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87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

87% User Score Based on 63 reviews

Blank Frame is a first person surreal horror game with a look akin to early 2000's pc/ps2 games.. In the small town of Dim River, one resident, Henri, has found himself trapped inside of his own apartment, perhaps not completely by himself. The night is going to be long and peculiar. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blank Frame.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

60% User Score Based on 53 reviews

The Journey Back is a first person exploration experience. You gain consciousness after being involved in a car crash. Explore a colorful, stylized 3d world, solve puzzles and find out what happened along the way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Journey Back.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

"Dye the Bunny. Ellie, you have to dye the Bunny."Little Ellie goes on an Easter Egg Hunt, exploring her garden and wandering off a little too far from home, where she meets a mysterious Bunny. Her dad is calling her for dinner already, but she keeps going further into the rabbit hole.Dye The Bunny is an Easter horror game. Play as a little girl Ellie, exploring the garden, finding Easter eggs, so… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dye The Bunny.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

96% User Score Based on 227 reviews

Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chroma Zero.

Klobgniak is a first-person puzzle game where the player is trapped in a fictional space and time. The player will have to solve puzzles in order to escape from the "Klobgniak's Home" where the "Others" now (un)happily reside. A? Your main goal is to escape from the so-called, surreal and confusing, "Klobgniak's Home" and if possible, solve Klobgniak's mystery and find his hideout. MAKING N… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Klobgniak.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

75% User Score Based on 2,018 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny. Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game. Developed by Richard Perrin the creator of the white chamber with music by Wounds (Bartosz Szturgiewicz). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kairo.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

95% User Score Based on 601 reviews

In Frame of Mind, you are placed in a world where logic is escaping you. Each area of the game defies reason, requiring you to think outside the box in order to solve the illogical and escape madness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frame of Mind.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

90% User Score Based on 323 reviews

The Library of Ouroboros. You awaken here with no memory of how you've arrived - though faint memories of searches, of the Library's name, stick in your memory like scraps of torn paper. The reek of dust, of old wood, and of something... more difficult to place hang in the air. Is that a distant ringing you hear, or merely your imagination? And why do you feel so strange? So hot? Like a pair of e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Place, Forbidden.

What is Kindawn?A first-person atmospheric horror exploration game. You play as an adult returning to the Siberian town where you grew up as an orphan. As you piece together fractured memories and uncover what happened in your absence, the line between folklore and nightmare begins to dissolve. The game is designed for a single playthrough of approximately 3-5 hours. There is no combat. Explorati… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kindawn: The Parish Remembers.

3rd PLACE GIGANTIC JAM 2025 Download the game for better performance About: Because of the loss of your mother and your desire of seeing her one last time you decide to build your own time machine in your garage. But beware, time does not forgive. Duration:  10min How to play: MOVEMENTWASDINTERACTLEFT CLICKPAUSETAB or ESC Gameplay: Use tools Solve puzles Drag & GET THE FIVE… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where Time Ends.

GET INITIATED About the Game Cognition Method is a story-driven first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Manipulate gravity, navigate impossible spaces, and uncover the secrets of a surreal artifact beyond human understanding. The year is 2085. Earth is gone, humanity survives on Mars. You are William Mortwood, an astronaut of the Martian Academy. A remote sp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cognition Method.

Step into an impossible place: endless yellow corridors that stretch beyond the laws of physics, where every turn leads deeper into a reality that shouldn't exist. Armed with nothing but a VHS camera, explore an uncanny maze where the absence of threat becomes a threat itself. BACKROOMS 0 strips away traditional horror game elements to create something more primal - a pure psychological exp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BACKROOMS 0.

DEMO AVAILABLE NOW!Experience the entirety of Floor 1 with the free demo! Can you brave the unknown dangers of The Cube? This demo will cover the entirety of Floor 1 and is available on standard (flatscreen) mode. ================================== WARNING: Do not play if you’re scared by squares.Scared by Squares is an exploration experience built entirely from cubes. Use your senses to na… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scared by Squares.

You are stranded in a place built from repetitions - beige corridors, tiled walkways, empty offices - always the same, yet never quite aligned the same way. This is a liminal world: a realm between spaces, where reality folds in on itself and meaning starts to decay. Humans were never meant to be here. Your only connection to the world you know is a small RC car with a camera - fragile, me… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tape 101: Liminal Descent.

Experience the Backrooms like never before.There are no obvious monsters. There are no clear explanations. Only spaces that seem to watch you… and a constant feeling that you should not be here. Backrooms: The Levels is a psychological horror and liminal exploration experience, designed for players seeking deep immersion, constant tension, and the unsettling nostalgia of places that feel as if… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms The Levels.

Solitary You wake up in a silent, white room. No clues. No instructions. No color. Only a chair, a bed, a table — and a voice that doesn’t seem too concerned with your confusion. Solitary is a short first-person psychological experience about isolation, routine, and the slow unraveling of reality. Designed with minimal UI and ambient storytelling, the game leads you through a series of surreal s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solitary.

