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Games like Lost Direction

Looking for games like Lost Direction? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Liminal City, POOLSIDE VIGIL or The Complex: Found Footage.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, story
    70% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Empty streets between soulless buildings… Structures that feel familiar yet alien… And the feeling that something is constantly watching you… Liminal City is an exploration-focused psychological horror and liminal space experience in the ultra-realistic VHS style, developed with Unreal Engine 5. As you navigate the relatively "safe" streets of Backrooms Level 11, reality can sudde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal City.

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  2. Based on a true story. Navigate through ever-changing pools where the path can never be memorized. Solve puzzles with physics-based interactions and survive the entity on your trail. Experience the grim consequences of phone addiction. Can you solve the mystery of that fateful day? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POOLSIDE VIGIL.

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  3. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 5,692 reviews

    Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Complex: Found Footage.

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  4. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    99% User Score Based on 538 reviews

    Tales From Off-Peak City is a first-person adventure game series. Volume 1: Caetano's Slice is the first game of many in the anthology of Tales. While each 'Volume' is its own self-contained story and experience, taken together, they build towards the larger over-arching narrative of what’s really going on at the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street and what role you ultimately play in its fate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1.

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  5. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    94% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    An unsettling adventure set in a procedural terror labyrinth. A video game Inspired by the chilling urban legends of the Backrooms. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transliminal.

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  6. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 148 reviews

    You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Within the Backrooms.

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  7. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    92% User Score Based on 109 reviews

    Dissolution of the Silent Union is a short, narrative-driven visual novel where you accompany Vera, who is trapped on the last day of school, toward her inevitable date. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dissolution of the Silent Union.

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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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  9. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    85% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    INFORMATION Backrooms - 2005 is a chapter-based Backrooms exploration game. Progress through multiple chapters, each introducing new liminal spaces to explore. More chapters will be released as free updates. FEATURES A unique camcorder graphic that makes the experience even better! Interactions with Doors, Light Switches and much more! Many Atmospheric and Liminal areas with Var… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms - 2005.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 401 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    Pass through the threshold and enter a world born of memories. Defend yourself with a camera while solving death’s mysteries in a reverent evolution of 90’s survival horror, integrating both fixed cameras and over the shoulder perspectives. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heartworm.

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  11. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    90% User Score Based on 323 reviews

    The Library of Ouroboros. You awaken here with no memory of how you've arrived - though faint memories of searches, of the Library's name, stick in your memory like scraps of torn paper. The reek of dust, of old wood, and of something... more difficult to place hang in the air. Is that a distant ringing you hear, or merely your imagination? And why do you feel so strange? So hot? Like a pair of e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Place, Forbidden.

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  12. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 634 reviews

    Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hypnagogia: Boundless Dreams.

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  13. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization
    97% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    Investigate an abandoned multiplayer server frozen in time, where something clearly went wrong. What once felt familiar now feels empty, distorted, and watching. This atmospheric walking simulator focuses on exploration, tension, and discovery. There are no hand-holding objectives. Instead, you are left to navigate liminal, blocky environments inspired by early multiplayer worlds, slowly uncoveri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Barnacle.

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  14. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    89% User Score Based on 1,723 reviews

    You play as one of MagWave's researchers, going on an expedition into the Complex. When that expedition goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the infinite maze of hallways. Otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something in there with you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Complex: Expedition.

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  15. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    92% User Score Based on 59 reviews

    Poolscape is a retro reimagining of the Poolrooms, evoking the nostalgia of classic PSX games by immersing players in the iconic liminal space with authentic ’90s-styled visuals and atmosphere. DEMO LEVELS Level 1: Classic Poolrooms - A linear, by-the-books Poolrooms experience. White tiles, soft marble, and fake skylights form the comforting yet uncanny liminal space you’d expect from a classi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Poolscape.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 2,757 reviews

    Surreal, ethereal, and liminal environments Infinite procedural generation both vertically and horizontally Cities made of plastic, serene fields of grass, and massive abandoned warehouses Fend against fiendful foes like manikins, squishy gels, higher-dimensional beings, and colossal spiders Wield grappling hooks, bee gliders, bombs, ball wands, blades, haze hands, and cute acce… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lucid Blocks.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    In this (fairly short) point-and-click adventure, you guide Yvette through her daily life in her apartment. She's been living alone for some time now and she's noticing some strange details. Explore the locations with Yvette and lose track of time and space with her. Despite her isolation, you'll encounter several NPCs throughout the game who enrich the world around Yvette and provide information … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dermapis.

