Rely On Horror
HomepageDUSK is the rare shooter that understands what made games like Blood, DOOM, and Quake so great, and stands beside them as one of the best shooters in years.
Slasher movies may not instill adrenaline or fear in me, but Last Year: The Nightmare proves that with a shift in medium, the formula can work for even a cynical heart like mine.
The aspect the game excels in is the presentation.
Blizzard's first title on the Nintendo Switch is a wonderful port that represents Diablo at its very best, despite some minor visual issues.
Indie developer Desert Fox delivers a touching point-and-click adventure about existenital dread and bad ink to Windows, available on Steam.
Procedural dungeon crawler Phantom Halls is the incredibly frudstrating love letter to campy horror that fans never knew they needed.
Luigi's Mansion lives again on 3DS!
Call of Cthulhu plays like a cross between a walking sim, a Telltale game, and Outlast. If that sounds like an uneven experience, that's because it is.
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror game based on Thai myths and beliefs that ratchets up the terror and does not let go. Here's our review.
Deadly Premonition creator Swery latest title, The MISSING, manages to combine a heartfelt story with solid platforming for an unforgettable experience.
Sagebrush, a new first person narrative adventure game from Redact Games, crafts a compelling, heartfelt story about finding a place in this troubled world.
Transference is a story about obsession and the lengths someone will go to preserve the very thing they've destroyed. Here's our review.
A glimpse at something greater.
I enjoyed my time with Salt and Sanctuary, and if you enjoy challenging 2D games or just games with fantastic horror art design, you probably will too.
Dream Alone is an Edgar Allen Poe inspired 2-D platformer that constantly punishes the player, but not in a way that is rewarding.
A promising start for a dude making a semi-new genre of game.
An abstract, intimate tale of grief crafted by a team with enough resources to realize their vision effectively. Its focus on religion and spirituality really helps set it apart from the crowd and it felt cool to inhabit and explore the world of the game. It was also lean and didn't overstay its welcome.
While this game falls far short of its potential, there are others that use the same premise to great effect.
Killing Floor: Incursion fills a much-needed niche in VR horror by bringing cooperative play and engaging combat to their VR-native entry in the series.
In spite of its flaws, Infernium is a creative vision of the afterlife. There is an audience for this game somewhere; I'm just not part of it.