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Looking for games like Dead Man Waiting? Here are top simulation recommendations with a thriller and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Dread Neighbor, Schastye or Nobody Wants to Die.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    Dread Neighbor is a first-person, multi-perspective psychological horror game. Play as a young woman living alone in an unusually cheap apartment. As the days pass, combat the overwhelming sense of unease, malice, and the unshakable feeling that you’re being watched from every crack in the room. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dread Neighbor.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    65% User Score Based on 328 reviews

    A miniature frozen between the atmosphere of a small room and Castaneda with Lovecraft. The story of radical spiritual practices in the search for truth among panels and stacks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Schastye.

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  3. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    82% User Score Based on 3,626 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 24 reviews

    Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nobody Wants to Die.

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  4. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    98% User Score Based on 116 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 7 reviews

    The Gap is a sci-fi first person narrative exploration thriller. You play as Joshua Hayes, a neuroscientist who's lost it all. Your mysterious ability to explore parallel realities through deja vu seems to be the only way to recover your memories and salvage your life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Gap.

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  5. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    98% User Score Based on 1,908 reviews

    A collection of 5 short first-person horror games, that revolve around detailed machinery and dread. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unsorted Horror.

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  6. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    You will created to be tortured by a sentient job application. You will learn to live, laugh, love until the walls bleed. You will become a succulent beverage. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DRINK HUMAN BEANS.

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  7. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 4,756 reviews

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about an astronaut drifting through the vastness of space, searching for a reason to keep going while struggling with the feeling that there may be no way back home. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, the game explores despair, friendship and how we are able to move forward even in the deepest void of the cosmos. A Hopecore-Ins… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Control, I'm Not Coming Back.

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  8. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    81% User Score Based on 52 reviews

    ONLY FACES REMAIN is a short psychological horror game focused on exploration and atmosphere. You play as Marlene, a backpacker traveling alone who rents a cheap room to spend the night. What starts as a cheap place to sleep soon turns into a dangerous situation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Only Faces Remain.

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  9. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    71% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Online RecordsOnline Records is an episodic psychological horror game where each story tells unsettling events that could happen to anyone… even you. Episode 1: Unknown SellerA 22-year-old student arranges to meet an online seller at their home to pick up an item. At first, everything seems normal, but as she steps inside, an eerie feeling creeps in. What was supposed to be a simple transaction q… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Online Records: Unknown Seller.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    "In the year 21XX, there is no rest for the dead—only servitude." The world is ruled by an Emperor of unparalleled power, who commands the fate of millions in life—but also after death. He promises safety and dominion. In return, he demands absolute obedience. You are a servitor—stripped of your name, your past, and your future. Bound by laws you did not choose, you exist as one small … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mortal Advocate.

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  11. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    90% User Score Based on 890 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

    Karma: The Dark World's Deluxe Edition contains the following : - Full game of KARMA: The Dark World - The 58 Track Original Soundtrack - The 5 Track 'Into the Mist' EP - The 138 Page Artbook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KARMA: The Dark World.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    88% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    Void Crawler is a first-person horror game set in a dystopian future, where you pilot a vehicle nicknamed 'The Mole' into a mysterious void deep within the Earth to collect an extremely valuable material for a company dedicated to solving the world's energy crisis. FEATURES -Utilize the Mole’s infrared camera and radar to navigate the eerie darkness of the void, uncovering its secrets along the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VOID CRAWLER.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 1,402 reviews

    Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Summerland.

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  14. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 12,186 reviews

    A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iron Lung.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    83% User Score Based on 94 reviews

    TRAFFIC is a First-Person Psychological Horror game about a troubled child in a home where he must deal with both internal and external stresses. You will communicate with your parents, do your chores, and stay out of the way. Secure the front gate and lock your doors. You never know who might be out there. TRAFFIC is about a family living in Wyoming as they traverse through the economic recessi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TRAFFIC.

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  16. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 176 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 1 reviews

    After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Days of Lazarus.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    77% User Score Based on 186 reviews

    Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities in an immersive storyline where your choices matter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mirror Forge.

