Eight indie horror games bring fresh scares for Halloween

An autumn wave of indie horror games is offering players a range of unsettling stories and styles for Halloween, from folk horror to occult card battles. The article selects eight titles, highlighting how independent developers are bringing fresh settings and unusual protagonists to the genre.

The games include a girl searching for her mother in a picture-book world, a Scottish takeaway with a sinister menu, and a penguin exploring a Lovecraftian Antarctic base. Other settings include a 17th-century witch hunt, a mansion where players wager against the devil, an abandoned town, and a trashed flat investigated through pixel art and live-action sequences; Clive Barker’s *Hellraiser: Revival* also features.