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  1. View Game
    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 3,658 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 3 reviews

    Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Duskers.

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  2. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    85% User Score Based on 1,095 reviews

    You've barely managed to flee your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you find yourself in the shoes of a technician, without any knowledge of the complex systems, around you, that are keeping you alive. Faced with all kind of cosmic dangers, how long will you survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tin Can.

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  3. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 72,832 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 29 reviews

    The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a space shuttle and travels across their solar system to get to the bottom of its mysteries by exploring the cosmos and gathering the knowledge hidden within each of the system's planets, left behind by another civilization in the distant past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outer Wilds.

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  4. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    59% User Score Based on 212 reviews

    THE LIGHT KEEPS US SAFE is a procedurally-generated apocalypse in which only The Light can save us. Use stealth and evasion to avoid terrifying machines that patrol the desolate world, and employ the powers of Light to unpick their deadly traps. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Light Keeps Us Safe.

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  5. Name: Terminal 13 Genre: Psychological Horror / Survival Engine: Unreal Engine 5 Platform: PC (Windows) Mode: Single-player/Muiltplayer Language: English (with optional Arabic localization) Release Date: 2025/9/13 Estimated Playtime: 30min- 2 hours Perspective: First-person  Input: Keyboard and Mouse / Controller support(Soon) You are a lone worker stationed at a remote train facility, tasked … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terminal 13.

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  6. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    93% User Score Based on 5,279 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 14 reviews

    Routine is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror title set on an abandoned Lunar base designed around an 80’s vision of the future. Curious exploration turns into a need for survival when a lunar base goes completely quiet. Searching for answers puts you face to face with an enemy who is certain the main threat is you. Discoveries lead to deeper unknowns and the only way to go is forward. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROUTINE.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 184 reviews

    Blackshard is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BLACKSHARD.

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  8. View Game
    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 450 reviews

    You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Obey the Voice.

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  9. 43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    58% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    A year after the disaster, the bunker's life support systems fail critically. Communication with the outside world is completely lost. You are a mechanical engineer, awakened in your quarters by a piercing siren, alone and cut off from the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Sanctuary.

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  10. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Become a scientist forced to correct a biological error born within the walls of a secret laboratory. Use the environment to survive and destroy your creation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BIO Fault.

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  11. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    82% User Score Based on 90 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

    Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Sixed.

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  12. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    87% User Score Based on 121 reviews

    Ancient Guardian - this is adventure first-person shooter in a procedurally-generated locations. You play as a father who has to find his lost daughter, avoiding a meeting with dangerous enemies, avoiding traps and solving puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ancient Guardian.

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  13. IRENE.HOUSE is a creative exhibition featuring the sculptor, Irene June. Based on a series of conversations with June, this project explores their relationships to home, ancestry and dreams. IRENE.HOUSE features a HUD-less design and no playable or NPC characters for an immersive, spatial experience. This project also features performances made in collaboration with Irene, conversation snippets,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to IRENE.HOUSE.

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  14. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 126 reviews

    Adam - Lost Memories is a psychological horror puzzle game, based on personal experiences with child abuse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adam: Lost Memories.

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  15. Demo Available Now Prologue: The Awakening Step in the shoes of Leia Burgess who has been disoriented and cut off from anything familiar. With her memories unreliable and answers scarce, the world around her becomes the only guide forward. Explore your surroundings, solve puzzles, and try to escape. Will you be able to save Leia? The Prologue centers on exploration, environmental puzzles,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hour: Echoes of the Crescent.

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  16. WHAT THE HOUSE REMEMBERSWhat the House Remembers is a narrative-driven psychological horror experience centered on guilt, memory, and the fragile boundary between reality and perception. You arrive at a secluded house to care for the property while its owner is away. At first, everything seems ordinary. Then the house begins to remember. Strange sounds echo through empty rooms. Familiar spaces… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What the House Remembers.

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  17. Trapped in a mysterious cave system, four dungeon explorers struggle to find a way out before the light fades forever... Dungeon of Departure is an independently developed, pixel art, visual novel set in an original universe. The story follows the silent, player protagonist and three companion characters as they face difficult decisions, strange occurrences, and seek a path forward and out of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon of Departure.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 570 reviews

    Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inkshade.

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  19. View Game
    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 2,692 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 4 reviews

    A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to s.p.l.i.t.

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  20. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    98% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    Hope Deferred is a first-person psychological horror RPG. Explore nightmare worlds and search for understanding in this PSX inspired dungeon crawler. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hope Deferred.

