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Looking for games like Dark Dread? Here are top survival survival recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Abandoned Souls, Nosophobia or Crimson Theory.

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  1. 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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  2. NOSOPHOBIA Nosophobia is a psychological survival horror with elements of thriller, drama, and body horror. You'll take on the role of 23-year-old Jonathan — a former serviceman who sets out to find his 16-year-old sister, Lana. Explore an abandoned psychiatric hospital, uncover its dark secrets, solve puzzles, and try to get out of there alive. Add the game to your wishlist so you don't miss its… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nosophobia.

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  3. Dr. Crimson suggests a different approach. He believes the key lies in prolonging the induced state, pushing the subject deeper into the convergence points. “Let them linger,” he wrote in his latest notes. “Let them witness.” What if the monsters you feared... were born from your own memories? Crimson Theory is a psychological horror game that blends mystery, survival, and dream logic in a surre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crimson Theory.

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  4. Story Step into the shoes of a London metro worker on the night shift in this spine-chilling horror adventure. One fateful night, as you're depositing the train at the depot, you discover the tunnels are blocked. Forced to leave the safety of the train, you find yourself trapped in a dark and horrifying underground network of tunnels and sewers. Your mission is simple: find and activate all th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell's Underground.

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  5. ABOUT THIS GAMEDwelling is a first-person psychological horror game set in an abandoned Indian school, where a police investigation turns into a descent into ritualistic terror, violent spirits, and inescapable death. You play as a police officer who went to investigate reports of haunting activity inside the school premises and found out that your friend is already inside the school. What begins… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dwelling.

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  6. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    72% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    Warning: The game contains flashes of light that can cause epileptic seizures. The Game Environment Is In An abandoned Hospital, You wake up and find that you are in an old and probably abandoned hospital and someone brought you there, you Realizes you were kidnapped by a mad killer, You must try to escape from the hospital while exploring the place to stay alive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lightout 2.

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  7. A psychological horror where you dive in and investigate a signal emanating from within the abandoned facility. Be careful about what you see and what you don’t, as it can be your undoing. Ghost evidence, strange noises, and anomalies are all part of the gig. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal Investigation.

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  8. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    64% User Score Based on 218 reviews
    Critic Score 45%Based on 1 reviews

    Doorways is a survival horror game in which nothing is what it seems. With diverse enigmas, changing gameplay and the scariest environments, you will have to overcome your fears if you want to get to the end and discover the truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doorways: The Underworld.

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  9. 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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  10. You wake up alone in a dark, abandoned hospital. You don't know what happened—but you know you need to get out. Appointment is a first-person survival horror game focused on exploration, puzzle-solving, stealth, and survival. Search the hospital for anything that can help you escape, uncover the way forward, and stay out of sight of the relentless doctor roaming its halls. FIND A WAY OUTThe hosp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Appointment.

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  11. A short horror where you help a teenage girl rescue her cat, exploring a creepy building filled with creepy monsters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to They Not Fae!.

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  12. What if the tapes you found weren’t just recordings... but warnings? Playback is a first-person psychological horror experience that blurs the line between reality and memory. Dive into a disturbing mystery as you uncover the fate of the tenants in a cursed building—all through a haunted collection of VHS tapes. You play as an investigator drawn to a seemingly abandoned apartment complex. As you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Playback.

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  13. ANGLE is a psychological horror experience that challenges the boundaries of perception. Developed by C.O.T.E Technology & Development Studios, the game plunges players into a fractured reality where every corner hides a distorted truth. With its atmospheric storytelling and high-tension gameplay, ANGLE focuses on environmental storytelling and the thin line between sanity and fear. Survive the un… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ANGLE.

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  14. Dive into the Dark Secrets of Whittingham Asylum: The Investigation! Calling all brave investigators! Prepare to embark on a chilling journey as you step into the shoes of John Simmons, a determined journalist, in search of the truth. Uncover the mysteries that shroud the local Whittingham Psychiatric Hospital and face the horrors that await within. Unravel the Enigma As you wake up in your ap… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whittingham Asylum: The Investigation.

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  15. Vicera is an online co-op game. Play as relic hunters, solving enigmatic mysteries and escaping a terrifying monster. Will you dare to face the darkness to find the cursed relics? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vicera.

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  16.              Cursed Hours is a terrifying dark psychological horror game. You play as a thief who breaks into an old, abandoned mansion, hoping to find treasure. But soon after entering, you realize something is wrong. You’re not alone. Strange things begin to happen. Shadows move on their own. Doors slam shut. Mysterious noises echo through the dark halls. The mansion itself feels alive, and som… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cursed Hours.

