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Games like The Backrooms: Rescue Expedition

Games like The Backrooms: Rescue Expedition

Games like The Backrooms: Rescue Expedition

Looking for games like The Backrooms: Rescue Expedition? Here are top survival shooter recommendations with a horror and thriller focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Escape the Backrooms, Backrooms: Escape Together or Inside the Backrooms.

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  1. 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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  2. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 13,375 reviews

    A visually lifelike 1-6 player co-op survival horror made in Unreal Engine 5. Explore procedurally generated levels that host liminal environments, puzzles, and entities with new levels and content added regularly. You are at the mercy of what's lurking and must do whatever it takes to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Escape Together.

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  3. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 19,420 reviews

    You fell Inside the Backrooms and your only objective is to find an exit. But it won't be easy, there are a lot of puzzles to solve and strange entities to survive... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inside the Backrooms.

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  4. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 390 reviews

    Make your way through disturbing and eeire levels from the backrooms lore. Each level has unique objectives, optional objectives and resources. Bring whatever you get your hands on back to Traders Keep in The Hub or use your resources to craft new gear and equipment. Procedural Generation The Metro brings explorers to random unknown levels with unknown threats. The possibilities are nearly endles… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Society.

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  5. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    70% User Score Based on 245 reviews

    Backrooms: Extractions is a 1-6 player co-op horror game set in 2062. As a MEG operative, enter the Backrooms to locate and extract lost agents while evading lurking entities. Use advanced tools, solve tense puzzles, and survive eerie environments. Stay alert: every sound could be your last! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Extractions.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    73% User Score Based on 529 reviews

    Welcome to the depths of the Backrooms! Dive into a terrifying and unsettling journey where reality fades and nightmares come to life. I am proud to present my solo-developed game, offering a total immersion into a world as mysterious as it is disturbing, soon to be available in early access on Steam. In this immersive survival game, you will explore the labyrinthine corridors of the Backrooms… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Rec..

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  7. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 678 reviews

    SUMMARYPARANOIA PLACE is a 1-3 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer! The gameplay is designed around the idea of "being thrown into the world". Isolated and lost inside this nightmare-like world you have to find a way to get out. Each game will be different. Every collectable i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PARANOIA PLACE.

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  8. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 13,514 reviews

    Uncover the dark secrets of an overgrown maze with friends online as you try to escape the horrors within. Together, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty denizens of the maze as you try and get out alive... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Labyrinthine.

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  9. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 693 reviews

    This is a creepy co-op horror game for 1-3 players. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Granny: Escape Together.

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  10. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 4,137 reviews

    Species: Unknown is a first-person survival horror game, playable in co-op with up to 4 players (private or public servers) or solo. You play as a mercenary sent aboard an abandoned spaceship. Your job? Execute high-risk contracts, make it out alive, and claim your reward. But keep in mind that you’re not alone. Something is hunting you… Form a squad of up to 4 players to take on different con… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Species: Unknown.

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  11. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 1,348 reviews

    Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Emissary Zero.

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  12. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    88% User Score Based on 218 reviews

    Purgatory stimulates your extreme emotions and challenges the limits of your psyche. The only way to escape is to solve the mysterious puzzle at the center, acquire the core, and deliver it. In this dark, grotesque maze filled with unidentifiable creatures, do you have the courage to move forward without being overwhelmed by fear? Countless creatures seem intent on trapping you in this spac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spectral Scream.

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  13. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 228 reviews

    Apartament 1406 DEMO(n) Apartment 1406 is a horror game that will provide you with an amazing experience in a dark world of horror. The game features psychological elements, such as changing environments and two alternative worlds, which make the game very interesting and mysterious. The player must face various unfamiliar phenomena, ghosts, and demons, which combined with the dark and gloomy atm… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apartament 1406: Horror DEMO(n).

