This thought doesn’t seem plausible, but in a school, especially a murky one, things can also get exciting.
Welcome to the nightmare of school-based horror games.
| Game | Release | Genre | Developer | |
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 | White Day A Labyrinth Named School | 2017-08-22 | Adventure | Sonnori |
 | Corpse Party | 2016-04-25 | Adventure | Team GrisGris |
 | Detention | 2017-01-12 | Adventure | Red Candle Games |
 | Lunch Lady | 2021-04-15 | Horror | Manic Mice |
 | Doki Doki Literature Club Plus | 2021-06-30 | Visual novel, horror | Team Salvato |
 | Yomawari Night Alone | 2016-10-25 | Strategy | Nippon Ichi Software |
Corpse Party
| Release date: | 2016-04-25 |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Developer: | Team GrisGris |
A chilling story of classmates unfolds in front of your eyes from a top-down perspective.
This is a horror adventure game where searching the nooks and crannies of the school is the only way to find your way out. However, phantoms will follow you step by step, trying to take your life. In five chapters you will play with different characters, discovering various endings of the lore.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
| Release date: | 2021-06-30 |
| Genre: | Visual novel, horror |
| Developer: | Team Salvato |
These types of games are played for the story and in visual novel type games, it’s the icing on the cake.
Cute graphics and anime characters are just a mask. You belong to the titular literature club, into which your friend Sayori has drawn you. You meet three new people: Natsuki, Yuri, and Monika, and that’s when the fun begins. Remember that every choice you make leads to certain consequences.
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Blue Island
Blue Islands is an excellent option for those who enjoy peaceful escape room games. This time it’s the puzzles that play the first fiddle.
The lack of any background music creates an atmosphere of uncertainty. You will hear sounds accompanying the objects you find or the moments when you solve a given puzzle from time to time. All you have to do is look for specific solutions to specific puzzles.
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White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
| Release date: | 2017-08-22 |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Developer: | Sonnori |
In the place of a hospital functioning during the Korean War, Yeondu High School was built, and during the raising of the walls, many builders died. It has attracted demonic beings.
This is a survival horror game in which you play the role of a student, Hee-Min Lee, who, after the school closed, sneaks into the building to return a diary and a box of chocolates unnoticed. However, she has been trapped inside, along with deadly ghosts and a janitor-murderer. It’s up to you to find a way out.
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Yomawari: Night Alone
| Release date: | 2016-10-25 |
| Genre: | Strategy |
| Developer: | Nippon Ichi Software |
Both your and the character’s heart will beat faster when a monster appears suddenly. The town’s dark streets will only be illuminated by the light of a torch, and you’ll have to hide quickly to survive.
Big sister and dog Poro have disappeared, so there’s nothing left to do but look for them. Along the way you’ll find various items, such as money, a shovel, or stones, which will help you in the gameplay, and a diary will explain some of the threads.
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Conclusion
Choose one of the school horror games and get ready to confront the darkness.