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2018 horror games video update
🕑 Added 2018-12-19 06:36:20 +0000 UTC (image from Moko's Advice)So! I have been working more on the big 2018 horror game video (also working on full version of the Scruggs and CYOAM videos and other stuff but tonight mostly the horror video haha). I think it would be fun to play 100 games and do a big review video (I have 80+ games tentatively picked out and have played 15 so far). The further I get the more I find very short horror games made as experiments or for jams and it's fun to sift through them. I do NOT want to review every game individually, because that would get exhausting and repetitive, but give fuller reviews of the games I really enjoy or that stood out and commit time to them and have offhand mentions of others grouped together (for good or bad things- maybe neat visuals or sound in an otherwise boring game, maybe the bad YOU WERE DEAD ALL ALONG!! plot twist twine games, if any end up being grimdark or edgy, etc- it's fun watching patterns emerge!). I don't know if I'll even brand it as a 2018 video since it'll probably come out in full in January, but I like the idea of recommending small obscure games and also talking about annoying patterns/weak spots that emerge in recent super indie horror stuff.
I'm probably defining "horror" as 1) meant to frighten or evoke unease or 2) involving tropes traditionally associated with horror or horror-adjacent concepts (like Halloween). So loosely enough to include a lot of different types of games.
So far Detention is easily the best one, but that's kind of expected haha. Moko's Advice seems to not have been played by many people but I really loved it. You play someone giving yes or no advice to a bunch of eerie, obscured, shadowy creatures and what seems like a good or simple answer is often subverted in funny or creepy or upsetting ways. Would highly recommend that one. And of course David Lynch Teaches Typing is also awesome but I played that one a while back and it's a little less obscure.
Here's essentially a copy and paste of what I've played and what I might play. I've only pulled from one of the jams listed and have not gone through the others yet. As before feel free to suggest stuff or let me know of stuff that sticks out to you, or if one of the developers is a sex pest weirdo or something so I can cross them off the list haha. And to limit the search (and to prob make some kind of statement about 2018 games) I am only including games that were either put out or revamped/ported/re-released etc in 2018. Thanks!!
played:
- Siren head
- september1999
- Timothy and the mysterious forest
- Detention
- David lynch teaches typing
- Overboard https://harrycoke.itch.io/overboard
- Static https://minichimera.itch.io/static-micro-horror
- Pumpkin witch https://salyangoz.itch.io/pumpkin-witch
- Rengoku https://indrajithkl.itch.io/rengoku
- Beyond the mirror https://aslangames.itch.io/beyond-the-mirror
- Yonder https://sungk.itch.io/yonder
- New in town https://terzom.itch.io/new-in-town
- A crisis https://cinnabunny.itch.io/a-crisis
- Moko’s advice https://portrait-prophecies.itch.io/mokos-advice
- Cthonic Curator https://chao.itch.io/cthonic-curator
To play:
Can you come in https://spacetwinks.itch.io/can-you-come-in
The house of the living https://vonbednar.itch.io/the-house-of-the-living
Paratopic https://store.steampowered.com/app/897030/Paratopic/
Faith deluxe v1.3 https://airdorf.itch.io/faith
Haunted cities volume 3 https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/haunted-cities-v3
Visage game https://store.steampowered.com/app/594330/Visage/
Nun massacre https://puppetcombo.itch.io/nun-massacre
ok/normal https://98demake.itch.io/oknormal
Vitreous https://boaheck.itch.io/vitreous
Retro slasher https://itch.io/t/325957/retro-slasher-8-bit-survival-horror
Speed dating for ghosts https://copychaser.itch.io/speeddatingforghosts
Spook tower https://ayolland.itch.io/spook-tower
