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Looking for games like THE NIGHTMARE? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with BlackShadows, MUSHROOMAN or Bunker: Zombie Survival Games.

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

    BlackShadows is a survival horror game where you'll assume the role of a young scientist who is fighting against her worst nightmare... You'll have to escape from a strange and creepy place in order to survive. You think it's easy? Be careful : Black Shadows are never friendly! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BlackShadows.

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    39%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, gameplay
    47% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Indie horror about giant killer mushrooms. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MUSHROOMAN.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    82% User Score Based on 1,420 reviews

    Bunker: Survival Shelter Games-post apocalyptic atmospheric stalker adventure 3D If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bunker: Zombie Survival Games.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    89% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    Trapped in an abandoned asylum, survive by exploring, solving puzzles, and escaping the terrifying Doctor Viscera. Hide, fight back with limited resources, and uncover documents that reveal the way out before you become the next victim of his gruesome experiments. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DOCTOR VISCERA.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    63% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    At the moment, development is stopped and the team is disbanded If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DarKnot.

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    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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    55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    55% User Score Based on 344 reviews

    Download the folder and open the setup.exe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HYPERVIOLENT.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    71% User Score Based on 984 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Engineered from conception for VR, “PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive. With very limited guidance, your free-movement enables you to discover the secrets that lie in this house of horror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    72% User Score Based on 324 reviews

    A new chapter of charming 3D platformer about the little rusty robot C4N who unwittingly finds himself in the midst of momentous events in Robo Land. In order to solve the new riddle, Canny will once again need to run and jump a lot, solve puzzles, and fight against enemies who are much bigger and stronger than he is. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scrap Garden: The Day Before.

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    Immersive virtual reality horror survival game Solicitude Wake-up takes you to seemingly abandoned research facility. You wake-up in a dark operating room, laying down on operating table. You need to survive and find your way out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solicitude Wake-up.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    86% User Score Based on 3,609 reviews

    We Went Back is a sci-fi time-looping horror game located on an abandoned lunar station. Explore, deduce, and unleash terror in order to find a way out. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Went Back.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    59% User Score Based on 58 reviews

    You were supposed to have a relaxing cabin trip on a island all alone but after several strange encounters you had a mystery to solve, will you be able to survive a first-person psychological horror game or will you run away? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Lonely Cabin Trip.

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    44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    44% User Score Based on 792 reviews

    All Is Dust is a first-person horror game for PC and Oculus Rift. Experience the terror of a dust storm in the 1930s and unravel the mystery surrounding your decaying farm. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All Is Dust.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 4,343 reviews

    Serena is a freeware horror adventure game developed by several video game development companies, including Senscape, CBE Software, Infamous Quests, Digital Media Workshop and Guys from Andromeda. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Serena.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    90% User Score Based on 10,000 reviews

    Granny and Grandpa keeps you locked in his house. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Granny Chapter Two.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    47% User Score Based on 102 reviews

    Fallen Region is a third-person survival sandbox game in an open, post-apocalyptic world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fallen Region.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    80% User Score Based on 1,376 reviews

    Fight your way out of the labyrinth and shoot all the monsters! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Portal Of Doom: Undead Rising.

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    55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    58% User Score Based on 326 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    "The Doctor has been hurled through time to the end of the universe. A virus that threatens to rip apart reality itself has been unleashed. Players can pilot the TARDIS on a journey across worlds both familiar and strange to recover a series of powerful time crystals that can repair spacetime and ultimately save the universe itself." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time.

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    38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    38% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Can you find the answers lost deep within your memory. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Retaliation.

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    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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    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    61% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Dread Meridian is an original VR survival horror inspired by Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", set in Oglanbyen’s frozen wasteland. As Daniela, you search for your twin while facing betrayal and mutated researchers. Test your wits against the twisted creatures that stalk the lands. Planning is key to survival on the lost island. Immerse yourself in the dread-filled Og… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dread Meridian.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    88% User Score Based on 151 reviews

    INTENSE SURVIVAL HORROR COMBAT CHOOSE YOUR ROLE TACTICAL SQUAD BASED CO-OPNecrosis: Dawn of Dread is a co-op survival horror game built around tension, teamwork, and limited resources, inspired by classic survival horror design from the late 90s and early 2000s. Every encounter requires positioning, coordination, and careful use of ammo and abilities. Survival depends on how well y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Necrosis: Dawn of Dread.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    73% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    Drop Dead: The Cabin is a multiplayer (1-4 player) survival horror FPS that throws you and a friend into a pulse-pounding, 1980s-inspired nightmare. Developed by Soul Assembly, this PC & VR-compatible shooter blends co-op action, roguelike replayability, and a retro horror aesthetic into a brutal fight for survival. Lost in the woods, you stumble across a seemingly abandoned cabin. But this i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drop Dead: The Cabin.

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    37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, humor
    43% User Score Based on 37 reviews

    Everything fell apart. People started getting sick… not in a normal way. Now the city is desolate, and the only thing that matters is finding out if your best friend is still alive. You'll have to explore, run, hide, and face the contamination. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cry Of Monster.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay
    68% User Score Based on 900 reviews

    virtual reality horror vr games! vr app with oculus meta quest type vr horror If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VR Horror Virtual Reality.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    94% User Score Based on 2,196 reviews

    Help the character understand what is happening and go through all the quests! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bunker 21 Survival Story.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    82% User Score Based on 1,180 reviews

    (1-6 players) Multiplayer Horror - Survive, collect scrap, meet the quota! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mortal Company: Co-op Horror.

