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, The Survey or The Forgotten Ones.
- 60%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability60% User Score 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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- 71%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding71% User Score 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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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.
- 36%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story36% User Score 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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- 84%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding84% User Score 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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- 35%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics35% User Score 132 reviews
An indie Arcade Horror Game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alpages: The Five Books.
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- 67%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability67% User Score 162 reviews
Project Explore is a new survival game. You will have to deal with tough situations, starting with starvation and rapidly increasing insanity. There will be lots of new upcoming features and changes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Explore.
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- 81%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding87% User Score 6,654 reviewsCritic Score 70%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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- 57%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding60% User Score 446 reviewsCritic Score 45%2 reviews
Experience terrors only madness can conjure in HEKTOR, a psychological horror game set in a world that literally moves with your every twist and turn. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hektor.
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- 49%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding49% User Score 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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- 77%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability77% User Score 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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- 27%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:humor, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics27% User Score 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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- 51%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability51% User Score 274 reviews
**Indie Physiological Adventure Horror Game Preview May 10, 2014 – South Wales, UK** – Deceptive Games Ltd. has announced its first game “Kidnapped” starting with Windows desktop PCs.... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kidnapped.
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- 66%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music66% User Score 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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- 56%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, stability56% User Score 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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- 85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding87% User Score 7,362 reviewsCritic Score 83%4 reviews
Each death has its visage. How will you face them? Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Visage.
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- 60%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding63% User Score 338 reviewsCritic Score 52%3 reviews
Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened here. Solve puzzles to find out how you are connected to the mysteries of this place. But be careful: an evil lurks in the cold, dark masonry and it has already started hunting you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silver Chains.
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- 65%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay68% User Score 4,286 reviewsCritic Score 50%1 reviews
Welcome to the zombie apocalypse experience of a lifetime – more beautiful than ever. Caught in an epic zombie outbreak on the tropical island of Banoi, your only thought is: Survive! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Island.
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- 83%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization83% User Score 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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- 28%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay28% User Score 97 reviews
What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lost Souls.
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- 56%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability56% User Score 174 reviewsCritic Score 55%5 reviews
Inmates is a story-driven, atmospheric, interactive exploration simulator with horror elements and puzzles. Investigate every detail of the prison to discover the story of the people who are locked there. Pick up and examine objects to discover mysteries of the prison. Uncover the reasons why you are there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inmates.
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- 66%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding66% User Score 232 reviews
Оne day your life changes dramatically and you become a hostage of your own home. Your task is to survive but to do this you need to get outside. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Floor.
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- 71%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding71% User Score 214 reviews
Wounded is a nerve racking first person horror game that is one step closer to the world of fear, anxiety and all round terror! As you progress through the old and abandoned world of “Wounded”, you uncover the deep, dark secrets that the place has buried in its walls and ground. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WOUNDED.
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- 64%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, story64% User Score 23,198 reviews
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miscreated.
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- 89%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music89% User Score 376 reviews
Mother is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MOTHER.
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- 18%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics18% User Score 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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- 16%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:optimization, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay25% User Score 16 reviews
You're on a camping trip with some friends. They go missing, you can hear something in the woods. What would you do? You must Escape by yourself with nothing other than your flashlight. You cannot bring your friends back but you can Escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape.
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- 84%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:music, stability84% User Score 282 reviews
#puzzle #horror #adventure Inside Depth 6 places focus on creating an atmosphere of great terror, suspense, and anticipation for the player. With a dark storyline, and an intensifying horror... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inside Depth 6.
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- 34%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics34% User Score 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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- 52%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability52% User Score 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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- 23%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, music23% User Score 1,205 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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- 66%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability66% User Score 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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- 55%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability55% User Score 344 reviews
Download the folder and open the setup.exe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HyperViolent.
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- 63%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, music68% User Score 838 reviewsCritic Score 40%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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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability90% User Score 1,968 reviews
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to From The Darkness.
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- 31%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay31% User Score 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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- 77%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability77% User Score 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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- 60%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics60% User Score 114 reviews
You woke up in the middle of the night from the doorbell's sound. Someone wants to play with you... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fear of Clowns.
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- 49%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization48% User Score 1,014 reviewsCritic Score 50%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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- 68%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization68% User Score 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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- 61%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability73% User Score 480 reviewsCritic Score 48%12 reviews
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. To save her estranged daughter, a guilt-ridden mother must uncover the frightening truth behind the urban tale of a vengeful, demonic witch. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Explore a grand manor house and interact with almost every object you see. To find and s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Don't Knock Twice.
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- 45%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization47% User Score 245 reviewsCritic Score 40%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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- 33%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability33% User Score 195 reviews
One day you wake up and realise that nobody is home. You try to exit the apartment only to wake up again in your room.You are stuck in an endless cycle of loops with only one way out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apartment 666.
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- 31%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay23% User Score 196 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviews
A darkness has fallen over the town of Lorwich. Monstrous hordes emerge from beyond the realm of nightmares to sow chaos on the land. As one of four heroes, you must battle the minions of the old ones with the force of arms, and the power of illumination. Inspired by the writing of H.P. Lovecraft, Atari’s Alone in the Dark series is recognized as the “Father of the Survival Horror Genre”. Alone … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alone in the Dark: Illumination.
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- 37%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization39% User Score 399 reviewsCritic Score 35%12 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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- 32%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay32% User Score 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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- 30%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music30% User Score 164 reviewsCritic Score 30%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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- 6%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay8% User Score 26 reviews
Distorted Reality is a first-person survival horror, which takes place in the hospital of Alexandria. For mysterious reasons, the usual laws of physics in the hospital completely stopped working. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distorted Reality.
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- 76%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability76% User Score 471 reviews
Step back into Hanwell and discover the world beyond it. Set in the deeper parts of London, explore Westminster and uncover the truth about yourself. Explore a rich, atmospheric take on Westminster and it's various Locations. Filled with lore and secrets to discover. All new dual control melee combat system, land each hit and combo with satisfying intensity. Scavenge scarce but available weapons … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Hanwell.
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- 44%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics44% User Score 392 reviews
Red Lake - horror shooter with elements of quest. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Lake.
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