If there's ever a time to play 1996's Harvester, it's spooky season. Not that I would really recommend anyone to play it, but if you must, well, it's there.

But for me, it's gotta be Elvira, thanks to her two really memorable... video games. I don't know if they still have the same effect if you encounter them for the first time in 2025, but I played them in my early teens and the creepy and gruesome horror visuals left a lasting impression. Good stuff!

I love Harvester my first playthrough on Twitch was this game. I tried to play Elvira the combat made it impossible for me to get very far.

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Spooky p'n'c games that i've played this year:
- Carnival
- The Supper: New Blood
- Kathy Rain 2
- The Flayed Man
- Slender Threads
- Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness

I loved The Flayed Man the rest of these games I already have on my wishlist

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If you want some good comedy with your spooky, then The Darkside Detective games.

I have both of them in my library thank you for the suggestions everyone may play these

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I'm not sure if it would count as 'spooky' since it's more full on horror, but I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a personal favourite of mine. The short story that it's based on is worth reading too.

I love this game I did a full playthrough on Twitch

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Hugo's House of Horrors

Already played this one but thanks for the suggestion

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The Lost Crown
Dark Fall Games

I have both in my library I did a brief playthrough of the first Dark Fall game I didn't finish it could definitely go back to it though once it can be run in ScummVM cause then I can run it in a higher resolution

Correct.

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Spooky p'n'c games that i've played this year:
- Carnival
- The Supper: New Blood
- Kathy Rain 2
- The Flayed Man
- Slender Threads
- Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness

You are prolific!

If you want a free short, spooky and cute, halloween themed game, try Blackout.

https://freshgames.itch.io/blackout

Might have played these already but some that come to mind are Hob's Barrow, Barrow Hill, Dark Fall, Scratches, Nightmare Frames and Carnival

If it can be freeware, I suggest:

-If On A Winter's Night Four Travellers (not many puzzles, but an excellent atmosphere)
-The Charnel House Trilogy (again, very few puzzles, but so atmospheric)
-Absent (this one has puzzles)
-Metaphobia (no ghosts, but something else, and very high quality)
-Urban Witch Story (made by Postmodern Adventures, the developer of An English Haunting and Nightmare Frames)

The Last Door is a favourite of mine, and is currently 75% off.

If you've ever wanted to play an Edgar Allan Poe story, this is probably as close as you'll get. It's not big monster/ jump scare terrifying but, instead, very atmospheric and genuinely unnerving.

Also, this and Darkside Detective got me back into 'modern' adventure games, when my PC was just about capable of running games on Newgrounds and Kongregate, As you can imagine, you don't need a supercomputer to run it!

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The Last Door is a favourite of mine, and is currently 75% off.

If you've ever wanted to play an Edgar Allan Poe story, this is probably as close as you'll get. It's not big monster/ jump scare terrifying but, instead, very atmospheric and genuinely unnerving.

Also, this and Darkside Detective got me back into 'modern' adventure games, when my PC was just about capable of running games on Newgrounds and Kongregate, As you can imagine, you don't need a supercomputer to run it!

Steam Link

Ah The Last Door I have played Season 1 I still need to go back and play season 2

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Might have played these already but some that come to mind are Hob's Barrow, Barrow Hill, Dark Fall, Scratches, Nightmare Frames and Carnival

Loved Hob's Barrow. I have both Barrow Hill games in my library. I briefly checked out the first Dark Fall game. Have yet to play Scratches. Nightmare Frames and Carnival are on my wishlist of future purchases

Seconding The Last Door - one of the best horror games I've ever played!

Also, not a perfect game by any means, but I always loved the creepy small town atmosphere in Shadow of the Comet (1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdL30eS9V_s

I'll throw my suggestion into the ring: Dreams in the Witch House. While it is a conventional point and click adventure game, there are aspects of time management sprinkled into the game, so it might not be for everyone. However, the lore and setting is excellent and it was very fun to play through.

Other than that, I agree with a lot of the titles recommended in the thread by other users. I enjoyed Kathy Rain 2 and Carnival which released recently.

People have already mentioned The Dark Fall series, but another more recent one from the same developer is Incubus. With the cameras etc made me think of the old TV program Ghostwatch.