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Looking for games like Darkest Light? Here are top survival platformer recommendations with a horror and mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with EDENGATE: The Edge of Life, Into Death and Beyond or Anoxemia.

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  1. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    76% User Score Based on 100 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 3 reviews

    Explore the deserted city of Edengate and follow a young scientist’s emotional journey as she searches for hope and solves the mystery of what happened to her... and the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EDENGATE: The Edge of Life.

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  2. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Into Death and Beyond is a gripping first-person survival horror game set on the hostile planet XB32-ENT. As bounty hunter Mark Helkins, scavenge for resources, solve puzzles, and confront terrifying mutants. Unravel dark secrets and capture a rogue alien before it hunts you down. Will you survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into Death and Beyond.

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  3. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    54% User Score Based on 174 reviews

    Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway, everything from poison drifts to powerful ocean currents, mines leftover from the war, and mobile machines running haywire. There's also t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anoxemia.

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  4. Every path through the forest leads deeper into the fog…but something in the mist already knows who you are. Whispers in the Fog is a first- and third-person psychological horror experience focused on atmosphere, exploration, and uncovering a deeply personal mystery hidden within a haunted forest. You awaken alone in a rain-soaked wilderness with no memory of who you are or how you arrived. Arme… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whispers in the fog.

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  5. ABOUT THE GAMEThis game is an atmosphere-driven medieval tavern simulation built around narrative and dialogue-based choices. Located at the crossroads of desolate roads, your tavern only welcomes guests at night. When daylight fades, your door is knocked uponand you can never be certain who stands on the other side. Each night, different kinds of visitors arrive: travelers, merchants, poets, wri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Long Winter: I Am Not an Animal.

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  6. There is no game, Reed. Not really. This is a system. A story. A study in choices. And you're the variable. But if you're insisting on a summary, then fine. For your sake—or mine— I’ll try to explain what you’re walking into.             In the late 1980s, the Helix Limina Research Group was working on a secret that would change humanity. Then, it vanished from all records. Your ol… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Promethean Project.

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  7. Among The Sierra Nevada is a single-player survival horror mystery set in the rugged backcountry of Northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Blending investigation, exploration, evidence collection, puzzle solving, and narrative horror, it puts you in the role of a man chasing proof of the impossible—only to uncover something much larger buried in the forest. You play as Dave Wilder, who, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Among The Sierra Nevada.

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  8. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Game TipsMust Read Before Play: ※ Starting the game for the first time may take a long time, please be patient and wait ※ If there is a crash during game loading or running, please restart and continue the game ※ During the game, please follow the Task Tip Label on screen to play Contact customer service: [email protected] QQ communication group: 965661157 About the Game        It i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 鬼灵的冒险GUILING's Adventure.

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  9. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    94% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    Demo 10 Dead Doves is a short, singleplayer, fixed-perspective horror story set in the heart of the Appalachian wilderness.  Avoid strange noises, collect lifelines, and creep through a forest that seems to hate you. Will you discover why the birds drop dead -- or leave behind nothing but footprints? (Approx. 30+ minute playtime. Contains parts of Act I. Demo may not represent the final produ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 10 Dead Doves.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    98% User Score Based on 571 reviews

    Hypogea is a short, atmospheric 3D platformer where you play the role of a staff-wielding automaton trying to escape from an abandoned underground megastructure. Travel through the mysterious structure using your hooked staff to pole-vault, swing, climb, catch yourself and more. Restore the puzzling mechanisms of the facility and help its automaton inhabitants. Explore the cavernous h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hypogea.

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  12. 36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    You play the role of a boy in an ordinary family that lives in Siberia. In a series of mysterious events, something terrible happens, and a parasite appears that uses people as carriers. Your goal is to find out who you can trust in your family and which family members are not infected. If you stay in the house with one of them, something terrible could happen ... so think about who you can trust … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VILLAGE THE SIBERIA.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    47% User Score Based on 88 reviews

    In the backyard of the civilization, left by destiny without any hope, you'll find this house on the hill. It will become your shelter and give you everything you need. But then, the owners of the hill will come. And you will pay for this shelter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Share.

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  15. Pine Creek is a survival horror game inspired by: • 80s sci-fi and horror classics • Stranger Things, The X-Files, and Signs • Resident Evil, Alien: Isolation, and Outlast Blending the tension-filled gameplay of modern stealth horror with the creepy atmosphere of classic sci-fi and survival horror. Pine Creek combines an authentic ’80s vibe, immersive cinematics, and environmental puzzle… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pine Creek.

