
A cursed collection of 10 retro horror games, each with its own genre and style, from FPS and platformers to turn-based RPGs and arena combat. Play solo or with friends as you uncover the secrets of a forgotten ROM corrupted by time... and something worse.
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Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge is a cursed collection of 10 single and multiplayer games inspired by classic horror and retro aesthetics from the ‘80s and ‘90s. From frantic shootouts to tactical turn-based battles, each game offers a modern approach to classic experiences, all of them linked by a hidden narrative that slowly reveals itself through glitches, visual errors, and unexplainable events.
Explore a haunted library of games long lost to time, where nostalgia meets digital horror.
10 GAMES, 10 RETRO HORROR VISIONS - Each title in the collection is an experience that aims to combine the nostalgia of retro horror games with modern gameplay. Some are fast-paced arcade-style adventures, others are deeper stories with exploration, strategy, or branching narratives. Get ready to face everything from first-person shootouts to chaotic arenas.
A LOST AND CORRUPTED ROM - The games were found inside a mysterious cartridge, a ROM that contains more than just code. Small details link each title, hinting at a bigger mystery that goes beyond the screen. Distorted visuals, corrupted sounds, and “intentional” bugs serve as clues to something trying to speak... or break free.
INSTANT ACCESS - All 10 games are available from the start. Play them in any order, just like an old-school multi-game cartridge, bringing back that strange and thrilling feeling of renting something unknown from a forgotten video store.
CLASSIC STYLE, DARK EXECUTION - Each game was built with love for retro visuals: 8-bit and 16-bit palettes, low poly, crunchy sound effects, pixelated interfaces. But under the nostalgic surface lies a layer of psychological and meta-horror that breaks the fourth wall and messes with your mind. A dark tribute to classics with a haunted soul.
PLAY TOGETHER (IF YOU DARE) - Some games in the collection include local multiplayer modes, whether you're teaming up to fight twisted creatures or battling it out in bloody arenas. Perfect for laughing, screaming, and wondering if your controller is possessed, all with friends.

A Few Games You’ll Find in the Collection
Cult of Ascension - A roguelite arena tactics RPG where you control a randomly generated cultist and climb the ranks of a secret order by surviving brutal battles. Customize your powers, recruit followers, and live long enough to perform the Rite of Ascension.
NULLand - Locked in a small room, you awake to the speech of something in the TV. In this First Person Escape Room experience, you have seven days to please your captor and discover how to get out.
Shadow Peddler - A dark narrative game of choices and exploration, where every decision comes at a cost. Travel through cursed lands, survive hunger, madness, and ruin. Collect enough Penitence Tokens to buy your salvation… if you’re still alive by then.
Spider Arena - A local competitive game for up to 4 players where spiders armed with cannons battle in vertical arenas. Crawl across walls, cling to the ceiling, aim and fire!
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Languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 20 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Let's start with a good overall: 10 games in 1? And good games? For only this price? Sign me up. Now for the long review: Haunted ROM is an interesting game anthology, that even includes a hidden story (noticed this with the hidden in-game terminal). Each of the games has personality, with some being longer and others more short. But in many senses, each game is fun and unsettling in their own manner. While some look to be very traditional horror, there are some that are more horror-themed and not really from the horror genre. But to be honest, for me that's a plus. Talking a bit about each of the games, my personal favorites so far are Cult of Ascension, Ukryty and Shadow Peddler. Found Santa Epistola to have a very beautiful and unsettling art, and the story in Hallway Paradox was really something. Really enjoying it so far! Recommend it a 100%!
Has a lot to love in it. Cult of ascention allows you to build some pretty clever synergies, Santa epistola is simply gorgeous to look at and Ukryty has some REALLY smart puzzles and twists (maybe a little too smart for a fella like me). Over all pretty good value collection. Please make Shadow peddler easier and Ukryty dumber I beg
I wanted to like this, but its really unenjoyable. At best you get a moderately competent game with no real gameplay and at worst you get broken unplayable messes. Blind Faith works... but you walk to 4 points and hold right click and that's the game. Chalk Skulk is an interesting concept, but the controls just don't work randomly (not the demon knocking your character unconscious, this is before it even spawns) Cult of Ascension is an RNG mess with abilities that just flat out don't work. Hallway Paradox was a neat idea, could probably be a full game but it'd need a lot of reworking from the scares, writing, sound design, etc. NULLand was unplayable with how the sensitivity randomly changed and the slider for it did nothing. Rewind is where I gave up, I interacted with everything in both the normal room and the tape room and couldn't find a way to move forward in the game. It could be cool, or it could suck, but I don't think I'll ever know.
Bruh this game is wild lol, Haunted ROM got me hooked. The vibes are creepy af but also super fun, like playin some cursed retro cart u found in ur tio’s attic 😂. Deffo worth it, cheap thrill and 100% recomend
What a brilliant idea!!! It's great that this game serves as a hub for other indie games, especially with this horror theme! I really liked all the games. Especially the aesthetics of the first one, the guy with the cross! The atmosphere of this minigame is fantastic! I highly recommend it!
Tive a oportunidade de jogar no Beta. A conclusão do jogo teve muitas evoluções. Muito bom a ideia de um pac de jogos com mecânicas varias. Não consegui ainda definir qual dos 10 seria o melhor. Mas não acho que é sobre qual ser o melhor a ideia de crítica. O conjunto faz valer muito bem a pena. ! • Uma das vezes que abri o jogo, eu vi um vídeo especial com o desenvolvedor com uma mensagem secreta e não apareceu mais. Tentei fazer aparecer de novo, até baixei de novo mas não descobri o segredo. Se alguém descobrir me conta! Fiquei curioso.
I haven't played all of the minigames yet, but I got a few goosebumps already. Expect the unexpected!
Uma curadoria impecável que celebra o que há de mais visceral, inteligente e aterrorizante. Se você, como eu, aprecia uma narrativa que mexe com o seu psicológico e uma atmosfera que te engole, prepare-se! Recomendo fortemente! Esta não é apenas uma coletânea de jogos, mas uma celebração da criatividade e da capacidade que os games têm de evocar emoções fortes. Desligue as luzes, coloque seus melhores fones de ouvido e prepare-se para não dormir. Você não vai se arrepender.
I tried 4 games and didn't like any of them at all so I stopped. I feel like an as*hole not pushing more and at the very least try the entire collection but at that point I felt like I very probably wouldn't like most of them anyway. Normally in most horror collections on Steam, the ratio of games I like is pretty high but not here.
Jogo sensacional!! Com diferentes possibilidades de gameplay para diferentes tipos de jogadores, dentro de um formato retrô super icônico. Recomendo!
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