Author: Anna

Every once in a while, an indie horror game comes along that genuinely makes you afraid to move your character. Deadcam, developed by Alien Big Cat, is that game. With a unique “headcam” mechanic that lets you see through the monster’s eyes as it hunts you, it creates a layer of tension and dread that is nearly unbearable. You play as part of a failing ghost-hunting crew filming an episode in an abandoned house. Things go wrong immediately. Your producer seals you in, your co-star Margo gets possessed, and you are left to survive with nothing but a flashlight and…

At first glance, Fever Meme looks like typical “streamer bait”—a low-budget indie game priced at $4.20, filled with stock assets and loud noises designed to make YouTubers scream. But to dismiss it as just a joke would be a massive mistake. Developed by Aimbok, this game is a brilliant, genre-bending collision of The Stanley Parable, I Wanna Be the Guy, and a psychotic breakdown. It starts as a rage platformer that actively trolls you, evolves into a meta-commentary on game design that disrespects your time and your hard drive, and ends as a surprisingly deep, emotional confession. It is one…

For nearly a decade, Escape from Tarkov has been a ghost story told by hardcore PC gamers—a mythical, “in-beta” monolith that defined an entire genre. It’s the game that spawned a thousand “Tarkov-likes” but was never truly replicated. It’s a grueling, ultra-realistic, soul-crushing extraction shooter that has been developed, argued over, and played in a walled garden for 10 years. Now, that day has finally arrived. Escape from Tarkov has officially launched its 1.0 update and, in a move many thought impossible, has landed on Steam. This 1.0 release is the developer’s definitive statement, adding the long-promised non-linear story campaign,…

Every once in a while, an indie horror game comes out of nowhere and just nails it. Midnight Crane is one of those games. Developed by Dekaizen Studios, it’s a “super simple concept” that is both engaging and terrifying, making it easily one of the top horror games of the year. The premise is simple: You are Marcus, a lone arcade worker on the night shift. Your boss, noticing your love for the claw machines, makes you a bet: win 50 prizes before the night is over for a $500 bonus. What starts as a simple task to win prizes…

The co-op survival genre is crowded, but every so often a game emerges that blends familiar mechanics into something uniquely compelling. MISERY, from developer Platypus Entertainment, is one of those games. It shamelessly wears its influences on its sleeve, billing itself as a co-op rogue-lite for fans of Lethal Company and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. And honestly, that’s the most accurate description you could ask for. Set in a nuclear-blasted “Exclusion Zone,” you and up to four friends play as PMCs who have 60 seconds to grab what you can before a nuke hits, forcing you into a bunker. From there, it’s a…

Orbyss, a visually striking, mind-bending logic game from solo developer Misty Whale, has had a positive launch so far. The cerebral, visually striking puzzle game Orbyss is officially out now on PC via Steam. Developed and published by the one-person studio Misty Whale (solo developer Yannick Audéoud), the game tasks players with reviving a mysterious universe of light that is being threatened by an evil, growing shadow. Praised by critics for its “elegant” mechanics, Orbyss is a logic-based puzzle game where players control a “firefly of energy.” The main hook is a “co-op with yourself” mechanic: you can navigate between…