Games like The Appraiser
Looking for games like The Appraiser? Here are top casual simulation recommendations with a horror and mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Thing-in-Itself, CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs or The Novelist.
- 73%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability73% User Score 148 reviews
Thing-in-Itself is an interactive short story about the struggles of understanding another human being. Using Immanuel Kant's concept as a framework, it leads the player through stages of a relationship, exploring how perceptions may clash and surroundings can alter. Thing-in-Itself is not a game in a traditional sense - it doesn't have win or lose conditions and doesn't present challenge to the p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thing-in-Itself.
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- 97%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding97% User Score 1,220 reviews
You are the Carimara, and your mission is to conjure a ghost by answering their questions using your cards. A short and creepy fairytale, full of surprises and mysteries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs.
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- 70%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development79% User Score 886 reviewsCritic Score 61%10 reviews
The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Novelist.
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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:music, stability95% User Score 1,880 reviewsCritic Score 65%1 reviews
A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adios.
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- 84%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding84% User Score 237 reviews
You are a monster under someone's house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I live under your house..
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- 98%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay98% User Score 320 reviews
In an unfamiliar part of the cityUnder the devastating rainYou, a delivery person, are stranded with a dead cellphone, a couple of coins, no means of transportation and absolutely zero idea what to do next.And the word on the street is - there's a murderer on the looseThe only thing you need is to GET HOME.So what are you waiting for? Features 13 unique endings "Choose your own adventure" gameplay… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Man I Just Wanna Go Home.
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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability96% User Score 233 reviews
Inside an old wooden box lies four curious items: a toy lizard, a captured moth, a screwdriver and a seashell. Each one has its own story to tell… Step into four hand-drawn memories and discover the mysteries lurking beneath the seemingly calm surface. Explore one story at a time, or play them in a single sitting, in this solo-play adventure about the stories we tell ourselves and how they shape o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miniatures.
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- 84%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, monetization84% User Score 135 reviewsCritic Score 81%3 reviews
In this exploration/adventure game, you play Frankenstein's Creature, a being with no memory and past. At the start of the game you know neither Good nor Evil, you are a blank soul in an adult body. By exploring the world, you will experience your emotions, develop and write the first pages of your story. When confronted with mankind, there will be no way to escape the question of your origins: Wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature.
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- 73%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics73% User Score 176 reviews
Emporium is a short interactive vignette. Exploring notions of escapism, loss and a fragmented sense of self in the wake of a personal tragedy.These pockets of dissonant clarity are a vain effort to find beauty, poetry and reason in one's bleakest and most desperate moments.Emporium is a small game lasting roughly 30 to 45 minuets. It has a minimal approach to game play, focusing on visuals and au… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EMPORIUM.
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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding91% User Score 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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- 72%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability70% User Score 928 reviewsCritic Score 75%4 reviews
Layers of Fear 2 is a first-person psychological horror game with an emphasis on exploration and story. Players control a Hollywood actor who heeds the call of an enigmatic director to take on the lead role in a film shot aboard an ocean liner. Beware, for all may not truly be what it seems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Layers of Fear 2.
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- 75%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay100% User Score 26 reviews
Would you forgive yourself if you killed someone you love? Enter the traumatic memories of The Flower, experience death as the killer and the killed, and submerge yourself in a dark, interactive adventure of emotions, suffering, and regret - looking for a way to forget. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Undying Flower.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding94% User Score 131 reviews
Some houses aren’t just homes. They’re shaped by the experiences of their inhabitants, both good and bad. Through love and anger, happiness and despair, some houses become… more. The Cunningham House, formerly home to generations of the family, is one such house, and something is very wrong inside. With most of her family having abandoned the charming home in small-town Oklahoma, Joni Evers mus… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Haunting of Joni Evers.
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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding95% User Score 155 reviews
CRAWL INTO YOUR MOUTH. Keep an eye on the time to ensure you make the most of your week in the psychospherical house of MOUTHOLE. Solve puzzles and unravel mysteries to forge convoluted paths of discovery and exploration. Navigate quotidian existence. Crawl into your mouth. Brush your teeth? Find whatever comfort you can in your HOUSE, deciding what you want to spend your limited time on and whi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MOUTHOLE.
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- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, humor96% User Score 4,925 reviews
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a truly daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dagon.
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- 64%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding66% User Score 1,256 reviewsCritic Score 55%1 reviews
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Challenge your beliefs! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Road 96: Mile 0.
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- 86%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability87% User Score 581 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternal Threads.
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- 67%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay67% User Score 519 reviews
Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caligo.
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- 98%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability98% User Score 278 reviews
Atmospheric first person aventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Through The Fragmentation.
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- 61%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability61% User Score 56 reviewsCritic Score 62%16 reviews
A survival adventure in a post-apocalyptic world with a strong narrative. Every choice has consequences : where will yours take you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ashwalkers.
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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization91% User Score 117 reviews
Immerse yourself in the harsh wilderness of 17th century Canada through the eyes of Maikan, a young Innu, and Jeanne, a French woman who crossed the Atlantic to start a new life. Decide how the characters will survive, and watch the impact of your choices unfold in this coming-of-age story! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Two Falls: Nishu Takuashina.
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- 81%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding84% User Score 1,034 reviewsCritic Score 76%4 reviews
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 11-11 Memories Retold.
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- 80%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability81% User Score 718 reviewsCritic Score 75%2 reviews
A first-person game in which after starving to death, the player wakes up in the Void, a dying land housing numerous Sisters and long-absent Brothers, all of whom subsist on Color, the essence of life in the Void. With the player's arrival, a resurgence of Color is observed in the Void, prompting the Brothers to return and subject the player to various trials so that he may also become a Brother b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Void.
