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A ghost can be a neighbor you help, a story you can’t stop thinking about, or something coming down the hall. Start with Playful spooks for low-stakes hauntings. Move to Building dread if you want an unsettling setting, then try Stronger scares when you’re up for pursuit, graphic imagery, or a story that gets much darker. Each entry tells you what can actually hurt you or make you hurry. When a gentler setting changes the experience, the entry names it. Choose by the kind of fear you enjoy and the controls you feel like dealing with tonight.

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Fear the Spotlight (2024)

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Fear the Spotlight
Game
7.9/10on IGDB
Released
Stronger scares. Work through tactile puzzles in a dark school, then hide when a sinister figure comes close. The friendship at the center gives you something warm to follow, but the atmosphere becomes tense and some sections do ask you to move carefully out of sight.
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Home Safety Hotline (2024)

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Home Safety Hotline
Game
6.4/10on IGDB
Released
Stronger scares. Answer calls and use a reference guide to identify what might be in someone’s home. You can investigate each report from a desk, and the caller’s description often does most of the scaring. The comfortable office framing gives way to unsettling calls and some disturbing material.
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Killer Frequency (2023)

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Killer Frequency
Game
7.4/10on IGDB
Released
Stronger scares. Guide callers from an overnight radio booth as a masked killer stalks the town. The job gives you puzzles and dark jokes between emergencies, but callers can die depending on what you tell them. The slasher tension is largely in the voices and what you decide over the phone.
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Little Misfortune (2019)

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Little Misfortune
Game
7.4/10on IGDB
Released
Stronger scares. Follow a cheerful child through a story whose narrator and images begin to clash with what she expects. The controls are simple, with choices along the way. Pick it only if the storybook look appeals to you alongside dark humor, violence, and heavy themes.
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Fran Bow (2015)

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Fran Bow
Game
7.3/10on IGDB
Released
Stronger scares. Work through inventory puzzles and look at the same place in two very different realities. Fran’s companions give you moments of warmth, but the art regularly turns graphic and upsetting. The slow pace is in the controls, so choose this only when you’re up for stronger horror.
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Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut (2024)

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Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut
Game
7.1/10on IGDB
Released
Stronger scares. Read, make choices, and see how your route changes during encounters with the princess. There are no action fights to master, but the voice work and drawings can get genuinely frightening. This is for a quiet play style and a strong stomach for disturbing body horror.
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