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My indie horror Steam Wishlist for 2025

Key Takeaways

• darkwebSTREAMER or Decay of Opulence deserves a spot on your Steam Wishlist for its eerie analog visuals, occultism, and survival management gameplay.
• Super Chillers: The Chat Room earns its place on the Steam Wishlist with nostalgic ‘90s slasher vibes and supernatural internet terror.
• Add Void Martyrs or End of Ember to your Steam Wishlist if you’re into cosmic terror and plague-ridden sci-fi temples, or gore and hellish worlds.
• Horror fans will love ONE WAY HOME or Dark Fracture on their Steam Wishlist for the psychological horror and surreal experience.

Introduction

Hey everyone! I’ve been playing a couple indie horror game demos lately and it got me thinking about my Wishlist. Come to find out, I got a decent number I’m looking forward too for release date. Not to mention, some of these have demos to get you excited for the full version.

If you’re a fan of indie horror games and you’re always hunting for the next psychological gut-punch, this post is for you. Below is my current Steam Wishlist packed with upcoming horror titles, some dark, some surreal, all terrifying in their own way.

From analog horror nightmares to cosmic descent sims, these games show that indie horror is alive and mutating.

Whether you’re into survival, walking sims, or VHS-styled fever dreams, keep scrolling, you’ll find something to haunt your hard drive. So, lets dive into my “10 Indie Games on My Steam Wishlist”.

1. Decay of Opulence

Description
Decay of Opulence is a pixel art survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic world after a divine cataclysm pummeled the landscape. Madness runs amok as cults now oversee the place you once called home. Think stark RPG and turn-based strategy meets creepy post-apocalyptic world.

Gameplay
Explore hauntingly detailed black and white landscape, where scavenger, psychos and supernatural lurk. Encounter these beings in turned-based combat and strategically strike areas of their body to mitigate damage or gain the upper hand.

Survive environmental threats, and manage limited inventory as you piece together the downfall of your world. Ideal for fans of atmospheric horror with survival elements.

Keep an eye out for my first impressions of Decay of Opulence once I get my hands on it. Eager for more, check out my insight on Decay of Opulence here!

2. Super Chillers: The Chat Room

Description
Macarena your way back into the late ‘90s where creepy chatrooms and analog tech hide something far more sinister. Super Chillers: The Chat Room puts us in a retro horror game inspired by Fear Street as well as Point Horror books and campy slasher themes like Scream.

Gameplay
You’ll navigate the game in a point-and-click style horror adventure. You explore the VHS store, gathering items and trying one thing another to progress the mystery – oh, and survive. Your choices shape your fate.

This interactive digital horror story leans into internet folklore and supernatural escalation. So, get ready for a blood-screaming thriller, and hey – it’s pixel graphics.

3. darkwebSTREAMER

Description
This streaming horror sim darkwebSTREAMER, perfect for a Steam Wishlist, drops you into the shoes of an occult content creator descending into the dark web. But when the entities on the other side start watching from in your apartment, the horror amps up fast.

Experience deeper levels of analog horror visuals, and layers of ARG-style storytelling.

Gameplay
This game plunges you into a nonlinear, procedurally generated psychological horror. You must manage things like skills, viewers, subscribers, your stream and your overall survival as you run occult livestreams in real-time.

It’s got crafting and rituals to defend yourself as you shape your character’s personality, which affects the experience. An ideal pick for fans of creepypasta games and digital found-footage horror.

4. Bendy: Lone Wolf

Description
From the universe of Bendy and the Ink Machine comes a darker, standalone tale starring our resilient canine, Boris the Wolf. This time, the gloves are off. True to the series, in Bendy: Lone Wolf, survival dictates the progress as you encounter ink monsters and obstacles.

Get ready for intense encounters and scenarios as death is permanent.

Gameplay
A top-down rougelike horror that dials up the action and psychological torment. Expect puzzles, eerie environments, and classic cartoon horror turned lethal. Don’t forget to be tactical as the ink demon will stalk you. Definitely a Steam Wishlist must for Bendy fans.

5. Tempus Triad

Description
A cryptic horror experience set across three timelines. Tempus Triad explores survival horrors and psychological fears as trauma, and time collapse through a minimal but terrifying lens.

Gameplay
Slow, deliberate exploration with engaging experiences. Expect existential horror and microphone detection. Fortunately, stealth gets you through, so tactics and strategy will either save you or lead to your end.

A truly cerebral ride perfect for fans of survival horror, sci-fi, or dinosaurs.

6. Dark Fracture

Description
Set in a body farm research facility, Dark Fracture is a psychological indie horror game where your sanity is constantly tested. The nods to Silent Hill and The Evil Within are present but so is the blend of realism and surreal terror.