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  17. 53%Game Brain Score
    53% User Score Based on 4 reviews

    Final Clue Oakloon is a Gritty Dark VHS Urbex Homicide Detective Survival Horror with combat and emphasis on atmosphere, as well as unpredictability, realism and providing a realistic solo urban exploration in a abandoned overgrown house in the woods & the feeling of being stalked during your investigation for the truth about an old crime case, you will have to fight your way through whoever resid… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Clue Oakloon.

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  18. House of ghosts is a single-player horror survival game. Stop the demon and find out the name of his victim before he drags you to hell. Run and hide. Just don't get caught. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to House of Ghosts.

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  19. Experience the best indie horror-survival game with Missing Persons. You wake up in a strange room without remembering anything. Soon it turns out you were kidnapped by a scientist that wants to run tests on you. In this adventure play as Calvin and try to survive anything the scientist throws at your way and try to make it out alive.Key Features First-Person Action Game: See the game from the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Missing Persons.

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  20. "You were never the patient. You were the experiment that survived."You wake in an open cell inside a collapsing black-site facility. The locks have failed, the guards are gone, and the silence is worse than any scream. You are Subject P-041 — an experiment that was never meant to survive. Panic House: Awakening is a single-player first-person psychological horror where you play the thin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panic House Awakening.

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  21. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    93% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    It's winter break, 2016. It's getting late. Really late. "I really gotta get something to eat, then go to bed." About Explore through your house in the middle of the night and complete your chores before the water you put on the stove starts boiling. Sounds easy, right? If only you hadn't seen things you were not supposed to see.  Features Moody, dark environment.Immersive, low fide… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Water Boiling Simulator.

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  22. Play as a private detective sent on the trail of a missing person. What seemed like a simple case quickly turns into a nightmare. Will you be the one to solve the case... or just another victim of this mystery? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Investigation: Experiment.

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  23. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    82% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    CASE RECORDS is a psychological horror game that is part of the universe of the games CASE: Animatronics and CASE 2: Animatronics Survival..The player has to play as a 17 year old female student and solve missing person mysteries by volunteering at the police station of Crowvale, a suburb of Aurora.Patrol and explore the dark corners of the city to solve its terrifying mysteries.But the most impor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CASE RECORDS: Fear of Abduction.

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  24. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    72% User Score Based on 209 reviews

    "Lost Lullabies - The Orphanage Chronicles" is a Co-Op horror game set in 1980, inspired by the real stories of an orphanage ruined by a fire in 1960 Lowell. Playable with 1-4 players, the goal is to identify and expel malevolent spirits alone or with your team.STORYIn the foggy woods on the outskirts of Lowell town, you'll find the quiet Lowell Orphanage. It's surrounded by old stories and spooky… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles.

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  25. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    60% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    The DreadOut Remastered Collection includes the original cult-favourite DreadOut, and DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DreadOut Remastered Collection.

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  26. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    Paranormal VHS is a horror game that features a VHS tape-inspired aesthetic. The game's story revolves around a popular vlogger who spends a night in haunted locations in search of paranormal activity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal VHS.

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  27. You are a contractor hired to perform routine maintenance in an abandoned hospital. What was supposed to be a simple job quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival. As you navigate the dark hallways, restoring power and unlocking doors, you uncover disturbing secrets hidden within the facility and its mysterious operations. Rich lore: Stories unfold through files, computer logs, old n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HARVEST.

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  28. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 189 reviews

    BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in the beautiful and mysterious Japanese village of Kirisame Mura, where the ancient legend of the Gashadokuro, a giant skeleton from Japanese folklore, still looms. The story follows Naomi Montgomery, who arrives in Kirisame Mura for a major professional opportunity that could launch BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in the beau… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BrokenLore: LOW.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics
    94% User Score Based on 165 reviews

    Explore the hospital by Thwarting the creatures that are trying to stop you and solving puzzles. Successfully install the internet and surprise customer... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ruined Nurse.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    89% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    Welcome to Good Soup, a deliciously terrifying indie horror game where your simple craving for soup takes a sinister turn. Inspired by the popular Itch.io game "Egg Fried Rice," Good Soup blends everyday mundanity with spine-chilling horror, delivering a uniquely unsettling experience that will leave you hungry for more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Good Soup.

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    45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    67% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    You bet your friends that you can survive the night in this terrifying place, but be warned that this bet could cost you your life. Death Education is a first-person horror game that will send you into the dark corridors of an abandoned school, where every lesson could be your last. Explore the classrooms of an old Soviet school and uncover the dark secrets of the past before you are consumed… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Death Education.

