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The enduring horror of monster encounters in Saturnalia

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How Santa Ragione used a "less is more" approach to monster encounters in its indie horror title Saturnalia.

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Backrooms, Liminal Spaces, And The Subliminal Menace Of Loneliness in Indie Horror Games

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The other day I was told that my writing is appreciated and that I need to write more… so I’m taking a moment to write about a rabbit hole that I’ve fallen down since working on BlueSuburbia!

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Lethal Company sold an estimated 10 million copies

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The beloved indie horror game is calculated to be doing extremely well in terms of sales and revenue.

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Why Horror Is the Hardest Game Genre

Game Wisdom

Why Horror Is the Hardest Game Genre Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com This year I was all set to play the latest crop of indie (and AAA) horror games for Halloween, except this time I didn’t find a lot of games compared to last year.

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Creepy horror game Supernormal by solo dev Hitori De Productions is the start of a series

PreMortem.Games

For his debut game Supernormal , Hitori was inspired by the much-hyped, but never-released horror game Allison Road. For me, it has always been a goal to make Hitori De Productions mean something in the world of indie horror games”, he says. “I That’s why working in a team was never enjoyable for me.” It was relatively easy.

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Blumhouse Games hires veterans from Private Division and Sledgehammer

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The fledgling game company is hoping to help Indies make original horror titles.

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Signalis Is a Successful Survival Horror

Game Wisdom

Signalis Is a Successful Survival Horror Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com There has been quite a variety of indie horror lately and Signalis feels like the perfect companion to Scorn as a definite follower of old-school survival horror but replacing body horror with the creepiness of existential terror.

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