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  16. They said fear could be measured, isolated, eliminated. They said the human mind could adapt. That sleep was a weakness of the human soul, a flaw to be cured. So they kept them awake. And then… they never slept again. When the last light went out, the signal didn’t stop. It remembered. It learned. It woke up. The Forgotten TownHidden deep in the northern Ural forests lies Novokirsk, a Soviet se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Entity Unknown.

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  17. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    The report is official - Toony's Daycare has closed forever. The town is filled with questions-why has this happened? Where are the missing children? A private detective has been hired to find out what happened---but he finds out too much!   If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Toony's Daycare.

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  18. RTM – The Last Days is a narrative-driven, atmospheric thriller where survival is only the beginning. Will you obey the facility… or unearth the truth lurking beneath the surface? You were born underground, raised by the enigmatic RTM Facility, and trained to guard a desolate checkpoint where trains bring in the living—and the infected. Routine is simple: scan arrivals, separate the infected… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RTM - The Last Days.

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  19. A voice has spoken out, echoing throughout the world saying but one thing, "Seek the Land Beyond". Fantastical beasts from all around listen and begin their journey to this mysterious place causing the world of Reqweki to quake with the movement of these majestic creatures leaving vast changes throughout the world. The last egg has hatched, albeit a bit later than most. Join young Tirsy as she hee… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tirsy's Tale.

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  20. "La Salamanca" is an inmersive first-person psychological horror experience, a story-driven game where you traverse different sections, solve puzzles, and survive the horrors lurking in the shadows of a twisted apartment complex. Inspired by an Argentine local urban legend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to La Salamanca.

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  21. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    93% User Score Based on 200 reviews

    You are Dalia, a deep-space disaster specialist dispatched to the rings of Saturn. You’ll lay victims to rest, clean up alien fungus, and research its strange origins. Adapt to survive, cleanse the contamination, and escape the crisis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ambrosia Sky.

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  22. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    64% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Step into the world of "Nevermind this", a hurt-pumping horror where confusion, chaos, fear, distraction and even fun come together for an unique game experience, in a cursed hut from old Lumberjack. Don't let them mess with your mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nevermind This.

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  23. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    81% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    Basics In Intermediate Filmmaking is a pre-apocalyptic puzzle horror. You explore an abandonded power plant in order to document what happened to the infamous Fortitude Electric power company. Use your camera to solve different puzzles around the facility, and try to survive in this industrial ruin. Play as an intermediate ;) videographer who is documenting the rise and fall of the infamous p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Basics In Intermediate Filmmaking.

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  24. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    96% User Score Based on 512 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 8 reviews

    Enter the new creation from Tequila Works, a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions. Set in a creepy and melancholic world, GYLT is an eerie story mixing fantasy and reality in a surrealist place where your nightmares become reality. Hide from terrible creatures or confront them as you find your way through the challenges of this wicked… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gylt.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 1,568 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miasmata.

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  26. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 3,414 reviews

    A frantic adventure. Welcome to the Upturned Inn: a grand hotel for the dead! You just want to find your room. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Upturned.

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  28. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    87% User Score Based on 5,138 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 8 reviews

    The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery game focused on exploration and discovery. As occult-minded private detective Paul Prospero communicate with the dead to discover the fate of a missing boy and the mystery behind a dark ancient force lurking in Red Creek Valley. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    62% User Score Based on 332 reviews

    Eidolon is a game about exploring a mysterious landscape and uncovering the stories of the people who lived there once before. It is a game about history, curiosity, interconnectedness, and the slow and inevitable beauty of life. You will be dropped into the dreary and mystical Western Washington circa 2400 c.e. with little to guide your way. Awaiting you is a vast landscape filled with wildlife,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eidolon.

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  30. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    76% User Score Based on 82 reviews
    Critic Score 51%Based on 1 reviews

    A cinematic gaming experience. Play as a Spirit Animal on a quest of purpose and fate. Explore a magical and beautiful world where visions of a past, present, and future, guide you. Collect Essence and find Artifacts that aid in building a link to the corporeal world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Companion.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 334 reviews

    Cineris Somnia is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CINERIS SOMNIA.

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  32. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    74% User Score Based on 1,998 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 30 reviews

    Deliver Us Mars is a sci-fi adventure game developed by KeokeN Interactive and released in 2023. It is a sequel to Deliver Us the Moon and follows the story of astronaut Kathy Johanson as she embarks on a mission to Mars to recover powerful colony ships known as the ARKs, which were stolen by a group called the Outward. The game combines exploration, puzzle-solving, and platforming elements as pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deliver Us Mars.

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  33. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 522 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternal Threads.

