 | Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
23 votes
"fast-paced and scary" [+]"fast-paced and scary" ( ) --kba... "Vivid and terrifying" [+]"Vivid and terrifying: Anchorhead is head and shoulders above every other IF horror game I've ever played. The author brilliantly captures the very essence of Lovecraft--almost improves on it, in fact--while painting with prose so surpassingly expressive, this text adventure literally has better graphics than half the graphic adventures out there." --kglaser... "A terrifying masterwork." [+]"A terrifying masterwork.: For less sprawling, more psychological horror, see Little Blue Men." --Pinstripe... "Classic Lovecraftian Horror" [+]"Classic Lovecraftian Horror: It encompasses a fair bit of Lovecraft's fiction and combines it into an IF game. It has lots of research and looking up old names in mouldy books, and run-ins with things that shouldn't be, and hideous ways to die or go insane." () --thion... "Most enjoyable community-produced free game I have played" [+]"Most enjoyable community-produced free game I have played: Michael begins the story slowly, with careful attention to detail. This is similar to HPL's technique of creating a super-normal atmosphere so that even the slightest oddity will stand out sharply. After that, it's a measured pace that leads us to near-insanity." --Pete Gardner... "A sublime horror IF" [+]"A sublime horror IF: A great cast of characters, tight writing, some genuinely scary imagery, a sweeping cinematic feel that's rarely achieved in an IF, and loads of freedom of choice and non-linearity make this my favorite horror IF of all time (so far!)." --Sicius... "Original, atmospheric and well-written, with intelligent puzzles." [+]"Original, atmospheric and well-written, with intelligent puzzles." () --Brian Lavelle... "A brimful of grotesque" [+]"A brimful of grotesque: A tale insidiously spine-chilling and outrightly horrific at the same time." () --glassmice... "Lovecraftian chills" [+]"Lovecraftian chills: Achieves a throughly chilling atmosphere." () --Puddin Tame... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Taleslinger... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --C.E.J. Pacian... (No comment) [+](No comment) --perching path... "Without doubt the..." [+]"Without doubt the best Lovecraftian horror story in IF. Better than most of Lovecraft, actually." --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --zer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --schifter... (No comment) [+](No comment) --namekuseijin... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Xervosh... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Bernie... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --diddlescatter... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Danielle... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Meredith...
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 | Slouching Towards Bedlam, by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
8 votes
"More disturbing than any outright horror" [+]"More disturbing than any outright horror" () --Jerome C West... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Juhana... (No comment) [+](No comment) --perching path... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Azazel... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Bernie... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Walter Sandsquish... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K....
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 | The Lurking Horror, by Dave Lebling
7 votes
"Best paid-for horror game I've played. Good atmosphere." [+]"Best paid-for horror game I've played. Good atmosphere." --Pete Gardner... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Matt Kimmel... (No comment) [+](No comment) --namekuseijin... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Xervosh... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Wade Clarke... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Walter Sandsquish...
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 | Ecdysis, by Peter Nepstad
5 votes
"Solid concept if narrow" [+]"Solid concept if narrow: Very smoothly executed and pulls off a very genuine feeling of "alienness", but incredibly linear despite its multi-ending setup. Massive bonus points for novelty, though!" --Sicius... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --C.E.J. Pacian... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lenya... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --scramble...
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| Theatre, by Brendon Wyber
5 votes
"Lovecraftian creepiness" [+]"Lovecraftian creepiness" --sylvania... "Great Lovecraftian story in the "Lurking Horror" tradition." [+]"Great Lovecraftian story in the "Lurking Horror" tradition." ( - Full review) --Matt Kimmel... "Solid, functional Lovecraftian horror" [+]"Solid, functional Lovecraftian horror: A well-told story (even if the means of revelation are a little conventional) with achievable, satisfying puzzles and proper handling of the "cosmic horror" style." --Sicius... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Walter Sandsquish... "This one has all..." [+]"This one has all kinds of spookiness in it. A good creepy atmos and solid size and puzzles." () --Wade Clarke...
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| All Alone, by Ian Finley
5 votes
"Good use of sound" [+]"Good use of sound" --sylvania... "Omnipresent dread" [+]"Omnipresent dread: Though sometimes a little frustrating or baffling (I'm still trying to figure out a number of minor facets and weird unresolved mysteries), this super-short IF does an incredible job of establishing a mood of liquid dread. Play through more than once - there are more choices than you'll initially realize, though no doubt not the one you'll most wish there was." --Sicius... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Grey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Walter Sandsquish... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Molly...
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 | The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher
4 votes
"Scary and historically accurate..." [+]"Scary and historically accurate..." () --Paolo Lucchesi... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Juhana... "Fast-paced..." [+]"Fast-paced Lovecraftian horror game; well worth playing, and more accessible than Anchorhead." ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K....
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| Vespers, by Jason Devlin
3 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --zer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --perching path...
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 | Little Blue Men, by Michael S. Gentry
3 votes
"Strange, scary, and incredibly sinister." [+]"Strange, scary, and incredibly sinister.: I actually like this more than Anchorhead. For me, it packs in just as much horror as Anchorhead did in much less time. Creepy and unsettling." --Pinstripe... "It niggled at me after the game ended." [+]"It niggled at me after the game ended." --leavetheviolinalone... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Walter Sandsquish...
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| Afflicted, by Doug Egan
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Ghalev... "The mood is set..." [+]"The mood is set excellently. Small details suddenly take on a whole new layer of meaning when you get an inkling of what it all MEANS. " () --leavetheviolinalone...
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| The Horror of Rylvania, by D. A. Leary
2 votes
"Plain good stereotype werewolf horror" [+]"Plain good stereotype werewolf horror" --namekuseijin... "It's even got..." [+]"It's even got "horror" in the title! Seriously, though, this is a good if cruel (in the sense of: you can get into unwinnable states) vampire game." --Victor Gijsbers...
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 | Dead Cities, by Jon Ingold
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Juhana...
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 | rendition, by nespresso
2 votes
"An example of what Fangoria calls "extreme horror"" [+]"An example of what Fangoria calls "extreme horror"" () --sylvania... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --sushabye...
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 | Necrotic Drift, by Robb Sherwin
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --schifter...
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 | Baluthar, by Chris Molloy Wischer
1 vote
"Grim horror/SF fusion" [+]"Grim horror/SF fusion" ( - Full review) --AmberShards...
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 | The Mist, by anonymous
1 vote
"Its a good game, but I might be a little biased, as I'm a HUGE fan of both the original novella (for the last quarter century), and of the 2007 film adaptation." [+]"Its a good game, but I might be a little biased, as I'm a HUGE fan of both the original novella (for the last quarter century), and of the 2007 film adaptation." () --Xervosh...
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 | Building, by Poster
1 vote
"Atmospheric non-Lovecraftian horror" [+]"Atmospheric non-Lovecraftian horror" ( - Full review) --AmberShards...
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 | One Eye Open, by Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Meredith...
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| The Woods Are Dark, by Laurence Moore
1 vote
"Atmospheric and spooky " [+]"Atmospheric and spooky " --Jim Turner...
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