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 Contra Spem Spero, Protocol or Superhero Simulator.
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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- 72%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, optimization72% User Score 471 reviews
Superhero Simulator is an open-world superhero game where you fight villains and save lives! But being a hero isn’t free! You’ll need to work, pay rent, and survive. Can you handle both sides of the superhero life? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Superhero Simulator.
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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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- 75%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, replayability77% User Score 550 reviewsCritic Score 71%13 reviews
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world that gets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it? Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today.
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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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- 79%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, stability85% User Score 9,562 reviewsCritic Score 73%4 reviews
Chernobylite is a non-linerar, science-fiction survival horror RPG. Explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and uncover the truth of your tortured past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chernobylite.
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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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- 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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- 98%Game Brain Scorestory, emotionalgameplay, atmosphere98% User Score 130 reviews
You are alone and vulnerable. Beware of the big bad wolf. A short, free, thriller-suspense interactive fiction made in RPG Maker. Warning: contains scenes that may be troubling to some players. Full list of warnings (major spoilers) is prompted in-game before starting a new save. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DEAD LAMB WALKING.
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