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Looking for games like The Sounding Dark? Here are top survival action adventure recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Night of the Slayers, Bastion of the Eldritch or Maid of Sker.

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  1. ADD TO WISHLIST About the GameThis Time, There Are Two HuntersNight of the Slayers is a first-person asymmetrical multiplayer horror game where Survivors and Hunters face off in the dark. Survivors search houses in a dark forest, gather equipment, repair vehicles, and try to reach the exit. Hunters move as a two-person team: tracking, ambushing, cutting the power, and hunting down Survivors try… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night of the Slayers.

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  2. Looking for some retro survival horror action-adventure? Well prepare yourself for some intense, hardcore, old school gameplay as you make your way through a dark and unforgiving castle filled with horrific abominations. Danger could be lurking around every dark corner. You won't be able to merely "hack n' slash" your way through this experience. Understanding when you should fight, run,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bastion of the Eldritch.

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  4. You can’t hear the void – but the void hears you.Hear the Void is an online multiplayer horror‑arena game for 1‑8 players, blending the eerie liminality of the Backrooms with the watery dread of poolcore aesthetics. There are no monsters chasing you – you are the monster that other players fear. In this labyrinth of endless hallways and boundless swimming pools, every player is invisible. You can… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hear the Void.

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  5. A first-person horror set in a locked mansion the size of a city block. Carry three scrolls out of a 200-metre labyrinth while a man with an axe walks its corridors. Your flashlight is the only thing he will not walk into. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Labhorror.

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    37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    56% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    In Soul Janitor, play as the Janitor who returned from vacation to find all his coworkers murdered. A mysterious boss of your boss tasks you with cleaning up their souls. Armed with only a mop and a spray bottle, uncover the dirty secrets behind the murders of your coworkers! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SOUL JANITOR.

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  7. Welcome to ScaryChimpHorror. This is not a game meant to be comfortable. This is a place where fear crawls into your head and refuses to leave. ScaryChimpHorror is a relentless horror experience where running is the only rule and hesitation is fatal. You are dropped into decaying, abandoned locations that feel wrong the moment you enter them. The air is heavy. The silence is loud. Every shadow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ScaryChimpHorror.

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  8. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 274 reviews

    The Backrooms 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Backrooms 1998.

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  9. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 262 reviews

    Carol is down on her luck, hitchhiking across the country. She arrives at a small roadside motel but there's something strange about the owner. As the secrets unravel, she finds herself entangled in a long, DEADLY NIGHT! Can she escape from hellish nightmare or will she die trying? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadly Night.

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  10. Something is growing inside the school. Find the lab. Find the exit. Burn your way out before it finds you. HALL PASS is a pixel-art co-op survival horror game for one to four players. You wake in a pitch-black school overrun by sentient moss, armed with nothing but a lighter, a flashlight, and whatever you can pry out of the lockers. The moss slows you. The thing that lives in the moss hunts y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hall Pass.

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  11. A first-person horror game where the thing hunts by sound, not by sight. You broke into an abandoned mansion — and the door locked behind you. The hallway past the foyer was six meters long, and you have been walking it for twenty minutes. Something else is here. It cannot see you. It can hear you. In LIMINAL HEIST every action has a price in decibels. A crouched step is almost nothing. A run is … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Heist.

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  12. Your eyes open to darkness. Your wrists are bound. Your clothes aren't yours. Someone has been watching you — studying you — and now you're exactly where they want you. The only way out is through. Echoes of Midnight is a third-person survival horror game where sound is your greatest enemy. Every step can betray your location to the killer. Navigate handcrafted nightmare scenarios, unravel the tw… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echoes of Midnight.

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  13. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Step into the lavish lighthouse; an opulent façade hiding a sinister secret. Its beacon, once a trusted guiding light, now threatens to unleash untold horrors upon the world. Your mission is clear: identify the ever-seeping anomalies in a bid to shut it down. But the restless entities within will fight back, their desperate whispers echoing through the halls, yearning for their dark truths to be h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to P1: Anchor Light.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    57% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    "No-one knew what horrors awaited Jake inside that House of Nightmares. Only God knows what he must have been feeling on that horrific night..." THE STORY:   Play as Jake, a teenager working the late shift in "Sal's Pizzeria" - until he's called to deliver to the HOUSE OF NIGHTMARES! After being kidnapped, try and avoid this TERRIFYING KILLER on her abandoned Farm - filled with challenging puzz… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VILOMAH.

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  15. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    95% User Score Based on 526 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    You will wake up in a scarcely lit dungeon. Find its exit, and avoid the creatures that dwell in it. Your only weapons will be stealth, your own courage, and a faint light that you’ll have to keep fed with oil, lest you want the darkness to engulf you. Dreadhalls is an intense and scary experience, not for the faint of heart. You have been warned! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreadhalls.

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    25%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    37% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Death Point is a classic stealth-action, which not only should inspire player but also surprise him. At first glance, you get almost traditional game, tightly staffed with hard levels and various tasks. Instead you are immersed in a different world, fully associating yourself with the main character. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Death Point.

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  17. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    79% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Explore the ruins of a lost ancient city, uncover the mystery of its esoteric technology, and claim its incredible treasure as your own. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phantom Path.

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  18. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 2,259 reviews

    Next game - Acid Western CHAMBERS - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2437570/Chambers/ Join our Discord channel and became a part of develpoment process: https://discord.gg/5KjNyDH Controls:  Dash - SpaceSprint - Left Shift Use item - FThrow item - TChange item - Mouse Wheel Reload - RChange weapon - QInteract - E Play Golden Light on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245430/Golden_L… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Golden Light [demo].

