Games like The Cradle
Looking for games like The Cradle? Here are top simulation recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Firefly Shelter, INFRA or Layers of Fear.
1 Step into an eerie silence, a place where childhood dreams have turned into eternal nightmares. You are a paranormal investigator, drawn by dark rumors of an abandoned school built on the ruins of an old orphanage where, decades ago, children died of a mysterious illness and abuse. You come for answers, but find only the remnants of innocence. These walls once filled with children's laughter, but…
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88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability88% User Score 4,080 reviewsInfra is an atmospheric and completely non-violent first-person puzzle/adventure that deals with the issues of deteriorating infrastructure. The player controls an ordinary structural analyst through abandoned factories, forgotten tunnels and unsafe buildings in a dangerous, crumbling industrial city and its surrounding rural areas. Along the way, the player will be taking photos of structural wea…
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78%Game Brain Scorestory, atmosphereoptimization, grinding84% User Score 9,550 reviewsCritic Score 73%81 reviewsHORROR REIMAGINED
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89%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaymusic, stability89% User Score 944 reviewsAka Manto, aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using toilets in public or school bathrooms.
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67%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaymusic, stability73% User Score 207 reviewsCritic Score 62%30 reviewsPerception is a first-person narrative horror adventure that tells the story of Cassie, a blind heroine who uses her extraordinary hearing and razor-sharp wits to unravel the mysteries of an abandoned estate that haunts her dreams.
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34%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, humorstory, graphics34% User Score 1,043 reviewsThe 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.
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80%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, atmosphere80% User Score 97 reviewsCritic Score 81%2 reviewsShadows 2: Perfidia is a survival horror game inspired by classics like the Penumbra series and Layers of Fear. Explore a darkened office complex and uncover the truth behind the horrifying events that have befallen its inhabitants.
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71%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospherestability, grinding71% User Score 768 reviewsIn 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.
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83%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, storygameplay, optimization83% User Score 488 reviewsThere is only you, the abandoned remains of a former life and the flourishing nature that feels great in the absence of man. This world is both gloomy and empty, but so incredibly beautiful.
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68%Game Brain Scorestory, atmospheremusic, stability68% User Score 160 reviewsAstray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes; but something more sinister lurks beneath the surface.. Playing as the nephew of the museum’s missing curator, you must survive as you make your way through the abandoned building, interacting with objects, and completing puzzles along your way to unravelling the mys…
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