EEK3 2021 was another treasure trove of indie horror games

The oldsters behind the Haunted PS1 Demo Disc waited till October to deliver us their second annual EEK3 indie horror showcase, as a result of Individuals insist October is the spookiest month. I imply, the Dutch name November Slachtmaand, which accurately means slaughter month, however no matter. October's high-quality, I suppose.

EEK3 is an hour-plus of trailers within the low-poly horror style, hosted by Skully the skeleton: a staring abomination with an inhuman rictus grin who’s in no way like a typical E3 host. (Skully wears a hat.)

If one hour and 23 minutes of texture blur and aliasing is a bit a lot for you, listed below are a few of the highlights, pre-chewed and able to be coughed straight into your ready beak. Open broad.

Sorry We're Closed, a mysterious burst of clear-line contemporary air in a present dominated by VHS fuzz and voxels (trailer starts at 45.24). Michelle, the pink-jacket protagonist whose gun has a mouth, lives in a demon world the place a few of the demons appear fairly good. I don't know what sort of sport it’s, however I need to play it. Due 2022 from à la mode games.

Hitflesh, a singleplayer simulation of a haunted MMO server. The Digital Archaeologist Basis has resurrected a beloved basic MMO, however perhaps this explicit fantasy world ought to have stayed lifeless. Demo coming to itch.io quickly.

Heavenscape, which is about making an attempt to get house at evening in a metropolis filled with two-headed canine, eyeball monsters, hen monsters, truly a complete number of monsters. You've bought a cell phone to resolve puzzles with, and I suppose you possibly can additionally name individuals on it. Developed by Hanging Rabbit, demo due October 22.

Necrofugitive, a fluid 2D motion sport the place you're a shapeshifting cultist. In a single type you've bought claws, within the different you're a Slaughter Demon who can summon a small military of different demons and breathe hearth. Due out on Steam in 2022.

Sauna 2000, a folk-horror comedy a couple of Finnish vacation gone flawed. An early demo of Sauna 2000 was a spotlight of the unique Haunted PS1 Demo Disc, setting you the seemingly easy activity of gathering gadgets to get a sauna going after which turning into an inexplicable nightmare. It's extraordinarily Finnish. New demo coming to itch.io quickly.

Future Actuality, a sci-fi racing sport within the vein of Wipeout or Star Wars Episode 1: Racer, solely typically as a substitute of flying by tunnels lit by strips of neon arrows you're racing by the innards of a toothy worm creature. Now this is pod racing, in probably the most fleshy and organic sense of the phrase 'pod'.

El Paso, Elsewhere, a third-person shooter with bullet-time set in a twisted motel that has prolonged into the underworld. It's principally Max Payne with vampires. And werewolves. Due 2022 on Steam.

Hollowsk 1999 3D, a first-person post-Soviet Silent Hill. I imply, its web site is soviethill.com, I'm not being glib. Of all of the town-full-of-fog video games in EEK3, this was the one which stood out to me. It's set inside a simulation of an countless metropolis, the place you're alleged to be alone. And but, on the market within the draw distance, there are footsteps. It's coming to Steam.

Useless Letter Dept., one other entry for the typing games sure got strange record. You've bought a job in knowledge entry, typing up letters that for no matter motive couldn't be delivered. A basic, soul-destroying lifeless finish job. The letters shouldn't sound like they're written to you, proper? Coming to Steam.

Plead With the Elder Gods, a 3D platformer with sword fight, dodge rolls, and sinister occult pacts. Primarily based on Plead With the Mountain God, which was made for the Haunted PS1 Summer time of Screams sport jam, however considerably expanded. Due “When the gods will it so” on Steam and itch.io.

Ratuz, a stealth puzzle-platformer like One other World or Flashback, solely with extra large rat-people. You're the topic of a jail science experiment on the run, and also you're going to should reload after a whole lot of gory deaths earlier than you escape. 

Derelikt, an FPS for followers of System Shock 2, Half-Life, and that one Alien Resurrection sport on the PlayStation. When a huge creature is found floating in orbit round Saturn a analysis outpost is constructed on the being's physique, and this pleasant location is the place you're headed. Coming to itch.io.