About

Hi there, welcome to horrorindiegames.com. I’m a solo dev from Canada working on my first indie horror game, and a software engineer by trade. This site is a side project born out of my own frustration while trying to find horror games that fit a very specific play style.

How it started. When I first started researching what kind of game I wanted to make, I fell down the horror rabbit hole pretty hard. I stumbled onto Nun Massacre by Puppet Combo and was blown away by how something so simple could be that terrifying. That led me into the world of PSX-style and low-poly horror. I fell in love with the idea of leveraging simple technology to create genuinely scary experiences.

The problem was actually finding these games. Triple A titles seem to take up a lot of the oxygen in the room, and so many other hidden gems are scattered across different platforms, buried in threads, hidden inside streamer VODs on YouTube or tucked behind paywalls on Patreon. I spent hours digging through forums and lists and was never really satisfied with what was out there. So I built this database.

What this is. horrorindiegames.com is a simple search tool. Pick one or more tags, and get back a list of games that match all of them. No recommendation algorithms or sponsored listings, just a straightforward way to surface games that might otherwise fly under your radar.

The dataset currently covers Steam. Each game is classified using its store description, existing tags, and public reviews, with generative AI helping to sort and label everything at scale. It’s not perfect, but I’m actively improving it and I plan to expand to other platforms like itch.io over time, once I am confident in the quality.

This is a beta. The site is still early. I’m building this on my own, around a full-time job and my own game dev work, so things will evolve. If you have feedback, ideas, or just want to say hi then please reach out at contact@horrorindiegames.com. I’d love to hear from you.