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Games like Scary new year

Looking for games like Scary new year? Here are top open world shooter recommendations with a horror and violence focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Hat Man: Shadow Ward, GASP or Blair Witch.

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  1. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    60% User Score Based on 1,136 reviews

    Based on a true story, discover the horror of the Canton insane asylum as you attempt to rescue your daughter. Experience the scariest game of 2014. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hat Man: Shadow Ward.

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    22%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    23% User Score Based on 1,205 reviews
    Critic Score 20%Based on 1 reviews

    This game takes place in the same universe as our upcoming tittle Secluded; you take control of a lone astronaut that lands on the surface of a planet, miles away from the other members. And it’s your job to meet up with the other astronauts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GASP.

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  3. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    77% User Score Based on 5,108 reviews

    Inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, experience a new story-driven psychological horror game that studies your reactions to fear and stress. A STORY OF THE HUMAN DESCENT INTO DARKNESS Experience an original story based on the legend of Blair Witch from the makers of Layers of Fear. FIND THE WAY THROUGH THE HAUNTED WOODS Navigate your way through a cursed forest that warps and distorts … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blair Witch.

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  4. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    77% User Score Based on 1,518 reviews

    You are a hunter world reknowned for slaying supernatural beasts. Your next contract is to hunt down a wendigo plaguing a section of woods in north america. Gather resources, set traps, prepare your equipment, use your hunters instincts and take down the beast, before it hunts you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Folklore Hunter.

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  5. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 85 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Silent Decent is a highly-immersive first-person horror game with a rich and engaging atmosphere. Trapped in purgatory, you play as Samuel Harris who roams in an endless loop of anguish, pain and suffering. Can you find a way to save a tormented man's soul? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Descent.

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  6. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    49% User Score Based on 274 reviews

    Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome to Hanwell.

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  7. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    55% User Score Based on 983 reviews

    Losing his parents during the holocaust to a mad man of a doctor. You're to play as Grobuskna Vladinov, 20 years after the incident that changed his life dramatically. Grobuskna receives an unknown phone call that'll start a journey that'll twist your mind... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forgotten Ones.

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  8. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    68% User Score Based on 895 reviews

    Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest. The dark, foreboding forest trail leading directly to the Pineview property must be explored – but your every move and reaction is being watched. You must stay calm during your walk – or else IT will take you! To survive you will need stea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Passing Pineview Forest.

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  9. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    47% User Score Based on 245 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    A one-of-a-kind horror shocker – a game aware of your fear! Check out the improvements introduced with Update 2.0! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pineview Drive.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    56% User Score Based on 1,170 reviews

    Stay Close is open-world horror game, with options for single-player and co-op. It has an unique and new gameplay approach unseen so far in any other game. You'll find yourself in a creepy and anomalous town, what is your next move? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stay Close.

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  11. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    50% User Score Based on 287 reviews

    In this indie horror game, you must escape the Siren’s Forest! Use multiple means of transportation to aid your escape. Unearth what truly happened in the forest by interacting with certain objects that could provide you with the answers you need. But be careful… There’s something out there! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siren Head: The Siren's Forest.

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  12. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 37,540 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 16 reviews

    Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outlast.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    66% User Score Based on 1,762 reviews

    Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rake.

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  14. 28%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    28% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    Awaking on an island with no memory, you have just one memento of the life you led before… A child's photograph. Who is this? You must search the island for useful tools that will aid in your escape. As time passes and hopes of survival hang by a thread, you realise that this island is not as it seems. Explore an open sandbox environment which, depending on your intention, could have or could not… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Better Late Than DEAD.

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    27%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    27% User Score Based on 1,543 reviews

    Play as plague doctors with your friends in this multiplayer co-op medieval horror! Purge the plague. Create the cure. Escape the mutated creatures. Make the queen proud. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unplagued.

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    34%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    34% User Score Based on 1,043 reviews

    The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Despair.

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  17. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    48% User Score Based on 1,014 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 4 reviews

    You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Daylight.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    66% User Score Based on 1,090 reviews

    You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minds Eyes.

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  19. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    71% User Score Based on 984 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Engineered from conception for VR, “PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive. With very limited guidance, your free-movement enables you to discover the secrets that lie in this house of horror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

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  20. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    52% User Score Based on 1,459 reviews

    Sign of Silence is a 4-player cooperative horror game set in dreadful outskirts of Danville town. Whether you will escape the place or stay here forever depends on cautious and coordinated actions of the whole team! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sign of Silence.

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  21. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    71% User Score Based on 222 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    Horror Story: Hallowseed is a story-driven psychological horror game. An obscure event causes two of your friends to disappear while you were camping in the woods. Left alone and stranded in an unknown place, you need to seek the answers about what happened, face the horror and find your friends If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horror Story: Hallowseed.

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  22. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 6,654 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 5 reviews

    You're on your own. No one to come for you. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Slender: The Arrival is the official videogame adaption of Slender Man, developed in collaboration with Eric "Victor Surge" Knudson, creator of the paranormal phenomenon that has been terrifying the curious-minded around the world since its inception, with Mark Hadley and Blue Isle Studios. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slender: The Arrival.

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  23. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    58% User Score Based on 1,271 reviews

    DON’T SCREAM TOGETHER is a cozy, 4-player online co-op jumpscare horror simulator about friendship and togetherness. Think of it as a fun haunted house experience with friends… except you’re in a huge pitch-black forest that might be cursed and may contain serial killers, paranormal activity, or wild animals. Or maybe... it’s fine? It's incredibly simple. Just make it to 08:00 AM and escape the fo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER.

