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In the basement of a local community college, a forgotten computer sits. The games below have the most in common with it — short, 2d, exploration — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
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- Bad BenPlays on corpsepile.itch.io
Experience the first Found Footage Video Game that isn’t about Slender Man (citation needed)! In common: exploration, mystery, horror.
- Alone. Again.Plays on theredroom.itch.io
A short-form analogue horror experience about "living" through a home invasion brought to you by TheRedRoom. In common: spooky, exploration, short.
- A Human Haunting!Plays on bchen-8.github.io
A hidden object game where a ghost looks for signs of a human haunting! In common: spooky, short, 2d.
- Sylvie MiniaturePlays here
Sylvie's world was destroyed again. In common: exploration, short, 2d.
- Shroud of GloomPlays on madchirpy.itch.io
Shroud of Gloom is a point-and-click horror game. In common: spooky, 2d, mystery.
- Due DatePlays on clov.itch.io
Your Art assignment is due in 20 seconds... In common: exploration, short, 2d.
- Corru.ObserverPlays on corru.observer
Corru.Observer is a hard sci-fi visual novel, point-and-click adventure about a contractor hired by an intelligence agency to hack into an alien biological… In common: exploration, 2d, mystery.
- Long Time No SeePlays here
A short, cozy, narrative-driven Halloween game about three friends reuniting to spend a stormy Halloween night together in a haunted house. In common: spooky, short, mystery.
- SokamaPlays on netal.itch.io
Sokama is a Gameboy style platformer developed for GBJAM 12 and DINOJAM4. In common: spooky, short, 2d.
- Storm the SwanPlays here
Make Cute Animal Friends in this 8-bit Gameboy-inspired adventure! In common: lo fi, 2d, horror.
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PlayableBad Ben
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PlayableA Human Haunting!
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PlayableDue Date
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Aliens · 2022
PlayableLong Time No See
Interactive Fiction · 2023
PlayableSokama
Dinosaurs · 2024
PlayableStorm the Swan
Psychological Horror · 2024
PlayableSamorost 2
Aliens · 2005
PlayableThe Missing Trail
Monsters · 2022
PlayableCanidae
Halloween · 2024
PlayableFortress
Casual · 2023
PlayableGavril
Multiple Endings · 2023
PlayableTamaghost Jump!I Can't Believe It's Not Exorcism!
Ghosts · 2022
PlayableUndying: Reject
Vampire · 2023
PlayableWhere Time Ends
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PlayableA Walk in the Night
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PlayablePeklo
Exploration · 2022
PlayableLet's Go! Baby! Friends World
Retro · 2022
PlayableAbandoned Nursery
Detective · 2020
PlayableRunning Back to You
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PlayableBlight
Exploration · 2024
PlayableFirst Contact
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PlayablePirate Fox Detective: The Case of The Conspicuous Klawz Crew
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PlayableBetaOath of the Necromancer
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PlayableLakeview Cabin
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PlayableToxic Dream
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PlayableA Long Walk Home
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Horror of the High Seas: Episode 4 - Pirate Ship of Fools
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In the Rural Village of Nagoro
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