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  18. London, 2036. Strain Omega has robbed humanity of the will to live. The state-run BHS streams paid emotions into survivors' brains. Follow the routine of a rank-and-file engineer keeping the great silence at bay. Discover the true price of this artificial peace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FLATLINE: Pay to Feel.

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  19. Inner Rooms is a short, impactful narrative game inspired by dreamcore and liminal spaces. You explore calm, familiar places that seem to stretch beyond what they should be. Valleys that feel endless. Isolated houses wrapped in silence. Empty playrooms, abandoned pools, lifeless school corridors, offices where time appears to have stopped. Nothing in these spaces is explicitly wrong — yet nothin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inner Rooms.

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  20. HOW WILL YOU ESCAPE?Discover the true meaning of isolation in Underwater, a survival horror game set in an atmosphere of constant dread, darkness, and crushing pressure. Deep in the Mariana Trench, marine biologists have been studying strange new life pulled from the black. You are a contracted technician, sent below to repair failing systems and keep the station alive. During your shift, a viol… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Underwater.

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  21. Experience the Backrooms like never before.There are no obvious monsters. There are no clear explanations. Only spaces that seem to watch you… and a constant feeling that you should not be here. Backrooms: The Levels is a psychological horror and liminal exploration experience, designed for players seeking deep immersion, constant tension, and the unsettling nostalgia of places that feel as if… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms The Levels.

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  22. You are not the hero. You don’t explore. You don’t fight. You watch. Your assignment continues—this time in a deeper, colder section of the station. The rooms are different, the silence heavier. The anomalies haven’t stopped. If anything, they’ve grown bolder. Welcome to Second Shift, the next entry in the Observer Protocol series. A minimalist surveillance horror experience where your only weap… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Observer Protocol: The Station - Second Shift.

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  23. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    The Last Transmission is a short, first-person psychological horror game built around isolation, atmosphere, and slow, creeping dread. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Transmission.

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    WELCOME TO THE SHIFT FROM HELLIn 3Tower, you are the new night watchman at a graveyard like no other. Your job? Survive the night. But not just any night—and not just any graveyard. You're stationed at the Three Tower Cemetery, home to the so-called "problematic dead." Three tower with ancient technology are the only thing keeping them contained. When the towers work, all is calm. Whe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 3Tower.

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  25. You woke up in the cabin. The fog is thicker than ever. Your mind is fragmented. Your research is missing. And something is watching. GAME OVERVIEWIn Silent Research, you play as Andrew, a researcher stationed in a remote, fog-drenched forest. After years of work at the electrical station, your memory is failing, and your findings are scattered. As the fog presses in, your only hope is to recov… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Research.

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  26. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    86% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    In the Night You Had Bad Dreams is a first-person horror game. You're trapped inside a strange house that seems to shift and change, waiting for you to solve unconventional puzzles.  If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In The Night You Had Bad Dreams.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    73% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Last Signal is a short, story-driven, walking simulator, mystery game where player choices change the ending of the game. Engaging First-Person Gameplay: Immerse yourself in a visually stunning and atmospheric world and uncover game's mysteries. Branching Narrative: Experience a gripping storyline with multiple paths and endings, where your choices are important and shape the outcome of your j… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Signal.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    88% User Score Based on 105 reviews

    PAGER is a 1-bit 3D Kafkaesque experience in a 90s office building. Obey the pager to survive and climb the corporate ladder. FEATURES 1-bit 3D graphics. 60 weird and beautiful floors. It has some horror and humor. The story is conveyed in a very indirect way. The levels aren't about the destination. It shouldn't give you any satisfaction. Caffeine-addicted butterflies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PAGER.

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  29. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    You are trapped in the observatory of a star-obsessed professor atop Mount Clearveil. Plan your survival during the day, confront the darkness of the basement at night. Can you break the ritual and uncover the mystery? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life & Shadow: Celestial Call - Prologue.

