David Szymanski horror shooters

If you want bleak first-person horror with odd humor, these 17 games from David Szymanski let you stalk dark streets, pilot a cramped sub and face brutal forest gangs.

If you are drawn to gritty first-person horror that mixes tension with strange jokes, the 17 games from David Szymanski give you plenty to work through. Gloomwood has you sneaking through a foggy old city under a curse with unusual weapons and careful planning, Butcher's Creek pushes you into close melee fights with violent captors in remote woods, and Iron Lung seals you inside a cramped sub crossing red liquid on a distant moon. Across the set you get stealth, shooting and puzzles plus shorter oddities to finish quickly.

Developed by David Szymanski

Butcher's Creek

Butcher's Creek

A first-person melee horror game about a gore-hound who goes looking for snuff tapes in the Appalachian woods and ends up on the run from the people…

94% of 1,583 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99
Gloomwood

Gloomwood

Escape a cursed Victorian city with a canesword, scarce ammo and your own cunning.

95% of 7,597 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57$19.99
Iron Lung

Iron Lung

Pilot a rusty one-man submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

92% of 10,298 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$7.99
Dread X Collection 2

Dread X Collection 2

Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect.

93% of 579 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Dread X Collection

Dread X Collection

10 Tales of Terror from 10 Twisted Minds. Made in only 7 Sleepless Nights.

80% of 519 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$6.99
DUSK

DUSK

A retro FPS where you sprint through backwoods cult country with a shotgun in each hand, hunting whatever is festering under the Earth.

97% of 22,193 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 67$19.99
The Music Machine

The Music Machine

A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.

87% of 503 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$4.99
Fingerbones

Fingerbones

You walk a dark abandoned bunker with only golden window light to guide you, picking up scattered notes that slowly form a very disturbing story.

79% of 3,616 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Chop Goblins

Chop Goblins

You crack open a museum chest and let loose the Chop Goblins, blade-happy pests with a ravenous hunger for cheese.

97% of 2,894 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Squirrel Stapler

Squirrel Stapler

You are a lonely hunter with a corpse for a sweetheart and a plan: staple squirrels to her until she is beautiful again.

96% of 2,096 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Moon Sliver

The Moon Sliver

You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn.

77% of 999 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The Pony Factory

The Pony Factory

Winston thought he could use heavy machinery and power from the depths of hell to transform sinful men into magic ponies. Winston was wrong.

90% of 804 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
A Wolf in Autumn

A Wolf in Autumn

A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing…

73% of 413 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION

DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION

DUSK '82 is a simple but addictive action-puzzler demake of the cult shooter DUSK, inspired by classics like Chip's Challenge and Sokoban.

95% of 387 Steam reviews are positive$1.74
Dread X Collection 4: The Hunt

Dread X Collection 4: The Hunt

A horror anthology shooter in the Dread X Collection series. Co-produced by DUSK creator David Szymanski.

88% of 381 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Grandfather

The Grandfather

One night The Grandfather went to give his wife a good night kiss, she ignored him as usual, this broke his heart every night.

54% of 182 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Sumo Revise

Sumo Revise

Are you the best sumo?! Find out in this quirky multiplayer brawler that's a cross between Super Smash Bros. and QWOP.

49% of 163 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Published by David Szymanski

Butcher's Creek

Butcher's Creek

A first-person melee horror game about a gore-hound who goes looking for snuff tapes in the Appalachian woods and ends up on the run from the people…

94% of 1,583 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$9.99
Iron Lung

Iron Lung

Pilot a rusty one-man submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

92% of 10,298 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 40$7.99
The Music Machine

The Music Machine

A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.

87% of 503 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$4.99
Fingerbones

Fingerbones

You walk a dark abandoned bunker with only golden window light to guide you, picking up scattered notes that slowly form a very disturbing story.

79% of 3,616 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Chop Goblins

Chop Goblins

You crack open a museum chest and let loose the Chop Goblins, blade-happy pests with a ravenous hunger for cheese.

97% of 2,894 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Squirrel Stapler

Squirrel Stapler

You are a lonely hunter with a corpse for a sweetheart and a plan: staple squirrels to her until she is beautiful again.

96% of 2,096 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Moon Sliver

The Moon Sliver

You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn.

77% of 999 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
The Pony Factory

The Pony Factory

Winston thought he could use heavy machinery and power from the depths of hell to transform sinful men into magic ponies. Winston was wrong.

90% of 804 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
A Wolf in Autumn

A Wolf in Autumn

A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing…

73% of 413 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION

DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION

DUSK '82 is a simple but addictive action-puzzler demake of the cult shooter DUSK, inspired by classics like Chip's Challenge and Sokoban.

95% of 387 Steam reviews are positive$1.74