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  18. View Game
    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    93% User Score Based on 115 reviews

    Disminal is a First Person Exploration/Walking Simulator experience set in the backrooms where you will be able to wonder through some of it's unsettling and vacant places, is there an exit to be found? or will you be staying here forever, lost between two worlds. This game will focus merely on immersion and appreciation of aesthetics. Most zones/sections in the game are greatly influenced b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Disminal.

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  19. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    82% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    World Alone: Dreampools is a single-player Backrooms experience focused on dreamlike liminal pools. The game features a narrative told through cinematic sequences and immersive environments. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World Alone: Dreampools.

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  20. View Game
    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    93% User Score Based on 101 reviews

    REPOSE - Deluxe Edition includes: REPOSE REPOSE - Soundtrack REPOSE - Artbook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to REPOSE.

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  21. 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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  22. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    96% User Score Based on 281 reviews

    ▼ Purchase FULL version on Steam ▼ More content, cutscenes, areas, and unlockables exist in the Steam version. Haneko has forgotten her assigned homework at school, and they're due tomorrow. Feeling she has no choice, she decides her only way to avoid failing the semester is to make a trip back to school at night and retrieve the assignments. But something's not right in the building... an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Late Homework | 遅れた宿題.

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  23. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 770 reviews

    There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers. But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knock-Knock.

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  24. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    79% User Score Based on 58 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 4 reviews

    Witch Strandings dials into the emerging genre of physical transportation. A digital forest that extends beyond the boundaries of your screen, in an all-new Strand-type game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Witch Strandings.

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  25. View Game
    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 337 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    A poetic, roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated world When home is no more... Resources are sparse. The world is infinite and unknown. The universe is lonely, open and unforgiving. You're drifting, in a big, empty and silent space. Searching for a new home. You know a few coordinates to some random locations; but this is the only information you got. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RymdResa.

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  26. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 897 reviews

    A short atmospheric terror game about liminal spaces. Escape the grasps of an underground neighborhood that is equal parts comforting and disturbing. If you've explored a dead mall, a foreclosed pool, or a school at night, you might already know what it's like to be in Anemoiapolis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1.

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  27. BREACHED: Follow Me is a first-person psychological horror game that takes you into the dark atmosphere of Eastern Europe, where ordinary places hide terrifying stories. After meeting an online friend, you set out toward events that slowly spiral out of control. What began as a simple adventure turns into a dangerous investigation, where every discovery brings you closer to the truth. Immerse yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BREACHED: Follow Me.

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  28. Backrooms.əxə is a liminal experience designed for lovers of liminal spaces. Here, you are free to walk, run, climb, descend, or simply stop and observe as you traverse a gigantic labyrinth of soft carpets and wide rooms. Here, the true challenge lies in the sheer vastness, the isolation, and your own ability to maintain your sanity in the face of endless architecture. Step into a colossal interp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms.əxə.

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  29. A place built from things you almost rememberJennifer wakes alone in an endless maze of quiet, uncanny spaces with no memory of how she arrived there. Yellow rooms stretch impossibly into the distance. Forgotten hallways blur together into strange nostalgic places that feel welcoming, yet profoundly wrong. Familiar patterns repeat where they shouldn't. Not a single other person in sight. Somethi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spaces Between.

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  30. The Backrooms: Untold is a liminal horror experience that blends unsettling VHS-style visuals, atmospheric exploration, and light puzzle-solving in it's 8 total levels at launch. Venture through distinct Backrooms-inspired environments filled with eerie corridors, abandoned spaces, and hidden secrets waiting to be uncovered. Explore each level at your own pace as you search for clues, solve puzzl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Untold.

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  31. Description: Paradise Nowhere is a Backrooms game that blends abstract concepts with realistic graphics, evoking a feeling of liminality through empty spaces devoid of life. The game isn’t intended as a horror experience, your feelings towards liminal spaces might make it one. Or maybe, it's just the Paradise... Story: The story of the game is not directly told to the player. Instead, there are n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paradise Nowhere.

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  32. View Game
    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    88% User Score Based on 57 reviews

    MOONROT is a short horror game about piloting a rover across a distant alien moon. Take grainy photos, record crackly signals, keep your battery charged, and uncover the source of the anomaly that led you here. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MOONROT.

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  33. View Game
    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    97% User Score Based on 2,278 reviews

    In the derelict capital of Afro-Eurasia, ruled by an all-controlling Ministry, Robert embarks on a bureaucratic quest to restore his family’s revoked ration tickets. Movement-centric gameplay where the player can jump, run, climb and slide with great freedom. Environments challenge both agility and creativity. Mastery-driven players can exploit momentum, discover shortcuts, and break… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VHOLUME.