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  34. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    62% User Score Based on 39 reviews
    Critic Score 39%Based on 7 reviews

    Sanity of Morris - psychological horror adventure. Discover clues but stay away from the light, or you'll be caught. Try to stay sane in the search for your father, consumed by conspiracy theories about the government and aliens. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sanity of Morris.

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  35. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    56% User Score Based on 96 reviews
    Critic Score 47%Based on 3 reviews

    Hazel Sky is a heartfelt adventure about a young engineer facing his destiny and his desires. Fix ramshackle flying machines and jump, climb, swing, and slide through a beautiful, mysterious world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hazel Sky.

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  36. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 3,854 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 4 reviews

    In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape - your own mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In Sound Mind.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    90% User Score Based on 1,082 reviews

    Haydee 2 is a third-person puzzle-shooter about a female protagonist locked in a strange complex with no clue of what’s going on or how to get out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haydee 2.

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  38. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 5,680 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 2 reviews

    This edition includes the game and the following: • Original Soundtrack Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future, where Earth's natural resources are depleted. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deliver Us The Moon.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 425 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

    Fe is a new type of platform adventure where the story is up to you to discover, without handholding, told wordlessly through the discoveries you make during gameplay. Run, climb and glide your way through a dark Nordic forest and explore its living, breathing ecosystem filled with secrets and mystical creatures. At the heart of the experience is a tactile, analogue song mechanic that allows you t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fe.

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  40. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 3,379 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 11 reviews

    Bramble The Mountain King takes you on a gripping and unsettling journey through stunning environments. Take on the role of Olle, a young boy setting off to rescue his sister, kidnapped by a dreaded troll. Not everything in Bramble is exactly how it seems - in this strange land with creatures big and small, you must be careful when to approach and when to hide. Many hungry and spiteful beasts l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bramble: The Mountain King.

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  41. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    62% User Score Based on 90 reviews

    Use poems to solve puzzles and escape the mansion with your life in this horror themed escape room game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Palace of Unrest.

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  42. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    94% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    You play as young man Gabriel, who visits his family every year. His grandma Anna lives with two brothers in fiction village called Kamby. Her hut is placed in middle of the forest far away from community. That night Gabriel finds empty house and everything shows that happened something frightening. Your task is solving puzzle of their disappearance and finding family members. The main feature … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Visit.

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  43. 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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  44. Feature List ABOUT THIS GAMEWhat Secrets Lurk Within the Puppeteer’s Strings?Unravel the Mystery. Confront the Terror. Survive the Nightmare. Dive into a gripping narrative horror experience where the line between truth and legend frays. In The Puppeteer, you’ll guide Emil as he follows a trail of scorched reports, broken toys, and conflicting testimonies around a figure blamed for disapp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evernoth A Deep Descent.

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  45. Trapped in darkness, uncover secrets, face nightmares, and survive the unknown. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Misguided Remastered.

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  46. About This GameThe world has long been drowned in dissonance. To those who cannot hear, it is nothing but silence— yet beneath that silence, countless voices of the dead still echo. The Conductors of Requiem is a third-person shooter (TPS) set in a dark, symphonic world where every bullet carries a soul, and every battle becomes a requiem. You play as a quiet girl belonging to a secret organizati… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Conductors of Requiem.

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  47. Dark DimensionsWelcome to Ravenwood, a quiet town at the edge of nowhere. A place that doesn’t appear on most maps, where the fog rolls thicker than the morning sun and the shadows seem to move when you’re not looking. A town of stories—strange ones that could just as easily happen to you. People vanish without a trace. Buildings stand empty, yet footsteps follow you down their halls. Take a phot… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Dimensions: The Last Shift.

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  48. Majoris Nightmare is a dark narrative-driven puzzle-adventure built around investigation, tension, and consequence. After tragedy shatters his life, Majoris enters a seemingly ordinary house in search of answers, believing its owner may be connected to his daughter's disappearance. Solving puzzles requires close attention to notes and details. Overlook them and you may find yourself lost. Face rar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Majoris Nightmare.

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  49. 1899: Secrets of the Maze "1899: Secrets of the Maze" is a thrilling adventure game that combines elements of horror and mystery. Players will embark on a suspense-filled journey as they unravel the dark and enigmatic story of Subject 3. StoryThe year is 1899. The game begins in a gothic mansion. The protagonist lives in this mansion. One day, they notice a strange Rubik's cube outside… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1899: Secrets of the Maze.

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  50. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Become a Knight as save a village from a goblin invasion. Fight through intricate puzzles and defeat all goblins to advance to the next stage. Push around objects such as rocks, boxes, and many more to make way or use them to crush goblins. Or strike the goblins yourself with upmost justice. Each stage offers increasing difficulty to test your mettle. Face against giant goblin bosses with their … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Knights Order.

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