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  21. CATACOMB - is an atmospheric single-player indie psychological horror game. The game is set from a unique body camera like perspective The average play time is 1 hour. What are the Catacombs?Under Paris exists kilometers of lost tunnels and rooms—where millions were buried. You are one of the many urban explorers who find themselves lost in this underground world. Can you find your way … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CATACOMB.

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  22. THE STORY: Horryefieing: High-Rise is a prologue to the upcoming Horryefieing: The Circle Mansion. This game is a short survival horror experience set in the year 2001 in which you take on the role of Angel Boyd, an English archaeologist that has recently returned from an excavation at Battle Abbey in East Sussex (the famous location of the Battle Of Hastings, 1066).  Strange things have been ha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horryefieing: High-Rise.

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  23. View Game
    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    86% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    About Game: Insight is a single-player horror game shrouded in mystery. You'll take control of different characters to solve crimes and unveil the dark secrets behind them. Story: When neighbors heard gunshots and called the police, officers arrived at the scene to find two bodies in the house. Almost certain it was a murder, they called in the detective. Facing a missing person and two m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insight.

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  24. View Game
    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 848 reviews

    Voyager-19 is a short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems. Features: Explore different star systemsPhotograph planets with a slow display cameraRecord radio waves coming off planetsNavigate star systems with a basic star mapManage what systems get power as your nuclear battery decaysStruggle to see as pixels die from interstellar radiationUncover the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voyager-19.

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  25. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    52% User Score Based on 46 reviews

    "Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.Prepare to venture through the wilderness and beyond, guided by narration and complemented by enchanting music. Leveraging Unreal Engine 5's Lumen and Virtual Shadow Maps technologies, the game boasts stunning graphics.If you have an hour to step into the shoes o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Purpose 1951.

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  26. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    88% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    About This: Insider threat is a first-person survival horror game. The game takes place in a scientific complex located somewhere lost in the universe. The plot tells the story of one of the patients who has survived the latest events that occurred in the complex. After waking up alone and disoriented, you will soon discover the terrible experiments that were being carried out in this strange pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insider Threat.

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  27. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    Trapped deep within a mysterious facility, your connection is limited to that device in your hands. You must use it to interact with your surroundings, operating a computer alongside a strange console that controls the locks in the entire facility. You must help the people trapped inside to escape, but be careful. The locks aren't there just for you. Your only objective? Save Everyone. That d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Can Save Everyone.

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  28. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Mortisomem is an adventure, mystery, and horror game with retro visual aesthetics. The game takes place in the year 1917, in the vast forest of inland Brazil. Donald Barnes is an immigrant and a successful American merchant in Brazil. However, one day he hears a traditional story from the region that greatly captures his attention; about a man who lived hundreds of years ago, brutally murdered by… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mortisomem.

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  29. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 5,618 reviews

    Delve into a hyper-cinematic adventure. You are a clone. You live at the world's end. You worship the last surviving human: the Allmother. When a dangerous rumour shatters your faith, you phase through time and memory—to expose a 1000-year-old lie. Relive. Reclaim. Resist. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1000xResist.

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  30. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 95 reviews

    "First person platforming gameplay at its very best!“ Construct: Escape the System is a sci-fi themed first person platformer that sees you trapped in a computer system, trying to escape. Explore the system and discover the 8 empowering 'ability orbs'. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Construct: Escape the System.

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  31. View Game
    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    99% User Score Based on 117 reviews

    A refreshing twist on roguelite and storytelling, Endless Dark is a psychological horror game about the pressures of monotony and the purpose of existence. You, the Custodian, are a sentient machine onboard a sleeper colony ship, charged with keeping it intact. No combat, enemies, or NPCs await you - only a myriad of system failures and the decay of your own sanity as you whittle away the deca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Dark.

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  32. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
    69% User Score Based on 70 reviews
    Critic Score 30%Based on 3 reviews

    Escape a merciless mansion alongside a girl words cannot reach, in a tale that can only be experienced in VR. An escape-the-room adventure game that can only be experienced in VR, players must work to escape a mansion full of hidden dangers with a mysterious girl that appears before them. Development of Last Labyrinth is being lead by Hiromichi Takahashi. Working alongside him is a team of veter… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Labyrinth.

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  33. View Game
    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    63% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking over, your partner went missing. You hear noises all the time. You need to find out what they are and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms. First person game with horror elements. Explore the mall and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight. Darkness can conceal a variety of myste… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Guard.

