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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Sep 3

In our new game, Eldritch Sniper, you use a deck of cards to build a monsters' anatomy, carving a path to THEIR core. A solo TTRPG where you're an enhanced sniper saving cities from colossal horrors. Can you kill THEM before you're absorbed?

Link: surreal-and-creepy-games.itch.io/eldritch-sni...

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Sep 3

The bosses of Loplight have an insane, twisted, and original design.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 26

In Bioysque, Zelda meets biopunk and body horror in a RPG with portal-based exploration and clicker combat. Level up your way through grotesque and disturbing abominations, created by a "generative" witch, and walls of bullets.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 26

Last day to buy Amnios with 25% discount.

SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 15

Amnios is a horror TTRPG where you wake up inside an eldritch Lake, with mechanics based on holding your breath. Explore Bubbles, escape Specimens, and mutate your body to improve your chances.
Can you escape the Lake, or will you join it?

LINK: surreal-and-creepy-games.itch.io/amnios

SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 24

Instant Anastasia is the game for fans of Event Horizon. Explore an organic spaceship imprisoning the crew in its nightmares in a challenging roguelike with great atmosphere. Avoid invisible enemies, explore the ship, and save the crew by entering their nightmares.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 21

The enemies of Even in Death are not only grotesque and disturbing, but each of them has a different behavior.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 15

The atmosphere and setting of Kubitori Dolls Retriever are truly and uniquely disturbing.

LINK: store.steampowered.com/app/2750410/...

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 15

Amnios is a horror TTRPG where you wake up inside an eldritch Lake, with mechanics based on holding your breath. Explore Bubbles, escape Specimens, and mutate your body to improve your chances.
Can you escape the Lake, or will you join it?

LINK: surreal-and-creepy-games.itch.io/amnios

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 13

With all the censorship insanity going on right now, I think it is the best time to check Fear & Hunger and its sequel Termina. You never know in these times...

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 11

APlaceDominatedByHoles is a simple Chinese-only RPG with peculiar art, where a talking hole appears on a troubled girl's arm. Plan your days, fight other holed people to absorb their powers, and trade health with a mysterious merchant.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Stones of Flesh is a peculiar JRPG set in a nightmarish world made in claymation. Alone in this dungeon, learn new stop-motion gifts and use them to survive, by throwing flames to "turn the eyeballs all the way around".

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 9

This year is very promising for RPGmaker horror RPGs, with already some great titles:

- Look Outside
- Break Wolf
- Dig Night
- FriendShapes

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 8

With half the year already gone, it is a good time to check some of the best indie games released so far in 2025:

- The Stone of Madness
- Unbroken the Awakening
- Deformed
- クビトリドオルズ・レトリーバー島津怪談01
- Promise Mascot Agency
- Look Outside

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 7

Despiria is a Japanese-only sci-fi nightmarish JRPG produced by Atlus for Dreamcast. And while you would probably never play it in English, have a look at some of the most disturbing enemies in my article.

Link: darkrpgs.home.blog/2020/11/15/t...

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Aug 4

Dig Night is a comedy-dark JRPG where you work as a cleaner in a city where people turn into ghosts. A game full of details and personality, from old-cartoon ghosts to mini-games and a cinema with short stop-motion movies.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Jul 29

A Chamber of Stars is the the sequel of the amazing The Endless Empty. Venture again inside a distressful mind, moving from domains such as anxiety or creation. Puzzles, rhythm guitar "battles", and great characters/writing shape this surreal adventure.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · May 23

Necrophosis is a horror adventure with disturbing puzzles set in basically an explorable Beksiński's painting, a hellish landscape with an insane amount of details and grotesque beings that is a pleasure to explore.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Apr 28

Navicula Meatus is a cryptic and mysterious adventure where you play as a crab creature in a city of grotesque beings, where even the dialogues are incomprehensible. Exchange items and money with the inhabitants to unlock more areas.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Apr 11

A knight obsessed with blood, a regenerating ghoul always in a cage, an ugly elf who claims to be a chef, and other disturbing NPCs. Check all the party members of Blood Soaked Bastard in our video.

Link: youtu.be/ju6k--uq65s

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Mar 23

The game is available on STEAM (only in Japanese): t.co/60Rtyf0lp5

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2750410/_01/

t.co

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Mar 23

Kubitori Dolls Retriever is a Japanese horror co-op where you need to recover the victims' heads and bring them back to the correct bodies, while inside the surreal lairs of killing mannequins. The final version has different enemies, buyable classes, and a lot of customization.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Mar 17

Blood Soaked Bastard: a knight obsessed with blood, a regenerating ghoul always in a cage, and an ugly elf: follow this twisted party in a small and simple JRPG with a killer art-style. And remember, there is not only the enemy's blood to use.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Mar 13

In The Children of Clay, study a cursed clay artifact to discover its secrets... but are you ready for the consequences? Short free game with an amazing atmosphere and style, including an exploration phase. I hope to study more cursed artifacts in future.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Mar 7

In Unforgotten Ordinance, explore a twisted Siberian outpost, learn about the rituals, and decide who to trust. Will you side with the witch or with the mysterious horned stranger? A short horror adventure with 5 endings and a great atmosphere.

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SurrealandCreepy @ranarifsc.bsky.social · Feb 26

BrokenLore is a series of psychological-horror games releasing in 2025, connecting heavy topics such as cyber-bullism with Japanese folklore. The first game of this series, BrokenLore LOW, was recently released, with Don't Watch coming next month.

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