Here Are The Best, Short Indie Horror Games Of April
Brief horror video game experiences are underrated; creepy ones can deliver a dose of discomfort that can leave your blood curdling longer than the few minutes they last. Without the need to pad out frights with arbitrary video game content, their spooks are also amplified, with every step you take in-game filled with nearly suffocating tension. Each horror game listed here comes in its own flavour of spooky, off-kilter vibes, from the now-popular PS1 inspired, low resolution graphics of horror games, to just good ol’ mundane spooks, tinged with the memory of childhood nostalgia.
Take a look at some of the best short horror games this month:
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Like many games in this list, Filled With Freedom dispenses with explaining itself too much; you’re simply told that the oddly sparse house you’re in right now once belonged to your grandparents, who lived here for 43 years before handing it over to you. Your parents, on the other hand, had always been reluctant to tell you more about them, and your curiosity has only peaked about the origins of this house. What’s most unsettling about Filled With Freedom is that ostensibly, there doesn’t seem to be much going on; you’ll mostly just look around the garage, tend to your plants, and drive to work. But something in the pit of your guts tells you there’s more to the plain white walls behind this place—and you really wouldn’t want to stick around when that moment’s being unleashed.
In contrast to Filled With Freedom, there’s no surprise to be had in No-Snake Hotel: there are simply no snakes in this hotel. Look around you; the posters in the lush lobby promise a snake-free experience (although there will be no
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