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Games like THE ILLUSION: NIGHTMARE

Games like THE ILLUSION: NIGHTMARE

Looking for games like THE ILLUSION: NIGHTMARE? Here are top survival puzzle recommendations with a horror and mystery focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Uninvited Guest, Granny: Escape Together or Granny Remake.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 224 reviews

    Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Uninvited Guest.

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  2. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 693 reviews

    This is a creepy co-op horror game for 1-3 players. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Granny: Escape Together.

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  3. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    76% User Score Based on 517 reviews

    Early access game!!!DISCORDRemake of the Granny game.If this idea turns out to be interesting, then I will continue to develop the game.Buy me a coffee (DonationAlerts) Other download links: Mediafire If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Granny Remake.

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  5. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    72% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    There's Something In The Ice is a first-person horror game. Plot: In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station Zarya drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples to study... As they were returning to base, a severe snowstorm began. Arriving at the base, the scientists went down to the old bunker, as the security protocol told them, to wait it out... Game Featur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to There's Something In The Ice.

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  6. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    60% User Score Based on 344 reviews

    "Escape First" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape First.

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  7. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    73% User Score Based on 480 reviews
    Critic Score 49%Based on 12 reviews

    Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. To save her estranged daughter, a guilt-ridden mother must uncover the frightening truth behind the urban tale of a vengeful, demonic witch. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Explore a grand manor house and interact with almost every object you see. To find and s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Don't Knock Twice.

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  8. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    91% User Score Based on 1,445 reviews

    The Classrooms is available in Early Access on Steam today: Steam Page The Classrooms The Classrooms is a procedural, liminal-space, found-footage, survival horror game. In 1996, Robert Chen took his VHS camcorder to the newly-condemned local public school to investigate the disappearances of multiple students, including his younger sister. However shortly after entering the premises, he finds h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Classrooms.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 234 reviews

    Kamla is a survival horror game that involves evading a dangerous evil entity while trying to perform an Indian ritual to exorcise it. You got trapped inside the mansion unexpectedly without any of the ceremonial items you had prepared. Now you must look for items in the house and improvise new plans to banish the spirit and escape. Find necessary recipe items for the ritual around the map while … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KAMLA.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    97% User Score Based on 414 reviews

    "Doll Impostor" is an innovative horror and mystery game that immerses you in the eerie task of being a guardian of possessed dolls. Set in a creepy environment and wrapped in a suffocating atmosphere, the game centers on a unique premise: among your collection of dolls, which at first glance seem to be under control, hides an imposter with sinister intentions.  As a player, you find yourself in a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doll Impostor.

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    41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    41% User Score Based on 210 reviews

    Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to iBLiS.

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  13. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    73% User Score Based on 220 reviews

    Discord community About the GameExplore and shatter the environments of the Backrooms and Poolrooms! Utilize Thor's demolition hammer, firearms, and explosives to carve your way through the walls and entities. This isn't just another mundane walking simulator game. Now, the entities are the victims. Overcome your fears with violence. Your hammer is your primary weapon. It possesses a boomerang… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Break.

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  14. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    77% User Score Based on 154 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 3 reviews

    Project Nightmares is a first person horror survival with a procedural structure of unique scares. Connected to a machine you will be induced to sleep to be part of this nightmare and discover the terrible story of Henrietta Kedward, an horrible old woman with a dark past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward.

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  15. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    66% User Score Based on 256 reviews

    Unsafe is a co-op horror sci-fi game for 1-4 players. Your space station has gone dark and something lurks in the shadows...Your team must investigate, use tools, extract all data and return to safety. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unsafe Express.

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  16. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    60% User Score Based on 968 reviews

    Tales of Escape is a series of multiplayer, VR (also playable on nonVR computers), escape room adventures. Cold as Ice is the first story, which puts you, and up to 5 friends (VR or not) in an abandoned butcher shop late in the last millennium. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales of Escape.

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  17. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 176 reviews

    Hinge is a VR horror that takes place in a nightmarish building filled with high-quality graphics and sound effects. The game creates an environment of suspense as you struggle for survival in an oppressive atmosphere of horror that chases you wherever you go. Every step is filled with fear, as the heart races in anticipation of the next ghoulish creature to face. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HINGE VR.

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  18. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    73% User Score Based on 207 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 30 reviews

    Perception 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Perception.

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  19. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 674 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 6 reviews

    Infliction is a story driven first person physiological horror experience. Set in a regular suburban home, the story is told over alternating time periods spanning 13 years. Through environmental storytelling, Infliction tackles taboo subject matter. While you're discovering what has happened over the last 13 years, you're being stalked by an evil entity. Can you learn enough to vanquish the evil … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infliction.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 334 reviews

    Cineris Somnia is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CINERIS SOMNIA.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    73% User Score Based on 146 reviews

    Hellseed is a first person horror adventure with puzzles and some action elements. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hellseed.

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  22. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 678 reviews

    SUMMARYPARANOIA PLACE is a 1-3 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer! The gameplay is designed around the idea of "being thrown into the world". Isolated and lost inside this nightmare-like world you have to find a way to get out. Each game will be different. Every collectable i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PARANOIA PLACE.

