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Looking for games like Cheating Death? Here are top survival survival recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Cheating Death, EYES ON THE EXAM or Christmas Horror.

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  1. 74%Game Brain Score
    74% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    It's after hours. There's work to be done and there's not a lot of time to do it. There's one catch though... You're not alone. Can you make it through the night finishing your paperwork?  (There is a time limit! Answers may also be found on the paper itself! Strategize wisely.) If you liked the game, please leave a comment and rate! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cheating Death.

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  2. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    95% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    Keep your eyes on the exam... Study the environment, answer the questions before time runs out, find secrets in the classroom and don't even think about looking directly at that... thing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EYES ON THE EXAM.

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  3. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    55% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    Merry Christmas! Santa Claus is ready to take over your soul and gain a few more years of life. He only needs two days to get all the resources he needs for the ritual, so this is your time to escape! You can escape on your own or finish off Santa, it's up to you, but we don't know how to finish him off yet... Just make sure he don't catch you or he will just make your life difficult. Technical… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Christmas Horror.

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  4. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    70% User Score Based on 164 reviews

    You have to play as the historian-journalist Michael, plunge into the atmosphere of darkness of an abandoned hospital, where you will need to unravel the secrets of the past and try to get out in order to tell the whole world about those terrible events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beside Myself.

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  5. 37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    56% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    You wake up in an abandoned hospital, with no memory of who you are. The silence is heavy. Shadows move. Something—or someone—might be watching you. Trapped between reality and nightmare, the only way out is to piece together the truth hidden in your surroundings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Who Is Ethan?.

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  6. 21%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    33% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    ________ "Welcome back old friend... To come back here every night, did you miss us so much ? Oh there is no need to answer... You'd better start running don't you think ?" ________ >_CONCEPT : Acanthoceras is a fast-paced Horror/Parkour mixup where your only option is to repeat a cycle of fear, search, and run, in the hope of escaping the nightmares chasing you.The game is technically a spin-off … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Acanthoceras.

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  7. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    84% User Score Based on 195 reviews

    Is Simon There? is a short horror experience with an approximate completion time of 40min. Is Simon There? also includes a single checkpoint at the mid-point of the game for those of you who want to explore alternate ending options. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Is Simon There?.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    89% User Score Based on 376 reviews

    Mother is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MOTHER.

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  9. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    65% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    You're an average-joe in a 1950's like aesthetic, working at a diner while taking out the trash. Each night has different events as you play through, so keep your eyes open for anything... off... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightly Trash.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Overslept is a hand-drawn 2D Survival Horror Game in which you play as the main character, Jazlynn, to escape a horrifying and disturbing hospital. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Overslept.

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  11. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    67% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Take role as a survivor in COLD CABLE: LIFESHIFT, a 3D First Person action-puzzle game, with survival elements, where you have to gather supplies, control radiation level and shoot monsters on your way to reach the next level. If you want to play this game, get ready for the chaos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cold Cable: Lifeshift.

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  12. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Try to escape from the office, make your decisions carefully, and keep your cool to get home safe and sound... Do you hear that...? The phone is ringing, and it's for you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Day at the Office: Prologue.

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  13. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    90% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    "He’ll bite your ass!" Crococo is a first-person psychological horror with elements of dark humor. The infamous urban legend about crocodiles and alligators living in the sewers of New York… comes to life. Boris - a professional sewer worker. After the death of his wife, he leaves everything behind and moves from Russia to the United States, hoping to start over. But the past do… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crococo.

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  14. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization
    86% User Score Based on 95 reviews

    You're locked in a room where your only chance of survival is to play blackjack against a sinister dealer. Every hand isn't just a gamble, it's a deal with fate. Fail to repay your debt on time, and you'll fall into darkness... or something far worse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackjack Descent.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    77% User Score Based on 243 reviews

    After a dreadful infection spread throughout the land. You join a government operation to help what's left of pony-kind. You will be required to venture out into the infected landscape and complete tasks, all while staying in one piece. You can earn money for each task completed, and use that money to purchase goods. The more tasks you complete, the more challenging they become. Simply because we … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PONE.

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  16. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner.

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  17. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    96% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    The Summer of 1999. After years of begging, your parents have finally sent you off to Camp Lilypad, your dream sleep-away camp on a picturesque lake. Surely this will be a summer to remember. But one night, a fellow camper double-dog-dares you to “borrow” a rowboat and sneak into the neighboring camp across the lake. A camp full of clowns. And they don’t take too kindly to trespassers. Run… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clown Camp.

