Games like RECursion
Looking for games like RECursion? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Backrooms Escape Protocol, Hotel 188 or Whispers of the Dead.
1 View GameBackrooms Escape Protocol Work together with your team to explore abandoned industrial zones, navigate mysterious liminal spaces, and survive terrifying entities lurking in the shadows. Survive the Unknown You and your friends take on the role of scavengers sent into a series of procedurally generated Backrooms levels, each with unique environments and dangers. Your mission is to explore, collec…
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63%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, graphicsmusic, stability78% User Score 32 reviewsIn Hotel 188, there are no monsters chasing you or cheap jumpscares. The fear comes from somewhere else: the atmosphere, the silence, the sound of your own footsteps… and that constant feeling that something doesn’t quite fit. You wake up in a place you don’t recognize. Time doesn’t move forward, the rooms feel the same but different each time you return to them, and the only path is forward...…
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A psychological horror game that blurs the lines between love, fear, and reality. The story begins with Eve Levine, a college student caught in a nightmare after being abducted on a rainy evening in the shadowy St. Peters Park. Her fiancé, Adam Hale, a poet haunted by his own creations, must confront the darkness that emerges from his mysterious writings.
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60%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, humorstory, gameplay100% User Score 11 reviewsLightkeeper’s Curse is a horror puzzle game where you explore a dark, cursed castle using limited light orbs to keep a deadly monster at bay. Solve environmental puzzles, manage your light carefully, and stay out of the shadows...or die in them.Key Features Challenging puzzles: Solve interconnected environmental puzzles that test logic and observation. Immersive atmosphere and sound design: Dyna…
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View Game75%Game Brain Scorehumor, graphicsmusic, story94% User Score 31 reviewsEndless hallways. Uneasy silence. A loop you can't escape. Backroom Loop is a first-person psychological horror exploration game. You're trapped in a space that's both unfamiliar and strangely familiar. No matter how hard you try to escape, you always end up back where you started. Is there truly an exit to this never-ending loop? About the Game: Inspired by the internet myth "Backrooms&q…
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41%Game Brain Scoremusic, atmospherestability70% User Score 10 reviewsSeclusion is a psychological horror game inspired by the backrooms and liminal spaces. Atmospheric Horror : You will question your surroundings, with unsettling visuals, unpredictable and surrealist environments, and a constant feeling of dread. Survival Horror : Adapt to your surroundings, avoid lurking dangers, and manage your resources carefully if you want to stay alive. Rich lore : Fin…
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43%Game Brain Scoreemotional, humorgameplay, atmosphere62% User Score 21 reviewsInstead 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.
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View Game91%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, music91% User Score 96 reviewsBe prepared for a first-person look on life through the eyes of a teenager, who is trying to escape from mighty Aztec god Xipe Totec. Get ready for a chaotic experience with horror and survival mechanics.
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86%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygraphics, music86% User Score 66 reviewsChased by the spirits of the cursed Noh mask, you must do everything you can to escape. Set in traditional Japanese locales, Shadow Corridor provides a unique survival horror experience. Randomly generated maps filled with a variety of items make every playthrough different. Immerse yourself in the darkness, for only the determined will survive.
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96%Game Brain Scoremusic, atmospheregameplay, story96% User Score 133 reviewsYou 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.
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