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Games like [m] an idle nightmare
Looking for games like [m] an idle nightmare? Here are top action recommendations with a horror and mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Bahnsen Knights, Detective Butler: Maiden Voyage Murder or Dead Secret Circle.
1 87%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability100% User Score 56 reviewsCritic Score 74%16 reviews1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.
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83%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgameplay, atmosphere83% User Score 207 reviewsFollow Detective Butler and his sidekick Gilligan as they solve a locked-room murder during a haunted cruise ship's maiden voyage. Can you solve the mystery before Detective Butler reveals the answer?
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68%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospherestability, graphics68% User Score 62 reviewsDEAD SECRET CIRCLE is a horror mystery set in Chicago in 1971. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed DEAD SECRET, reality and dreams collide as investigative reporter Patricia Gable sees beyond the flesh to chase a killer with a grisly M.O. Track the killer, narrow the suspects, and above all, stay alive.
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48%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, gameplay80% User Score 10 reviewsCritic Score 50%1 reviewsNothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
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View Game52%Game Brain Score52% User Score 3 reviewsEpisode 1: The King's Medicine "When Naigye and her niece Cally visit the castle, a surprise encounter with King Farnham leads to a short story about his three sons visiting a village of native lizard people." Do you like, or at least, are able to tolerate: Point-and-click adventure games? Simple yet honest 216-color graphics? An 800x600 windowed resolution? The ability to go full screen…
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24%Game Brain Scoregraphics, storygameplay, music38% User Score 13 reviewsEmbark on a journey through the Wild West! You're an actress taking on the role of the sheriff's daughter in a film called Gold Rush! The director gives you a mysterious ring that transports you back to the Wild West times. While we find out the cause of the town mayor's death that we have witnessed, we stumble upon Wild Jack, a criminal who threatens all the locals with a mysterious Diamond Ghost…
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View Game74%Game Brain Scorestory, musicreplayability, optimization78% User Score 144 reviewsCritic Score 70%13 reviewsDry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, an unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
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The Empty Desk is the first chapter of the Detective Bennett: Solved Cases saga, a psychological thriller that blends adventure, puzzles, and touches of horror to immerse you in a gripping true crime narrative. Explore the effects of a mind trapped in a relentless cycle of repetition and decay. In this first installment, you’ll step into the shoes of veteran homicide detective Thomas H. Bennett, w…
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77%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospheregameplay100% User Score 28 reviews90's Horror inspired Point & Click — a Dark and Emotional journey of a man looking for his missing son while facing his hidden demons. Enjoy an Atmospheric & stylized world, haunting and memorable audio, and piece together a story that will stay with you long after it ends.Ian Comes Home to Find His Son is Missing, Quickly Throwing Him into a Downward Spiral of Betrayal, Grief, Hatred, and Despair…
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View Game42%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgameplay, grinding40% User Score 187 reviewsCritic Score 51%1 reviewsThe 11th Hour, the much-anticipated sequel to record-selling adventure horror The 7th Guest, follows the path of mystery, desolation, horror and grotesque logic set by its predecessor. It is one of the finest examples of blending cinematic sequences with a 3D environment. The 11th Hour, in a fashion similar to The 7th Guest, features 22 wonderfully pre-rendered 3D rooms that took almost three year…
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