Games like Deceived Of Joy

In "The Door in the Basement," you enter a mysterious door in your family's basement and find yourself trapped in a dark, subterranean world filled with puzzles, horrific creatures, and eerie secrets. With only your wits and the surroundings to guide you, you must navigate the tunnels to find a way out and uncover the truth behind this strange place. This first-person pixelated horror game will keep you on your toes as you try to outsmart the monsters lurking in the shadows.

"SCHiM is a single-player platformer game with an intriguing story of a separated schim, the soul of a human, navigating through a beautifully abstract world of animated shadow platforms. With a good soundtrack, players must jump from shadow to shadow in each level, featuring unique scenery and small stories, in a race against time to reunite with its human."

In "Who's at the Door?", you navigate the fragile line between hallucination and reality as a psychiatric patient struggling with persistent visions. Your task is to follow a daily routine of checking for visitors and taking medication to improve your condition over eight days. Multiple endings and hidden doll pieces encourage replay to uncover the full truth behind your experience.

"Moving Houses" is a physics-based game where players pack up a house for moving, with the option to be neat or cause chaos. The game offers casual, task-based gameplay with a runtime of approximately 3 hours for the main story and an additional 3 hours for completionists. Players can interact with household objects, pack them neatly, or throw them around, all while experiencing the satisfaction of checking items off a list.

"No One Lives Under the Lighthouse" is a mysterious old PC game from the early 2000s. You discover it among your old CDs and are drawn to its enigmatic title and description about taking over duties at a lighthouse where the previous keeper has gone missing. The game's atmosphere and poor translation from another language add to its intriguing and possibly ominous appeal. Explore the island, uncover the lighthouse's secrets, and discover what happened to the missing keeper.

"Perception is a single-player horror action game with a good plot, perfect gameplay, and stunning atmosphere. As a blind woman, Cassie uses sound to explore a haunted mansion and uncover its sordid history while evading a deadly entity. Features include echolocation sight, a hide-and-seek gameplay mechanic, and radical changes to the mansion's setting based on puzzle solutions. This emotional journey spans centuries and uplifts any underdog."

"Mists of Aiden" is a first-person, story-driven horror game where you play as a thief trying to steal a valuable jewel from an old mansion. The house traps you inside, and each attempt to escape leads to a new story and ending. Every walkthrough is unique, with different routes hiding their own tragedies and horrors. Uncover the secrets of the house, your partner, and yourself as you delve deeper into madness.

"Knock-Knock" is a single-player horror platformer game with a spectacular story and phenomenal visuals. As the latest Lodger, you must stay awake and sane until dawn, avoiding the unknown creatures that have taken over your cabin. The game features hide-and-seek gameplay, with the goal of reaching morning while still sane, while uncovering the truth behind the strange occurrences in the cabin. The game has a stellar atmosphere, filled with suspense and mystery.

Dread Flats is a first-person horror game blending Chinese cultural elements with eerie unknown entities. Players explore a mysterious tower, uncover the truth behind missing persons, and survive through stealth and interaction. The game delivers claustrophobic tension and a haunting 1990s atmosphere.

"Father's Day" is a prequel and spin-off to "Find Yourself", classified as a psychological thriller. Players control three characters in alternating turns as they explore a narrative with a runtime of approximately 180 minutes. The game contains flashing lights and images, which may trigger seizures in certain individuals.