The Evolution of Indie Horror Games - Gaming Podcast

Video Gamers Podcast

Games, Video Games, Leisure

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Gaming hosts Josh, Ryan, and Ace are diving deep into the eerie evolution of indie horror in gaming. From the early pixelated nightmares that defined the genre to the modern psychological terrors shaping today’s scene, the crew unpacks how independent creators changed the way we experience fear in video games. They’ll explore the rise of cult classics, the bold experimentation that big studios won’t touch, and why indie horror continues to push the boundaries of what gaming can be. If you love video games that send chills down your spine, this one’s for you. It’s a spine-tingling, nostalgia-packed episode of the Video Gamers Podcast! Thanks to our MYTHIC Supporters: Redletter, Disratory, Ol’ Jake, Gaius, Jigglepuf and Phelps Thanks to our Legendary Supporters: HypnoticPyro, NorwegianGreaser and PeopleWonder Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/videogamerspod⁠ Join our Gaming Community: ⁠https://discord.com/invite/Dsx2rgEEbz⁠ Follow us on Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/⁠ Follow us on X:⁠ https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod⁠ Subscribe to us on YouTube:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VideoGamersPod?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Visit us on the web:⁠https://videogamerspod.com/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	slash setup Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the video gamers podcast.
0:45.5	Tonight, we're stepping into the dark and tracing the evolution of indie horror.
0:50.5	It may thrill you.
0:52.0	It may shock you.
0:53.5	It may even horrify you. am your host ace and joining me i really hope if he woke up in a middle of a forest his first decision wouldn't be i'm gonna start gathering these random pages it's josh now i am a little bit of a survivalist.
1:11.6	I would not just, you know, like, okay, guys, the people in Blair Witch, like, yo,
1:18.1	how dumb can you be, man?
1:21.0	You know, like, you just leave.
1:23.0	You just get out of there, man.
1:24.2	You don't need those creepy, weird, twisted stick things.
1:27.1	Like, at some point, you just go, hey, I don't think this is worth it. We should probably leave. That's like the solution of 90% of horror movies. It's like, yeah, we're just not going to stay here. We're going to leave. Like, Poltergeist? That's, yeah. Conjuring? Yeah. It's like that, I forget what, it's like a commercial for something, but the, it's like the horror one.
1:45.9	It's like the Allstate commercial. Yeah, It's like that, I forget what, it's like a commercial for something,
1:44.5	but the,
1:44.9	it's like the horror one.
1:46.0	It's like the Allstate commercial.
1:46.6	Yeah.
1:46.7	She's,
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