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  34. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    67% User Score Based on 161 reviews

    From the developer:We are not trying to invent something fundamentally new; we simply love the dreamcore aesthetic. However, it seemed to us that existing games often emphasize the unsettling side of liminal spaces, which usually evoke feelings of anxiety and loneliness. So we decided to create a softer, dreamier, and less frightening interpretation. We hope it gives you that very feeling of anemo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay
    73% User Score Based on 89 reviews

    GORE is a found footage horror experience that immerses players in a mountain range designed to resemble the scenery of the Rocky Mountains. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Lovecraft, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and John Carpenter’s The Thing, this game pulls you deep into a decaying wilderness where something incomprehensible is rapidly spreading through the surrounding environment. You must dis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GORE.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, replayability
    98% User Score Based on 2,138 reviews

    Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.  A first person playable music video-like experience, spanning 3 songs from the upcoming Red Vox album. Meet those who inhabit this world and help them, but to what end? Collect Red Vox Records, can you find them all?  Features a selection of 15+ additional songs spanning the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The New Flesh.

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  37. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    90% User Score Based on 263 reviews

    Out of Hands is a card-based thriller that blends card battles, video collage and psychological horror. With nightmarish roguelike elements and live-action visuals made out of the real hands of the developer, the game provides an intriguing and spine-chilling experience that leads you to combat the mental struggles and retrieve the lost memory. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out Of Hands.

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    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 257 reviews

    CAPTURED 2 is an anomaly horror game with a survival horror twist. Escape an endless hallway by capturing anomalies on camera and surviving deadly entities. CAPTURE ANOMALIESEmily, a teenage girl who goes missing during a series of unexplained disappearances, finds herself trapped in an endless hallway within her own apartment, slowly losing her memory. Strange anomalies begin to appear, and by c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CAPTURED 2.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    !!!WARNING TO USERS!!! .redruM was born as a work of art before being a walking sim game, which aims to communicate a message. The game is deliberately slow, this is precisely to stimulate the user to look for this message within themselves and do it with calm and patience. The .redruM Experience: A Psychological and Cinematic Horror .redruM is a psychological and cinematic horror experience… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to .redruM.

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  40. 43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, monetization
    65% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    The Backrooms: Expedition is an immersive psychological horror game where you have to explore on a journey through the dark and liminal world of the Backrooms, but be careful, because there may be dangerous creatures on the way. FEATURES: Immersive Experience (minimal user interface) Realistic Graphics Entities Multiple Levels If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Expedition.

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  41. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development
    93% User Score Based on 82 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 2 reviews

    A third-person roguelite horror adventure where you play as four characters, experiencing an intergenerational storyline tied to the haunting traditions of an ancient village in Sardinia, Italy, a region rich with unique folklore… The village itself is an elaborate maze with no two iterations being precisely the same—you will have to explore and solve the mysteries of the game largely unguided. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saturnalia.

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  42. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    87% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    NOCLIP is a chapter-based liminal exploration game.Story 1: "Rescue" March 27th, 2002 Dr. Oscar Andersen, a scientist working for the state-funded 'Icarus Research' organization embarks on a rescue mission, what happened to the group of 4 that got lost? More chapters are to come in the form of free updates. Authentic Camcorder Aesthetic: Immerse yourself in the atmospheric setti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NOCLIP.

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  43. 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

    In the game "Psalm 5:9-13" you have to plunge into a terrifying place, at first glance it is quite normal, but the further you go, the more it reveals its essence. This horror game is a first-person walking simulator with a VHS effect and a tense atmosphere, explore the location, find anomalies, and move on. Frightening things will await you along the way, are you ready to face THIS? Th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Psalm 5:9-13.

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  44. View Game
    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    79% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    LOCIS is a procedural horror adventure set in a dark world where anything is possible. You are an entity that for unknown reasons finds itself in this place, will you be able to survive the trials Ubel has in store for you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LOCIS.

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  45. 100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    100% User Score Based on 74 reviews

    No Delivery is a procedurally generated CRPG, pizzeria simulator where you are the newest in a long line of employees for a local decrepit pizza parlor. Despite the rumors, shady history, and missing persons cases, you sign up for the night shift because it pays slightly more and all the kids’ birthday parties should have ended by then… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Delivery.

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  47. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    56% User Score Based on 437 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving. The multiplayer of MirrorMoon EP lets players share Galaxy Maps with other players: the first explorers to land on a planet w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MirrorMoon EP.

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  48. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 317 reviews

    Dreams in the Witch House is an open world horror adventure game, where you guide Walter Gilman, as he prepares to face the dreaded May-Eve witch ritual in the legend-haunted city of Arkham. Choose your own approach and reveal the secret of the Witch House before it's too late. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreams in the Witch House.

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  49. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 2,118 reviews

    A reverse-detective point-and-click adventure where, instead of choosing dialogue options, you control the character's face manually. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Who's Lila?.

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