Extremely Weird And Obscure Games

[Felipe]

This one should count as something that deserved more recognition. Played to the end but not the expansion:

Scratches (Director's Cut) (Windows)

Remember Scratches (Director's Cut) (Windows), an old video game from 2007? Download it and play again on MyAbandonware.

www.myabandonware.com

 

[χKai]

Famicom hentai games
I will not elaborate.

 

[sneakyguts]

rule of rose ps2

 

[Sumea]

Famicom hentai games
I will not elaborate.

SNES hentai bootleg games.

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

Garage: Bad Dream Adventure pretty much ticks every box of the criteria you listed. Extremely obscure Japanese PC game from the late 90's.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

Kanye Quest 3030

 

[Moreno909]

Postal, specially the first one
GunRoad (was briefly on the repo, maybe after I talked about, it got shut down, the author doens't like it being posted on the internet without it consent and it have plenty of gore with anime girls)
Drowned God

 

[Lt. Commander Data]

I got a couple for you that fall in the weird, surreal category.

First is any Cho Aniki shmup.

And the other surreal game I can think of off the top of my head is the arcade game Pu.Li.Ru.La.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Mouthwash, seriously, it gets creepy at times, not because it having cheap jumpscares, but because it feels too clausptrophobic, instead of an invading force, the game deals with space isolation and is a effective take on realistic horror despite the sci-fi setting

 

[Claude0962]

I would recommend Hellnight and Drowned God, two of the weirdest games I've ever played. The former is a horror dungeon crawler where you explore an old web of tunnels underneath Tokyo, called Tokyo Mesh while being hunted down by a monster. It's a truly bizarre and quite unique game.

The other, Drowned God, is a point and click adventure game. Touches on a lot of esoteric and occult topics, alongside many conspiracy theories. It's quite a special case for me as it feels like the author, Harry Horse, genuinely believed in some of these theories and ideas, which makes the execution much more unique than any other game that tried to be esoteric or similar for me.

 

[CheesyExplosive]

I won't ever play silent hill all the way to FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!! for as long as i live.

 

[Tortuga]

Baroque

 

[Moreno909]

Harvester

 

[Anim8rDude Anim8rDude]

Seems like Illbleed on the Dreamcast would meet your criteria.

Maybe you've heard of it already idk, but it's the one where you're at this amusement park of sorts & you play the game in horror movie episodes.
Like I played it myself & the game has issues for sure but the game is so off the wall (basically at all times) that yeah, it's a one-of-a-kind experience, you will not see this anywhere else for sure!
Gameplay is largely a labyrinth navigation game with (repetitive) search-&-find elements in short.

The only game where you play as Woody fighting evil sonic.

 

[χKai]

SNES hentai bootleg games.

There is only one I know of that is worse than some of the Famicom hentai games

But yes

 

[DinoRexMax DinoRexMax]

𝒹𝑒𝒮𝒫𝐼𝑅𝐼𝒜 🙘​

A 2000s psuedo first person Adventure/RPG by Atlus for the Sega Dreamcast, where the player takes on the role of a psychic soldier exploring a post apocalyptic Japan. Your party members are these bizarre parasitic organisms you employ to partake in psychic battles with messed up cyborgs and mutants.

There's no complete or official translation of the game itself. But there's a guy on Youtube who "subbed" the game using CC.

 

[Zerpina]

You got the likes of..
Ib
The Cat Lady
Pathologic
Inside
The Void
Lone Survivor
Paratopic
The Operator
Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos

And one of my Favorites
Slay the Princess

Post automatically merged: Jan 28, 2026

Also welcome back @χKai, hope your well

 

[Xaozin]

I haven't played much horror games but I would recommend Theresia: Dear Emile, Nanashi no Game, Dementium II and Corpse Party.

Thank you for the suggestions. I do struggle with visual novels but maybe the fact that these are weird might keep my attention more!

Post automatically merged: Jan 28, 2026

LSD Dream Emula... oh wait, you already mentioned it!

Well, right now I'm playing Super Galdelic Hour for PS2. It's certainly conceptually bizarre and something that would never appear on PlayStation today. Fanservice aside, I like the weirdness, the funky take on futurism (like Space Channel 5 in some ways), and how the graphics look impressive for PS2 standards:

(Edit: Whoops, just realized that this post is under emulation, but the following games are indies on PC. Still, you might be interested, so I'm leaving this info just in case.)
When I want surreal or bizarre games, I learn about them mainly from Alpha Beta Gamer. For something along the lines of "this game shouldn't exist", there's Kotel ne Gori:

And for something unsettling, there are games like those by Yames, including Growing My Grandpa:

Thank you ever so much for the great suggestions here. The Super Galdelic reminds me of DOA extreme volleyball I think it was. Where you had all the weird beach games that was basically fan service! It does look fun however.

