Here Are Our Highlights From The Indie Horror Showcase 2025
DreadXP and The Mix just wrapped up their third annual Indie Horror Showcase and it was one heck of a show. We’ve just rolled credits and there were quite a few games that really stuck out. All of the games looked incredible, but we won't list them all here because you can head over to the Indie Horror Showcase Steam Event to see everything. Instead, here are some of our favorites from the show:
Brokenlore Don’t Lie / Developer Serafina Production & Publisher Wired Productions
Brokenlore Don’t Lie is a spinoff of Brokenlore Don’t Watch and is a psychological horror where lies, medication and fragile bonds blur the line between reality and nightmare.
God Help Us All / Developer & Publisher Retrogig
God Help Us All is a fixed camera survival horror game that merges the suffocating dread of classic horror with the brutal grit of the Wild West.
Am I Nima / Developer Ho! Games & Publisher Outersloth
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
Frieda is Changing / Developer & Publisher Mucks! Games
Frieda’s fourteen, furious, and sick of secrets. Uncover the real reason for your sister’s disappearance: Snoop through an isolated village, crack puzzles and stir up trouble. But hurry - monsters are lurking where you least expect them. There’s a special Halloween demo out now.
INDOORS: The Alston Manor / Developer & Publisher Estigia Softworks
May 2, 1951. The night everyone in the Alston Manor vanished without a trace. As the newest reporter of a paranormal magazine, you are sent back to the night after the happening. Make your way through the mansion, solve puzzles, find evidence and uncover the truth behind the disappearance.
Cold Abyss / Developer Studio [notes.], Fury Studios & Publisher Neon Doctrine
COLD ABYSS is a relaxing and atmospheric exploration game where you repair internet cables on the bottom of the ocean. There are no enemies or other forms of danger down there. Just you.
Shark Dentist / Developer & Publisher Alice Games
Shark Dentist is a unique horror roguelike where you play as a shark dentist. Your task is to treat the teeth of giant predators in a dark clinic while avoiding their deadly aggression. Balance tactics, luck, and limited resources to heal your patient without losing your own life.
Meganaut / Developer & Publisher Rubeki Gaes
Meganaut is a 3rd person narrative horror game with modernized retro 3D graphics, and unique floating mechanics. Travel past The Habitat walls into the deep megastructure in search of your missing friend Seija, and find out why he left.
Athanasia / Developer Momentum Games LLC & Publisher Neon Doctrine
Explore a mysterious facility and use everything you have to survive. Use an arsenal of equipment and your wits against time traveling predators from the past.
The Spirit Lift / Developer & Publisher prettysmart games
THE SPIRIT LIFT is a cute spooky card game blending deckbuilding rogue-likes with story-driven indie horror. As teenagers from the '90s, players explore an ever-changing retro 3D hotel with the help of a magic elevator. Be Kind, Rewind, and Seek the Truth Lost Behind…
Ultrasound / Developer & Publisher Walter Woods
A sci-fi horror 3D point&click game. Use an ultrasound machine to diagnose and do surgery on a grotesque infection spreading aboard a space freighter. Craft meds, upgrade your machine, find new surgical tools, and restore ship systems before you collide with a star. Soon, something will be born.
Project Songbird / Developer FYRE GAMES, Connor Rush & Publisher FYRE Games
Project Songbird is a cinematic first-person narrative horror game set in the Appalachian forest. Take on the role of Dakota, a musician who must record their new album in a remote log cabin amidst a writer's block. Take caution, however. These woods were never empty...
In Hope Voiden / Developer & Publisher Stilbruch Games
A forbidden warzone. Twelve soldiers. One life each. In this first person survival horror, death is permanent and the world remembers. Explore a surreal, trench-ridden hellscape where every action matters—and every death uncovers a new piece of a haunting mystery.
Besmirch / Developer & Publisher Gangru Games
Besmirch is a Pixel art Survival Farming-Simulator. Stealthily plant crops and carefully watch them grow. Avoid monsters and unwanted visitors by night. Socialize with the local city-folk but can you actually trust any of them?
Shadow Sacrament: The Roots of Evil / Developer & Publisher Eldritch House
Shadow Sacrament: The Roots of Evil is a grim survival horror game where you investigate the secrets of an ancient monastery, solve intricate puzzles, and face terrifying nightmares that lurk in its shadowy halls. Hunt the Haunt.
Echograph / Developer & Publisher Pappy’s Pipe Dream
Photograph ghosts, crack environmental puzzles, manage limited resources, and unravel the mystery behind a generational family curse in this classic survival horror experience.
Hunt the Night / Developer Moonlight Games & Publisher DANGEN Entertainment
Hunt the Night is a dark fantasy action-RPG where you play as Vesper, a Stalker fighting to reclaim a world annihilated by horrors. Slash through dungeons, endure brutal bosses, and wield forbidden powers in a relentless struggle against the Night itself.
Pinnacle Point / Developer & Publisher Ready2Run
A dark, 90s-inspired psychological/cosmic horror set on a remote island. You play as Aron, returning years after an ill-fated expedition, haunted over abandoning his brother. Uncover the secrets of the island, confront the horrors awakened, and face those who seek to control its power.
Kingdom of Night / Developer Friends of Safety & Publisher DANGEN Entertainment, Game Source Entertainment
Hunt down nightmarish demons and save the town of Miami, AZ in this 80s-themed, isometric action-RPG. With an expansive, interconnected map and open-ended quests, explore freely while unraveling the main story. Kingdom of Night is a unique blend of coming-of-age drama, cosmic horror, and true love.
Paranormal Activity: Threshold / Developer DarkStone Digital & Publisher DreadXP
Pierce the veil… Play multiple timelines, communicate with entities, end the nightmare.
Be sure to wishlist the games above and check out the showcase's Steam Event to wishlist even more amazing games.