Underplayed Gems

Paranormal Archives (2025)

Paranormal Archives cover
Developer
MidnightHops
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie, Simulation
Rating
4.0 of 5, 5 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.3 hours
Where to get it
Steam

More by MidnightHops

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this

How it feels

A quiet, creeping sense of dread as you navigate identical hallways, where each wrong choice violently resets your progress and fragments of a dark story slowly surface.

psychological horroratmospherictensedisorientingmemory-basedexplorationpunishingmysterious

What players say

Players enjoy the atmosphere and retro style, but new players find it confusing until they realize it is an anomaly game. Some note that rooms look bland and the mouse sensitivity resets after dying.

Screenshots

Paranormal Archives screenshot 1Paranormal Archives screenshot 2Paranormal Archives screenshot 3Paranormal Archives screenshot 4Paranormal Archives screenshot 5

More games like this

More by MidnightHops

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.