I have heard of some of these but because they're indie PC games, the limits are alot looser. Ideally I'm looking for anything PS2 or before but I am open to them.

And growing my grandpa.....what the hell is that?!?!

Post automatically merged: Jan 28, 2026

Extremely Weird And Obscure Games

1. Monster Party A side-scrolling action game where you play as Mark, a kid armed with a baseball bat who teams up with a gargoyle named Bert to fight through bizarre horror-themed levels. The game is a fever dream of surreal enemies, from a giant onion ring to a killer fried shrimp. Its sudden...

retrogametalk.com

Ah! This is definitely something I'm looking for! I didn't realise this was here. Thank you

Post automatically merged: Jan 28, 2026

This one kind of gets talked about every once and awhile, but cosmology of kyoto is a point and click adventure game!
View attachment 148465

That art style looks terrifying. I have no idea why this creeps me out

Post automatically merged: Jan 28, 2026

Far from being a "hidden" gem, tho.

Sanitarium (Windows) ScummVM – The Repo

Sanitarium (Windows) ScummVM A retro Adventure, Point-and-Click Game. Languages: English.

retrogametalk.com

Weirdly, I've not heard of this before

Post automatically merged: Jan 28, 2026

Postal, specially the first one
GunRoad (was briefly on the repo, maybe after I talked about, it got shut down, the author doens't like it being posted on the internet without it consent and it have plenty of gore with anime girls)
Drowned God

I love Postal. It was truly shocking back in the day but the sequel really didn't do it for me!

(Also, I just checked and there's 6 of them now?!?!)

Post automatically merged: Jan 28, 2026

I got a couple for you that fall in the weird, surreal category.

First is any Cho Aniki shmup.
View attachment 148512
View attachment 148506
View attachment 148513
View attachment 148514

And the other surreal game I can think of off the top of my head is the arcade game Pu.Li.Ru.La.
View attachment 148507
View attachment 148509
View attachment 148510
View attachment 148511

These are amazing. This falls perfectly into the 'what am I looking at' category perfectly. Thank you!

 

[Sumea]

Baroque
View attachment 148529

Which is the best version that is also in english?

 

[Kras_Mazov]

Planet DOB

And there is an album tie in with the game that is severely underrated.

 

[Netra]

Muscle march for the Wii is the only weird/non conventional game that I enjoy play.

You want something weirder that most of the games recommend by others try this:

Dark Seed (Japan) PSX ISO – The Repo

Dark Seed (Japan) PSX ISO Game ID: SLPS-00108. Languages: English, Japanese. For Sony PlayStation.

retrogametalk.com

If you can read japanese on a decent level you maybe can play part of this one.

Kowloon's Gate: Kowloon Fuusuiden (Japan) PSX ISO – The Repo

Kowloon's Gate: Kowloon Fuusuiden (Japan) PSX ISO Game ID: SLPS-00706, SLPS-00707, SLPS-00708, SLPS-00709. Languages: Japanese. For Sony PlayStation.

retrogametalk.com

 

[Tortuga]

Which is the best version that is also in english?

Both ps1 and saturn has english patch
I think ps1 version is better since it come out after saturn and had some bug fixes

 

[DinoRexMax DinoRexMax]

Which is the best version that is also in english?

Wii/PS2 3D version. Third person viewpoint for better visibility, native English voice and dialogue, pretty slick anime opening, and it's a lot smoother and cleaner to play than the PS1/Saturn version.

However, the grunge on the OG sprite versions led to a lot of the game's charm, since, it felt like you were walking around a grim painting rather than looking like pretty much every mid game from the 2000s 6th/7th gen consoles. It's creepier too.

Kinda looks like AVP: Trilogy if you squint real hard...

 

[Guinea]

Yoshi's Crafted World is lowkey creepy imo.

 

[Xaozin]

Planet DOB

And there is an album tie in with the game that is severely underrated.

Hahaha What in the world is this about! Great recoommendation!

Post automatically merged: Jan 29, 2026

Muscle march for the Wii is the only weird/non conventional game that I enjoy play.

You want something weirder that most of the games recommend by others try this:

Dark Seed (Japan) PSX ISO – The Repo

Dark Seed (Japan) PSX ISO Game ID: SLPS-00108. Languages: English, Japanese. For Sony PlayStation.

retrogametalk.com

If you can read japanese on a decent level you maybe can play part of this one.

Kowloon's Gate: Kowloon Fuusuiden (Japan) PSX ISO – The Repo

Kowloon's Gate: Kowloon Fuusuiden (Japan) PSX ISO Game ID: SLPS-00706, SLPS-00707, SLPS-00708, SLPS-00709. Languages: Japanese. For Sony PlayStation.

retrogametalk.com

Thank you for the recommendations! Anything with a dark side to it I'm up for!

Post automatically merged: Jan 29, 2026

These have been some amazing suggestions. Is there anything a bit darker? Homebrew is also OK as long as it's OK to view.