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    46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    46% User Score Based on 71 reviews

    You have just awoken without knowing who or where you are. You can't remember anything but it is clear you are not alone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terror Lab.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 22,164 reviews

    You have a unique opportunity to gather a team of friends or go on a solitary expedition to the forests of wild reserves and feel like a real hunter for Bigfoots. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BIGFOOT.

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    31%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    31% User Score Based on 177 reviews

    It is a short but very interesting horror,about a man who woke up in his own grave,next to his family. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Bones.

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  29. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    68% User Score Based on 170 reviews

    Frigore is a simple classic first-person indie survival horror game, made entirely by one person. Simple gameplay, beautiful graphics and a cold and chilling atmosphere. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frigore.

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  30. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    74% User Score Based on 468 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 2 reviews

    In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology, you will discover the gloomiest parts of human's brain. Overcome your fear and get to know what has really happened to your family. Where will the insanity lead you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rise of Insanity.

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  31. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, emotional
    59% User Score Based on 110 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    As Dr. Riley McClein, you have to figure out what is real and what is not as you try to uncover the mysterious happenings at the hospital, while also trying to deal with your epileptic attacks that have haunted you all your life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Roots of Insanity.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 768 reviews

    In 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Survey.

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  33. 36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    36% User Score Based on 628 reviews

    The Fifth Day is a post-apocalyptic survival game set in the time after mankind's extinction to the machines that it created. Your role, as one of these machines, is to survive in the hostile world left behind by man. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fifth Day.

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  34. 12%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    20% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    In this survival horror game, play as Jonathan Blake who is awaken at night to find that he is not alone. Work your way through the apartment and try to survive your attempted ABDUCTION. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abduction Prologue: The Story Of Jonathan Blake.

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  35. 18%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    18% User Score Based on 244 reviews

    Mark Faroh is a Scientist that discovered a new way to harvest energy from Biological beings. Shortly after his discovery his almost perfect life gets flipped upside down. Discover a story were greed of man kind can turn even the best of us into a demon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Time Ramesside (A New Reckoning).

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  36. 37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    39% User Score Based on 399 reviews
    Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

    Greyhill Incident is a Survival-Horror game about classic Grey-Alien and UFO abductions. Survive the invasion of your neighborhood, investigate the outlying village, seek for helpful utilities to protect your neighbors, and hide from "The Greys." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Greyhill Incident.

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    36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    36% User Score Based on 78 reviews

    Cold House is a co-op horror game for 1-4 people. You and your friends get into a car accident and are forced to hide from the cold in an abandoned house where it will soon turn out that they are not alone at all.. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cold House.

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  38. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    45% User Score Based on 594 reviews

    Surrounded is an up to 6-player cooperative horror game where you will encounter a lot of different variations of paranormal activities, strange sightings, and creatures capable of ending your life. Grab your gear, and be ready to experience the strange mystery of the Surrounded world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surrounded.

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  39. 30%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    30% User Score Based on 164 reviews
    Critic Score 30%Based on 3 reviews

    In Hollow, you are one of the pilots that transports precious resource cargo from the mining ship Shakhter-One down to Earth. One day you wake up in an emergency capsule drifting near the facility. You don’t remember who you are, or how you got out there… All you can remember is an autopilot docking code for capsule dock NR 6. When you dock with Shakhter-One, it is clear that something has gone ho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hollow.

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  40. 32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    32% User Score Based on 11,037 reviews

    Infestation: Survivor Stories is a zombie survival horror MMO. Based five years in the future following a horrendous viral outbreak of apocalyptic proportions that destroyed 95% of the world’s population, you must survive against all odds. Scavenge, defend yourself, band with others, or die in the process – your life is in your own hands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infestation: The New Beginning.

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  41. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    68% User Score Based on 838 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    That is An horror game try To Exit Out To win  That Game is Singleplayer  Warning  Has Blood on the game AND IS PEGI 12+ If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CASE: Animatronics.

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  42. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 51,622 reviews

    You've fallen into the backrooms and now need to find a way to escape. Traverse through eerie procedurally generated levels while avoiding entities and other danger. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape the Backrooms.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 192 reviews

    Say goodbye to southern hospitality in the backwoods of rural America.The Swine is a short horror experience that explores isolation, witchcraft, and unforeseen consequences in your rural homestead. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Swine.

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  44. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    68% User Score Based on 580 reviews

    Welcome to a world of survival on a deserted island, characterized by an incredible wildlife and abandoned structures. Immerse yourself in a game set in a natural and post-apocalyptic environment where your primary task is to survive in KeepUp Survival. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KeepUp Survival.

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    16%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    16% User Score Based on 367 reviews

    The District - action with elements of survival in the open world. You will have to look for weapons, to produce supplies, shelter from the weather and to get used to the conditions of a new life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The District.

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  46. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    58% User Score Based on 842 reviews

    Survival Zombies is a bloody chaotic survival first person shooter that pits heavily armed players against humanity's greatest fear - hordes of undead. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survival Zombies The Inverted Evolution.

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  47. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    76% User Score Based on 364 reviews

    A comet is hurtling toward the planet! Sneak, scavenge and blast your way through an immersive prehistoric world filled with Humans, Dinosaurs, Droids and Mother Nature’s fury! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Collision Course.

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  48. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 274 reviews

    The Backrooms 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms 1998.

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  49. 32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    32% User Score Based on 148 reviews

    "The Lost Valley" is a small game where you will play as a cyclist who will get in an accident. The protagonist finds himself in a great valley called "The Lost Valley". The bicycle is broken as a result of cliff falling and the protagonist has to move further on foot. He must find out how to get out of the valley and reach the shore where he can find a boat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lost Valley.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 256 reviews

    The Caregiver is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game about a caregiver. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Caregiver.

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