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  30. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    81% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    Incident Archives - Flight 882 is a first person psychological horror game inspired by true events, set on a night flight. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Incident Archives: Flight 882.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    94% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    8-hour Workday is an anomaly search game inspired by Exit 8 and Platform 8. The player needs to explore a creepy, ominous office where dangerous anomalies are lurking around and try to make it through the work hours. There are 27 anomalies in the game. See if you can solve them all! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 8-hour Workday.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    82% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    The Game's Theme:Following the unsettling mystery of The Guest, this installment plunges you into a new and even more disturbing story. This time, you're someone who has arranged to go camping with friends. Upon arriving at the meeting place, you discover they're not there. What begins as a search quickly turns into a nightmare. The same malevolent presence from the first game has returned, but th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Guest II.

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  33. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    73% User Score Based on 79 reviews

    All hell's breaking loose in a mysterious research facility and the only person who can save the day is the night shift security guard in the booth outside. Remotely control systems, guide scientists to safety or just… goof off? You’re not in danger. Yet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interference: Dead Air.

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  34. 43%Game Brain Score
    43% User Score Based on 5 reviews

    Experience the mind of a man with schizophrenia in a surreal, single-room narrative. Manage his daily needs, maintain mental stability, and explore shifting memories in a calm, intense psychological journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Still Room: I Miss You.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    90% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    ABOUT CASTING WHISPERSCasting Whispers is a first-person psychological horror game where sound is your greatest tool. Investigate the paranormal events that plague a city in 1960s America. Shut your eyes. Trust your senses. Listen to the darkness. THE PAST DOESN’T DIE, IT ECHOES…1961. Corburgh, Connecticut, USA. An old industrial city plagued by urban legends, the sins of its past, and unexplaine… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Casting Whispers.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    After a long day at work, all you want is to relax on the couch—but the night has other plans. Step into the shoes of a Romanian engineer in the mid-2000s and survive a harrowing night as something hunts you in the shadows. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cartier 06.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    63% User Score Based on 83 reviews

    Liminal Universe is a solo first-person adventure game that takes you deep into Liminal Space. In this experience, you focus not on the story but on understanding the world around you and the atmosphere it creates. The game starts on an entirely empty snowy map, and then continues with a pool and ocean. Although the game sometimes tells you what to do, it leaves it unclear what exactly you sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Universe.

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  39. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    77% User Score Based on 109 reviews

    You are the exploration team from company Async, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS.

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  40. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    95% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    A regular night shift turns into a chilling fight for survival. Explore a bustling rest stop, uncover dark secrets, and face the haunting legacy of a tragic accident in PASSENGER 23. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to S.O.V: Passenger 23.

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  41. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    92% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    Fragments of Dread is an episodic psychological horror series. Each episode tells a self-contained story of dread, fear, and survival. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fragments of Dread - False Haven.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    83% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    A broken man is escaping from problems to his garage.His usual safe space becomes a prison conceived of his personal nightmares.Will he be able to get out? Features: 10 - 15 min game timemind boggling retro low poly art styleSurreal urban environments to exploreGripping story to uncover Also available on Steam for free with bunch of other games! https://store.steampowered.com/widget/3138170/ If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Garage.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    90% User Score Based on 52 reviews

    A first-person horror game where you play as Daniel, a Maritime Operative trapped alone aboard a submarine. Sent to investigate an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying horrors await in its depths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell Dive.

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  44. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    84% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Withered Haven.

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  45. Every dream has an ending. In this fully remastered edition of the original Dream:scape, you step into the subconscious of Wilson, a man lying in a hospital bed with only minutes to live. Trapped in a surreal dream world woven from his memories, Wilson must explore the people, places, and regrets that shaped his life — before time runs out. Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 with enhanced visuals, sound… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dream:scape Remastered.

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    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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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    Gordy is a First-Person Horror Comedy that follows a hermit in the woods who befriends a feral human and work together. As the months go by a darker energy begins to take hold of the forest and you have to question if Gordy is so trust-worthy after all or maybe you're the real monster. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gordy.

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  48. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    86% User Score Based on 496 reviews

    The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loan Shark.

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    24%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    35% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Hired to fix a building, paid too much to ask why. In Living Pipes, a first-person narrative mystery game created as a senior project at Ringling College of Art and Design, you are sent to a remote building under mysterious circumstances. What starts as a routine repair job quickly unravels into something far more unsettling. Explore, repair, and uncover the truth. Navigate dimly lit corridors … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Living Pipes.

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