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- 87%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding88% User Score 18,116 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Beginner's Guide.
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- 84%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay84% User Score 184 reviews
An atmospheric first-person journey were you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild, immersing yourself in places you’ll feel you’ve already visited. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Promesa.
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- 64%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding61% User Score 2,270 reviewsCritic Score 77%2 reviews
VIRGINIA is a first person interactive drama. It is the story of a recently graduated FBI agent and her partner as they seek to uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young boy. In the birthplace of America nothing is quite what it seems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Virginia.
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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding95% User Score 292 reviewsCritic Score 75%3 reviews
Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grotto.
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- 100%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization100% User Score 71 reviews
Project Looking Glass is an explorative, non-linear, narrative-driven psychological horror game. A cold-war experiment has has opened a door it cannot close. In 1963. A secret government agency runs a classified program called Project Looking Glass: a technology that projects a subject's consciousness into the astral plane, displayed on cold-war cathode monitors. You are Subject 7, a grieving woma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Looking Glass.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development94% User Score 218 reviews
Psychological horror/ anti-dating sim about learning to say no. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Means Nothing.
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- 72%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay100% User Score 23 reviews
Tea for Sana is a game about observing your surroundings and interpreting narrative clues to solve the mysteries of the mountain. You play as Vesna, a healer who is losing her memory. You'll need to remember your recipes, cook for people in distress, and explore old ruins to heal yourself and ascend to the role of a spirit healer. Help SanaSana, an old friend, is hiding her eyes. To find out wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tea for Sana.
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- 93%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story93% User Score 80 reviews
Hundreds, if not THOUSANDS of years ago, a Biblical rapture fell upon the Earth, leading for angels to walk beside man, in effort to make humankind more holy living by example. Which, nowadays, isn’t all that sacred of a concept - angels are everywhere! THEY’ve integrated human characteristics into their own culture, rather than vice versa. Made up of pure electric… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ELECTROBASIS.
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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphereMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability90% User Score 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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- 89%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding91% User Score 2,498 reviewsCritic Score 85%6 reviews
This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links the clients together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Bed We Made.
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- 87%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding94% User Score 4,790 reviewsCritic Score 80%12 reviews
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror adventure that puts you in the shoes of Forrest Nash, a late-night radio host whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer. Solve puzzles, save lives and run the switchboards, all while listening to a jukebox of retro ‘80s tunes! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Killer Frequency.
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- 84%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization86% User Score 157 reviewsCritic Score 80%4 reviews
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island´s tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley´s fate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghost on the Shore.
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- 85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability95% User Score 926 reviewsCritic Score 76%36 reviews
Buy Season: A letter to the future on PlayStation Store. Leave home on a bicycle trip into a mysterious new world and record life before it ends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SEASON: A letter to the future.
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- 65%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics65% User Score 124 reviews
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory. As a hitchhiker with no memory or destination, you catch a series of rides across a strange and beautiful landscape, tracking the mysterious disappearance of a person close to you. Your drivers range from stoic farmers to off-duty waitresses, and each one has a story to tell. Clues a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hitchhiker.
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- 86%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability86% User Score 72 reviews
Every choice you make will change your story. Every small choice will change your relationships with comrades, and change your fate and those of your comrades at critical moments. You may be the villain, or a trustworthy comrade. Everything depends on your choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 7Days Origins.
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- 92%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding92% User Score 1,402 reviews
Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Summerland.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability97% User Score 228 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews
A free hour long melancholy, point-and-click narrative mystery set in the bible belt of Sweden. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE.
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- 64%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability64% User Score 140 reviews
The Hunting God is a short walking simulator in which you play as Nodens the hunting god and listen to what he has been through accompanied by a white wolf named Draiochta. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hunting God.
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- 77%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding79% User Score 437 reviewsCritic Score 76%14 reviews
Berlin 1933. Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Through the Darkest of Times.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding94% User Score 18,415 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviews
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay and tone of the stories are as varied as the family members themselves. The only constants are that each is played from a first-person perspe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What Remains of Edith Finch.
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- View Game78%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding78% User Score 119 reviews
a Museum of Dubious Splendors, is a storybook from the world of Somewhere. A quiet game about prosaic objects and spurious histories, it is an irreverent rumination on the nature of an archive and forms of recollection. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to a Museum of Dubious Splendors.
- 75%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization75% User Score 359 reviews
Traverse a harmonious hand painted forest in this first person hike. The trees guide you with gentle whispers, as you explore a philosophical story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunlight.
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- 48%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere46% User Score 74 reviewsCritic Score 49%11 reviews
Story-driven FPS mystery thriller-horror with stealth and detective modes based on facts from the world-famous story of Zodiac, a never-captured American serial killer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This is the Zodiac Speaking.
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- 88%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:music88% User Score 198 reviews
Eschaton is a short, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish highlands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eschaton.
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- 85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay98% User Score 174 reviewsCritic Score 71%9 reviews
Explore an ocean that exists before the beginning of time and meet creatures with hidden powers waiting to be released. How you choose to influence them will change the fate of the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mythic Ocean.
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- 95%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding98% User Score 14,431 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews
Play with your eyes If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before Your Eyes.
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- 94%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development94% User Score 140 reviews
Your next job awaits in Karisvale, detective. Will you fulfill your duty? Or become lost in the mystery... Explore a retro top-down world, question its citizens, and collect hidden items to uncover Karisvale's dark secret. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Karisvale.
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