Games like The Paper Loop
Looking for games like The Paper Loop? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with GONE Fishing, Contra Spem Spero or Protocol.
- 93%Game Brain Scoregameplay, humorstability, optimization93% User Score 2,051 reviews
Welcome to Gone Fishing, a 1-8 player co-op horror game where players must fish together to satisfy the hunger of an ancient lake monster's never-ending hunger before each night falls. Cast your line, catch fish, and gather bait. But beneath the surface, something stirs and it's getting hungry... If you and your friends fail to offer enough fish before darkness creeps in, the creature will eme… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GONE Fishing.
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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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- 54%Game Brain Scorestory, humorgameplay, music62% User Score 39 reviews
Protocol is a sci-fi comedy with a hint of horror, action and a twisted love story. Genre ambiguity We still can't decide which genre suits this game. Adventure? Puzzle? Shooter? Immersive sim (seriously?)? Walking simulator? Crazy trip? Or, maybe... All in one? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Protocol.
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- 87%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability90% User Score 367 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviews
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Static Dread: The Lighthouse.
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- 99%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygraphics, replayability99% User Score 106 reviews
A refreshing twist on roguelite and storytelling, Endless Dark is a psychological horror game about the pressures of monotony and the purpose of existence. You, the Custodian, are a sentient machine onboard a sleeper colony ship, charged with keeping it intact. No combat, enemies, or NPCs await you - only a myriad of system failures and the decay of your own sanity as you whittle away the deca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Dark.
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- 96%Game Brain Scorestory, humorreplayability, grinding96% User Score 3,111 reviews
A game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Become What We Behold.
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- 89%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaymonetization, grinding95% User Score 9,428 reviewsCritic Score 83%14 reviews
Not For Broadcast is an immersive, narrative-driven propaganda sim set in the control room of a TV Studio in a 1980’s dystopia. Control what the people see and what they don't as the government tightens its grip. Will you censor the news and be rewarded, or fight for the truth and live with the consequences? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Not For Broadcast.
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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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- 61%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaymusic, stability61% User Score 113 reviews
The Tree Provides, The Tree Protects, The Tree Prevails!Dark Switch is a vertical survival city builder set in the boughs of a gigantic tree. Defend your leafy home against the perils of the creeping fog by managing light and flame. Gather resources, research technologies, and send pioneers to explore the ruins of those who came before: discover their secrets and doom. Set in a world of fol… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DarkSwitch.
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- 91%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability91% User Score 433 reviews
“Godforsaken. No other word for it. A murder so brutal it made the whole town of Asbury Pines look itself in the mirror. We work, we raise kids, we do our best, we let time run its course, and then we’re still left scratchin’ our heads. Why did this evil have to happen?” - Rodney “Buzz” Snow, Sheriff of Asbury Pines… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asbury Pines.
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