You’ll tetter from a sound mind to pure madness if you succumb to the darkest part of your psyche.

Gameplay
In line with psychological horror and survival horror, balance your resource management with sanity-driven hallucinations. Solve puzzles, explore non-linear areas, and brace yourself for grotesque visuals.

Already playable in Early Access on Steam, you can play the demo and step your toes into the murky madness of reality and the other world.

7. End of Ember

Description
After an freak and darkly humorous incident at an outside get-together of adults, Ember finds herself in literal hell.

This would explain the pentagrams. In End of Ember, you traverse reality, hell, and learn about Ember as we engage in the workings of hell.

We fight grotesque enemies, encounter interesting beings, and have fun in a gore-rich horror shooter, paying homage to classic horror heavy hitters.

Gameplay
As a shooter, this game mixes and matches unique weapons. My favorite so far introduced was the ice gun with needle shooter. Levels are procedurally generated and enemies swarm from all over. Think bullet hell, like where we’re at, and shoot ‘em ups like Gradius or Sinistar.

The top-down perspective adds great birds eye view to where each enemy emerges and the environmental details. A funny but powerful mix of action rougelike, gore, and horror. A Steam Wishlist must for gore or dark humor fans.

8. Void Martyrs

Description
Void Martyrs throws you into a nightmarish cosmic horror crusade where you play as a rookie nun scavenging through plague-infected space cathedrals. It’s a survival horror stew of grimdark sci-fi, psychological dread, and religious horror, dripping with atmosphere.

You’re not just dodging death, you’re questioning your faith while hunting relics and dodging biomechanical monstrosities. Oh, and if you die? No biggie. The Church just sends in another warm body to clean up the mess.

If you’re into Signalis, Darkwood, or Blasphemous, you’ll feel right at home (or deeply uncomfortable, which is the point).

Gameplay
The real kicker here is the Stigmata/Faith system, your choices matter, big time. You can be a divine warrior or a heretic on a warpath, and that changes everything from combat style to loot access.

Whether your pistol-packing or prayer-chanting, the plague’s coming for you. And yeah, there’s cosmic horror baked in, with entities that twist your understanding of good and evil.

Keep locked to their Steam page if you like your horror layered and faith-shaking. Want to see more, click here for more Void Martyrs!

9. ONE WAY HOME

Description
ONE WAY HOME by CYBERHEAD is a psychological horror platformer that throws players into a nightmarish urban sprawl through the eyes of Jimmy, a twelve-year-old boy trying to get home after a tragic school bus crash.

With its grim art direction and eerie crayon-drawn lore scattered throughout the world, the game crafts a deeply atmospheric and emotionally layered experience.

The world feels alive in its silence, filled with shadowy creatures, haunting memories, and branching narrative paths shaped by your choices. ONE WAY HOME blends the innocence of childhood with creeping dread in a horror platformer.

Gameplay
At its core, ONE WAY HOME is a puzzle platformer drenched in psychological tension. You must guide Jimmy through treacherous areas using stealth, puzzle-solving, and a bit of environmental manipulation – no combat here, just raw survival and brainwork.

A key mechanic, the “Crayon Story,” lets you uncover backstory fragments via illustrated memories that change based on the paths you take. Exploration is richly rewarded, and each decision impacts skills and story branches.

The platforming is smooth with moments of tension, especially when evading shadow creatures or interacting with devices that can either help or backfire.

Stay alert on CYBERHEAD’s Steam page for this horror gem. If you want more, check out my playthrough of ONE WAY HOME here!

10. Holstin

Description
Set in a remote Polish town in late 1992, Holstin plunges you into a festering world where rot seeps into every corner.

After your friend Bartek goes missing, you arrive to find a place warped by an unseen malevolence, its people deranged, its streets crawling with sludge, and its sanity unraveling.

To escape, you’ll have to uncover the town’s haunting truth before it devours you, too in this game with classic survival horror mechanics.

Gameplay
Explore a semi-open world rendered in detailed pixel art, brought to life with dynamic lighting and 360° camera rotation. Scavenge limited supplies and crude weapons to fend off grotesque, otherworldly threats stalking the town’s darkest corners.

Interrogate unstable locals whose sanity is cracking, solve twisted puzzles shaped by their fractured realities, and push through a narrative steeped in psychological tension.

Survival means understanding the madness around you and resisting its pull. Fans of Resident Evil and Silent Hill, will likely like this one as do I.

Closing Thoughts

Whether it’s deep lo-fi terror, unsettling narrative design, or just plain fear, these games prove that indie horror in 2025 will be thriving. My Steam Wishlist has never looked so horror fueled in the best possible way.

If you’re into psychological horror, analog scares, or just looking for the next terrifying game to stream or write about, keep an eye on these titles. You can bet I’ll be covering them once they drop.