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Games like The Excavation: Beneath The Cathedral

Games like The Excavation: Beneath The Cathedral

Games like The Excavation: Beneath The Cathedral

Looking for games like The Excavation: Beneath The Cathedral? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Blackthorne's Manor, LYSA HORA: The Haunted Hill or Whisper.

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  1. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    89% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Blackthorne's Manor is a first-person mystery thriller, where logic, puzzles, and the supernatural collide. Search for your missing friend, uncover the secrets of Blackthorne Manor, and escape before the house claims you too. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackthorne's Manor.

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  2. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    85% User Score Based on 52 reviews

    A dark sci-fi horror where ancient rituals intertwine with secret Soviet experiments. Explore atmospheric tunnels, hidden laboratories, and abandoned shrines inspired by real locations—and survive by solving intricate, mind-bending puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LYSA HORA: The Haunted Hill.

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  3. Step into the Shadows Enter the haunting halls of Whisper Manor, where the boundaries between past and present blur in a tale of unspeakable horror and hidden secrets. As a seasoned investigator, you are drawn to this cursed mansion by its dark reputation, but what lies within its walls is far beyond anything you could ever imagine. Explore the eerie rooms, uncover long-buried truths, and follow … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whisper.

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  4. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    80% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    The Telephone is a first-person psychological horror game that will transport you to a world governed by anxiety. You will have to explore the house in which you are locked and the mysterious town of Lonely Plain, searching for clues that can help Roberta regain her memory. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Telephone.

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  5. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    89% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    The Horror Occultist is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a cursed forest and the ruins of an abandoned monastery where an ancient force was awakened. Uncover the truth, avoid the cult, and survive what watches from the dark. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Horror Occultist.

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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development
    94% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    We Are Sisters is a psychological horror experience that takes you deep beneath the forests of Eastbane. Solve puzzles and uncover dark secrets as you venture further underground, drawing ever closer to discovering what happened to your childhood friend, Aleks If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Are Sisters.

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  7. The Saint" is a first-person psychological horror set in eerie liminal spaces with VHS body cam visuals. Explore a decaying dreamworld, solve symbolic puzzles, and escape a nightmare inspired by the dread and mystery of Silent Hill. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Saint.

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  8. Connect with the Devs About the Game Who could have imagined that a seemingly ordinary cave would become the source of all nightmares? Defaced: Dark Abyss is a first-person horror Survival Game that will challenge your willpower. Uncover a story that is darker than the absence of light... Meet Ethan Kane, known as the most-fearless explorer of forgotten places. In his greatest exploration so fa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Defaced: Dark Abyss.

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  9. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    86% User Score Based on 58 reviews

    You're a journalist searching for answers... but beneath the surface lies only terror. The labyrinth you’ve entered to find the missing may never let you leave. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inferis: Dead Below.

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  10. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Early Access Disclaimer: Welcome Survivors, we started Frozen Below a while ago and want to use Early Access to make the best out of it. For that purpose the first launch will feature only the prologue with roughly 1 hour of gameplay and plan to release further progression over time while including changes and updates based on feedback. So we invite everyone to discuss and build a truly enjoyabl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frozen Below: Arctic Expedition.

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  11. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    81% User Score Based on 57 reviews

    The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Empty Eyes.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    92% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Gretlow Tapes.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins. Now something born in the depths of the cosmos is calling again. Investigate, uncover forbidden knowledge and survive a disturbing first person Lovecraftian horror adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmic Fear.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    84% User Score Based on 282 reviews

    #puzzle #horror #adventure Inside Depth 6 places focus on creating an atmosphere of great terror, suspense, and anticipation for the player. With a dark storyline, and an intensifying horror... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inside Depth 6.

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  17. You hack into the abandoned corpses of animatronic "Puppets" from tunnels deep beneath your grungy apartment. Soon, you will have saved enough money to escape this life in the TRAUMAHACK - Atmospheric, PSX, Survival Horror game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TRAUMAHACK.

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    39%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    59% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Vellar is a first-person psychological horror game where a family is dead… but the recordings they left behind slowly reveal a version of events that doesn’t match reality. Explore a shifting house filled with impossible rooms, distorted corridors, and uncover a truth that refuses to stay buried. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vellar.

