Hidden Dark Games on Steam
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Project Unknown
An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught
Bye Sweet Carole
Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.
House of Necrosis
A turn-based horror RPG with retro 32-bit 3D graphics. Survive the horrors of the mansion that changes every time you enter.
Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition
A new action-horror story set in the iconic Alien universe. Play as rogue Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks, sent to investigate a blacksite on Purdan. Fight and survive using your skill, reflexes, and determination against a deadly Xenomorph incursion in this gripping first chapter of a two-part saga.
Goblin Cleanup
A co-op cleaning game where you have to clean and rearrange a dungeon before the next adventurers come to complete it again.
Dead Reset
Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.
The Lightkeeper
Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper
Dark Hunting Ground
Hunt the monsters that swarm the Dark Hunting Ground, collect the spoils, develop your skills freely and wisely and fight to become the strongest hunter!
Bad Cheese
Bad Cheese is a psychological horror inspired by the eerie charm of 1920s animation. Step into the tiny paws of a mouse spending the weekend at home with a dysfunctional Dad while Mom's away. Be on your best behavior and KEEP DADDY HAPPY.
Inkshade
Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.
Loan Shark
The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish.
FALLSTRUKTUR
It takes a while to go back to sleep, but inevitably, you return. To dream of the Fallstruktur.
Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Achilles: Survivor
Thousands of enemies. One survivor. Fight like a demigod, build deadly defenses, and grow stronger after every run in this fast-paced bullet heaven set in mythic Greece.
Bogos Binted?
Welcome to a sinful night with the galaxy’s wackiest aliens. Play twisted tabletop games with up to 4 players, devise brilliant strategies, bluff your way to victory, and try not to lose your head - literally.
Climb The Backrooms
Ascend through the twisted levels of the Backrooms using physics-based object manipulation to overcome obstacles, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover unsettling secrets. Play solo or team up in online co-op with up to 4 players as you climb higher, think smarter, and survive the unknown.
Dread Flats
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
SCP: CB Multiplayer Reborn
Survive the chaos of SCP Foundation! Step into a thrilling SCP horror experience with story-driven co-op, intense PvP Breach mode, and randomized maps. Play as Class-D, scientist, SCPs, and more, each role bringing unique challenges in an unpredictable, immersive facility.
Hunter Roulette
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the underground survivor's showdown! All you need is a locked-and-loaded gun and the guts to stare death in the face to have the time of your life. Ready or not, this isn’t just any gamble—it’s your one shot at survival and rebirth. The hunt starts now！Good luck!
Netherworld Covenant
In the abyss where the mortal realm and netherworld intertwine, become a warrior wielding the power of the Nether Lantern to fight along with the fallen souls. With hardcore, soulslike action and intriguing roguelike builds, shatter the cursed barriers and unveil the truth woven from blood and soul.