Games like The Matriarch
Looking for games like The Matriarch? Here are top action adventure recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Ice World, Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors or Alisa.
1 63%Game Brain Scoregraphics, humorgameplay, story63% User Score 144 reviewsA blizzard brought a long winter lasting decades, Humanity on the brink of extinction. Survivors had to face ferocious beasts, and the survivors struggled to survive in this frozen world. Take your husky puppy to hunt, mine ice and snow to build a base, and survive in the cold apocalypse.
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53%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstability54% User Score 48 reviewsTHE ORIGIN: HORRORSOFT Waxworks was released in 1992 by Horrorsoft, that already brought us the game like Elvira: Mistress of the Dark and Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus. Just like Elvira, this game was a pixel-art point&click classic in which you must save your family from an ancient curse. To this end, you must travel to several points in time and take on the role of an ancestor hunting down h…
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90%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystability, grinding90% User Score 1,396 reviewsAlisa is a classic late-90s style horror-themed action adventure game set in a fantasy universe inspired on the 1920s. You play as an Elite Royal Agent called Alisa. While she is chasing a wanted criminal, she ends up in an old victorian mansion. She tries to find a way out while being haunted by materialized/mechanized doll-like humanoids. Can you survive the Dollhouse?
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64%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsoptimization, stability64% User Score 307 reviewsDYNAMIC AERIAL ACTION RPG COMBATArmed with a mystical tetherhook and agile glider wings, you will lead your tribe in taking down the gigantic beasts terrorizing and corrupting your homeland. Taking advantage of your agile swinging and flying abilities, you will surprise your enemies with aerial maneuvers that allow you to cling onto their massive forms, and performing critical attacks to bring dow…
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78%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storystability, optimization92% User Score 36 reviewsWhat is Arhaekon? A challenging roguelike, turn-based RPG dungeon crawler set in a grimdark world on the brink of collapse. You lead small bands of units through procedurally generated dungeons, battling corruption and eldritch abominations to save humanity. Is it finished? Yes, Arhaekon left Early Access and is officially released since July 4th 2025. Why play this instead of other similar…
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90%Game Brain Scoregameplay, emotionalstory, graphics90% User Score 60 reviewsParasite is a roguelike survival horror game about possession set in a modern-day setting. Currently in development, each session is set to be medium length (around 2-3 hours to complete). The game is fully completable to the end but needs GUI work, balancing and polish. Current features include: A whole generated modern-day city to explore and survive in. A single story scenario that starts wi…
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42%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding42% User Score 284 reviewsDark Matter is a 2.5D side-scrolling survival horror game, set in a derelict spaceship besieged by a sinister alien presence, and infested with deadly parasites. As the Ensign, you must explore fetid hallways and abandoned facilities, scavenging for parts and blueprints, expanding your arsenal to up to four deadly weapons and freely customize each to fit your combat style against intelligent, reac…
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63%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaygrinding, stability63% User Score 134 reviewsAbout the game:You will survive as a survivor on an tropical island, a beautiful and mysterious tropical paradise with a rich ecological environment and a variety of magical animals. Cut down trees, collect resources, build your own home, hunt, grow crops, you can collect resources to trade with the aborigines, and you have to avoid ferocious beasts in the rainforest. In addition to tropical anim…
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79%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization79% User Score 906 reviewsThem and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare. THE STORY: The year is 1978. A lone bus, a terrible crash, out upon the old and winding dirt roads which skirt a vast American wilderness. A survivor. A young woman, her mind scarred by a life of tragedy…
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90%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, optimization97% User Score 1,089 reviewsCritic Score 77%5 reviewsWithering Rooms is a 2.5D horror adventure set in a procedurally generated Victorian mansion that changes each night. Sneak through Mostyn House to gather weapons, distractions, magical artifacts, keys, and crafting materials.
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