Strange horror games collection

If you want short and unsettling games with dark humor, you can work through close-quarters fights, quiet exploration and odd stories across these ten titles.

These ten games published by David Szymanski share a taste for horror that is strange, grim and sometimes absurd, and you can move between fast action and slow exploration. Butcher's Creek has you facing cruel captors up close with crude implements in a woodland hideout, while Chop Goblins keeps you running and shooting through shifting areas. Iron Lung slows you down to guiding a cramped vessel through a red sea on a distant moon, and other titles have you wandering empty shelters and islands to piece together unsettling stories.

Published by David Szymanski

Butcher's Creek

Butcher's Creek

Hunt for snuff tapes with hammer in hand, photograph what you leave behind, and try to stay alive in a grimy nightmare with a dark sense of humor.

94% of 1,583 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Chop Goblins

Chop Goblins

Chase time-travelling goblins through five eras in a fast, funny retro shooter you can finish in one sitting.

97% of 2,894 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
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: 12$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: 1$4.99
Fingerbones

Fingerbones

Explore an abandoned bunker, read its notes and piece together what happened there.

79% of 3,617 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Squirrel Stapler

Squirrel Stapler

You hunt squirrels in a dark forest and staple them to your dismembered beloved, while something in the woods objects.

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$6.99

Developed by David Szymanski

Butcher's Creek

Butcher's Creek

Hunt for snuff tapes with hammer in hand, photograph what you leave behind, and try to stay alive in a grimy nightmare with a dark sense of humor.

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

Gloomwood

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

95% of 7,601 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$19.99
Chop Goblins

Chop Goblins

Chase time-travelling goblins through five eras in a fast, funny retro shooter you can finish in one sitting.

97% of 2,894 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
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: 12$7.99
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: 1$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: 49$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: 1$4.99
Fingerbones

Fingerbones

Explore an abandoned bunker, read its notes and piece together what happened there.

79% of 3,617 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Squirrel Stapler

Squirrel Stapler

You hunt squirrels in a dark forest and staple them to your dismembered beloved, while something in the woods objects.

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
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 positive$9.99