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  18. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    68% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Feeling hungry? Our pizza will make you never hungry again. Apply today for the prestigious Night Shift at our beloved 24/7 pizza parlor. Clean up, clock in, and definitely don’t look out the windows. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night Shift.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    96% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Paper Pusher is a short (approx. 1 hour) horror experience that requires you to choose who lives and dies only by metrics that can be written down on paper.  This game learns who you are and what you value as you play. To get the most out of this experience, treat every person as if they were real. Answer every question honestly. This game must be completed in one sitting. https://ko-fi.com/phill… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paper Pusher.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    73% User Score Based on 37 reviews

    UNPUNISHED - A true horror for those who like to tickle nerves. «Who walks at night in the silence of the dead. Hiding in shadows and gliding through foul rows. He brings with death his discontent. And secretly torments us from all sides in our dreams.» Average time to complete the game: 1 hour PLOT SUMMARY Back at home, Mark is immersed in memories of his childhood full of secrets. He… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNPUNISHED.

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  21. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 10,797 reviews

    WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No I'm not a Human.

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  23. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Your mech is all that stands between you and what writhes below. FEED MY MECH is a short horror experience—venture into a dead underground colony and recover lost tech. But something is spreading through the machines… and it’s looking for a way inside your mech. GAME FEATURES An Immersive Kind of Horror: You are trapped inside of a mechanical chassis, you can't move, you can't hide, you can't … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FEED MY MECH.

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  24. 18%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    30% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Step into the role of a detective in DETECTIVE Scene Crime, a challenging mystery game where you’ll investigate five gripping crime scenes. Each level presents clues, testimonies, and puzzles to analyze carefully in your quest for the truth. Do you have what it takes to solve them all? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Detective: Scene Crime.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 127 reviews

    Coincidences? is a first-person psychological horror game that combines elements of a classic walking simulator with dynamic gameplay sequences. Story You live an ordinary life until your landlord raises the rent. Looking for a new place to live, you move into a house near the forest with suspiciously cheap rent, while also getting a job at a local store. As you progress through the game, you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coincidences?.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 86 reviews

    You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reflection.

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  28. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 160 reviews

    [Media 2152885] [Media 2152886] Dungeon Nightmares II is a first-person psychological horror that takes you through a journey of discovering what nightmares are. It is the sequel to the very... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Nightmares II: The Memory.

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  29. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    72% User Score Based on 152 reviews

    Dreadline: Net Quota is a chaotic co-op game for up to 6 players set on dangerous seas. Catch fish with different rods or spearfishing, keep your boat afloat as systems fail, and survive unpredictable encounters without drowning as everything falls apart. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreadline: Net Quota.

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  30. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    DISORDER is a dark, twisted word puzzle horror game where your mistakes hold irreversible consequences. Players will be challenged to play through a series of challenging rounds in an attempt to 'Save Your Family' if the player fails a round they then 'Choose Who Dies If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disorder: Save Your Family.

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  31. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    72% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    You woke up in the basement of your home and don’t remember anything... When you go up to the house, you see the Christmas decorations and garlands and remember that it is family holiday time and time to get ready for it, while your wife and son went out to the store to do some shopping... Suddenly the doorbell sounded. Opening the door, you see that someone left you a gift box... What's inside… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark Gift.

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  32. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    Navigate Through the Storm Not every train that sets out on the Widow's Run is fortunate enough to return. Few conductors have braved this cold expanse and survived, fewer still have braved it and kept their wits intact to tell the tale. Desperate accounts told by men driven to the edge; stories of madness, storms, deadly cold… and strange creatures lurking in the darkness. Fight your way to esca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Locomotive 115.

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  33. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 226 reviews

    Full Game release on October 24th About You have the briefcase. Now it's after you. It's not going to stop. Be careful—it may take the form of someone else.Estimated playtime: 10 - 15minsHey everyone! We're back this year with an updated demo as well as a full game release date on October 24th! If you're interested, I would really appreciate it if you could add it to your wishlist on Steam :) … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CROWDED. FOLLOWED..

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  34. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    64% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Experience the beginning of the end of Cypress Ridge in this '90s survival horror nightmare at the dawn of the zombie outbreak. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outbreak: Shades of Horror Chromatic Split.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    86% User Score Based on 229 reviews

    Sequel of "Hospital 666" You can try the Demo Version of School 666 HERE or ON STEAM!!! Full Release will be on Steam, Wishlist!!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2802820/School_666/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- You must stay alive in this horror endless school. Try to find the correct way to survive the anomalies in the endless school. Use your brain to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to School 666.

