13 Spooky Indies You Likely Missed In 2026

Trick And Treat

Time continues it relentless march as we stare down the end of the spooky season. But before we lay the darker indies to rest, it’s time to delight in the creepy, atmospheric, and outright scary with reckless abandon — some you may have missed throughout the year reanimated to get a little more well-earned love. So go out and fill your nights with bewitching experiences before October comes to a close.

BLOODLETTER

A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.

T.W.I.R.L.

It’s 3am in your childhood home. The year is 2006. Everyone’s asleep, but you. Sneak out of your room and do as you’re told – “T.W.I.R.L.” – whatever that means.

Rose and Locket

A hand-drawn twin-stick run-and-gun through a Wild West afterlife. To free her daughter’s soul from a cursed locket, retired outlaw Rose strikes a deal with Envy, one of the Seven Deadly Sins: hunt down the other six. But deals with Sins rarely end well.

Luna Abyss

Luna Abyss is a single player story driven action-adventure with fluid platforming and bullet hell combat. Follow the journey of Fawkes, a prisoner of Luna caught between a cryptic prophecy and their prison sentence.

Echo Weaver

Time is your greatest resource and secrets are your only upgrades. Master an unraveling time loop in this knowledge-based Metroidvania. As the last Weaver, exploit time-altering anomalies and use what you learn to break the cycle. Explore what remains. Uncover the mystery. Perfect the loop.

LOVE ETERNAL

Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out – or live in Shelter forever more.

lily’s world XD

Lily was an ordinary teenager in 2004, and you just found her laptop. Read her diary, message her friends, and piece together what happened to her before it’s too late. But you’re not the only one with access to her computer…

Forbidden Solitaire

Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

MOLE

Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?

Echo Generation 2

Embark on a sci-fi deckbuilding RPG odyssey. Build your crew, master powerful decks, and uncover the truth behind a growing cosmic threat. Deal the cards. Defy the cosmos. Embrace the adventure.

TR-49

A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven’s Vault and A Highland Song.

Dread Fields

A slow-burn folk farming horror. You bought an isolated farm to start a new life. Your peaceful routine is shattered when the former owner’s terrible secrets rise from beneath the ground.


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