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Looking for games like Escape? Here are top puzzle recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with BACK*SPACE, The Room Syndrome or Serena.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    94% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BACK*SPACE.

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  2. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 270 reviews

    Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Room Syndrome.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 4,343 reviews

    Serena is a freeware horror adventure game developed by several video game development companies, including Senscape, CBE Software, Infamous Quests, Digital Media Workshop and Guys from Andromeda. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Serena.

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  4. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 2,270 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 2 reviews

    VIRGINIA is a first person interactive drama. It is the story of a recently graduated FBI agent and her partner as they seek to uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young boy. In the birthplace of America nothing is quite what it seems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Virginia.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    87% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    The choice is simple. Walk through the Red door, or the Blue door. Once on the other side you may find yourself in strange, disturbing, comforting, or even funny places. Hundred Doors is a first-person psychological horror experience where you must explore a series of surreal, unsettling rooms—each one stranger, darker, and more twisted than the last. With only your wits and limited inte… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hundred Doors.

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  6. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 283 reviews

    A twisted first person horror adventure. As an employee of the SCP Replication Division you are tasked with testing artificially developed paranormal events. Solve puzzles, converse with anomalous entities and explore multiple paths to untangle the secrets behind the Replication Division. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Go Home Annie: An SCP Game.

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  7. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    67% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    The Holiday Story is an indie horror game about Christmas and New Year, set in the 80s. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Holiday Story.

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  8. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    65% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Explore the vast ocean, survive deadly encounters, and uncover the secrets of a lost island. Adrift in SilenceThe ocean is calm. The sky burns orange. You’re alone until the storm crashes down, and the nightmare begins. Isle of Lost Souls An island cursed by science. Dinosaur souls roam the land, restless and powerful. Burning Wilderness The jungle ignites around you. Shadows roar through the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNEXTINCTION.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 323 reviews

    From the creators of cult sleeper hit Scratches and the haunting Serena, comes a chilling journey into the darkest depths of your mind. ASYLUM is an ambitious first-person horror adventure casting you into the hallucinatory setting of the Hanwell Mental Institute. As an ex-patient suffering bizarre visions, you must explore the intricate layout of the building, research its past history, and ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ASYLUM.

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  10. 40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    52% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Instead of a traditional flashlight, a camera flash – a brief, flickering, blinding light that reveals dark secrets and leaves you in total darkness when it fades. Every step is a fight for survival, and the use of the flash completely redefines the way you explore dark locations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HorrorCore: Maze and Pools of Horror.

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  11. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 212 reviews

    A short horror experience where you play as a scavenger looting an abandoned house, uncovering its dark secrets and collecting hidden treasures while facing what lurks within. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scauage.

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  12. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    76% User Score Based on 90 reviews

    IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™ traps you in a corridor caught in an ever changing and increasingly unsettling loop. With each cycle, you’ll notice subtle differences, but your objective in this corridor is not just to observe the changes. As the narrative unfolds, you will be forced to place your trust in someone during each cycle. The catch? Who you choose to trust will depend on both the knowledge you’… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 106 reviews

    Incremental game where you click buttons, pull levers and learn to deal with obsession. Explore the Machine, understand what makes it tick, become a gear in its perfect system. Operate the modules of the Machine in an intuitive and tactile way. Repair broken Mechanisms, upgrade, unlock and buy new ones.  Pull levers and rotate valves using physics, type in commands in a realistic termin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idea Fix.

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  15. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    Welcome to a world where you only find liminality and loneliness. Keep in mind, dont get lost on this dream. Overall Gameplay ALP is a Ray Traced walking simulator. Solve Pluzzes, do everything you want, but remember that, you will never find the exit. But, atleast you will have relaxing waters, and nostalgic enviroments. Game made by a teenager. Gameplay Features  Ray Traced… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Liminal Place Remastered.

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  16. View Game
    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    100% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    What's that sound coming from the basement....? GLITCH DADDY is the new fever dream of a game by Sad Mask Party, the twisted brains behind Mango and The Lotus Holidays. It is a surreal, elusive, highly immersive and just slightly distorted tale of mystery, friendship, romance, solitude, trying and failing, overcoming obstacles, and all around, love. It is presented as a first person advent… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GLITCH DADDY.