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  36. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 1,023 reviews

    Buy Directive 8020 at PlayStation Store. Survive against an alien threat capable of transforming into your closest allies in a branching sci-fi spine-chiller. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Directive 8020.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    63% User Score Based on 144 reviews

    A blizzard brought a long winter lasting decades, Humanity on the brink of extinction. Survivors had to face ferocious beasts, and the survivors struggled to survive in this frozen world. Take your husky puppy to hunt, mine ice and snow to build a base, and survive in the cold apocalypse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ice World.

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  38. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    93% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    "Proceed with extreme caution. Many dangers might be ahead. These include: creatures, demons, anomalies, ghosts, ancients, beasts, aliens, curses, malfunctions, ascendants, diseases, darkness and death. Your task is to find the smiling pictures. Desmile them. You will not be let back in until your task is complete. Begin."SMILE SIMULATION is a surreal horror game where you are closed in a dangerou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SMILE SIMULATION.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    71% User Score Based on 2,844 reviews

    Overview In this first person horror game, immerse yourself in the dark otherworldly horror of the medieval. A long and dangerous road awaits the chosen Pilgrims. You will journey to find out what lies at the end of the road. Thrust from the safety of your Village, given little supplies and a powered wagon. Take yourself and your companions through a dark world to find what awaits you along this … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PILGRIM.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    84% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    DEATHOMEN IS HERE: DeathOmen is a psychological horror game in first person, which you need to gain control of your sanity to spend  few nights in a house that hides mysteries and fears that you didn't know they existed! Survive the terror behind the deepest fears of the unconscient while meeting the Supernatural! You woke up in a house not knowing how you got there. The same old cliché? Ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DeathOmen.

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  41. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    84% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Circus of TimTim is a Stealth Horror Survival Game about two siblings trying to sneak inside the most hunted carnival of all time to recover lost items with a metal detector device, however enemies are roaming around and they can hear your every step in the circus. Check out the FULL GAME ON STEAM. This is a first person stealth adventure horror game that takes place inside a run-down circus. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Circus of TimTim - Mascot Horror Game.

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  42. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    77% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    Evacuated from his hometown due to the dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality, where living as a human being is not possible anymore. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plastomorphosis.

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  43. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:stability, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    89% User Score Based on 57 reviews

    Survive until 6 am looking for anomalies before they caught you. Check 'report' section so you can learn what type of anomalies you can report. Game inspired by "I'm on Observation Duty".Follow me on X / Twitter If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caught On Camera.

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  44. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    A highly stressful psychological horror game about addiction. Force to spend a month in a psych ward to cure your addiction, you find yourself going through painful levels of withdrawal. To cope, you make friends with a man who helps ease your pain, in exchange for unsettling favours.  With every passing night, the boundaries between salvation and damnation get blurier. Study your surroundings a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cost Of Bliss.

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    42%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    56% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    I got a job as a night guard. They promise to pay a lot, but for my own safety I have to follow strange rules. As you progress, you'll have to find keys and open locked rooms. A first-person game with elements of horror. Explore the hospital and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight. The darkness can conceal various mysteries. Try to endure this shift. Hi, my name is Chris. I've … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gate of Souls.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    78% User Score Based on 153 reviews

    Important note: This game focuses on exploration and gradually builds tension to provide a deeper experience. The story takes place inside a house where there is an evil entity that will try to prevent you from getting out alive. The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game. Environment Immerse yourself in this horror experience and feel firsthand the terror of being alone with an ent… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Guest.

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  47. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    89% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must save your research. Drag yourself through the corridors of a secret research lab on a remote asteroid, fight off horribly mutated monsters, inject countless syringes of vaccines, and survive at all costs. Endoparasitic VR is a VR port of the tactical survival horror game Endoparasitic. Features: Drag yourself around to move. Gr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endoparasitic VR.

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  48. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    74% User Score Based on 173 reviews

    Abandoned Souls is a realistic horror game created in the style of found footage. Plot: The player takes on the role of a video blogger, Tim, who loves to explore abandoned places. This time Tim sets off to explore an old abandoned hospital in the midst of a deep forest, to capture exclusive footage for his viewers. Rumor has it the hospital was somehow connected to a case of disappearances in the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abandoned Souls.

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  50. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    79% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Unravel the mystery of The Stoevi Curse, a first-person survival horror game set in rural post-Communist Bulgaria. Protect your farm, save your family. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Stoevi Curse.

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