SurrealandCreepy

SurrealandCreepy

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Movies, videogames, art, comics...whatever is surreal and creepy, horror, or dreamlike. Check our horror TTRPGs and books: https://surreal-and-creepy-games.itch.io/

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Here are some of the most interesting upcoming horror games based on the folklore of different countries: - Agni Village of Calamity (Indonesia)[pic 1] - Curilemu (Chile) - Rakshasa (India)[2] - Drowned Lake (Brazil) - Aswang Hunter (Philippines)[3] - Kumarn (Thailand)[4]

Besmirch if what happens if FAITH was a farming simulator. Harvest your crops for winter, talk with villagers, prepare for bizarre festivals... and be ready for the disturbing beings visiting at night. Full of things to do, from dungeons to boss battles.

In a world where people became slugs, a surviving with and her loyal baseball bat decided to destroy everything and bring mayhem. Kill the Witch is an old-school action platformer with insanely challenging and disturbing boss battles.

Last year had many great titles, and here a list of hidden horror gems released in 2025 with still <100 reviews on STEAM: - You are not bunnygirl [1] - Dig Night - クビトリドオルズ・レトリーバー 島津怪談01 - Unbroken [2] - Mind Control: Bloody Renaissance - FriendShapes [3] - Hydra - Decade - Instant Anastasia [4]

Mageye is an extremely disturbing adventure about a bird trying to save her last baby by feeding it... human eyes. From the sound to theme and art, everything is quite uneasy, for an adventure mixing simple flight gameplay and VN.

While Expedition 33 is surely a masterpiece, let's check some more hidden gems for the best indie games released last year: - Look Outside - Deformed - Promise Mascot Agency - Stone of Madness - クビトリドオルズ・レトリーバー 島津怪談01 - Stray Children - Verho Curse of Faces

Last year was really great for indie horror RPGs developed with RPGmaker, with amazing titles including: - Trench Face [pic 1] - Look Outside - Mind Control Bloody Renaissance [pic 2] - Dig Night [pic 3] - FriendShapes - Break Wolf [pic 4]

Paracom is a military-themed JRPG inspired by Fear & Hunger, where you control a paranormal SWAT team exploring a "mimic" house. Behind the simple style hides an interesting lore, credible actions, and choices with consequences.

Catalina's Horror Adventure is in-between horror and comedy, where you must explore a parallel world behind an arcade searching for your mom. Reminiscent of Earthbound, a horror adventure mixing Zelda-like puzzles and a shooter, with really bizarre NPCs.

Trench Face is clearly inspired by Fear & Hunger, a short dark JRPG set in a twisted and horror WW1 setting. Explore gas-filled trenches, fight tough puppet soldiers, and select different classes, from sniper to flamethrower or a humanoid rat.

The free playtest of Mama's Sleeping Angels showcased an insane and surreal co-op horror game. Be ready to decapitate yourself or your friends, avoid twisted beings while kissing others to regain health, and, of course, feed cursed items to Mama, ending the dreams.

In Bioysque, Zelda meets biopunk and body horror in a RPG with portal-based exploration and clicker combat. Level up your way through grotesque and disturbing abominations, created by a "generative" witch, and walls of bullets.

Last day to buy Amnios with 25% discount.

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Amnios is a horror TTRPG where you wake up inside an eldritch Lake, with mechanics based on holding your breath. Explore Bubbles, escape Specimens, and mutate your body to improve your chances. Can you escape the Lake, or will you join it? LINK: surreal-and-creepy-games.itch.io/amnios

Instant Anastasia is the game for fans of Event Horizon. Explore an organic spaceship imprisoning the crew in its nightmares in a challenging roguelike with great atmosphere. Avoid invisible enemies, explore the ship, and save the crew by entering their nightmares.

APlaceDominatedByHoles is a simple Chinese-only RPG with peculiar art, where a talking hole appears on a troubled girl's arm. Plan your days, fight other holed people to absorb their powers, and trade health with a mysterious merchant.