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  34. 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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  35. View Game
    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    44% User Score Based on 121 reviews
    Critic Score 57%Based on 3 reviews

    Tartarus is an action/adventure game from first person perspective combined with text input. Developed by Abyss Gameworks and powered by Unreal Engine 4. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TARTARUS.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 142 reviews

    Escape the underground research facility and discover the truth of your origin. ShadowBringer is a 3D stealth game where you take on the role of a shadowy monster. Awakened with no recollection of the past, a voice in your head whispers softly to you: "Get out of this place". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ShadowBringer.

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  37. View Game
    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    81% User Score Based on 718 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

    A first-person game in which after starving to death, the player wakes up in the Void, a dying land housing numerous Sisters and long-absent Brothers, all of whom subsist on Color, the essence of life in the Void. With the player's arrival, a resurgence of Color is observed in the Void, prompting the Brothers to return and subject the player to various trials so that he may also become a Brother b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Void.

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  38. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    56% User Score Based on 379 reviews
    Critic Score 51%Based on 30 reviews

    Vane is an atmospheric adventure about unraveling the secrets of an unknown land, finding your place in it, and pulling at the threads of the world to make a change. The shifting sands glimmer with meaning, ancient ruins resonate with power, but in the distance a billowing threat looms. Find your way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vane.

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  39. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    63% User Score Based on 180 reviews

    Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival in the frozen wilderness, where you only need to rely on yourself and your car. Try to survive and find the last remnants of the unfrozen world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drive 4 Survival.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Immerse yourself in an alien realm where the sights, sounds, and sensations that you experience all become clues for your survival. Touch a green glow and see its effects. Open a gateway to a new area. Experience new rooms, and descend deeper. Level by level, tap into your gaming intuition to solve each puzzle. Who or what is the "host" and what is your relation to this space? With… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOST.

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  41. View Game
    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    92% User Score Based on 122 reviews

    Shut In is a short comedy/horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SHUT IN.

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  42. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    73% User Score Based on 342 reviews

    What do you trust most — what you see, what you're told, or your instincts? On a year long solo mission aboard Verde Station, you will test your wits and question everything, but you may not find answers. Welcome to solitude. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Verde Station.

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  43. Welcome to Void Inc.You are the new Head of Technology at Void Inc. A small software company with ambitious targets, unstable infrastructure, and an unusually attentive CEO. Every morning begins the same way: Drink the company coffee. Answer the CEO’s call. Plan the work. Keep the business alive. Survive the WorkdayEach day, the CEO assigns your priorities. Decide what to handle personally, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Void Inc.

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  44. 93%Game Brain Score
    93% User Score Based on 182 reviews

    In the age of Enlightenment, Damien, husband and father, is returning to his home village of Blackmill after receiving a letter from his wife. Upon arrival he discovers that everything seems... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seek: Light Through Darkness.

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  45. Destined Corp is a leading company in artificial intelligence and robotics. Over time, however, their creations begin to evolve beyond their intended purpose. Gaining self-awareness, the robots conclude that the human race is “obsolete.” With access to genetic material, they plan to engineer a new generation of humans—ones they can fully control—eliminating every perceived weakness of the species.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Destined Corp: Awakening.

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  46. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Open the door to Grandfather's life! Watch TV series, play with the dog, argue with your wife, take pills, eat lunch, sleep, go for a walk. Live the measured life of a grandfather, where every day is an adventure, and routine is an art! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grandfather Simulator.

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  47. Inbound UFO is an indie tower defense game created by a team of two developers over the course of 3 years. The game has a style inspired by the RTS games from the beginning of 2000's. It is a game that combines the fast combat tactical decisions with the long term upgrade strategy and gives the player an unique gaming experience every time he or she hits the start wave button. The Story A full s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inbound UFO.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Employee 925 is a short psychological horror game about compliance and the quiet erosion of self in the workplace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Employee 925.

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  49. SUMMARYParanox is a singleplayer survival horror game. As a Paranormal Researcher you find yourself taking an abandoned school as your research project, hoping to uncover the secrets that lay within the shadows. As you explore the haunted school you will find that you are not alone, your goal is to explore the school's twisted labyrinths in search for clues that will maybe lead you to the answers … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranox.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    92% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    In "Visiting Grandma", you step into the shoes of a grandson who arrives at his grandmother's house for a cozy stay. The eerie silence of the countryside is broken only by the creaking of the old wooden floors and the distant howling of the wind. As you explore the dimly lit rooms of her old home, your grandmother begins to reveal the creepy story of her sister, Eliza. What starts as … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Visiting Grandma.

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