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, music
    75% User Score Based on 178 reviews

    After a dreadful infection spread throughout the land. You join a government operation to help what's left of pony-kind. You will be required to venture out into the infected landscape and complete tasks, all while staying in one piece. You can earn money for each task completed, and use that money to purchase goods. The more tasks you complete, the more challenging they become. Simply because we … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PONE.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    76% User Score Based on 4,981 reviews

    This is a repacked game therefore it is considered a virus. Download with AV turned off In PANICORE, players take on the role of urban explorers drawn to dangerously abandoned places. For these people, it is exciting to discover lost arts, lost treasures and abandoned buildings, schools and other abandoned places. But when they discover a spooky place – one that even the authorities advise again… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PANICORE.

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  16. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    85% User Score Based on 408 reviews

    Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP vs AI and try to lift the curse. The forest is active... time may run out. Will you survive or will you lose your soul? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Devourer: Hunted Souls.

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  17. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    49% User Score Based on 173 reviews

    Embark on an otherworldly adventure with Backrooms Media, a multiplayer co-op game that plunges you into surreal, hyper-realistic liminal spaces where the line between dream and reality blurs. In the 1.0 release, you don't just survive – you fight back. Immerse yourself in a non-linear path through nightmarish levels. Survive the extreme heat and cold of the Bunker, navigate the deadly radia… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Media.

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  18. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    93% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Descend into the Backrooms as a newly hired researcher to locate previous teams who went missing during their expedition. However, after arriving at your first destination you soon realize why this seemingly endless labyrinth of rooms and endless buzzing may make you the next researcher lost in the Backrooms. Will you survive and find the main research team before it's too late?Co-op You can host … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Descent.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    86% User Score Based on 569 reviews

    Ghost Janitors is a 1-4 player co-op horror game where you and your friends clean haunted locations. What starts as a simple job quickly turns into a terrifying fight against eerie ghosts and dark secrets. Stay brave, work together, and scrub away the supernatural—if you dare. DO YOUR JOBClean up the house with your team, get out and get rewarded for each task you complete. STAY IN THE … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghost Janitors.

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  21. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    66% User Score Based on 256 reviews

    Unsafe is a co-op horror sci-fi game for 1-4 players. Your space station has gone dark and something lurks in the shadows...Your team must investigate, use tools, extract all data and return to safety. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unsafe Express.

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  22. 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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  23. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 21,290 reviews

    An indie, multiplayer, horror game with fast paced game play for up to 4 players. Teams will need to explore an eerie mansion with a rumored past of funeral services including contacting deceased loved ones. A scary girl roams the house, and players need to keep her pacified to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pacify.

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  24. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 4,672 reviews

    You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Room: The Sick Colleague.

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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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  26. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 7,362 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 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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  27. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 424 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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  28. 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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  29. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 5,897 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 3 reviews

    We Were Here Too is an online only, first-person cooperative adventure set in a fictional medieval castle. The survivors find themselves in a drastically different scenario. One is trapped in what seems like a royal court, while the other finds themselves in an abandoned tomb. Once again, all they have is a walkie-talkie, with a familiar voice on the other end. Do you have what it takes to surviv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Were Here Too.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 4,725 reviews

    Join our Discord server to follow updates and fixes related to our game. Additionally, you can meet other players and play with them. We value our community greatly, and therefore, our Discord server is very important to us. Most of the ideas we get for the game come from this server. You can also join our Discord server to follow our projects and be a part of our community. In this game, which… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zort.

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  31. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 4,641 reviews

    Co-op horror game where you play in teams of 1 to 4 reckless journalists, ready to explore a city overrun by deadly creatures to snap spectacular footage. Your only goal: make the headlines without becoming one. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Headliners.

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  32. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    55% User Score Based on 8,658 reviews

    In the sequel to the 2011 award-winning Source mod, you and your fellow survivors must make your way through a diseased world that has seen the dead rise to feast on the living. Cooperation and teamwork are vital if the human race is to survive this living hell. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No More Room in Hell 2.

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  33. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 124 reviews

    Project Zora was the forth part of the Skopje ARG we were working on. This introductory point-and-click adventure was originally published on our website. Good luck and Welcome to Skopje!  Skopje on SteamJoin us on discord If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Zora.

