PPG Game Of The Year 2024 - 48 - Creeping Horror And Existential Dread
Scared. They want you to be scared. I hate the feeling, yet sometimes I can't look away. Psychological mindfuckery is the most appealing - jumpscares are a showstopper. Not to say they don't exist completely in this lot, but, well, you've been warned.
Shipwrecked 64
N64 Horror Platformer
An N64 style collectathon platformer on it's surface, but much more horrific underneath. From the creator of FNAF fangames, if that gives you an indication of this game's underlying horror.
Stay
Fixed Camera Stalking
A really unnerving horror experience that really conveys the emotion and horror of being stalked. Keeps it short and to the point which is a plus.
The Pony Factory
Creepy Bite Sized FPS
David Szymanski has become prolific for his weird short horror games in recent years and this one is no exception. Those ponies look freaky AF.
Reveil
Psychological Walking Sim
A narrative focused game with some high quality visuals and some messed up stuff. Few hours long, does what it wants to without dragging things out.
The Order of the Snake Scale
Dystopian Lovecraft Isometric Survival
Isometric survival game set in an alt dystopic lovecraftian universe with mysterious deaths to solve and secret horrors to uncover.
We Are Not Alone
First Person & Fixed Camera
An interesting blend of first person perspective and fixed camera with point and click movement for a horror game, using the different aspects to build tension in different ways. Best of both worlds?
Crow Country
Modern Day PS1 Resident Evil
A an excellent nostalgic throwback to the kind of survival horror the PS1 is known for, with all the dripping atomsphere, tension and storytelling that comes with that.
The Tower on the Borderland
3rd Person PS1 Survival Horror
"A horror game inspired by Super Metroid and The House on the Borderland." Third person PS1 aesthetics set in a huge labyrinth with ammo preservation and rewarding exploration.
FLATHEAD
Gamble With Your Life
Over, or under? Creepy humanoid creatures, body horror and more seen through the lens of gambling. Short and sweet.
HORROR TALES: The Beggar
Wicked Horror Power
A survival horror game where despite the enemies being wholly terrifying, you have an arsenal of wild powers to fight back with - bending time, reality, the sky and the earth itself to your will.
CLICKHOLDING
Short Unsettling Experience
A short game where a guy sits in a chair and asks you to go click on things, and wants to watch you do so.
CONSCRIPT
WWI Survival Horror
Survive as a lone French soldier in the trenches, scavenge for resources and try to simply stay alive in a harrowing experience designed to reflect the real horrors of fighting in the Great War.
Sylvio: Black Waters
Thick Atmosphere, Mystery Puzzles
Being stranded on a desolate planet is not my idea of a good time, but boy does it make for some good first person tense exploration. Third title in a series.
Red Silhouette
Abandoned Mall Survival
Novel setup for a now all too familiar locale. Play as a security guard keeping an eye on the abandoned mall, but are you guarding things from entering or exiting, who could say.
This Is Not Your House
Choice Based Multiple Endings
A short branching VN of sorts with an unsettling art style about reclaiming your house. Short game with fun to be found in unraveling the story across multiple endings.
Hollowbody
British Survival Horror
Very Resident Evil style survival horror game with a focus on environmental puzzles and resource management. Surprisingly made by a single dev.
Daemonologie
Interface And Dialogue Driven
A mystery focused horror game about extracting truth from a small cast about who amongst the group is a witch overa 5 day period. Interface and text driven.
Grunn
Spooky Gardening + More?
When people say "this is kind of like Outer Wilds" I pay attention. A cozy farming game where you try not to die?? Has puzzle elements where you are trying to figure out how and why things work, while trying to avoid the spook.
Psychopomp GOLD
Psychadelic Dungeon Crawler
A horror dungeon crawler with a gross fleshy creatures. A free version was released earlier this year, but this expanded version ahs much more content, mod support, cutscenes, the lot.
Sorry We're Closed
Fixed Camera Nostalgia
An unsettling survival shooter game with fixed and first person camera perspectives. Puzzles, a clever Third Eye mechanic, and extremely gay.
THRESHOLD
Anxious Phsychological Horror
A game born of our times. You must work to live, the train must keep running. Ration your air. Excellent mood and atmosphere.
And The Best Horror Game Of 2024 Is…
Mouthwashing
Surreal Psychological Horror
Based off of this developers debut release in 2022 How Fish Is Made (go play that immediately if you haven’t, it's free and short) this developer is worth the trust of a blind buy and play with their sophomore effort. If you did so, you would be rewarded with the one of best horror experience you’ll have in a long time; something that will stick with you, having you mull over what it wants to say for years to come.