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Looking for games like Strange island? Here are top open world role playing recommendations with a horror, mystery and thriller focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Christmas Story, Dread Neighbor or Rose and Cross.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 50 reviews

    STEAM https://store.steampowered.com/app/3447620/Christmas_Story/ Christmas Story is a horror game that blends the warmth of Christmas evenings with chilling mysteries.    The average completion time is 60 minutes One winter evening, a grandson travels to a quiet, snow-covered village to visit his grandfather. The village house is filled with a cozy Christmas atmosphere: the fire crackles in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Christmas Story.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    Dread Neighbor is a first-person psychological horror experience inspired by modern Chinese horror. Multi-Perspective Storytelling Based on real-life elements, explore the hidden fears and anxieties of urban solitude through the perspective of multiple victims. Start as a young woman working and living alone in the city. To cut costs, you move into an old apartment building that is cheap, but unne… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dread Neighbor.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    83% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    THE GAME IS AVAILABLE IN STEAM                      https://store.steampowered.com/app/2975160/Rose_and_Cross "Rose and Cross" is a short psychological horror in the genre of "walking simulator. Average time to complete the game: 40 minutes ATTENTION: Some people may experience seizures when exposed to flashes of light and flashing images, even if they have never been diagnosed wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rose and Cross.

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    58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    73% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    Who are you? A question that haunts you as strange events unfold around you. You're trapped in a house that feels eerily familiar, yet it twists and reshapes itself with every cycle. Reality warps, rooms shift, and the boundaries between past and present blur. Your mind fractures with every second spent inside, teetering on the edge of sanity. Will you uncover the truth, or will you be lost to th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MIRROR MIRROR.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    79% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    It looks like a simple night job in a quiet lodge.Keep things running. Fix what breaks. Close out the tasks. Seven shifts pull you deeper into rooms that feel a little wrong.Not loud. Not flashy. Just… off.You explore, you listen, you connect the pieces the building keeps trying to show you.In the end, you will have to make a choice. What you’ll actually do - Walk the lodge after hours and handle … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SAVEN.

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  6. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared. I think I got into some kind of loop. The house is constantly changing, surely I saw something inexplicable and terrible. I have to get out of here. Every time I go through a cycle, one of the chains on the basement door disappears. I should probably get in there and get out of here. I'm very scared. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I found myself in a strange house and I'm scared.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    83% User Score Based on 71 reviews

    DON'T FACE UP is a first-person horror game.Story You wake up in a building you don't recognize. No, you can't remember who you are, let alone the building. You have lost your memory. The words "DON'T FACE UP" are left at your feet. Unsure of what it means, you proceed to explore the building. You will have to find out what happened to you and what happened to this place.Rule They will … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DON'T FACE UP.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization
    86% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    11FA horror, mystery, and adventure game where the objective is to reach the 11th floor of a building that doesn't have 11 floors.After his father's funeral, the protagonist receives a real estate rights transfer certificate for a building called "The Origin" sent by an unknown person. "Adam, do you want to come up to the 11th floor?" Upon seeing a note with his name, waiting on the 11th floor, th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 11F.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    81% User Score Based on 86 reviews

    You are called to a secluded house on a remote island to conduct a paranormal investigation. However, you find the island and the house abandoned. Or are they? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Angels Cove.

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  10. They said fear could be measured, isolated, eliminated. They said the human mind could adapt. That sleep was a weakness of the human soul, a flaw to be cured. So they kept them awake. And then… they never slept again. When the last light went out, the signal didn’t stop. It remembered. It learned. It woke up. The Forgotten TownHidden deep in the northern Ural forests lies Novokirsk, a Soviet se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Entity Unknown.

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  11. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Are you ready to embark on an adrenaline-fueled adventure with "Satan Moans"? In this horror-packed and thrilling game, you'll explore the supernatural events that befall a teenager returning home in the dead of night. The focal point of the game will be to immerse players in disturbing and suspenseful details, creating a dark and eerie atmosphere.Players will face unsettling visuals and creatures… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Satan Moans.

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  12. Torn Veil is a psychological horror game that immerses you in a chilling tale of moral decay in a deeply unsettling atmosphere to deliver a haunting experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Torn Veil.

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  13. Have You Seen This Man? is a narrative driven psychological horror where every moment pulls you deeper into 1970s Texas.You’re stepping into Emsdorf County, the first location of Cosmic Sabbath’s American Hell anthology. GAMEPLAY In this opening chapter from Cosmic Sabbath, You play as Weldon McCall, a former Dallas homicide detective who thought he’d left his ghosts behind. Now working as a she… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Have you seen this man?.

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  14. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    85% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Strange Lights.