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    43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay
    58% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Nightmare Visions: Chapter 1 is not a traditional horror game. There are no save files. No skip buttons. This is a narrative horror experience, not a survival challenge. You’re not here to escape. You’re here to witness. Developed entirely by one person, not a team, in 1 Month as a Challenge. If you're expecting a AAA horror game, you’re in the wrong place. If you're ready for something differ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightmare Visions Chapter 1.

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  29. View Game
    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    80% User Score Based on 110 reviews

    Nebraska takes place as a journalist writing a book about mid-west America, who runs out of gas in a rural area of Nebraska. Players will explore and uncover the secret facility that lies beneath the attraction and discover the terrible experiments that have taken place there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nebraska.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    70% User Score Based on 780 reviews

    You must find a way to escape the horror of backrooms and return to your family. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Descent: Horror Game.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 360 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Descend into cosmic madness aboard a collapsing space station in Katanaut, a fast-paced action-roguelite. Unleash powerful abilities, master fluid combat, and confront eldritch horrors as reality unravels around you. Survive relentless battles and fight for your very existence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Katanaut.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, character development
    89% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    You have to escape Jeff`s house.. You have five days. Jeff the skinner is a scary horror game where you must escape from a sinister Jeff. Test your wits, stealth, and survival skills in an intense, immersive experience. Navigate through a terrifying environment, feeling the suspense at every step. WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM : https://store.steampowered.com/app/3145930/Jeff_the_Skinner/ Jeff is a bl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jeff the Skinner.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    87% User Score Based on 99 reviews

    As the latest prey of a deranged serial killer, you must use your wits and resources to survive in this atmospheric first-person escape room-style horror game. Explore, uncover secrets, and plan your escape... but be quiet, or you'll be his next victim. Inspired by true events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SLACKJAW.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    87% User Score Based on 1,020 reviews

    Either you end up in jail or you can repay for your time as a thief... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Twins.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    85% User Score Based on 408 reviews

    Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP vs AI and try to lift the curse. The forest is active... time may run out. Will you survive or will you lose your soul? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Devourer: Hunted Souls.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 685 reviews

    This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome to Kowloon.

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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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    26%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    35% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    When Night Comes is an immersive and spine-chilling horror game. If you're a fan of survival horror games and want to test your skills against a terrifying demonic force, then this game is definitely for you. Are you brave enough to face the Entity? Play When Night Comes and find out! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When Night Comes.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    68% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    TERMINUS is a survival horror VR set in the city of Paris. As you explore the sinking city of Paris, you will come across dangers, allies, and mysteries. You will face the assimilated, the terrifying swarms of nanites, and even worse than that. Playable in solo, coop and cross-platform. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Terminus VR.

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    17%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    17% User Score Based on 120 reviews

    Cargo 3 is a futuristic action game set in science-fiction horror world, which links the best features of the genre: unusual dynamics and thrilling high intensity of the gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cargo 3.

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    55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    55% User Score Based on 284 reviews

    Maui is a free action-adventure game based on Hawaiian mythology. The game features an innovative "stat grid" that lets you switch stats on the fly to face any situation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Maui.

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    64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    64% User Score Based on 78 reviews

    The Icarus.1 Abandoned for decades, crew M.I.A. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ICARUS.1.

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    19%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, graphics
    19% User Score Based on 617 reviews

    A rogue-lite that aims to quench the community’s thirst for a title that properly balances survival mechanics with fulfilling gameplay. Dead Matter is a true sandbox survival horror. Players will fight to survive in a zombie-packed, post-apocalyptic world that fosters whichever play-style fits you best. Settle down and defend your home from outside threats with an expansive crafting and barricadi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Matter.

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  44. View Game
    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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  45. View Game
    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 416 reviews

    Dark Light is a Sci-fi 2D action-platformer, metroidvania, souls-like inspired game. Explore apocalypse cyberpunk world full of supernatural beings. Encounter and defeat creatures of darkness which are invisible to the naked eye, detected only with the light source of your drone. Experience the horror and feel their presence as they surround you. As a Dark-Hunter you were dropped into a wrecked wo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Light.

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  46. View Game
    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    51% User Score Based on 362 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 7 reviews

    THE FULL GAME IS NOW AVAILABLE ON STEAM! http://store.steampowered.com/app/359580 Uncanny Valley is a survival horror indie game. We are tired of seeing action games marketed as survival horror,... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Uncanny Valley.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    62% User Score Based on 4,542 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. You play as Anthony Clyde, who, after a heavy night of partying, wakes up to find himself in an unfamiliar bed with no memory of the previous night's events. Unfortunately, escaping these unfamiliar, opulent surroundings will prove to be no easy task, as an unseen, menacing, radio-bound antagonist will stop at nothing to block Anthony's path… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Only If.

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    34%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    34% User Score Based on 1,043 reviews

    The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Despair.

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    36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    36% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    Strap on your gravity boots, power up your laser, and climb aboard your spaceship for a retro-styled, RPG-jaunt into the unknown! Travel an open-world, sandbox universe where you are the architect of your own story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STAR-BOX: RPG Adventures in Space.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, graphics
    92% User Score Based on 106 reviews

    "Captive" tells the story of a woman who awakens badly hurt in an unknown cell, without any memories about herself. Will you be able to escape? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Captive.

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