Games like The Drowning Machine
Looking for games like The Drowning Machine? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Ambrosia Sky, Afterlove EP or Fragments of Him.
1 View Game94%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability94% User Score 177 reviewsAmbrosia Sky: Act One is a first-person immersive sim set in a forsaken colony overrun by hostile alien fungi with unique abilities. Players navigate treacherous zero-G anomalies, harvest fungal fruit to craft chemical agents, and explore eerie ruins to uncover a dark mystery. The game offers a somber, atmospheric experience blending survival, exploration, and storytelling.
View Game2 View Game83%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgameplay, replayability90% User Score 133 reviewsCritic Score 72%6 reviewsAfterlove EP follows Rama, a grieving musician in Jakarta struggling to move on after his girlfriend's death while hearing her voice in his head. Blending visual novel, narrative adventure, and rhythm gameplay, players guide Rama through 28 days of choices that impact his music, relationships, and healing journey. His band’s future depends on his ability to embrace life and create new songs.
View Game3 View Game79%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalgameplay, grinding82% User Score 168 reviewsCritic Score 76%7 reviews"Fragments of Him" is an emotional, puzzle-free game where you experience the lives of four people connected by love and a tragic accident. Play as Will, his grandmother, girlfriend, and partner, exploring their past and processing their grief. This artistic, thought-provoking experience offers a unique, theatre-like narrative, presenting a deeply moving and ultimately uplifting story.
View Game4 View Game83%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, optimization83% User Score 2,118 reviews"Kentucky Route Zero" is a single-player Point and Click Thriller game that features an intriguing magical realist story set in Kentucky's secret highway. The game is visually striking with experimental electronic art and cinematic visuals, accompanied by a haunting electronic score and bluegrass standards. With charming and humorous characters, the game tells a wholesome story but can be quite grinding at times.
View Game5 View Game96%Game Brain Scorestory, humorcharacter development96% User Score 118 reviewsIn "The Hayseed Knight," players assume the role of a humble farmhand tasked with saving a medieval kingdom from an evil sorcerer. Utilize farming skills to grow and gather resources, craft weapons and equipment, and explore a vast open world filled with mysteries and unique characters. Engage in strategic combat and make decisions that will impact the story's outcome in this immersive and charming RPG.
View Game6 View Game83%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalgameplay, stability88% User Score 1,896 reviewsCritic Score 78%12 reviewsAn immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green's 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
View Game7 View Game75%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, grinding78% User Score 3,067 reviewsCritic Score 70%3 reviewsTwo years in the making, the highly anticipated Indie remake of the cult mod Dear Esther arrives on PC. Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: "Dear Esther..." - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent year…
View Game8 View Game85%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, optimization83% User Score 1,988 reviewsCritic Score 87%6 reviewsKentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure exploring a secret highway beneath Kentucky, where strange yet familiar characters navigate surreal landscapes. The story follows an aging delivery driver and other quirky inhabitants as they confront mystery, loss, and the grip of a hidden power company. Its atmospheric visuals and haunting soundtrack create a dreamlike journey through twilight and shadow.
View Game9 View Game97%Game Brain Scorestory, musiccharacter development, stability97% User Score 212 reviews"Minotaur is a single-player, mystery point-and-click game featuring a beautiful story and unique atmosphere in the Universe of Seven. Follow nine characters, including Nod and Mentor-15, in their quest to escape their trapped apartment building, each with multiple endings. The game boasts good visuals, an amazing soundtrack, and is fully voiced over in English."
View Game10 View Game90%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalgraphics, music90% User Score 99 reviewsThree perpetually bickering college students team up to create an AI, but will their quest for a robotic child end up as a crash course in parenting or self-defense? Discover the secret this group of "friends" is hiding and choose if you want to help them forgive and forget... or fuel the conflict.
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