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  15. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    90% User Score Based on 890 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

    Karma: The Dark World's Deluxe Edition contains the following : - Full game of KARMA: The Dark World - The 58 Track Original Soundtrack - The 5 Track 'Into the Mist' EP - The 138 Page Artbook If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KARMA: The Dark World.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    86% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    You find yourself in front of an apartment building in the middle of the forest (how did it even get here?) and see a man calling for help. What will be your next move? Solve puzzles, search for items, hide from danger, and above all, FOLLOW THE RULES. Don’t know what they are? Find the list, and if you want to survive, stick to it. Panelak is a horror adventure game that takes you to the fa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panelak.

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  17. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    87% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    Your beloved employee is back! Before Exit: Gas Station is the next game in the franchise. You clean up your workplace, take care of the last customers, and make sure everything is closed. If every task is complete, you are safe. Otherwise, your boss will not be pleased! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before Exit: Gas Station.

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  18. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    99% User Score Based on 373 reviews

    Egg Squeeze is a biological intuition test where you squeeze eggs for as long as you can without breaking them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Egg Squeeze.

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  19. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 2,591 reviews

    Subliminal is a real-time software raytraced horror/puzzle game based on the concept of The Backrooms. Endless procedurally generated levels, bleeding edge lighting, hostile entities, liminal spaces, and a sense that something is not quite right... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subliminal.

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  20. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    64% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Step into the world of "Nevermind this", a hurt-pumping horror where confusion, chaos, fear, distraction and even fun come together for an unique game experience, in a cursed hut from old Lumberjack. Don't let them mess with your mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nevermind This.

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  21. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    90% User Score Based on 89 reviews

    The Black Within is a single-player first-person psychological horror. When selling her soul for fame and fortune, Laila Rose faces the consequences of her actions. A tale of Greed, fear, and change. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Black Within.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 982 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    A gardener gets hired to do some maintenance work over the weekend. The tall grass needs to be cut, the wild hedges trimmed, and the dead flowers could use some water. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing…The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grunn.

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  23. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 770 reviews

    There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers. But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knock-Knock.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    82% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    The Accumulation of Evil is an ancient book stating that if enough evil energy is concentrated in a single area, a dark force may be born.Humans can sometimes be very horrible creatures - but sometimes, it is taken a bit too far. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Within Skerry.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 220 reviews

    A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task. Stars Die is a non-linear, sci-fi mystery game with branching dialogues. FEATURES - Completely non-linear story. Have long debates with people or ignore them the entire game. - Five parallel, bu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stars Die.

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  26. About This Game An ordinary laundromat. Something feels slightly wrong. “The Laundry Won’t Open.” is a short first-person exploration horror game set in a laundromat. You visit the laundromat as usual to wash and dry your clothes. However, as you wait, strange events slowly begin to unfold. The sound of the washing machines. The low rumble of the dryers. An empty laundromat. Time p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Laundry That Won’t Open..

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  27. Awakening before a church stood in the middle of a meadow, Mutsuki follows a white cat inside and begins to explore. Their wristwatch reads 23:50, on the 15th of July 1927. After 600 seconds have passed, Mutsuki must defeat the monsters that appear and escape from this nightmare. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 600Seconds: The Deep Church.

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  28. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    94% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    DescriptionThe Wilson family was not prepared for what awaited them... Your beloved dies in a tragic car accident. Just a few hours before her death, she asked you to drive her to work, but you refused. Now that conversation refuses to leave your mind. Was it a fateful decision, or merely a cruel coincidence? Today, her coffin will be brought into your apartment. While everyone around you prepa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgive Me My Love.

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  29. "Surreal Nightmare" is a 3D horror game with first-person gameplay. Upon finding a doll in the trash and taking it to her house, the doll is possessed by an evil entity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surreal Nightmare.

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  30. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    You wake up inside a program, controlling a person with no memories who begs for your help. While restoring his Memory fragments through file manipulation outside of the game, it's revealed that another person interrupts the process, claiming the program is a seal.  Someone is lying. And you have the power to make the right choice. Features Include: Manipulate real files inside the game fold… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solipsistic.

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  32. Echoes Lie A first-person psychological horror game where you explore a haunted house, uncover memories, and face the consequences of Joe’s guilt and fading sanity. Every sound hides a lie. Every choice changes his fate. GAMEPLAY A first-person psychological horror experience. Explore, interact, and uncover hidden memories within the house. Your choices shape Joe’s fate and the story’s e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes of the Rest.

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  33. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    83% User Score Based on 137 reviews

    Echoes of the HouseА short, linear psychological horror game that plunges the player into a haunting mystery. The story follows Christopher, who arrives at his grandmother's remote countryside home for what should be an ordinary visit. However, strange occurrences quickly reveal that nothing is as it seems, with the eerie atmosphere building as players uncover deeper, unsettling layers to the narr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes Of The House.

