Okaeri

Okaeri is a short horror game where you play a middle school girl returning home at 6 pm. You and your mom just moved into a new house, and you're expecting her usual greeting. Instead, something's off. The game unfolds from this single premise—walking through your own front door and discovering what's wrong. It's structured like the compact Japanese horror omnibus films that pack scares into tight runtimes, so expect a focused experience rather than sprawling exploration. The setup is domestic and specific: familiar rooms, an absent parent, that gut feeling when home doesn't feel right. If you want horror that builds dread from mundane spaces instead of abandoned asylums, this nails that tone.