Immure (demo) https://witherstudios.itch.io/immure
Location withheld https://bryce-bucher.itch.io/location-withheld
Perfection https://yagmanx.itch.io/perfection
Retrace https://samjianghaohu.itch.io/retrace
The odd door https://tymus.itch.io/the-odd-door
The static https://polclarissou.itch.io/the-static
Hello charlotte series https://etherane.itch.io/
The silence under your bed https://bravemule.itch.io/silenceunderbed
Lost in vivo https://akuma-kira.itch.io/lost-in-vivo
The hex https://store.steampowered.com/app/510420/The_Hex/
Baldi's Basics in Education & Learning https://mystman12.itch.io/baldis-basics
At home alone https://store.steampowered.com/app/964350/At_Home_Alone/
Daemon_9 https://store.steampowered.com/app/892690/Daemon_9/
The horns https://dene.itch.io/the-horns
Sabrina https://felipefalcon.itch.io/sabrina
Unmasking unmade https://grimoirtua.itch.io/unmade
Shape the darkness https://whiestar.itch.io/shape-the-darkness
Sugar the evil rabbit https://vanadial.itch.io/sugar-the-evil-rabbit
Thirstiest time of the year https://norboo.itch.io/thirstiest-time-of-the-year
Re-lucid https://colergames.itch.io/re-lucid
Jill https://birdpun.itch.io/jill
Northbury grove https://scythedevteam.itch.io/nbg
King’s comfort https://scythedevteam.itch.io/kings-comfort
Harvest gift https://evilrick.itch.io/harvest-gift
At sea https://otgdev.itch.io/at-sea-ch1-demo
Brokenfall https://rferari.itch.io/brokenfall
OperationousPresent https://rrrffw.itch.io/operationouspresent
Esciit https://supernapie.itch.io/esciit
Shines over https://juan-mod.itch.io/shines-over
Cragne Manor https://bavarianrobotdiner.itch.io/cragne-manor
Chilled https://luckynothin.itch.io/chilled
Out there https://rbatistadelima.itch.io/out-there
Sealess mother https://approductions.itch.io/sealess-mother
I’m on observation duty https://zaster.itch.io/im-on-observation-duty
Out from the white https://portrait-prophecies.itch.io/out-from-the-white
Three mile https://fiaglas.itch.io/three-mile
rabbit/wolf https://shweep.itch.io/rabbitslashwolf
No thing (switch) https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/no-thing-switch
Rolling in the dark https://itch.io/jam/bite-sized-horror-game-jam-2018/rate/323642
Cube escape paradox https://store.steampowered.com/app/909080/Cube_Escape_Paradox/
Lost in vivo https://store.steampowered.com/app/963710/Lost_in_Vivo/
Maguntsche: Chapter One https://glassdev.itch.io/maguntsche
After the Waves Crash https://thestefan.itch.io/after-the-waves-crash
Beyond the grave https://chronofluxgames.itch.io/beyond-the-grave
The house with a hundred mirrors https://insomniatea.itch.io/the-house-with-a-hundred-mirrors
Zeus 1111 https://dancingengie.itch.io/zeus-111
Silent way https://portrait-prophecies.itch.io/silent-way
Save her https://dekmech.itch.io/savesae
Death trips https://forameuss.itch.io/death-trips
Tonsil terror https://papercookies.itch.io/tonsil-terror
Rabbit lab https://todd-jackman.itch.io/rabbit-lab-prototypedemo
Beyond this world https://hungry-dev-studios.itch.io/beyond-this-world
William Sewing's The Confines https://somewhat.itch.io/the-confines
Interactive horror stories https://aslangames.itch.io/interactive-horror-stories
Jams to pull from:
Bite sized horror jam https://itch.io/jam/bite-sized-horror-game-jam-2018/entries
The sublime (bitsy jam) https://itch.io/jam/sublime-bitsy/entries
Gothic novel jam https://itch.io/jam/gothic-novel-jam/entries
Scream jam https://itch.io/jam/screamjam/entries
Scream season (christmas horror) https://itch.io/jam/scream-season
Darktober https://itch.io/jam/darktober-game-jam-2018
Get more from here https://portrait-prophecies.itch.io/
maybes:
Return of the obra dinn? (maybe too long)
Yomawari (prob too expensive) https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/yomawari-the-long-night-collection-switch
Call of cthulu (too expensive)
Bendy and the ink machine (too expensive) https://store.steampowered.com/app/622650/Bendy_and_the_Ink_Machine/