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  19. What seemed like a fresh start soon turns into something much darker. As personal struggles grow and reality begins to feel unstable, Nicolás finds himself trapped in a town that no longer makes sense. After a mysterious event causes the entire town to vanish, Nicolás is forced to descend into an impossible underground structure. There, he discovers a massive abandoned complex shrouded in darkness… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Still in the Fog.

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    28%Game Brain Score
    28% User Score Based on 6 reviews

    A long-forgotten house becomes your inheritance. But as you wander its dark corridors and solve its eerie puzzles, you soon realize this legacy isn’t yours alone. Uncover the hidden secrets and face the true nature of what you’ve inherited. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Heritage.

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  21. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    The report is official - Toony's Daycare has closed forever. The town is filled with questions-why has this happened? Where are the missing children? A private detective has been hired to find out what happened---but he finds out too much!   If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Toony's Daycare.

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  22. 26%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    26% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Desolate Roads is a first-person psychological horror game. Your car is out of gas in the middle of nowhere and there is nothing else around, just empty roads, a dark forest, and the endless thick and strangling fog. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desolate Roads.

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  23. ASHES OF THE DAMNED: THE FORGOTTEN WARD You awaken inside an abandoned psychiatric ward with no memory of how you arrived. The exits refuse to open. The lights fail without warning. Somewhere in the darkness, something is moving through the asylum with you. Explore the ward, follow the clues left behind by its patients, solve its puzzles, and uncover your connection to the place. There is no comba… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ashes of the Damned: The Forgotten Ward.

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  24. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 116 reviews

    The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance. Features: First-person psychological horror Investigation-focused exploration Atmospheric sound design and tension Puzzle solv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wellmonts Case.

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  25. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 79 reviews

    You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drill and Delve.

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  26. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    86% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Welcome to the Demo Release of Forgotten Villa! Step into the haunting world of Forgotten Villa, a horror game that will test your bravery and immerse you in a chilling narrative. This demo version gives you a sneak peek into the eerie atmosphere, gameplay mechanics, and the mysteries waiting to be unraveled in the full release. Features in this Demo: Explore the starting levels of the vil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgotten Villa.

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  27. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, character development
    88% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    "They Left Us Here" is a Sci-Fi Horror Game where you explore an abandoned Space Station escaping roaming horrors ready to terminate while you search for your identity. You awaken with no memories, no instructions, and no escape in sight. The crew is gone. The halls are empty. Only flickering lights and locked doors remain. As you search for answers, you uncover cryptic puzzles, bro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to They Left Us Here.

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  28. 30%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    47% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Uncover the secrets of an abandoned cursed village. Explore haunted locations, face twisted entities, and perform the final ritual to decide your fate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Village of the Curse.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    94% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Casa Caballero is a single-player, first-person survival horror game set in a fictional area in the Philippines. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Casa Caballero.

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  30. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    65% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    A Japanese survival horror game full of tension, drama, and violence. If you like psychological horror games with exploration, puzzles, and limited resources, you'll enjoy an intense experience where every decision can mean the difference between finding Sayuri or getting lost in the forest forever. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sinking Forest - 沈んだ森 -.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    93% User Score Based on 95 reviews

    A horror walking sim that emphasizes atmosphere, tension, fear, and immersive storytelling, all heightened by well-timed jump scares. The game takes place in a village frozen in time, stuck somewhere in the mid-20th century. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Greed Stays Home.

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  32. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    61% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamless.

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  33. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, monetization
    81% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    Step into a realm where live streams dissolve into nightmarish realities. You'll embody a streamer who unwittingly steps into an abandoned asylum, only to be ensnared by an unimaginable and unrelenting horror. Reality distorts and chills as mysteries unravel, transforming your broadcast into a harrowing descent. Are you prepared for the terrors that lie ahead? Twisting Reality: Your stream bec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Madhouse Madness: Streamer's Fate.

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  34. JOURNEY INTO MADNESSArt restorer Kaelin Rykhard is invited by the reclusive painter Felix Mortimer to review his famous collection. When Rykhard arrives at the mansion, Mortimer is missing, the place is damaged, and strange artworks hint at something terrifying. AN EVER-CHANGING NIGHTMAREScreams, ghouls, ghosts — make your way through an oscillating chateau ripe with paranormal phenomena nev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strashna 2.

