Shelby Oaks follows Mia Brennan (Camille Sullivan), who returns to investigate her sister Riley’s disappearance. Riley had been part of a paranormal investigation group called the Paranormal Paranoids, but she vanished under mysterious circumstances. Years later, Mia’s search for answers uncovers something much darker than she expected. As Mia digs in, she discovers that the legends, found‐footage materials, and the lore surrounding Shelby Oaks might be more real than people believed. The film uses the twin forces of emotional loss and supernatural fear to ratchet up dread. Starring: Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Keith David, Robin Bartlett e…
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Publisher Critical Reflex (best known for Mouthwashing and Buckshot Roulette) has unleashed its latest unsettling gift to the world: Eclipsium, a new psychological horror game from indie developer Housefire Games, now available on Steam for $12.99 with a 10% launch discount. Into the Dark, Toward Her The premise is simple, but terrifying. The world you know is collapsing into a ravenous, consuming darkness. Everything familiar, safe, and ordinary has been ripped apart. All that remains is Her—a strange figure who radiates pale light in the void. She is your only way forward. Your final tether to humanity. But following that…
Grab your friends… wait, is that really your friend? What was that sound? And where the hell are you anyway? Escape the Backrooms, one of the most popular co-op horror games inspired by Backrooms lore, is gearing up for its full 1.0 release on Steam. Escape the Backrooms is a 1–4 player co-op horror exploration game where players traverse 30+ creepy, liminal environments while evading terrifying entities. Work together, solve puzzles, and find your way out—but remember: survival is never guaranteed. In Escape the Backrooms, up to four players work together to explore the seemingly endless maze of eerie liminal…
The infamous 1984 slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night is getting a chilling new life in 2025. The remake promises to honor the cult classic while reimagining its most shocking moments for a modern audience. Once again, the story follows a young man whose traumatic childhood transforms into a blood-soaked rampage when he dons a Santa suit on Christmas Eve. With updated scares, a darker psychological edge, and brutal holiday-themed kills, this new take aims to both terrify longtime fans and introduce a new generation to one of horror’s most controversial seasonal slashers. Starring: Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, David Lawrence Brown…
Sybil is a quiet, creative soul with an almost eerie affinity for death. As a mortuary assistant and avid taxidermist, she finds solace among the deceased—though it’s clear these relationships are more than they appear. Her childhood was shattered at age ten by a tragic accident that claimed her family, leaving Sybil adrift in loneliness and craving connection wherever she can find it . Her grief-fueled imagination begins to slip into delusion. Reality blurs as Sybil’s fascination with the dead turns increasingly dark—and disturbing. Her poetic sensibility and macabre hobbies tip into obsession, leading to a gothic, horrifying climax that…
The cult-favorite Deep Sleep series has returned—and this time, it’s darker than ever. Indie developer scriptwelder and publisher Armor Games Studios have released Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken on PC via Steam, blending classic point-and-click adventure with tense, turn-based combat in a nightmare that blurs the line between dream and reality. A Descent into the Dreamworld This standalone entry follows Amy, a woman drawn into a surreal and terrifying journey after discovering her brother’s journals. Believed dead, Thomas may instead be trapped in the dreamscape he once obsessed over. To reach him, Amy must master lucid dreaming, solve puzzles,…
Silent Forest Games is inviting players to step into the shadows with Prop Haunt, a 4v1 psychological horror multiplayer experience launching on Steam Early Access August 29, 2025. If you’ve ever wanted to possess random objects just to freak out your friends—or desperately scan for signs of supernatural trickery—this one’s for you. Ghosts vs. Investigator In Prop Haunt, four mischievous spirits go head-to-head with a lone investigator. Ghosts can possess everyday props, teleport around the map, and unleash eerie powers like blackouts, slowdowns, and sudden jump scares. The investigator, on the other hand, relies on cameras, gadgets, and quick wits…
Lucid Rain Studios has pulled back the curtain on its debut project, INFERIUS, a first-person psychological horror roguelite that fuses tactical deckbuilding with nightmare-fueled exploration. Inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy and Lovecraftian horror, the game is being built by a team of veterans from BioWare, Ubisoft, and developers who’ve worked on GTA V and Metro. In INFERIUS, you awaken as a lost Pilgrim, damned and marked, wandering through a hell that twists and reshapes itself around your forgotten sins. Armed with only a lantern and a deck of Tarot-inspired Major Arcana cards, survival comes down to cunning strategy and grim…
Jack ventures to remote New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother and meets her widow Jill. But his mother’s spirit returns to inhabit each of their bodies, instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance. Starring: Dacre Montgomery, Vicky Krieps, Joel Tobeck Director: Samuel Van Grinsven Writer: Nick Lepard Genre: Horror Rated: NR Release date: November 14, 2025
Indie publisher Polden and developer solarsuit.games have officially launched Static Dread: The Lighthouse—a haunting horror sim that blends the watchful gameplay of Papers, Please with creeping Lovecraftian dread. Available now on Steam for $9.74 (25% off until August 20), this eerie descent into madness places you at the helm of a decaying lighthouse as darkness consumes the world. Horror on the Horizon As the last lighthouse keeper after an undisclosed global calamity, your role is deceptively simple: keep the beacon lit and guide ships to safety. But it quickly becomes clear that something ancient and monstrous lurks in the deep.…