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Analog horror games on Linux

11 analog horror games on Linux, each with a page on what frightens and a link to where it is sold. Tells its horror through old or found media (VHS, TV broadcasts, tapes, old computers, footage), or the internet horror it grew from (creepypasta, the Backrooms, liminal spaces).

11 games

All analog horror games on linux

DEAD LETTER DEPT. screenshot: a scanned photo on an old monitor while the typed line reads Tonight I watched the light leave their eyes

DEAD LETTER DEPT.

Type up the lost mail. Some of it seems to be writing back.

PC / Linux

FEAR ASSESSMENT screenshot: a grinning, blurred face lit orange and red out of darkness on a CRT screen

FEAR ASSESSMENT

A government test of what frightens you, run on a flickering monitor.

Browser / PC / Mac / Linux

FeedVid Live

A stranger's livestream, a locked bathroom stall, and a chat that tells them what to do.

Browser / PC / Mac / Linux

Night-vision camera view of a kitchen and dining area with the anomaly report menu open, listing rooms and an abyss presence type

I'm on Observation Duty

Watch the cameras all night and report anything that changes.

PC / Mac / Linux / iPhone

Security camera view of a dim living room with a fireplace and a chessboard, the anomaly report menu open with types such as Ghost, Intruder and Object movement

I'm on Observation Duty 2

A whole house on camera this time, and Timothy is back.

PC / Mac / Linux

I'm on Observation Duty 4 screenshot: a black-and-white camera view of a dark gallery with portraits on every wall and a desk with a telephone

I'm on Observation Duty 4

Watch a house on camera all night and report everything that changes.

PC / Mac / Linux

I'm on Observation Duty 5 screenshot: a black-and-white camera view of a house entrance hall and staircase, with a timestamp and report button

I'm on Observation Duty 5

Six places, one night each, and something different every time you switch cameras.

PC / Mac / Linux

A security camera view of a lakeside cottage with a red wall, a sauna door, deck chairs and a rowing boat by a wooden dock

I'm on Observation Duty 6

Six places, one night shift, and something different on every camera.

PC / Mac / Linux

Camera view of an indoor pool with a green spiral waterslide, timestamped 01:18 and labelled Waterslide

I'm on Observation Duty 7

Six new places on camera, one night shift each, and paranoia to fight.

PC / Mac / Linux / PlayStation / Xbox

Camera view labelled Catwalk: two figures stand at the end of a dim fashion runway between rows of red seats

I'm on Observation Duty 8

A catwalk, a stable, the deep sea: six more nights on the cameras.

PC / Mac / Linux / PlayStation / Xbox

POOLS key art: a long rectangular pool of dark water with a metal rail, in a hall of pale tiles stretching into the distance

POOLS

Endless tiled pools, still water and nobody else.

PC / Mac / Linux / iPhone / PlayStation / Switch / VR

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