Stones of Flesh is a peculiar JRPG set in a nightmarish world made in claymation. Alone in this dungeon, learn new stop-motion gifts and use them to survive, by throwing flames to "turn the eyeballs all the way around".

With half the year already gone, it is a good time to check some of the best indie games released so far in 2025: - The Stone of Madness - Unbroken the Awakening - Deformed - クビトリドオルズ・レトリーバー 島津怪談01 - Promise Mascot Agency - Look Outside

Dig Night is a comedy-dark JRPG where you work as a cleaner in a city where people turn into ghosts. A game full of details and personality, from old-cartoon ghosts to mini-games and a cinema with short stop-motion movies.

A Chamber of Stars is the the sequel of the amazing The Endless Empty. Venture again inside a distressful mind, moving from domains such as anxiety or creation. Puzzles, rhythm guitar "battles", and great characters/writing shape this surreal adventure.

Necrophosis is a horror adventure with disturbing puzzles set in basically an explorable Beksiński's painting, a hellish landscape with an insane amount of details and grotesque beings that is a pleasure to explore.

Navicula Meatus is a cryptic and mysterious adventure where you play as a crab creature in a city of grotesque beings, where even the dialogues are incomprehensible. Exchange items and money with the inhabitants to unlock more areas.

Kubitori Dolls Retriever is a Japanese horror co-op where you need to recover the victims' heads and bring them back to the correct bodies, while inside the surreal lairs of killing mannequins. The final version has different enemies, buyable classes, and a lot of customization.

Blood Soaked Bastard: a knight obsessed with blood, a regenerating ghoul always in a cage, and an ugly elf: follow this twisted party in a small and simple JRPG with a killer art-style. And remember, there is not only the enemy's blood to use.

In The Children of Clay, study a cursed clay artifact to discover its secrets... but are you ready for the consequences? Short free game with an amazing atmosphere and style, including an exploration phase. I hope to study more cursed artifacts in future.

In Unforgotten Ordinance, explore a twisted Siberian outpost, learn about the rituals, and decide who to trust. Will you side with the witch or with the mysterious horned stranger? A short horror adventure with 5 endings and a great atmosphere.

BrokenLore is a series of psychological-horror games releasing in 2025, connecting heavy topics such as cyber-bullism with Japanese folklore. The first game of this series, BrokenLore LOW, was recently released, with Don't Watch coming next month.

In The Stone of Madness, plan your escape from a monastery-asylum in 18th-century Spain in this deep stealth game. Control inmates with different abilities, and decide how to use each day/night. Because at dusk, curfew is on... and more deadly beings awaken.

FriendShapes is a very peculiar roguelike horror adventure. Survive random encounters and try to understand abstract entities through choices and analysis... because even a body-shaped bag can drive you insane.

GuLady (or Lady in Tomb) is a pure survival-horror inspired by Resident Evil where, instead of zombies, there are human/insects hybrids. Set inside an ancient Chinese tomb, the game has many puzzles and secrets.

Deformed is a deep boss-rush horror FPS set inside a lab full of grotesque abominations, with many secrets, hidden bosses, and insanely good and gory cinematics. This game has personality and potential.

Withering Rooms is a roguelike set in an orphanage existing inside dreams, where souls-like combat and sanity coexist in a deep horror setting. An insane amount of content, enemies (>80!), secrets, and characters, packed with killing atmosphere.

In Children's Friend, play as a ghastly Santa Claus, venturing into houses inhabited by grotesque beings. But do not worry, because Santa has a chainsaw. Craft gifts, explore the house, and find "the child". Will it receive the gift or the chainsaw? Only in Japanese.

Fallen Depths is an analog nightmare, where you need to explore abandoned complexes swarmed by grotesque beings, using stealth or melee weapons to survive each floor. A rogue-like focused on item management with fair checkpoints.