A body horror, physics-based sit-n-survive. Prevent abstract threats from twisting your body. Endure nightmares and a reality gone mad. Dive into the kanvas. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Odiumfloreo.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

This game is a companion to the 'Was God Birthed!?' EP by Pop-Punk band Club Ruby and includes a free, high quality soundtrack download of the EP. Explore a lush, liminal museum with surreal suprises at every turn as you avoid your dad with your wits and scooter, and make it downstairs in time to catch the Club Ruby Rave! - Explore a non-linear, dream-like museum on foot and on scooter… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Was God Birthed!?.

Embark on a poetic journey through a beautiful ink-painted island in Mirages of Winter. Explore wonderful ink-painted sceneries and solve soothing puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mirages of Winter.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

100% User Score Based on 44 reviews

/FORGET ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONSIn a concrete slab buried deep beneath the earth, a lone technician is sent for what should be routine maintenance on a network of supercomputers. Run the scripts. Get the job done. And remember, they're just machines. /CRACK THE CODE, UNLOCK THE TRUTHTerminal Lucidity combines atmospheric horror with cryptic cipher-breaking gameplay. Each terminal operates on its… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terminal Lucidity.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

96% User Score Based on 79 reviews

You’re trapped in endless toilets. Watch these stalls carefully—every detail counts. If something’s wrong, turn back. If not… don’t you dare look behind. Or face the fart from hell. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Toilet 8.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

71% User Score Based on 52 reviews

Empty streets between soulless buildings… Structures that feel familiar yet alien… And the feeling that something is constantly watching you… Liminal City is an exploration-focused psychological horror and liminal space experience in the ultra-realistic VHS style, developed with Unreal Engine 5. As you navigate the relatively "safe" streets of Backrooms Level 11, reality can sudde… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal City.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

57% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Screeln’s game begins with the end: your death. The rest is a descent into fragmented memories and constructed realities. Using a broken television set as a gateway, you switch channels — each one a surreal stage, echoing a piece of your past. ScreeIn blends exploration, environmental puzzles, and narrative horror into an episodic structure. Each “channel” is a level designed around a specific … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ScreeIN.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

72% User Score Based on 18 reviews

Ramona is a first-person psychological horror set in the 1970s. Use a camera to reveal the invisible, follow Ramona’s rules, and explore rooms filled with puzzles and disturbing memories in a house haunted by secrets and remorse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ramona.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics

92% User Score Based on 12 reviews

First person horror/adventure game set in a natural environment, the Taumiel Natural Park. Advance through a semi-wild environment where you will face areas of stealth, platforms and puzzles. The adventure component is the one that presents more weight in the development, you will have to observe and interpret the environment to be able to advance. All while remaining hidden, giving the ste… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadows of Taumiel.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

97% User Score Based on 71 reviews

A short, unconventional escape room experience. You are the candidate. You must find a way out of this room. Things are not as they seem. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape from Mutation Station.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

59% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Exit the Abyss is a psychological horror game set in an abandoned, haunted hospital. You play as a young man who, after death, becomes trapped in an alternate version of the hospital. To return to the world of the living, he must solve mysterious tasks and endure mentally exhausting trials. This is a slow-paced, atmospheric experience focused on psychological tension, oppressive ambience, and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exit The Abyss.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

84% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Gift Collector is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gift Collector.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

86% User Score Based on 21 reviews

In the Night You Had Bad Dreams is a first-person horror game. A strange house within your dreams seems to twist and change, waiting for you to solve unconventional puzzles. You simply need to find the key and open the door. If you find enough keys and open enough doors, maybe the nightmare will end. "Ever since I moved into this house, I've had weird dreams. For the first few months, I thou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In The Night You Had Bad Dreams.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

You've been kidnapped and have to get out but luckily, there's a gun in the office. Unluckily, your captor comes back home every day, so you have to cover your tracks when you go out of your cell. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to There's a Gun in the Office.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

86% User Score Based on 28 reviews

"Adam, I'll be waiting on the 11th floor." Game Introduction 11F A horror, mystery, and adventure game where the objective is to reach the 11th floor of a building that doesn't have 11 floors. Story After his father's funeral, the protagonist receives a real estate rights transfer certificate for a building called "The Origin" sent by an unknown person. "Adam, do y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 11F.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

84% User Score Based on 62 reviews

This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac Orun has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far..... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lair of Torment.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

92% User Score Based on 800 reviews

I have placed a lot of trust in you. Wish I didn't have to, but my hand is forced. --- A scientist, seeking to return to the expedition he had to abandon, hires a sled dog musher to bring him on the last leg of his journey. That Which Gave Chase is an experimental, narrative-driven dog sledding thriller set in the vast, frozen wastes of the arctic. Playing as a sled dog musher, you must… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to That Which Gave Chase.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

87% User Score Based on 60 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 5 reviews

Explore mysterious caverns and solve the puzzles of the ancient machines that fill them. Explore ancient caverns filled with mysterious puzzles and traverse relaxing oases of nature. Repair the three types of ancient circuits and unravel the mystery of what happened to their creators. The Long Gate is a challenging and elaborate puzzle game with puzzles based on real world physics and circuits. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Long Gate.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

100% User Score Based on 15 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.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

75% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Atmospheric First-Person Horror Adventure. Follow the feverish dream of an industrial worker plunged into a nightmare after a small spider bite... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ARAIGNEES.