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  17. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    86% User Score Based on 85 reviews

    Beyond Hanwell: The Royal Hallamshire Steam Store Page You can download an executable via MyAirBridge below if preferred Head through the gates of The Royal Hallamshire and discover it's secrets. A hospital far beyond the borough of Hanwell, The Royal Hallamshire is a standalone teaser to the upcoming psychological/survival horror Beyond Hanwell Dual control melee combat system, land each hit and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Hanwell Teaser: The Royal Hallamshire.

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  18. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    76% User Score Based on 517 reviews

    Early access game!!!DISCORDRemake of the Granny game.If this idea turns out to be interesting, then I will continue to develop the game.Buy me a coffee (DonationAlerts) Other download links: Mediafire If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Granny Remake.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    87% User Score Based on 125 reviews

    The last scenery you faced was a quite unfamiliar hotel office. Leaving all the uncertainties behind, you have to perform significant or insignificant tasks from here on out. -256 is a pixel graphics first-person mystery hotel walking simulator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to -256.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 433 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 2 reviews

    "The Guest" is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Guest.

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  21. 56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    56% User Score Based on 54 reviews

    A cemetery filled with hostile creatures. A church that will not save you. Complex puzzles. The return to the school where everything began. And a fragile, intelligent girl with a thirst for revenge. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pesadelo: Regressão.

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  22. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 178 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifeless Moon.

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  23. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 800 reviews

    You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Lost Tape.

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  24. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    94% User Score Based on 144 reviews

    Punch, evolve, escape! This cyberpunk FPS Metroidvania pits you against horrific cyber-monstrosities as you master deadly abilities to break free from the derelict prison island of Nemo Ultra. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voltage High Society.

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  25. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    67% User Score Based on 2,030 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Explore the world of Thirty Flights of Loving through a first-person short story. In this sequel to Gravity Bone, take a deep dive with high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at. Saddle up, gunslinger. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thirty Flights of Loving.

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  26. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    Among the Innocent is a first-person adventure thriller that takes place on an abandoned farm in the eastern Free State, South Africa. The gameplay is inspired by classic point-and-click adventure games, and is packed with intrigue, puzzle-solving, and exploration. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Among the Innocent: A Stricken Tale.

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  27. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    79% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    I Can't Escape: Darkness is a quicksand trap for the senses - the more you listen and look for clues, the deeper you fall into a damp, living dungeon. Plunge into the depths and scrape together whatever tools you can find, then try to escape one of the most diabolical puzzles of all time! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I Can't Escape: Darkness.

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  28. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    81% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    Set in space on a corporate-run prison in 2049, an explosion within not only sets you free, but it also sets rolling a series of events that changes everything! Can you find a way to escape?! Are you really alone, and, can you ever be free... Traverse through a fully immersed space station; Unravel the mysteries; - Progress through the story arcs that culminate into a climactic finale Exp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prisoner 518.

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  29. View Game
    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 104 reviews

    Our Secret Below is an escape room puzzle game. Play as Nia Davis to solve various puzzles, find clues, and help her escape to freedom. However, there is more to this story to this encounter than the surface implies. Dig deep, be resourceful, and learn what your captor’s intentions really are. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Our Secret Below.

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  30. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    70% User Score Based on 104 reviews

    "Prove to me that your life is worth living" - Forgiveness is an escape room affected by your own personality. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgiveness.

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  31. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    81% User Score Based on 116 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

    For the first time, experience the disturbing universe of Little Nightmares in first person, through your own eyes, in VR. Find out more at PlayStation Store. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    ABOUT THE GAME Paperback centers around a library setting at night with an aggressive thunderstorm raging in the vicinity.  Dawn Of The Millenium - the year is 2001. You're a novice librarian tasked with keeping things running smoothly and closing up shop for the night. Sort out the shelves, maintain the utilities of the library and take calls as they come in - but keep your ears to the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paperback.

