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I want a second little monsters and little monsters two, those are great and creepy.
And I'd also like to mention a game I just played called the alien cube, which is like a lovecraftian story that you're the star of. It's really good and a couple parts are genuinely nerve-wracking,l. there's not so much outright horror as there is pervasive creepiness and sudden high tension moments.
If by little monsters you mean Little Nightmares, that’s probably next on my list of games to play. If you do in fact mean little monsters, I haven’t heard of it but I’ll check it out tonight.
The Alien Cube sounds pretty awesome from how you’ve described it. I’ll definitely be checking that one out.
Hahaha pffff That's exactly what I mean. Little nightmares. I'll keep my blunder up though. And make sure to get the second one also.
Northern Journey. It's a hard game to put into any traditional genre. It's a Norwegian "happysad" action-adventure game with some of the most eerie visual and sound design I've seen without being outright horror.
I would recommend Yuppie Psycho. It is about 80% creepy and 20% horrow. That is not exactly what you wanted, but I think it is a good game regardless. https://store.steampowered.com/app/597760/Yuppie_Psycho_Executive_Edition/
Cultist simulator! It's a single player (card/board?) game inspired by gothic horror
Oh interesting! Very different than anything I’ve heard suggested so far. It looks super cool!
FEAR hits this nicely, but maybe is a little more towards “horror” than you’re looking for. Although it’s not as horror as Dead Before Daylight.
Bramble is a new game that's kinda got those limbo vibes, but with Scandinavian/Norse tones to the story. I beat it in one setting in about 4 hours, but it was the most gripping experience with a game I've had in a few years. There's a few mechanic switches, the final level is an awesome visual and musical fest, and the second to last boss fight was one of the most creative bosses I think I've ever seen in a game.
It's also on Gamepass right now so it's "free" if you have that.
I'm playing The Long Dark and I think it fits what you are looking for, however it is a survival game so if your not looking for a walking simulatior steer clear.
The premise is your plane was brought down by an eletro magnetic storm in the Canadian wilderness mid winter and you have to survive and unravel the mystery of what's happening.
Very creepy, lonely vibes with some really unsettling sequences, but no jump scares or anything.
Subnautica is not a horror game, and was not intended to be scary; and yet the way it captures the dark, oppressive nature of deep waters makes it an extremely terrifying experience.
Signal Simulator is a game about being completely alone in a base in the desert doing science stuff in search of aliens. It's not really horror but there's plenty of uneasy stuff in it.
There's also a newer game inspired by it called Voices of the Void which is more actively developed. Technically, it's not horror but the developer likes to fuck with you in all kinds of ways.