WARNING: This game may trigger seizures from people with photosensitive epilepsy. It is left to the discretion of the player. IMPORTANT NOTE: You need to research your surroundings thoroughly to explore the game and progress in the game. Since the story of the game is supported by light, loud and sudden sounds, it can cause a lot of intimidation. Take into account that it feels a lot of fear and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exorcist 2: Crow Magic.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

100% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Explore and solve your way through the gloomy halls in which you find yourself stuck. Thinking symmetrically will be key! Isolated and environmental puzzles feature in this (almost) pure puzzle experience. Explore the halls to find puzzles blocking your progress. They might be simple, in-your-face, puzzles or more subtle puzzles which involve the environment around you. Progress further, and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Symmetric Escape.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

80% User Score Based on 82 reviews

Congratulations on your state-of-the-art Hinnikers Television set! You are ready to enter the wonderful world of televised programming! One word of warning however - Hinnikers brand televisions do not function properly after midnight. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NiGHT SIGNAL.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 37 reviews

Somewhere, deep in the American wheat belt, a shadow looms. Are you sure you're alone? You're working at a petrol station in the middle of nowhere. It's late at night, nobody else around. Something feels off. You ignore that feeling and continue with your tasks.A car pulls up and honks, beckoning you to come over. You can feel the creeping dread surround you, but you try to ignore it... A … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Shadow Over Route 80.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

89% User Score Based on 35 reviews

Critic Score 100%Based on 1 reviews

Hadr is a short atmospheric game where you play with a piece of flying fabric. And with this piece of fabric you make everything disappear. Simple. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HADR.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

96% User Score Based on 24 reviews

TERMINUS presents a quest, a choose-your-own adventure into a mysterious universe of alien architecture populated by humanoid clones and cryptic symbols. Prepare yourself for a slippage of time and space into five distinct realms: cross the frontier through Fleshold Crossing; take respite in Known Unknown; lose yourself within Scumm Engine; face impending danger in the tower of Gog & Mago… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TERMINUS.

You just arrived on this Island to visit The Exhibition. Discover this place, alone, and it's challenging and surprizing puzzles. There's no one to welcome you, no one to guide you, and only one thing to do: explore and discover this Exhibition, understand it's abstract structure and unravel it's secrets. The Exhibition is a single-player game in an small open world taking place in an Art Ga… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Exhibition.

Based on a true story. Navigate through ever-changing pools where the path can never be memorized. Solve puzzles with physics-based interactions and survive the entity on your trail. Experience the grim consequences of phone addiction. Can you solve the mystery of that fateful day? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POOLSIDE VIGIL.

Pharma Noctis is a psychological horror without jump scares, where an ordinary night shift in a pharmacy turns into something disturbing and inevitably frightening. You are just a pharmacist. You fill prescriptions, check orders, prepare medicines, and keep records. But as the night drags on, it feels more and more like something is watching you from the darkness. There are no screams or chases … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pharma Noctis.

Euphoria: Supreme Mechanics VR is a first-person VR puzzle game. Step into a futuristic sci-fi world where logic and environmental interaction rule everything. Solve challenging puzzles, manipulate lasers, and carve your path through enigmatic high-tech labs. StoryYou are an engineer who awakens in a mysterious research facility. The complex seems abandoned, yet its mechanisms are still running.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Euphoria: Supreme Mechanics VR.

Noir Light is an atmospheric adventure game where you become Detective Jacob, tasked with solving a series of mysterious and interconnected crimes. Explore the dark and dangerous corners of a city in turmoil, where every decision you make brings you closer to uncovering the truth—or losing yourself to the shadows. Step by step, you'll piece together the larger puzzle as you navigate a world full … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Noir Light.

You receive a long letter from a friend and a copy of the video game, read the letters and explore the maze for a week that is slightly different from the usual. [Game Features] - Unique atmosphere and narrative; - Fluid pacing; - No face-skipping intimidation. - A demo version can be experienced with a 20-30 minute flow. - Keynote favors quiet, mystery, and flow of consciousness. Discusses huma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Prisoner in Letter.

You are a researcher of The MEG (Major Explorer Group) whose main goal is to explore the vast, atmospheric Backrooms in all its forms and document every important detail. The scale of the locations, their variety and their unpredictability make exploration the core of the game. Your journey starts on Level 0 and gradually leads you into its sub-levels. Among them are large semi-open halls, tigh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: The M.E.G..

CHAPTER ONE: TRAINMAN ON VIVERSEExperience early Preview of Chapter One: TRAINMAN on VIVERSE! Check  About the GameFRUSTRAIN is a first-person anti-utopian adventure blending psychological horror, environmental puzzles, and surreal storytelling. The game unfolds over a single night, seen through the eyes of several passengers suffering from insomnia aboard a never-ending train. Each chapter … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FRUSTRAIN.