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  35. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    94% User Score Based on 2,757 reviews

    Surreal, ethereal, and liminal environments Infinite procedural generation both vertically and horizontally Cities made of plastic, serene fields of grass, and massive abandoned warehouses Fend against fiendful foes like manikins, squishy gels, higher-dimensional beings, and colossal spiders Wield grappling hooks, bee gliders, bombs, ball wands, blades, haze hands, and cute acce… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lucid Blocks.

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  36. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 283 reviews

    A twisted first person horror adventure. As an employee of the SCP Replication Division you are tasked with testing artificially developed paranormal events. Solve puzzles, converse with anomalous entities and explore multiple paths to untangle the secrets behind the Replication Division. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Go Home Annie: An SCP Game.

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  37. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music
    91% User Score Based on 112 reviews

    An unfulfilled actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble, but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. Enter a world where cozy simulation tasks mix with the horror of a decaying building, and the narrative brims with the complexities of the human psyche. Making beds, taking out the trash, vacuuming - on the surface, simple work and money meant to be enou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    89% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RESTORER.

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  39. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    65% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Explore the vast ocean, survive deadly encounters, and uncover the secrets of a lost island. Adrift in SilenceThe ocean is calm. The sky burns orange. You’re alone until the storm crashes down, and the nightmare begins. Isle of Lost Souls An island cursed by science. Dinosaur souls roam the land, restless and powerful. Burning Wilderness The jungle ignites around you. Shadows roar through the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNEXTINCTION.

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  40. 36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Abyssal Trench is a single-player, first-person psychological horror game set deep underwater. You play as a lone explorer who awakens from cryo-sleep after a failed mission. Your escape pod is out of fuel, your team is missing, and a mysterious AI voice directs you to investigate three abandoned drilling sites scattered across the seafloor. In this narrative-driven horror experience, you must pi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abyssal Trench.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    FOREST 6174 A BRIEF FIRST-PERSON PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR EXPERIENCE STORY You are Danny, an exceptional individual. Danny is cooperative. Danny follows the rules. No matter how bad he feels, Danny is always ready to smile.But one day, Danny is summoned. Not for a promotion. Not for a reprimand. Just to be given a break, some time out of his routine.Now, Danny is lost in the darkness of the forest, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forest 6174.

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  42. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    93% User Score Based on 73 reviews

    Martin has been given an urgent assignment at work. However, for this he had to go to the house of his Boss. And so Martin found himself alone at home, in the middle of a vast field of sunflowers. Everything was going well until there was a knock on the window. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knock On The Window.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    92% User Score Based on 65 reviews

    You're driving away on a forest road, late at night, under a heavy storm. Your car breaks down. Luckily, there might be a gas station nearby. But a misfortune never comes alone. The storm has brought something else, something otherworldly that oddly smells of spilled diesel oil. When it rains, it pours. AUTO-CRISIS is a short horror game (~60mn) about cars, rain, being lost, and bad days. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AUTO-CRISIS.

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  44. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    94% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    10 Dead Doves is a short, singleplayer, fixed-perspective horror story set in the heart of the Appalachian wilderness. It's 2004. The mountains are much older. You play as Marcus Stetson -- the Most Pathetic Man on Earth -- a seasoned backpacker on the Appalachian Trail who decides to pool his resources to team up one last time with his human firecracker of a trail buddy, Sean. Their mission is to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 10 Dead Doves.

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  45. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 1,116 reviews

    In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pathologic 3.

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  46. 50%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Set in the summer of 1984, The story follows Alfred Baptiste as he venture into isolation world as he battles a mutating virus that caused him temporary paraplegia. Help him find solace and a cure before its too late.—Will you save him? BEFORE YOU BUY! Before They Wake is a short third-person horror experience set in 80's. Play as Alfred Baptiste following into his journey of finding solace an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before They Wake.

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  47. After a night filled with nightmares, you find yourself in an unfamiliar mansion. All you know is that you must escape... But this place is no ordinary building; it’s a labyrinth filled with dark forces that are constantly trying to catch you. In every corner, in every room, dark memories from your past come to life, and every death pulls you back into the same nightmare. The only way out of thes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cursed Loop.

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    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    81% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Forest God is a psychological horror game from the first person. The investigation of Agent X of the secret service turns into an endless journey deep into the universe, filled with abnormal incidents, the nature of which is previously unknown to anyone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FOREST GOD.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    81% User Score Based on 110 reviews

    "The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Stalked 2.

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  50. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 243 reviews

    Attention Operator, You have been selected to oversee a critical mission. Our team of elite soldiers is set to descend into a newly discovered abyss, believed to lead to uncharted territories beneath the earth. Your role is to monitor the soldiers' progress, ensuring their safety and collecting data. Monitor Your TerminalsAs they venture deeper, remain vigilant and provide guidance based on their … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Below, Rusted Gods.

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