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Games like The House Before

Games like The House Before

Looking for games like The House Before? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Glitch, Nightmare Crawler or I live under your house..

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    88% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    Glitch is an intense and surreal narrative experience, drawn entirely by hand, that will make you question reality with every choice and each of the 26 endings that unlock the special and definitive conclusion! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glitch.

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  2. Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightmare Crawler.

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  5. Finish your last training run, if you can. Luis, a procrastination prone runner, has been training for his first marathon. Today is the day of his last training run. He knows he has 20 miles ahead of him, but unfortunately he's having a hard time starting. When he does though, strange things start to happen, pushing him ahead and forcing his hand. The world, shifting and bending to some unseen for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Start Running.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    94% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Please Duology is a compilation containing two previously available games, Please and Please Follow, with added material expanding on the narrative universe of the titles. The games are both short, ambient walking simulators and the entire Duology experience can be completed in under an hour. PLEASE (ORIGINAL)Please takes place in an alternate timeline where we won the war. You are the repair per… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Please Duology.

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  7. You will go blind in 291 days. Decide who gets a "Commutator" to survive in the new world. Four endings. Three are pure hell. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Did you visit CommutatorApply.

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    58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    A psychological horror adventure set in the frozen aftermath of a dead sun. Explore buried memories, search your lost daughter, and descend into a world where guilt speaks louder than truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Protagonist.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    KAFKA-ESQUE GIRLHOODMetamorph is a 3D story-driven dating sim with a horror theme, about growing up in a body that quickly becomes foreign to you. You play as a high-school girl who has begun to slowly, but steadily, turn into a twisted cockroach monster. With no signs of being able to reverse it, she sets out to score a date with her crush, all before her grotesque transformation is fully complet… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metamorph.

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  11. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    78% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    The Citizen The Citizen is a first person narrative comedy game (absurdist narrator-fetish) about “how to deal with important subjects without saying anything”. Featuring completed sentences, the game transcends the bare minimum steam requirements. FEATURING MULTIPLE TASTE: Play it your way! Depending on your taste, you might dislike this game while others might enjoy it. We have worked hard … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Citizen.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay
    98% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Athanasy.

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  14. A forgotten theatre lies beneath a drowned worldHouse of Tides is a first-person psychological sci-fi horror game set inside a shifting labyrinth of memories, imagined lives, and fractured identities. Follow an anomalous signal into a theatre that has survived for centuries below the ocean. Its active systems open its spaces into fragments of plays, memories, imagined lives, damaged archives, and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to House of Tides.

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  15. Commutator is an instrument-only horror game set in a dystopian future where human perception is replaced by sensors and code. You are an operator sitting behind a terminal, guiding a remote unit through the darkness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Commutator.

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  16. A remote mountain cabin, a raging snowstorm, and the line between reality and madness begins to blur. Make difficult choices, explore surreal worlds, and confront what waits in the dark. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cryphora.

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  17. Tren0 is an indie pixel story game developed in RPG Maker. A story about five strangers trapped on a mysterious train. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tren0.

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    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Return to the Internet of the 2000sDreamNet is a free-to-play exploration game inspired by the nostalgic look and feeling of the early 2000s internet, blended with the bright, clean, and dreamy atmosphere of Frutiger Aero. Step into a digital world filled with familiar windows, soft blue skies, glossy interfaces, old-school computer sounds, and the strange comfort of a web era that feels both for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DreamNet.

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  19. Forty years of insomnia. Forty years of trying to forget that August. But memory is a trap you can't escape by simply closing your eyes. For Nikita, time stood still long ago. His life has become an endless, exhausting marathon of anxiety, where night brings no rest. Trying to find some peace and escape the haunting nightmares, he suddenly discovers that reality has cracked. Instead of oblivion, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Camp "Burevestnik".

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    43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    69% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Your family’s cry for help pulls you into a nightmare where every moment counts. A relentless killer forces you to keep moving as you search for answers. Collect clues, solve disturbing puzzles, and uncover the terrifying truth hiding behind the fear. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SILVARN.

