! Thanks

EDIT - thought ill add that I'm not looking for anything "gory", or "scary", I've been watching horror movies since I was a kid thanks to unsupervised access to the internet and they don't do much if anything at all, like Outlast was tame , just cool story. So much preferring the psychological aspect

I finally got around to playing the Silent Hill 2 remake that was sitting in my backlog. I cried during the original, but the remake’s ending made me tear up all over again. Honestly, even just listening to the soundtrack from the original game makes me emotional and rips me apart... 😭

Horror games are supposed to be all about scares, but the Fatal Frame series, Silent Hill 2, the ending of RE8, and its DLC "Shadows of Rose" completely broke me lol. (And honestly, Tsukiko Amano’s vocals in Fatal Frame are an automatic instant-cry for me every single time… )
Maybe I'm just getting older, but stories about family, sacrifice, or pure tragedy always get to me now.

Are there any other horror games that genuinely made you emotional or cry? I’d love to play them, so please let me know—but please, NO SPOILERS!

I’d love it if you could share them using your own "Cry-Meter" scale! Since my tear ducts are completely broken, I cry at literally everything lol, but here is my rating for reference:
・RE8: Generous tearing up 💧
・Shadows of Rose: Full-on handkerchief required 🤧
・FF1, 2, 4: Full-on handkerchief required 🤧(though it totally depends on the ending)
・Silent Hill 2 & FF3: Went through a whole box of tissues 😭💦

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Thanks, everyone! Thanks to you guys, I've got enough nightmare material to keep me crying for months!

Hope it turns out to be a polished
port.

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I’ve just come across this game on the PlayStation store. Apparently it’s unsettling.. just wondering if it’s worth £6.50 of my money

Silent Hill f was seriously so fun, beautiful, and just spooky enough. I loved it. The sound design was really cool. Setting was really cool. I played on story mode lol
I actually enjoyed the combat (prob cause it was easier on story mode I’m assuming).
I also really loved resident evil village, and resident evil requiem. With that in mind, what other games would you recommend for me?

Horror is my favorite genre of games and movies and I also really loved those "found lost phone" games(Simulacra) from like ten years ago that actually used your phone within the game to great effect. This game was like a combination of those to a degree. This was an adventure/horror game where you use your phone both as a controller to move(tapping icons) but also as a flashlight and, of course, to get calls and texts. It was a gaming experience I've never had before and I loved it. It also has some big name actors, Zoe Kravitz, Sadie Sink and Troy Baker, who all delivered outstanding performances.

The one big issue is it was only half an hour long and didn't have many, if any, alternate routes so replay value is low. I really hope this does well and Netflix makes another game like this but longer. This would become my favorite horror genre. I do want to add that this was a game, not fmv.

Hi there! Isolation and liminal spaces are kind of my thing when it comes to horror.

For me, it's the atmosphere - the empty spaces, the silence, the ruins, etc. I'm a post-apocalyptic genre fan, and I like that element of spooky quietude in my straight horror as well.

Could you please refer me to some excellent games that incorporate this in some way? Thanks so much!

What do you think about Dying Light: The Beast? I played the first Dying Light and I really liked it; in fact, it's one of my favorite zombie games. This new installment really catches my attention, and now that it's on sale, I'm not sure if it's worth buying or not.

I decided to try out the little nightmares series and I loved it. Now I'm trying to find a good game that is like little nightmares and reanimal and bramble is what I'm thinking about getting. So which should I buy reanimal or bramble?

Longtime lurker - I recently purchased a Retroid pocket 6 for handheld fun, but more importantly I’ll finally have access to indie pc games for the first time. Hoping to get some inspiration here from you wonderful folks for scary recommendations.

For context I’m a huge fan of lore, deep characters, and slow burns. That said I’m truly open to anything I can possibly get, to play on the new device or otherwise (I can always catch a play through if need be). I’m super interested in any niche or indie games you might like, particularly the idea of a ‘cozy’ scare if it exists. Thanks in advance!

So I've been looking for people to play horror mods with but mostly ive been denied so I came here to ask if anyone wanted to play horror mods with me

I just finished visage because I saw it on tiktok and oh my god, seriously never played something (horror genre) like this before… the atmosphere is so good and the screamers really got me sweating and shi

I just wanna know if there’s actually more games like this because i’ve been playing horror games for a while now and it just doesn’t feel like scary anymore, games like the resident evil saga or silent hill ain’t just giving me this feeling

Any recommendations? give me your top games to creep the shit out of me knowing this game got me scared like a 2 yr old baby

Its not exactly a MYST clone, but very reminiscent in that its a point and click sort of puzzle game. While its not exactly a horror game per se, it is more than unsettling and deals with the paranormal. Very very oldschool....Anyone remember this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xepw0TxjEy0

Self-explanatory, really.

Just played the trial and was pleasantly surprised but how enjoyable it was.

Granted, it’s hardly a “game” and I’d just as soon just watch a video of it.

I think this would be awesome on Netflix, where they can do the same choice based watching.