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  34. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 14,670 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 2 reviews

    Escape Simulator is a next-gen escape room experience: pick up and examine everything, move furniture, smash pots and melt locks! Play solo or with a friend to solve cryptic puzzles and riddles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Simulator.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics
    68% User Score Based on 2,088 reviews

    Damned is a randomized online horror game for up to 5 players (4 survivors and 1 monster). You’ll be able to play as one of four people trapped in different haunted places (hotels, hospitals, etc). As a survivor your main objective will be finding your way out, as well as helping your friends get out too. You’ll often find yourself on the edge, hearing and seeing ghostly things, trying to find ke… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Damned.

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  36. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 726 reviews

    Escape first Alchemist: Prologue is the demo for a first person escape room / adventure game, where you play as the apprentice of the reclusive sorceror-alchemist "Trismegistus". Your benevolent master managed to trap himself in a prison of his own making, and has bestowed upon you the challenge of releasing him. Of course, to make sure you don't just run away from his cunning riddles, he deigned… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape First Alchemist Prologue.

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  37. 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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  38. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    84% User Score Based on 4,664 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    The co-op survival FPS and spiritual successor to the award-winning occult horror, Maid of Sker. Play solo or up to 4 players to survive the supernatural onslaught of the Quiet Ones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sker Ritual.

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  39. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 2,287 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wild Eight.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 16,910 reviews

    Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with a maximum of 4 people and at least 1 person. Your goal is to detect the evil spirit type in cursed places with your team or alone by using your equipment, and exorcise the entity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demonologist.

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  41. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    74% User Score Based on 3,461 reviews

    Do you feel like you have the soul of an exorcist? Do you have the desire to send evil entities back to the afterlife? Would you prefer this thrill as a solo exorcist, or in a team? Ghost Exorcism Inc. is a spooky game about exorcisms. The exorcist's mission is to cleanse entities that haunt locations such as castles, mansions, and abandoned houses. Exorcists will have several paranormal tools at… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghost Exorcism INC..

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  42. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 15,393 reviews

    Lost and separated in an abandoned castle set in a frozen wasteland. Your only possession left is a walkie-talkie, with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the both of you find your way out in time? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Were Here.

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  43. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 897 reviews

    A short atmospheric terror game about liminal spaces. Escape the grasps of an underground neighborhood that is equal parts comforting and disturbing. If you've explored a dead mall, a foreclosed pool, or a school at night, you might already know what it's like to be in Anemoiapolis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1.

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  44. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    61% User Score Based on 1,094 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 t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DON'T SCREAM TOGETHER.

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  45. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    84% User Score Based on 10,811 reviews

    Six Days in Fallujah is a first-person tactical military shooter that recreates true stories of Marines, Soldiers, and Iraqi civilians who fought Al Qaeda during the toughest urban battle since 1968. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Six Days in Fallujah.

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  46. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    77% User Score Based on 2,272 reviews

    Half dead is a multiplayer sci-fi game about a violent TV show. The players' goal is to survive in a network of rooms full of traps. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half Dead.

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  47. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    60% User Score Based on 968 reviews

    Tales of Escape is a series of multiplayer, VR (also playable on nonVR computers), escape room adventures. Cold as Ice is the first story, which puts you, and up to 5 friends (VR or not) in an abandoned butcher shop late in the last millennium. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales of Escape.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    62% User Score Based on 5,092 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Team up with four other Classmates to survive against a sixth player controlling a dreadful, horrifying Fiend, in this evolution of multiplayer horror games inspired by classic horror stories. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Year.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 2,926 reviews

    Hidden Deep is 2D action & exploration sci-fi thriller game (for PC) where you command group of explorers deep under the ocean floor to find out what happened to previous expedition to which contact has been lost. As they go deeper and deeper, they discover strange structures and deadly unknown organisms. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hidden Deep.

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  50. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 736 reviews

    JOIN OUR OFFICIAL DISCORD COMMUNITY About the GameCamera is ready. Lens are set! Batteries are full. So let the streaming begin! Deadly Broadcast team is always on the hunt for mysterious paranormal events and abandoned cursed places for you followers. Select your Character and Start your Career!There are 8 characters in the game and you can start your career by selecting any of them. Each stre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadly Broadcast.

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