The gameplay features a faster pace and more open-ended levels than its predecessors.
#BEST GAMES OF 2016 PC INDIE SERIES#
Doomĭoom is a popular reboot of the series by the same name in which players take the role of an unnamed Marine fighting against demonic forces in a colony on Mars. Dead End Roadĭead End Road is an atmospheric horror game in which the player is placed at the wheel of a car, desperately trying to reach an old woman at the end of the road who can reverse a sinister ritual that has unleashed something terrible that is chasing them. Players must battle hunger, madness, and various horrible creatures as they collaborate in order to ensure that they don't starve. Don't Starve Togetherĭon't Starve Together is a multiplayer expansion for the popular survival horror game Don't Starve. The plot follows the main character, Linda, after she has been pulled into a mirror by her own reflection, ending up in a surreal otherworld that she must now escape. Keepers of the Dark is a small DLC game for the larger DreadOut games. Players must explore the now-abandoned buildings and unravel the secrets of the woman's time there. The Town of Light is an atmospheric horror game based on the story of a woman who revisits an abandoned institution that she was incarcerated in as a child.
#BEST GAMES OF 2016 PC INDIE PC#
Platforms: PC, OS X, Linux, PS4, Xbox One.Players must solve various puzzles to try and continue playing the game to its completion, while the game does anything to stop them. CalendulaĬalendula is described as a game that doesn't want to be played. Players must explore the haunted grounds and find clues to unravel the mysteries before the school's eternal occupants catch up with them. Corpse PartyĬorpse Party is a psychological horror game that takes place in a haunted elementary school, where terrible things have taken place. Players must pilot drones into abandoned spaceships in order to find materials and information to progress. Duskersĭuskers is a survival horror game that focuses on surviving alone in deep space, while simultaneously trying to piece together what has happened to the universe and wiped everyone else out. Players must rescue people, analyze their dreams, and build defenses to protect them from the nightmares they manifest.
Fear Equationįear Equation is a turn-based strategy game in which players take control of a modified freight train that is designed to protect those inside it from a terrible fog that brings their nightmares to life. Players take the role of Alex, and must interact with the environment, make decisions, and solve puzzles to try and escape the ghost's grasp before it's too late.
Oxenfree follows a group of teens who unknowingly open a doorway into a ghostly realm, with terrible consequences. Platforms: PC, PS4, OS X, Linux, Xbox One, iOS.Players must solve puzzles and find weaknesses to escape the game. Pony Island is a deceptively adorable puzzle game created by the Devil himself. Here are the 25 best games released in 2016. The same goes for the horror genre 2016 brought on some horror games that were beautiful, and some that… weren’t. 2016 was a big year for everyone, including the horror genreĢ016 was quite a year a presidential election, the death of several celebrities, and a whole lot of other happenings flooded our newsfeeds from January to December.