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  32. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, graphics
    86% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    You've been hired by an outfit known as SMS Group to retrieve an artifact lost somewhere inside the abandoned Folcroft Monastery. Locals say the place is haunted by restless spirits, but the pay was too good to pass up. You asked little questions. Find the artifact requested and get out alive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Folcroft Monastery.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 214 reviews

    Wounded is a nerve racking first person horror game that is one step closer to the world of fear, anxiety and all round terror! As you progress through the old and abandoned world of “Wounded”, you uncover the deep, dark secrets that the place has buried in its walls and ground. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WOUNDED.

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  34. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 477 reviews

    DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA is an emotional horror from the first person about searching for pictures in a dark forest. The gameplay is simple – You found yourself in the wilderness and now you need to explore this place to collect 8 pictures of cats that someone hid somewhere nearby. Find all the pictures before the Big Floppa finds you. There is no complicated pumping, complicated plot or expensive s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA.

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  35. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music
    87% User Score Based on 135 reviews

    Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to File Destined.

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  36. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    74% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    The Forgotten Tapes: Twisted Forms is now available for wishlisting on Steam!https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239000/The_Forgotten_Tapes_Analog_Nightmares...Twisted Forms contains 8 creepy games all focused on the theme of Body Horror!Want to try out one of the games before purchasing the entire package? Check out The Door by Luke Van Zandt available here: https://lukevanzandt.itch.io/the-door … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forgotten Tapes: Analog Nightmares.

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    35%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    53% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Dark Hope is a puzzle adventure game set in a steampunk world where electricity started and ended its existence with the light bulb. Towering clockwork puzzles and archaic symbols cover the halls. Strange rifts of light span the hallways. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Hope.

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  38. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 144 reviews

    Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Crypt.

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  39. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    61% User Score Based on 137 reviews
    Critic Score 35%Based on 4 reviews

    Evil Inside is a first-person psychological horror game. After the death of his mother and the arrest of his father for it, Mark decides to contact her using the Spiritual board. But it fades away, and here is when all begins... Mark will face his greatest fears to discover the truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evil Inside.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    72% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    Malum is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Hell has come to Earth and only our most fearless warriors can hold back the tide. Unfortunately for us, that means you guys. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Malum.

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  41. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    79% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    In Shirime: The Curse of Butt-Eye you find your missing girlfriend Sharon in Shirime Forest, stalked by the malevolent yokai Shirime. Collect pages to uncover the mystery, but beware: every page increases the intensity of Shirime's pursuit. Can you survive and unravel the truth? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SHIRIME: The Curse of Butt-Eye.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, monetization
    91% User Score Based on 386 reviews

    This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 9 Childs Street.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    It is a horror game, developed inside the psychiatric hospital "Deca" in the year 1960. Inside the same, the protagonist wakes up quite disoriented, bloody, on a stretcher, unable to remember what she does there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deca.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, monetization
    48% User Score Based on 58 reviews

    Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Sorrow.

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  46. You wake up in Ward 7B with no name, no past, and a patient number that feels more like a warning than an identity. At first, the hospital seems abandoned. Doors are locked, lights flicker, radios whisper through static, and something moves in the corridors. But every time you make the wrong choice, the cycle begins again. The same map returns, but something is different. Items disappear. Notes c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clinical Memory.

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  47. A horror game about an elevator repair technician who, as he ascends, discovers what became of those who never made it back down. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shell as Hard as Steel.

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  48. Alice is missing. The search led you here — to a place long abandoned, far from anyone. You came looking for answers. Maybe you should not have come at all. Alice is Missing is a first-person survival horror built on dread. You are unarmed. You have a light, and the dark has everything else. Explore. A place with locked doors and buried reasons for being locked. Every way forward has to b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alice is Missing.

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  49. Desperate Journey Into the Unknown You are Aurelius, a former priest who receives a mysterious letter from the abbey. Something has gone terribly wrong. The abbey and the lands around it have been taken over by a dark force. Your goal is to reach the abbey and find out what happened. The journey will not be easy. You start with almost nothing: a lantern, a few bandages, and a small amount of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Abbey.

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  50. WARNING: The game contains flashes of light that can cause epileptic seizures. A first-person psychological horror experience set entirely inside a sealed apartment building. You are thrown into the center of a massive, terrifying misunderstanding. Discover the horrific truth of Grandma's Story, and find a way to stop her from finding you. Silence is Survival You are not alone. Grandma is always… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Her Revenge.

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