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    Tarot meets Blackjack with psychological horror inspired by Dostoevsky. A gore card game based on one of the strangest novels. Gameplay with puzzles, dark themes, surreal horror, cards and black humor. Experimental gameplay blending multiple mechanics If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE DOUBLE.

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  22. Mongolian Death Worm. It is the ultimate UMA, with a perfect balance of form, ecology, and name. I arrived in the land of Mongolia to capture the Mongolian Death Worm. However, Mongolia has turned into a magical city with an army and an infestation of UMAs! To capture my beloved Mongolian Death Worm and save our Mongolian Death Worm Capture Department from extinction. Now, the battle for the s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mongolian Death Worm Capture Department Activity Record.

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  23. Where are we? But the destination is clear. In this sea of trees, my final home, there must be a paradise. Who am I? But my purpose is clear. The noise that wanders in the deep consciousness, seeking the peace that lies beyond. Game introduction This is a text adventure in the form of a visual novel game. There is no branching by choices, and there is only one ending. The estimated playin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paradise Sea.

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  24. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Contra Spem Spero (Latin for 'Against all hope, I hope') is a narrative-driven horror experience that blends text-based exploration, immersive visual novel storytelling, survival elements, and puzzle-solving. Your car breaks down in the middle of a deserted road. Having no time to waste, you decide to continue on foot, grabbing only your journal and camera. Yet imperceptibly, the asphalt turns … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Contra Spem Spero.

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  25. A grave robbery gone wrong sends you tumbling down an absurd rabbit hole. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battery Farm.

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  27. A dark text-based RPG in which the world is consumed by an eternal race for survival. An inexorable mushroom forest corrupted all life on planet. And you are a prophet's disciple leading your clan to survival... or oblivion. Interpret misty visions, make important choices, do everything to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before They Catch Us.

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  28. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    82% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Venatrix is a unique hybrid of action-packed and stealth-based horror game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Venatrix.

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    38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    64% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    A philosophical horror experience in the Alps: As Friedrich Nietzsche confronts his own shadow, he becomes lost between layers of reality. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nietzsche's Shadow.

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  30. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 40 reviews

       Beaver Lyolik was once a good guy, but one night everything changed! He became BEAVER KURWA! His fangs came out, and his eyes swelled up! The evil beaver ate all the cows and started hunting his brother!    And how it all began... We are sitting with the beaver at the table, preparing a log for dinner, but what happened, happened... Zhorik called the special agencies to combat such monsters! … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 5 NIGHTS AT BOBR KURWA.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    98% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    Part horror part interactive poem about overcoming, and bittersweet surrender. A Butterfly is part of a larger project, BlueSuburbia, but was released as a standalone because it's very big. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Butterfly.

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  32. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 85 reviews

    Once upon a time, in a swampland dreary, a fly awakened, weak and weary. Possessed of hunger, it set out on a search to find a morsel, a corpse, to stop starvation. But there was no death to be found in the swamp, only tormented life. It journeyed on, meeting strange creatures living in the swamp, ever sadder and more tortured, until, by chance, it happened on something delicious. PLAY AS A DIRT F… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hungry Fly.

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  33. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    78% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Songs of Rats.

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  34. Have you ever hated someone? Or rather, is there something that made you so filled with hatred that you’ve forgotten what you were like before? The official sequel to "The Haunted Mansion" is finally here: The Girl with Braids on the Second Floor! In the infamous haunted building "Changrong Tower," security guard Li Cheng has come to understand the true nature of ghos… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haunted House 2.

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  35. 50%Game Brain Score
    100% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Before They Wake is a third-person horror game set in the 1980s. Play as Alfred Baptiste on a desperate quest to find a cure for a mutating virus that has temporarily left him paraplegic, impairing his mobility. Can you help him find solace and a cure before it’s too late? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before They Wake.

