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Looking for games like The Nameless Gateway? Here are top survival simulation recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with A Night in Prison, Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms or Backrooms Society.

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  1. 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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  2. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    94% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    The year is 1983. After a skydiving accident, you awaken with your cheek pressed against a damp beige carpet. The tacky, off-white wallpaper looks yellow on your video camera's view screen. The fluorescent lights, randomly placed in the drop ceiling above, buzz loudly as they bathe the place in their sickly glow. And what is that smell? Sounds echo through the endless halls from no clear dir… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.

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  3. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 390 reviews

    Make your way through disturbing and eeire levels from the backrooms lore. Each level has unique objectives, optional objectives and resources. Bring whatever you get your hands on back to Traders Keep in The Hub or use your resources to craft new gear and equipment. Procedural Generation The Metro brings explorers to random unknown levels with unknown threats. The possibilities are nearly endles… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Society.

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  4. In the world, there are people who want extreme experiences One of the many experiences is a horror experience. Player want a horror experience and take on a risk challenge. • You have to find out for yourself who exists in this vast building and what is happening. • A variety of things are hidden in the building, including mysterious phenomena, medicines, components, junk, cursed objec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horror Explus.

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    39%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    58% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Immerse yourself in a chilling nightmare where the darkest corners of the past come to life to haunt you. This is a tense first-person psychological horror game that transports you to the heart of an abandoned police station. This is a place that the city authorities are preparing to demolish, but its walls hold too many untold stories and unbearable human despair. A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PAST: The… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Resolve.

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

    Description Explore the eerie galleries and botanical spaces of the Greenhouse. Piece together the mystery. Interact with optical art, illusions and weather effects. Turn on entities if you dare.The version on itch.io is the original playtest. The lastest free demo version in on Steam.Explore Immerse yourself in an  environment with dynamic lighting, audio, objects that respond to physics, water… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Greenhouse.

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    43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    58% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    You are on the night shift at the bank. You hear noises all the time. You need to find out what they are and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms. First person game with horror elements. Explore the bank and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight. Darkness can conceal a variety of mysteries. My story will be very hard to believe, espec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night of Horror.

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  8. 43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    67% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Survival In The Backrooms is an atmospheric horror game in which you will wander for a long time through surreal corridors and rooms in search of a way out. Immerse yourself in this mysterious world and try not to become prey for its inhabitants. This game is based on the famous creepypasta and has a large number of references and recognizable elements. Explore seemingly endless liminal spaces, se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SURVIVAL IN THE BACKROOMS.

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  9. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 150 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    A beautiful open world where your actions matter. Give, take, save, kill, inform, hide, befriend, betray. And deal with the consequences. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thousand Threads.

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  10. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    75% User Score Based on 57 reviews

    The Backrooms: Found Footage is a psychological horror game where you "no-clip" through reality and into the Backrooms. Explore 600 million miles of randomly generated office space, contend with entities, collect unique and useful lore, and attempt to maintain your sanity as you try to escape. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms: Found Footage.

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  11. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 148 reviews

    You don't know how you got here, and you don't know how you'll leave. Wander the depths of the Backrooms in hopes of finding something more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Within the Backrooms.

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  12. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

    Take on the role of Mike, a lonely child trapped in his worst nightmare: a sinister circus. Move carefully and stay hidden to survive the demonic clown stalking you. Explore the circus and uncover its secrets to save your life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mind the Clown.

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  13. 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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  14. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    76% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket.

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  15. 44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Prison Alone is a psychological horror game set up in an empty prison. Some strange things started happening in this place, including disappearance of some people. While trying to investigate this further, the authorities ordered that all the prisoners should be transferred, but you bribed one of the guards to be left behind and use this opportunity to escape from the prison. But it won't be that … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prison Alone.

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  16. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    96% User Score Based on 50 reviews

    A co-op survival horror game. Play as one of four knights, resurrected in an abandoned castle. Search for hidden runes, unlock the way forward and finish the ritual before the Jester hunts you down. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jester: A Foolish Ritual.

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  17. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 141 reviews

    Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Format.

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  18. “Somewhere in the abandoned subway, gold is hidden.” You stepped into the sealed underground, guided by nothing but that rumor. But this place wasn’t just ruins. Something is after you There is something that follows you. It moves through the darkness and never gives up. Stay quiet. Move carefully. Sometimes, you must fight back You have the means to resist. Running alone may n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Line.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 240 reviews

    What Lies BeneathAt the bottom of the ocean floor lie The Biospheres. These weather-controlled domes once supported vast arrays of lifeforms, but have since been abandoned. Explore arid deserts, dark forests, and frozen tundras. But don't stay too late, as you are not alone out in the great abyss. What Lies WithinVenture into procedural dungeons deep within The Biospheres. Discover why the underw… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subterror.

