Games like Marginalia
Looking for games like Marginalia? Here are top simulation recommendations with a horror and mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Wardwell House, The Moon Sliver or No one lives under the lighthouse.
1 82%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospherereplayability, grinding82% User Score 574 reviewsWardwell House is an innovative and realistic horror game with outstanding atmosphere. You must find hidden clues and objects of interest that slowly reveal the haunting story. Feel the build-up of fear as you traverse the forest and make your way through Wardwell House.
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79%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospherereplayability, grinding79% User Score 1,462 reviewsThe Moon Sliver is a short narrative-focused non-linear exploration game, with elements of horror. It features a unique narrative mechanic that blurs the line between story and exploration, where interacting with objects and even simply moving around will reveal fragments of narration. As you piece these fragments together, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becom…
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82%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospheregrinding, stability86% User Score 1,588 reviewsCritic Score 74%4 reviewsA retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
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78%Game Brain Scorestory, atmosphereoptimization, grinding84% User Score 9,550 reviewsCritic Score 73%81 reviewsHORROR REIMAGINED
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76%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, replayability91% User Score 3,881 reviewsCritic Score 57%8 reviewsInspired by Gone Home and Dear Esther, Scanner Sombre is a cave exploration experience. With stunning visuals and a terrifying theme, it is the 6th major video game released by Introversion Software.
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71%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospherestability, grinding71% User Score 768 reviewsIn the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.
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75%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, stability72% User Score 2,876 reviewsCritic Score 79%7 reviewsA beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a young couple dealing with a tragedy in their own. Uncover artifacts from the young couple’s life as they too become intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.
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70%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospheregrinding, character development70% User Score 1,736 reviewsFollow us About the GameHome is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens. Awakened by an oncoming storm, you open your eyes to discover yourself in a strange, dark room—tucked away in a house that’s not yours. As you play the game, it changes—subtly, almost imperceptibly—to reflect your pe…
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70%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, optimization69% User Score 790 reviewsCritic Score 73%3 reviewsThrough the Woods is a third-person psychological horror game set in a forest on the western shore of Norway about a mother and her missing son. Through dynamic narration, you play the mother's re-telling of the events surrounding her son's disappearance in a setting heavily influenced by Norse mythology and Norwegian folk tales.
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57%Game Brain Scorestory, atmosphereoptimization, grinding62% User Score 2,278 reviewsCritic Score 53%21 reviewsThe most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
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