Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge is a cursed collection of 10 retro-inspired horror games, each one a different genre from frantic FPS shootouts and creepy platformers to tactical turn-based RPGs and chaotic arena combat.
You can play solo or with friends, as each game is part of a haunted library, bound together by a hidden story buried in a corrupted ROM. Glitches, broken visuals, distorted sounds, and strange “intentional bugs” are all clues to something trying to break free…
This isn’t just nostalgia. It’s digital horror.
The project is a collaborative anthology created in partnership with multiple indie studios, each contributing their own unique retro horror vision to the collection
🕹️ Key Features
- 10 Games, 10 Horror Visions – From arcade-style chaos to branching narratives, every game delivers a unique take on retro horror.
- The Corrupted Cartridge – All titles are linked by secrets, visual glitches, and narrative fragments hidden within the ROM.
- Instant Access – All 10 games are unlocked from the start. Play them in any order, like a cursed multi-cart from a forgotten video store.
- Classic Style, Dark Execution – 8-bit palettes, low poly models, crunchy sound effects, and pixelated interfaces, hiding layers of psychological and meta-horror.
- Play Together (If You Dare) – Some games include local multiplayer: co-op survival or bloody arena combat for chaotic fun.
🕷️ Sample Titles from the Collection
- Cult of Ascension: Roguelite arena RPG. Rise in a cult’s ranks, survive battles, recruit followers, and unlock forbidden rituals.
- NULLand: First-person escape room horror. Seven days. A TV that speaks. Will you find the way out?
- Shadow Peddler: Narrative horror of choices and survival. Trade your sanity, hunger, and soul for salvation… if you make it.
- Spider Arena: Four-player chaos as armed spiders crawl walls, ceilings, and unleash cannon fire in vertical arenas.
- Ukryty: First-person horror mixed with a text adventure where you are locked in a chair and something wants to get in.
- Chalk Skulk: Tactic game where you control multiple characters and must try to complete an unholy ritual.
- Santa Epistola: Fast-paced typing puzzle about banishing demons. Notice patterns, understand your enemy and try to not get killed.
- Hallway Paradox: Third-person horror game about finding your path and the truth amidst dark corridors.
- Rewind: First-person horror where each tape is a window to the past. Notice small changes that could change everything around you.
- Blind Faith: First-person horror about sacrifice, survival and faith. Hunt invisible enemies and ensure the final ritual.
