Horror

A cosmic monster in a pillared pixelart 3D dungeon in Cyclopean: The Great Abyss

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New RPG Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a Lovecraftian Ultima homage, and I can't get torches to work

Out in early access now, still has a demo

Jan. 20, 2025 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

29 comments

A promo image for dinosaur horror game Code Violet.

News

Dino Crisis-esque horror Code Violet won't be coming to PC because the risk of "vulgar" mods isn't worth the "extra money"

Diplodocus's big naturals

Jan. 20, 2025 Nic Reuben

83 comments

News

IGF 2025 nominees show what a wild and vibrant place indie gaming is

There are several surprise nominations and absences this year

Jan. 16, 2025 Graham Smith

21 comments

A hotel room numbered 013 stands ominously open in the banner image for the Roblox game Doors.

Guide

Doors codes

Redeem these codes for currency and revives!

Jan. 15, 2025 Rebecca Jones

A misty blue-green-white view of underground drilling structures nestled among weird organic objects and rock formations in Anoxia Station

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Petro-horror strategy game Anoxia Station makes Frostpunk look positively welcoming

First demo offers powerful atmosphere and a fussy interface

Jan. 15, 2025 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

5 comments

A winding blue maze against a black background, with a red 'goal' rectangle at the top.

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You’ve probably played 2005’s most experimental horror game

Designed as pranks, early internet "screamers" were pioneers

Jan. 14, 2025 Dayten Rose

13 comments

Screenshots of Factorio: Space Age, Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown, Balatro, and Mouthwashing.

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Our 24 favourite games of 2024

In non-calendar form

Jan. 13, 2025 Graham Smith

47 comments

A cute Skelly mascot for the Haunted PS1 community holds a glowing demo disc aloft.

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Ahh! 72 indie horror games and a Haunted PS1 demo disc just screeched into 2025 honking the horn and apologising for being late

Happy Jalloween

Jan. 13, 2025 Brendan Caldwell

6 comments

A warship explodes over a battleground in Zephon.

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Rally Point: Zephon demonstrates that good 4X faction design is really characterisation

Finding your Voice

Jan. 10, 2025 Sin Vega

15 comments

A woman hiding behind a tree with a machete while men with torches search for her in The Last Of Us Part 2

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The Last Of Us Part II will require a PSN account to play on PC, making it unplayable in over 100 countries

Sony does it again

Jan. 10, 2025 Brendan Caldwell

43 comments

A first-person view of somebody firing a shotgun down a blue-green corridor at a figure in robes, from FPS Beyond Citadel

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Beyond Citadel is a fascinating, melancholy FPS, but you'll need a high tolerance for gore and titillation

Is... is that you, Doomguy?

Jan. 9, 2025 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

31 comments

Subnautica 2, Mushroom Musume, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Monster Hunter: Wilds screenshots.

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Our 50 most anticipated PC games of 2025

Here's what we're excited about in what looks like a big year

Jan. 8, 2025 Graham Smith

119 comments

A maze of rooms on tiles in The Deadly Path

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Strategy game The Deadly Path is Dungeon Keeper with a writhing helping of tabletop time management

Dready player one

Jan. 7, 2025 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

11 comments

A hideous cat-faced planet in Garfield fangame Gar-Type

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Gar-Type is a free pixelart shooter based on a cosmic horror meme about a lazy, ravenous housecat

Garfield also rhymes with Starfield, now that I think of it

Jan. 2, 2025 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

13 comments

A three-part image featuring Indiana Jones waving, a skeleton walking towards the player, and an oil rig captain shouting at the player.

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The RPS Selection Box: Brendan's bonus games of the year 2024

See the world anew

Dec. 28, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

53 comments

Screenshots from Alan Wake 2's Lake House DLC, Total Warhammer's Thrones Of Decay DLC, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

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The RPS Selection Box: Nic’s bonus games of the year 2024

Games in a box? What is this, 1997?!

Dec. 27, 2024 Nic Reuben

41 comments

Screenshots of An English Haunting, Dragon's Dogma 2 and Vampire Survivors: Ode To Castlevania.

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The RPS Selection Box: Jeremy's bonus games of the year 2024

Hauntings and dragons and whips

Dec. 26, 2024 Jeremy Blum

21 comments

Screenshots of Withering Rooms, To The Stars, and Isles Of Sea And Sky.

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The RPS Selection Box: Edwin's bonus games of the year 2024

100% uncompleted

Dec. 25, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

34 comments

Horace the Endless Bear wraps himself around the top of a Christmas tree.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 24th

The final door! Spit when you're done

Dec. 24, 2024 RPS

57 comments

A wind-up dancer toy in Toy Box begging you for mercy

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I can't bear to play much of free horror game Toy Box, but I love the concept of pulling talking toys apart

Festively grim

Dec. 17, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

4 comments

A sword fight in Onimusha Way Of the Sword

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Onimusha Way Of The Sword is the Capcom action-RPG's first new instalment in almost 20 years

Katana you believe it

Dec. 13, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

11 comments

A swordsman and Pac-Man fighting through a 2D cave system in Shadow Labyrinth

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Shadow Labyrinth is a twisted bloodthirsty take on Pac-Man, out in 2025

Pity the ghosts in this one

Dec. 13, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

6 comments

Title art for Band Of Crusaders, showing a bunch of knights in armour squaring off against a winged insect demon.

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Band Of Crusaders is a dark fantasy party RPG with heady overtones of XCOM and Diablo

Archdemons mount European package tour in face of local objections

Dec. 12, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

38 comments

A hand clutches a key in a cabin in horror game Eclipsium.

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It’s worth downloading the demo for uncanny horror Eclipsium just to stare at your hands

Nails the atmosphere

Dec. 9, 2024 Nic Reuben

5 comments

A bunch of people in diving suits contemplating a large angry insect that has just invaded their submarine

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In ocean co-op horror Darkwater you can ride a torpedo through an infested submarine's hull

I'm sure it'll be fine

Dec. 5, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

5 comments