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  33. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    93% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    Overview A solo-developed short horror experience shot on VHS. You wake up in an endless yellow maze. No items, no fights—just a camcorder and LIMINAL SPACE! Key Features - VHS Filters: Grain, scanlines and tape distortion The effect. - LIMINAL SPACE: Contains many LIMINAL SPACE scenarios - First-Person Immersion: Footsteps echo, lights flicker, walls never end. - Solo Dev, UE5: Created b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Liminal Space.

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  34. View Game
    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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    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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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 86 reviews

    You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reflection.

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  37. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music
    91% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Play my games on itch.io! Backrooms Fishing by Liminal Games BACKROOMS ANOMALY You are trapped in a looping office corridor.Don't overlook any anomalies.If you see an anomaly, run back to the entrance.If you don't see any anomalies, escape through the exit.Only 10 correct predictions in a row will allow you to escape.Step into an endless corridor where reality shifts and nothing is quite … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BACKROOMS ANOMALY.

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  38. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 1,020 reviews

    Description. Dreamcore is a psychological horror game that immerses players in the eerie atmosphere of liminal spaces. Offering a one-of-a-kind experience, the game enables players to freely explore expansive, non-linear worlds for extended gameplay sessions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamcore.

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  39. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    94% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    10 Dead Doves is a short, singleplayer, fixed-perspective horror story set in the heart of the Appalachian wilderness. It's 2004. The mountains are much older. You play as Marcus Stetson -- the Most Pathetic Man on Earth -- a seasoned backpacker on the Appalachian Trail who decides to pool his resources to team up one last time with his human firecracker of a trail buddy, Sean. Their mission is to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 10 Dead Doves.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    86% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    You find yourself in front of an apartment building in the middle of the forest (how did it even get here?) and see a man calling for help. What will be your next move? Solve puzzles, search for items, hide from danger, and above all, FOLLOW THE RULES. Don’t know what they are? Find the list, and if you want to survive, stick to it. Panelak is a horror adventure game that takes you to the fa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panelak.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    87% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    You're a horror content creator, venturing into frightening locations to captivate your audience. You're attempting to attract more viewers by recording paranormal events. However, these horror-filled adventures will one day come back to haunt you, at a high cost. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to [REC] Paroxysm.

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  42. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    79% User Score Based on 930 reviews

    This is a creepy co-op horror game for 1-3 players. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Granny: Escape Together.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    95% User Score Based on 195 reviews

    Welcome to my first game! Where you'll Immerse yourself in a unbelievable, story-rich mystery, packed with jaw-dropping plot twist, horror, and multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ethel.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization
    97% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Gameplay Combining two beloved genres, first person horror with third person adventure, We Are Not Alone creates a new sense of suspense with its unique camera mechanic. Looking through the camera allows safe exploration, as the creature can not meet your gaze. Placing the camera down though, is essential to solving puzzles with both hands, yet it will leave you vulnerable. StoryThe world may b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Are Not Alone.

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  45. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    61% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    Paranormal Placeis a first-person psychological thriller. The main emphasis of the game is on the process of exploration, the tension slowly builds up, creating complete and vivid immersive effect.Short description:The main character is a blogger Alex. He runs his own channel and searches for paranormal trends there. Now he goes to an abandoned buildings, where were military barracks in the past, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal Place.

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  46. View Game
    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 610 reviews

    "Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Psalm 5:9-13.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, humor
    91% User Score Based on 447 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 11 reviews

    Reveil is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to REVEIL.

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  48. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    77% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    Evacuated from his hometown due to the dangerous bursts of dark energy, the ordinary citizen is trying to overcome and survive a series of events in a new reality, where living as a human being is not possible anymore. 3rd-person horror with fixed camera angles and retro-styled graphics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plastomorphosis.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    Six of them wanted out. Six of them wanted in. Now, all twelve of them are trapped in a prison where a fate worse than death awaits them. Can they survive the wiles of Empathy Systems? What dark secrets lurk behind that institution? It is for the future when none may tread. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Decide 4 God.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    99% User Score Based on 330 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Crossʀoad OS is a single-player adventure where you solve puzzles, meet strange creatures and explore a sacred operating system created as a junction between the human and spirit world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crossroad OS.

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