CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Investigate a haunted forest house as a small mute mystic who can only ask questions, one conjured card at a time.
96% of 2,962 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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Remember how story-driven and dark KaRu felt at its best? Give these games a try when the craving hits.
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
A tiny mute sorcerer who speaks only in conjured cards, hired to rid a four-armed old woman's forest house of a ghost. A short, spooky-cozy mystery in a PS1-style fable world, with secrets buried far deeper than the main story lets on.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
96% of 2,962 Steam reviews are positive$4.99KARA
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare. Sleep deprivation, a tragic chain of events, and dark secrets will force you to question reality itself.
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100% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Karma. Incarnation 1
This multi-award winning adventure game explores a love story between two beautiful souls through ingenious humour, mind bending puzzles and a bizarre, hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation style.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Atmospheric
82% of 256 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Just Ignore Them
Monsters live in Mark's house, and his mother says to just ignore them. Then one night goes very wrong. A pixel horror adventure that follows Mark from age 8 into adulthood, where critical choices decide who lives, who dies, and which ending you earn. A few hours long, built to be played again.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
78% of 695 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$3.99It gets so lonely here
A dark fairytale visual novel about a girl running through a night forest, and the three lonely strangers waiting at the end of each path. A yandere yuri story told in second person, where love and danger wear the same face and every ending arrives exactly on time.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6FreeThe Lar
A short, cute-looking story game about Lar, an experiment trying to escape a strange research facility. Talk your way into the trust of the other experiments, poke at light puzzles, and pick the choices that decide which route you take. The story hides more than one layer: finish it once and a second playthrough opens up new paths and endings. Around three hours for the first run, with several more waiting after that.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
94% of 1,118 Steam reviews are positiveFreeCare
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
93% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$9.997Days Origins
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
86% of 316 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
86% of 783 Steam reviews are positiveFreeBuried: An Interactive Story
Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
95% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Lost Cartridge - Cold Read
While trying to find a payphone during a powerful storm, Mitch instead finds himself in a library filled with horrors and traps all laid out to end his life. Guide him to sanctuary or his demise in this horror adventure game found on a strange cartridge.
Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
94% of 77 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
A short horror visual novel for a dark October evening. Lost in a cursed forest on Halloween night, you meet two girls with secrets, and every choice pushes you toward one of eight endings. Most of them kill you. The true one hides behind all the rest.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Dark, Mysterious
89% of 3,626 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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Purgatory’s Flower
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You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?
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The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
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Win hearts in Kieferberg by day, outlast the Woods' horrors by night, and let every choice steer one of ten endings.
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It gets so lonely here
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KARA
"KARA" is a visual novel following an ordinary high schooler whose life slowly spirals into a nightmare.
100% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Everything Will Be Fine!
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
84% of 146 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs
Investigate a haunted forest house as a small mute mystic who can only ask questions, one conjured card at a time.
96% of 2,962 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Road to Karatl
On the road to the sacred shrine of Karatl, lost souls entrust you with their stories.
69% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Purgatory’s Flower
Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory.
94% of 119 Steam reviews are positive$2.50
Yet Another Killing Game
You wake up in a house, alone with two beautiful girls... But no one is allowed to leave until one of you DIES. Why is this happening?
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Care
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences.
93% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Apocalypse Sacrifice
As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years.
94% of 222 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
The Thief, the Witch, the Toad, and the Mushroom.
Befriend a strange little cast, choose a godparent from God, Death or the Devil, and steer this hand-drawn story toward one of its many endings.
99% of 1,242 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4Free
Little Goody Two Shoes
Win hearts in Kieferberg by day, outlast the Woods' horrors by night, and let every choice steer one of ten endings.
95% of 2,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$19.99
It gets so lonely here
Run through a night forest, choose your path, and meet the three strangers waiting at the end of each one.
94% of 2,407 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6Free