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  35. 22%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    33% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    You come to your senses in a cell that looks like you are in some kind of prison. It's almost silent, but sometimes there are some sounds. There is water dripping somewhere, small rustling noises, metal scraping. You need to examine your place of awakening and find a way out of it. As you go through, you will need to find keys and open locked rooms. You will have a timer going, when it runs out, y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Night in Prison.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 4,080 reviews

    Infra 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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INFRA.

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  37. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    62% User Score Based on 39 reviews
    Critic Score 39%Based on 7 reviews

    Sanity of Morris - psychological horror adventure. Discover clues but stay away from the light, or you'll be caught. Try to stay sane in the search for your father, consumed by conspiracy theories about the government and aliens. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sanity of Morris.

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  38. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    91% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    Test of Courage is a horror game where you have to explore an abandoned school in search of your two friends. The only hint you have is the "Courage Test" in which you have to find 10 objects around the academy while maintaining your sanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Test Of Courage.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    70% User Score Based on 164 reviews

    You have to play as the historian-journalist Michael, plunge into the atmosphere of darkness of an abandoned hospital, where you will need to unravel the secrets of the past and try to get out in order to tell the whole world about those terrible events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beside Myself.

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  40. The Heart Of Delly is a first-person horror, adventure, and puzzle game set at the mysterious Delly University—a place abandoned years ago following an incident that was never fully explained. Explore forgotten corridors, empty classrooms, laboratories, dormitories, and hidden areas as you gather documents, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets buried beneath the university. But beware: not everythi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Heart Of Delly.

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    Explore a sealed hospital where staff and patients vanished overnight. Uncover dark secrets through puzzles and survive sudden scares—some brief, others leading to relentless chases. Dive into a single-player psychological horror experience and uncover a secret no one was meant to find. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNBOUND.

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  42. 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Firefly Shelter.

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  43. Uncle Chuck Incorporated is a first-person survival horror game where you investigate the abandoned Funplex of a bankrupt robotics company. What starts as a routine search for answers quickly turns into a fight for survival as the animatronics lurking within prove to be anything but lifeless. Solve puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, and evade the ever-watching Uncle Chuck as you unravel the dark tru… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Uncle Chuck Incorporated.

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  44. Torn Veil is a psychological horror game that immerses you in a chilling tale of moral decay in a deeply unsettling atmosphere to deliver a haunting experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Torn Veil.

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  45. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 5 reviews

    Paranormal detective Harry Walters investigates the mysterious case of the missing Gilman family. Following rumors of supernatural events, he visits their abandoned home for clues. He uncovers disturbing memories and a hidden hatch leading to a mysterious area beneath the house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evil Lurks Below.

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  46. 49%Game Brain Score
    49% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Are you ready to face your nightmares? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Yamamura Estate.

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  47. About this Game: From Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. The game takes place inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital. Alex, the director of a program about paranormal events, has sent his team to record one of the episodes in this place. Having not heard from them for several days, he has decided to go there to see what is happening. Once at the hospital, Alex will have to look f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to From Hell.

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  48. "Dream Escape" is a first-person horror chamber escape type of game, there are 6 different dreams, the player can choose one of the dreams to adventure, but also can save the current record, enter the next dream, if you are very strong, soon can complete all the dream adventure. Operation instructions The game control is mainly controlled by the keyboard and mouse, W is forward, S is bac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dream Escape.

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  49. 0%Game Brain Score
    0% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Sleepwalk is an independent first-person horror and survival game. Players wake up in an unknown location with no memories and embark on a journey to uncover the story and escape, solving complex puzzles while being pursued by mysterious threats. The oppressive atmosphere, immersive gameplay, and the intensity of the chases make Sleepwalk a distressing and engaging experience for fans of horror an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SleepWalk.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Black Annis is the first game in a collection of short horror / puzzle exploration games that are based upon British folklore and presented in a modern fictional setting. Welcome to Lone Oak College For the last 250 years, stories tell of a murderous apparition that haunts the Dane Hills area of Leicester, people and animals periodically go missing with no trace. The stories tell of a lone o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Annis.

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