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  23. One day, a man named Martin was conducting investigations about a secret cult, he was exposed and arrested by Zorya the daughter of the sun. He was imprisoned In the Nightmare which is Zorya's mysterious mansion surrounded with dark energy, ghosts and Illusions After he managed to pass Zorya's tests in the previous Chapters, He is going to meet Moria the moonlight and he will face a new kin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE ILLUSION: CURSE.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 16,910 reviews

    Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with a maximum of 4 people and at least 1 person. Your goal is to detect the evil spirit type in cursed places with your team or alone by using your equipment, and exorcise the entity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demonologist.

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  25. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 803 reviews
    Critic Score 61%Based on 12 reviews

    Neverending Nightmares is a psychological horror game inspired by the developer's actual battle with mental illness. In the game, you take on the role of Thomas who awakens from a terrible nightmare only to find that he is still dreaming. As he descends deeper through the layers of hellish dreamscapes, he must hide from horrifying apparitions and outrun his inner demons. He must discover which of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neverending Nightmares.

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  26. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 21,290 reviews

    An indie, multiplayer, horror game with fast paced game play for up to 4 players. Teams will need to explore an eerie mansion with a rumored past of funeral services including contacting deceased loved ones. A scary girl roams the house, and players need to keep her pacified to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pacify.

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  27. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 488 reviews

    There 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Light Remake.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    72% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    Malum is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Hell has come to Earth and only our most fearless warriors can hold back the tide. Unfortunately for us, that means you guys. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Malum.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 738 reviews

    Left alone is a psychological horror game set in multiple believable interior and exterior environments. The game has a unique, old school, high octane atmosphere which means you'll feel like you're truly beginning an adventure you'll never quite forget. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Left Alone.

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  31. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 297 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    A disturbing reality is about to be unveiled, something that mankind should never know. After a mysterious finding, unexplainable facts occur and strange happenings will lead you to doubt the world around you. Uncover an otherworldly secret and explore forbidden places to find out the truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Alien Cube.

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  32. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    62% User Score Based on 90 reviews

    Use poems to solve puzzles and escape the mansion with your life in this horror themed escape room game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Palace of Unrest.

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    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    53% User Score Based on 158 reviews

    Silent Still is a short first-person psychological horror game about sleep paralysis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Still.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 165 reviews

    AVERAGE TIME TO COMPLETE: 1hrs 30m You take on the role of Thomas Myrtle, a World War II veteran, returns from the war with PTSD and struggles with addiction, leading to the collapse of his marriage and a period of homelessness. In 1949, his grandparents take him in, helping him achieve sobriety, but his fragile peace shatters when his grandmother accuses him of stealing her medication. One ni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ethel.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 606 reviews

    A zoo has been taken over by monsters and you have been tasked with entering this zoo, finding the cause of the monster infestation, and putting a stop to it. To accomplish this task, you must collect key shards that have been scattered throughout the zoo. To find the key shards, you must solve puzzles within the animal enclosures. Once all the shards are collected, you can assemble the master key… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zoonomaly.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 610 reviews

    In the game "Psalm 5:9-13" you have to plunge into a terrifying place, at first glance it is quite normal, but the further you go, the more it reveals its essence. This horror game is a first-person walking simulator with a VHS effect and a tense atmosphere, explore the location, find anomalies, and move on. Frightening things will await you along the way, are you ready to face THIS? Th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Psalm 5:9-13.

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  37. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    67% User Score Based on 634 reviews

    The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dark Occult.

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  38. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    68% User Score Based on 225 reviews

    Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Never Again.

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  39. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    Explore a sinister village and solve complex puzzles in The Whispering Valley, a story-driven point & click game. Delve into the horror of guilt and depression to investigate the village's deepest secret. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Whispering Valley.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    65% User Score Based on 200 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

    STAIRS is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game, inspired by real-life events, that takes players through the stories of three missing people as seen through the eyes of journalist Christopher Adams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stairs.

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  42. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 51,622 reviews

    You've fallen into the backrooms and now need to find a way to escape. Traverse through eerie procedurally generated levels while avoiding entities and other danger. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape the Backrooms.

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  43. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 760 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    The Inheritance of Crimson Manor is a narrative horror puzzle game set in a beautiful and enigmatic #victorian era manor with a dark secret. Unravel The #Mystery After working for more than ten... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Inheritance of Crimson Manor.

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  44. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    55% User Score Based on 122 reviews

    "Escape First 2" is the second installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape First 2.

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  45. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 162 reviews

    The envelope is just the beginning. Burn it. Destroy it. Don't play his game. When you see the pale man, it’s already too late. Suffer The Night is a first-person survival horror experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Suffer The Night.

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  46. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    68% User Score Based on 160 reviews

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

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  47. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 126 reviews

    Adam - Lost Memories is a psychological horror puzzle game, based on personal experiences with child abuse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adam: Lost Memories.

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  48. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 897 reviews

    A short atmospheric terror game about liminal spaces. Escape the grasps of an underground neighborhood that is equal parts comforting and disturbing. If you've explored a dead mall, a foreclosed pool, or a school at night, you might already know what it's like to be in Anemoiapolis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1.

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  50. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 7,362 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 4 reviews

    Each death has its visage. How will you face them? Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Visage.

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