10 Spooky Games That Still Feel Cozy

The days are getting darker and colder, which means we’re getting into the true cozy season of the year. But October is also the spookiest time of the year! As we get close to Halloween, I’ve collated some of the best spooky games that still feel cozy, for those looking for a touch of scariness and a slightly darker story in their cozy gaming this month.

Oxenfree

Developer Image: Night School Studio

Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox

Cost: €9.75

A supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unknowingly open up a ghost rift. With a synth pop soundtrack and fully voiced characters, choose your own outcome depending on the dialogue you choose.

Cult of The Lamb

Developer Image: Massive Monster

Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation

Cost: €22.99

Play as a possessed lamb that must repay their debts by building their own cult following. Start your own cult and build a flock of followers to control, perform dark rituals and use in battle to destroy non-believers.

Don’t Starve

Developer Image: Klei Entertainment

Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Playstation

Cost: €8.19

Enter a strange world full of creatures, dangers and surprises as you gather resources to craft items and structures to survive in this magical world. Start with nothing and craft, hunt, research, farm and fight to survive.

Night in the Woods

Developer Image: Infinite Fall

Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation

Cost: €19.99

Play as college drop out Mae, returning home to a former mining town to reconnect with your old life and friends. But once you’re home, you realise things aren’t the same, people have changed, and there’s something in the woods…

INSIDE

Developer Image: Playdead

Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation

Cost: €19.99

With an atmospheric soundtrack and moody art style, INSIDE is a dark, narrative driven puzzle platformer where ou play as a young boy that is being hunted, and finds himself in the centre of a dark project.

DREDGE

Developer Image: Black Salt Games

Available on: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation

Cost: €24.99

A lovecraftian inspired fishing game where you explore remote islands in your fishing boat. Sell your catches to buy upgrades for your boat, and discover mysteries. But be aware, strange things can happen at night!

Echoes of the Plum Grove

Developer Image: Unwound Games

Available on: PC, Mac

Cost: €19.99

Farm, craft, cook, forage and socialise in this farming simulator with a twist. You can build a thriving farm and budding generations to continue your legacy, where you contribute to the community, make friends, or enemies!

Strange Horticulture

Developer Image: Bad Viking

Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation

Cost: €15.99

Play as an owner of a plant shop who must find and identify new plants to sell to colourful customers as you solve an occult mystery within the town in this investigation puzzle game.

Graveyard Keeper

Developer Image: Lazy Bear Games

Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation

Cost: €15.99

Build and manage a medieval graveyard in this cemetary management game where the spirit of capitalism is high. Use all the resources you can find, cut costs where you need to, and build a thriving buisness.

Little Misfortune

Developer Image: Kilmonday Games AB

Available on: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch

Cost: €16.99

An interactive story focussed on exploration and characters where your choices have consequences. With your new friend, Mr Voice, venture into the woods to solve mysteries as a little bad luck unfolds.

Chloe

Hiya! I'm Chloe, a millennial introverted gamer who loves all things cozy. I love sharing and chatting about my favourite cozy games, giving honest reviews on everything from RPGs and puzzle games to life sims, whether they're indie gems or big AAA titles.

https://peapodgaming.com
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