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  20. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Curse of Elmwood: Plunge into the darkness of an old mansion You stand on the threshold of the Elmwood Mansion. A cold wind blows through the bare branches of the trees, hitting your face and reminding you of the approaching night. The high walls of the mansion seem formidable and impregnable, and deep within them lie secrets that don't want to be revealed. Legends of Elmwood's curse walk the ed… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Curse of Elmwood.

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  21. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    Your goal is to find the key to the locked door to get out of the house. A crazy Kawaii girl will stop you from doing this. For a while, you can hide from her in a barn chest, under a bed or in a closet, but in general, if she notices you, you better run. In the main menu, you can choose one of the 14 characters that will chase you. Don't let them get to you! You are trapped in a countr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Night With Kawaii.

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  22. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    60% User Score Based on 58 reviews

    The horror game Whispering Lane takes you to an abandoned house on Whispering Lane Street. Darkness reigns on the street, and strange noises stir unease among the neighbors. The main character, police officer Jackson Harrowfield, is sent to investigate the residents' report. Soon, he will uncover the secrets of this dark house. Enter the world of mysteries and dangers, experiencing two amazin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whispering Lane: Horror.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    68% User Score Based on 65 reviews

    Room54 is a first person adventure/survival horror game, focused on investigation, exploration,solving puzzles and action. The story of Daniel and his family in an apparently quiet small mountain town full of secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Room 54.

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  24. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    91% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    Come Cook With UsWelcome in the Dupont Family. A nice, quiet household in the Nova Scotia province of Atlantic Canada. Let's learn together how to cook delicious meals for you and your family. Because remember, can't live with an empty belly!Find the right VHS scattered around the house through a randomic system of placement in order to find the code to escape the house.Good Luck! BEWARE! -SOME RE… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cooking Class.

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  25. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    84% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    The Madness of Death is a first person psychological horror game. Explore the house in order to escape from it and break the curse of the Death Stone. You will have to solve the puzzles in order to advance and try not to stay in the dark. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The madness of death.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    51% User Score Based on 100 reviews
    Critic Score 54%Based on 4 reviews

    The Fridge is Red is an anthology of different first person horror stories. Each episode explores a specific theme and experiments with gameplay ideas. Liminal spaces, surreal encounters and uncanny strangers. You will see a completely mundane settings spiraling down into distorted psychological terror. Experience the dreadful trip inspired by the retro analogue and PS1-era horrors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fridge is Red.

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  27. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    72% User Score Based on 385 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 2 reviews

    Something disturbing appears in the woods. What can it be? You find yourself in a creepy and unknown place where something terrible happened. Dead bodies, blood, and people who died horribly. Who or what could have done all that? You will have to learn to survive as you face mysterious and disturbing events in a Lovecraftian atmosphere. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Land of Pain.

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  28. 93%Game Brain Score
    93% User Score Based on 182 reviews

    In the age of Enlightenment, Damien, husband and father, is returning to his home village of Blackmill after receiving a letter from his wife. Upon arrival he discovers that everything seems... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seek: Light Through Darkness.

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  29. Absolute Tenebra is a third-person survival horror focused on exploration, puzzle-solving, light-based mechanics, and stealth. The game is set in the decaying halls of the Wardheim Museum, a place where art, obsession, and the supernatural merged into something alive. You play as Eleanor, a mysterious woman with an unknown past, trapped in a labyrinth of forgotten halls and whispering shadows, whe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Absolute Tenebra.

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  30. About this gameNightmare Getaway is a first-person psychological horror game where escape is your only hope. What begins as a curious adventure quickly spirals into terror when a mysterious entity abducts you and traps you inside its twisted house. Alone in the dark, you must navigate chilling corridors, solve puzzles, and confront horrors that blur the line between nightmare and reality. Will y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightmare Getaway.

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  31. Nightmares Mansion: Scary Dreams Explore a scary mansion in the first-person adventure horror game. Talk to kidnapped souls, collect grimoires, and discover the hidden secret inside the many doors.  SYNOPSIS You slept and have woken up, embraced by profound and suffocating shadows. The surrounding area is dark and oppressive. Someone has captured you in your dream and turned it into horror.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightmares Mansion: Scary Dreams.

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

    Final Outcry is a first-person horror game that centers on classified government found footage of an urban exploration trip gone wrong. As you venture further into an abandoned prison, do you have what it takes to face the horrors lurking within and reach the end of the V/H/S tape? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Outcry.

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  33. Take part in heart-stopping first-person action with waves of ravenous zombies. Use your weapons wisely, keep your ammo count at bay, and stay focused—all decisions are literally matters of life and death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Resident Fear 2.

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  34. 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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  35. Project: Nighlight is a VR survival horror game with a focus on immersive atmospheres. To survive the night you will need to solve puzzles and face the unseen horrors in the dark by using your wits and what little resources you can find. Will you be able to bring back order, or succumb to the chaos? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project: Nightlight.

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  36. Just Updated Dr. Yaga Lost House Chapter two coming soon! About the Game Dr. Yaga Lost House Step into the shoes of a fearless video content creator in Dr. Yaga Lost House, a first-person psychological horror game that will keep you on edge. Known for exploring haunted houses and sharing his experiences with the world, our protagonist dec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dr. Yaga Lost House.