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  36. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    82% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    Get the game on Steam! The Game VHS Collection: Goodnight Me is a spine-chilling, atmospheric horror game that takes players on a disturbing journey over the course of five harrowing days. Set in a remote house where the lines between reality and nightmare blur, this game plunges you into a world of eerie visuals and psychological terror. You play as a lone protagonist who returns home to wha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VHS Collection: Goodnight Me.

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  37. 79%Game Brain Score
    79% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    A group of friends find themselves stuck in an old house during a thunderstorm. They discover a strange fertility themed board game and decide to humor it. As the game goes on, they start experiencing nausea, fatigue, and other unusual symptoms. They laugh it off, until eventually one girl's stomach visibly swells.Separated from the rest of the world, their only option is to continue playing and h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coffee Extra: Ukuzala.

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  39. — Japanese Horror × Monsters × Escape — “Where’s my mom…?” Yuni, the young protagonist, wakes up in a strange otherworld— a place she has never seen before. “Niraya of ■■” is a Japanese-style horror adventure where a powerless child must flee from monstrous beings and fight to return home. ◆ StoryYear 2000, late summer — During a ritual held at a small temple in rural Japan, Yuni suddenly loses… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Niraya of ■■.

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  40. Welcome to the Soul of Butterflies series!A series of horror room escape games set in a fictional world.Soul of Butterflies: Incubation is the beginning of this frightening story... The Beginning Mr. Anders, our deepest respect. We sincerely wish that one day the answer will see the light of day. If you still have any questions. Don't hesitate to contact us. May you unravel all the mysteries be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soul of Butterflies: Incubation.

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  41. A girl visited your home, who you don't know but she identified herself as your girlfriend. She seems a little bit Menhera, but she knows too much to be just a stalker. This is a Kawaii Future Mystery, you will answer by free input for branching story. Please Try to find out true identity of her. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inverted Angel.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    96% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    Can a scientist save a test subject from her life’s work? All documents enclosed relate to ██. ██████ and █████████’s history within the Youth Training and Development Initiative (YTDI)’s child cybernetics and processing program. Unauthorized release of any information constitutes an unacceptable risk to stop’s reputation and will result in immediate termination and potential incarceration. Thes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ProtoViolence.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    96% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    You are TOBOR — a surveillance unit observing 16 real-time CCTV feeds. Watch, record, and decide who lives in Undercroft as paranoia spreads. Key Features:1. Explore 16 Surveillance Feeds: Delve deep into the heart of Undercroft as Tobor, the spy robot, and uncover the truth hidden within its surveillance feeds. 2. Shape Multiple Endings: Your choices shape the fate of Undercroft and its inhab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TOBOR.

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  44. Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark is a first-person horror survival game based on SCP and Foundation lore. You play as a foundation detention class member sent to investigate the brutal massacre of the residents of Erfurt Village (a gated community located in the modern-day Midwest) with nothing but a flashlight to protect themselves. During the player’s investigation, they discover the anomaly hunts its… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nyctophobia: Fear the Dark.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    The worst thing about Oliver’s breakfast is that it wants to be eaten. Inspired by early RPGmaker horror games and Adult Swim bumpers, Sunflower Pie is a bite-sized visual novel with extra parasites (for flavor). Much like real life, it oscillates violently between discomfort and sincerity. Unlike real life, however, there is only one correct choice. Features: *You can beat this v… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sunflower Pie.

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  47. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 76 reviews

    The ER: Patient Typhon is an atmosphere and exploration horror game with a light level of deadly action and disturbing, environmental puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The ER: Patient Typhon.

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  49. Guilty is a first-person psychological horror game. Play with Peter and discover what your past hides. Access your unconscious to remember your traumas and the scariest memories that are hidden. A traumatic past that gives you a feeling of guilt. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GUILTY.

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  50. Sophia Red received a letter of acceptance from a publisher for her new book and she also found the love of her life in the last couple of months. Everything was perfect in her life and she was a very happy person. But one day in autumn everything has changed. Her life got destroyed and nobody helped her. Her hate grew and one day revenge was the only thing she wanted. The Revenge Of Sophia R… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Revenge of Sophia Red.

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