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Bodycam horror shooter Chasmal Fear looks like a riot

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2024

MystiveDev emailed in about Chasmal Fear, an upcoming horror shooter you play as if you're viewing it from a bodycam set in an underwater facility.

Explore secrets in a sacred operating system in Crossroad OS

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2023

There's something wrong with this operating system. Crossroad OS is a single-player adventure where you solve puzzles, meet strange creatures and explore a sacred operating system created as a junction between the human and spirit world.

The Outlast Trials gets fixed on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 1 Nov 2023

The Outlast Trials from Red Barrels recently had a big upgrade with some big new content additions, but it broke the game on Steam Deck. Thankfully the developers have solved the issue so it keeps its Steam Deck Verified status.

My Friendly Neighborhood is a great comedy survival-horror for spooky season

By Liam Dawe, 25 Oct 2023

My Friendly Neighborhood from John Szymanski, Evan Szymanski and publisher DreadXP is probably one of the most unusual survival horror games I've ever played, with a comical setting that's really worth exploring.

Slay the Princess, or don't - you probably shouldn't but you can play it now

By Liam Dawe, 24 Oct 2023

Slay the Princess from Black Tabby Games is an impressive and engrossing horror novel, from the same team behind Scarlet Hollow and it's available now.

Mortisomem is a horror-adventure based in early 20th century Brazil

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2023

Love retro styled horror adventure games? Mortisomem looks like it could be interesting, and another that's going with the old PlayStation 1 graphics style. Mortisomem is set in early 20th century Brazil and seems quite spooky.

The Indie Horror Game Showcase from DreadXP runs on October 19

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2023

Ready to see some upcoming indie horror games? Publisher DreadXP is going to run a full Indie Horror Game Showcase on October 19 so here's the details.

Story focused point-and-click horror adventure Somnipathy is out now

By Liam Dawe, 20 Sep 2023

Battle against Sleep Paralysis, Restless Leg Syndrome and Night Terrors in the story focused point-and-click horror adventure Somnipathy.

PS1 inspired survival-horror Fear the Spotlight is out now

By Liam Dawe, 18 Sep 2023

Fear the Spotlight from developer Cozy Game Pals is out now, inspired by the style of classic PlayStation games.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent Redux mod adds Vulkan and DirectX 12 support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2023

Well this is quite fun to see. Amnesia: The Dark Descent has gained a Redux mod that rebuilds the graphics engine behind the game to provide Vulkan on Linux and DirectX 12 on Windows.

Fully-voiced surreal horror visual novel Slay the Princess launches October 20

By Liam Dawe, 8 Sep 2023

Coming from the developers of the excellent Scarlet Hollow, their next game Slay the Princess is set to launch on October 20 with full Native Linux support and it looks great.

Resident Evil Village and plenty more available in this new bundle

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2023

Might be finally time for me to play through Resident Evil Village thanks to the Resident Evil: Decades of Horror - Village Edition Bundle from Humble Bundle that's now live.

Amnesia: The Bunker is stressful horror done the right way

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jun 2023

Amnesia: The Bunker is the latest in a series of horror games from Frictional Games, one that feels a lot like Alien: Isolation with a WW1 theme.

Claim a free copy of Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jun 2023

To celebrate the release of the new Amnesia: The Bunker, GOG are giving away free copies of Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs.

The Outlast Trials manages to sell over 500K in the first week

By Liam Dawe, 30 May 2023

The Outlast Trials released from Red Barrels on May 18th was something a bit special, with it Steam Deck Verified and working great on desktop Linux with Proton.

The Outlast Trials out now - amazing on Steam Deck (and desktop Linux)

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2023

Ready to scare yourself silly? The Outlast Trials has hit Steam Early Access and it's Steam Deck Verified right out of the gate.

Dead by Daylight gets Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 10 May 2023

Well, I've been waiting to see what the public official word would be on Dead by Daylight and now it's official. Dead by Daylight is now Steam Deck Verified.

Dead by Daylight now works on Linux desktop and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 5 May 2023

Some potentially great news for Dead by Daylight fans, as it seems Behaviour Interactive have finally made the switch with their anti-cheat to allow Steam Deck and Linux desktop players in.

Proton Hotfix updated for Resident Evil 4 remake, Steam Deck needs SteamOS 3.4.6 Preview

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2023

Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais mentioned that they've updated Proton Hotfix, which should allow the new Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Demo of the remake to run on Linux and Steam Deck.