Games like The Elision Effect
Looking for games like The Elision Effect? Here are top casual puzzle recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Escape Artist, Superliminal or Lightmatter.
1 94%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, grinding94% User Score 11,345 reviewsYour estranged father, a theme park engineer riddled with lawsuits dubbed "the Escape Artist", has died. You inherit his decrepit shack in the middle of the woods. The shack, and the objects within it, distort reality and break the laws of physics. A game made in collaboration between the University of California, Irvine and the Laguna College of Art & Design, The Escape Artist is a single-play…
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84%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, grinding94% User Score 9,988 reviewsCritic Score 73%31 reviewsMind-bending Optical Puzzles
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84%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability91% User Score 1,818 reviewsCritic Score 72%5 reviewsLightmatter is an atmospheric first-person puzzle game where shadows kill you! "The floor is lava" but with shadows that kill you! Use lateral thinking to solve mind-bending puzzles with lights and shadows Compelling sci-fi narrative delivered by famous voice actor David Bateson Unique comicbook style with gloomy sci-fi atmosphere "If LIMBO and Portal had a weird baby ..." Inspir…
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84%Game Brain Scoregameplay, atmospheregrinding, replayability94% User Score 1,981 reviewsCritic Score 71%18 reviewsDARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream. The Complete Edition includes the base game + 2 DLCs + Graphic novel + Artbook + Soundtrack + Stickers
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90%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsreplayability, grinding97% User Score 4,484 reviewsCritic Score 80%7 reviewsThe British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion. Designed from the ground up for the unique capabilities of virtual reality, players can inhabit the spine-tingl…
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95%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, graphicsstory, gameplay95% User Score 3,407 reviewsOne could say POOLS is like an art gallery where you look around and listen to the sounds. There are very few things to solve, practically a few mazes. Sometimes the game can challenge your navigation skills. But mostly you're just... there. Note: There are no monsters chasing you or jumping suddenly towards you, but the game can feel oppressive. POOLS plays on fears of getting lost, the dark, …
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75%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, graphicsstory, grinding75% User Score 2,018 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviewsEnter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny. Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game. Developed by Richard Perrin the creator of the white chamber with music by Wounds (Bartosz Szturgiewicz).
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95%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, grinding95% User Score 601 reviewsIn Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness.
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87%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, grinding95% User Score 7,072 reviewsCritic Score 84%21 reviewsExplore a beautiful Escheresque world where the laws of physics are different. Geometry repeats infinitely in every direction, and falling down leads you back to where you started. Manipulate gravity to change your perspective and see the world in new ways. Master the rules of the universe and restore a barren world with vegetation and life. - KEY FEATURES - ◽ An expansive and visually striking …
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82%Game Brain Scoregraphics, storystability, replayability85% User Score 905 reviewsCritic Score 76%6 reviewsOne gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
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