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  37. It is recommended that you play Jolly Junction: Static Screams, before playing this game! After the events of 'Jolly Junction: Static Screams', you must escape from the Propmaker’s grasp. Only this time, you aren’t working alone. You discover new depths of the studio, encountering new threats that reside in the great beneath. Remember, your job isn’t over just yet… Face the Jolly Crew…… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jolly Junction: Risky Rebellion.

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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Something is wrong with the hotel. Once an ordinary building, it has become warped by a supernatural force, cut off from the rest of the world. Its halls stretch far beyond what should be possible, its rooms reshape themselves around the will of something dangerous. Those who enter are trapped inside, forced to confront both the creatures that stalk the corridors and the memories that refuse to s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cleaning House.

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    38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    55% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    The Legacy is a cooperative survival game in the horror genre. In 1990, a curse fell upon our hometown. Our grandfather — a local molfar and magician — according to a sinister tradition, once every 66 years, was supposed to sacrifice one of his descendants to the dark forest forces. But he couldn’t do it. Instead, he sent me, my two brothers, and my sister to Kyiv to protect us from the curse. He… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Legacy.

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  40. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, story
    77% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    Your mech is all that stands between you and what writhes below. FEED MY MECH is a short horror experience—venture into a dead underground colony and recover lost tech. But something is spreading through the machines… and it’s looking for a way inside your mech. GAME FEATURES An Immersive Kind of Horror: You are trapped inside of a mechanical chassis, you can't move, you can't hide, you can't … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FEED MY MECH.

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  41. Blood Moon Horror Blood Moon Horror is a 1–8 player co-op survival horror game set inside a quarantined lunar research facility after the Red Horizon incident. The blood moon has risen. The base has gone silent. Something inside is awake. You have no weapons. No backup. No easy way out. Work together, stay quiet, restore failing systems, and escape before corrupted machines in the dark lear… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Moon Horror.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music
    82% User Score Based on 264 reviews

    Focus on exploration Find passwords for doors, search for access cards for terminals, repair damaged equipment and combine items. Think with your head. Intense battles You have a gun, but that doesn't mean you're safe. The enemies here are deadly, and not all of them can be killed... The atmosphere of cold loneliness Graphics inspired by classic 3D games such as Zero Tolerance, System Shock… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZERO PROTOCOL.

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  43. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Dye The Bunny 2 - demo Wishlist the full game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2883660/Dye_The_Bunny_2/ "Dye the Bunny. Ellie, you have to dye the Bunny." Dye The Bunny 2 is an Easter-themed psychological and survival horror game and a direct sequel to Dye The Bunny, following the events of the first game, continuing the story and pushing little Ellie onto a new horrifying adventure. After… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dye The Bunny 2.

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  44. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 1,163 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

    Kidnapped for no clear reason to a dazzling yet mysterious island on the Mediterranean Sea, a young girl has to find a way to escape. Armed with only her wits, agility, and the will to survive, she must make her getaway or Die Young. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Die Young.

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  45. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Mortisomem is an adventure, mystery, and horror game with retro visual aesthetics. The game takes place in the year 1917, in the vast forest of inland Brazil. Donald Barnes is an immigrant and a successful American merchant in Brazil. However, one day he hears a traditional story from the region that greatly captures his attention; about a man who lived hundreds of years ago, brutally murdered by… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mortisomem.

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  46. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    100% User Score Based on 16 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    A mysterious caller sends you on a surreal journey to find a colorful egg in a sprawling warehouse. Meet the workers, collect items, and solve puzzles in this first person adventure with multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Under The Warehouse.

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    43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, gameplay
    43% User Score Based on 208 reviews

    CHECK OUT THIS HORRORS... About the GamePSYCHEDELIC HORROR STORY The game tells the story of Patrick Calman, a 31-year-old man who lost his entire family in mysterious circumstances - his parents died in a brutal way, and his sister suddenly disappeared for unknown reasons. The trauma of losing loved ones shattered Patrick's psyche and turned his own apartment into a prison for him. The onl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PARANOID.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, monetization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    68% User Score Based on 124 reviews

    You wake up from the noise of thunderstorms, no one there. You are trying to get out and realize that after all you are not alone here... Сan You Exit From? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exit From.

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  49. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    59% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    The Quiet Apocalypse is a first-person story adventure set in a beautiful open world. Join your father on a dangerous trek through 400 km² of pristine wilderness, as you race to save the life of a very special child. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Quiet Apocalypse.

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    DREADCELL is a first-person psychological horror experience where reality doesn’t break… it repeats. 2 to 3 hours of gameplay with multiple endings (good, bad, and secret) Each cycle evolves based on your actions and perception Hidden secrets, anomalies, and details to uncover with every exploration An experience designed for players who enjoy psychological horror, exploration, and e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREADCELL.

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