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  19. The Silent Expedition Echo Protocol is a co-op first-person horror game for 1–4 players, set in endless liminal “backrooms” where nothing makes sense and reality feels wrong. You are not a soldier or a hero. You are just… stuck. Your only real weapons are your flashlight, almond water – and your friends. THE PLAYERYou wake up in a cold, humming corridor with no idea how you got there. The room… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Silent Expedition Echo Protocol.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    88% User Score Based on 371 reviews

    What is CRYO?CRYO is a cooperative horror game that combines various horror elements seen in many beloved horror titles, into a brand new experience set in the harsh landscape of Antarctica. In CRYO, you and your team are technicians, sent to various locations within the antarctic circle at the behest of the powerful genetics company, ANGENEX. But these aren’t your run of the mill inspections… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CRYO.

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  21. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    59% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    Deadly Quiet is a 4-player co-op asymmetrical horror game set in the eerie Hoia Baciu forest. Featuring a bodycam perspective, your fate depends on your actions and the cooperation of your entire team. But remember to STAY QUIET. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadly Quiet.

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  23. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere
    87% User Score Based on 451 reviews

    Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization. Endoparasitic 2 is the continuation of the tactical survival horror game Endoparasitic. You must manually do every action from reloading to moving. Juggle movement and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endoparasitic 2.

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  24. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    You are a rat. Your fear response will be tested. Through the tunnel, you will find an environment where another rat is lost. Your mission is to find the lost rat and help it escape. You can go alone or with other rats. You must move quickly with your hands and arms to guide the lost rat to safety. You may begin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scamper.

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  25. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    76% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    A short, single player, third person, tactical stealth action game set in the early 1990's meant to be finished in one sitting. Use the shadows, shoot out lights, stun enemies, and conceal yourself in the darkness through 5 Missions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cloak & Dagger: Shadow Operations.

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  26. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 94 reviews

    Delve into the infinitely AI-generated, ghastly haunted mansion of TORUTARU. Use talismans, maps, your wits, and the friends you make along the way to fight off the angered spirits and survive. Every playthrough is a unique experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ToruTaru.

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  27. Intense survival experience based on a Sci-Fi, space terror script. Unravel the story of Ferdinand Ludec as he attempts to escape his fortune. Partially procedural world along with different endings to the story. Hunger, avoiding insanity and extreme weather will only be some of the threats to face. Ariel - There is no way out - If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ariel.

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  28. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 764 reviews

    Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape the Ayurok.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    Get into the role of a thief from the city slums. Your weapons are your dexterous fingers, your skills are your cunning, attentiveness and planning, your motivation is silent disobedience to the will of the ruling party. Lurking in the shadows, slip unnoticed past enemies, get behind any locked doors, and carry off rich loot. But it's not just money and valuables you're after. In this harsh and un… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gone Rogue.

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  30. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    A new psychological horror game from Aaron Wise. What is worse than working the night shift at your local mall? Not knowing that what you are doing is real. Experience a dark & foreboding story set within the confines of a seemingly abandoned shopping mall. Experience the epilogue "After Hours", an introductory chapter to a bigger story set within the same universe. After … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Patient: After Hours.

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  31. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    64% User Score Based on 96 reviews

    A FIRST EVER VR ASYMMETRICAL HORROR GAME: NEW: Play with A.I. bots! In order to ensure anyone can play with a full lobby and experience the full game at any time, we are proud to announce that after a lot of hard work we have added A.I. bots After Dark VR is the first VR online co-op survival horror where you play as either a Hunter on the hunt to strike down your next victim or as Survivors wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to After Dark VR.

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  32. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 478 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 5 reviews

    CLOSE YOUR EYES. BECOME A WARRIOR:Feel the enemy's low, rasping breath; A companion's whispered warning; Footsteps on swampy ground; The swish of mail armor; The crack of steel on wooden shield. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Vale: Shadow of the Crown.

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  33. A claustrophobic first-person underwater survival horror game where you must navigate procedurally generated cave systems on a draining oxygen tank while being hunted by a massive apex predator. Test your nerves in the main exploration mode, or fight back with a harpoon gun in the action-focused Shark Cage mode. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scary Cave Diving.

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  34. Early 2000s. You are a kidnapped chemistry professor forced to survive a single night. Enemies close in, paranoia rises, every second counts. Cook before time runs out… and maybe, just this once, let him cook. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crystal of Death.

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  35. -- Oculus Support Only -- You have been running from the people that murdered your family ever since you were a child. Every night you dream you hear the screams of your parents tormenting you. One night as you made camp and fell asleep, you heard a branch crack that wakes you up, you quickly get up to see the light of torches coming your way. As you begin to run, they hear you and begin to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crypt of the Gods.

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  36. "You were never the patient. You were the experiment that survived."You wake in an open cell inside a collapsing black-site facility. The locks have failed, the guards are gone, and the silence is worse than any scream. You are Subject P-041 — an experiment that was never meant to survive. Panic House: Awakening is a single-player first-person psychological horror where you play the thin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panic House Awakening.

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  37. GET READY TO EXPERIENCE AN UNFORGETTABLE EASTER... BREAKING NEWS: A man in a rabbit costume has broken into a local middle school and is attacking students, teachers, and staff with a chainsaw. Authorities have surrounded the building and are attempting to enter without risking further casualties. You play as one of the kids trapped inside during the lockdown. The front doors are barricaded, so … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to An Easter to Remember.

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  38. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    91% User Score Based on 33 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 3 reviews

    Acting alone, without back up or deadly weapons, a forensic analyst searches desperately for evidence to connect a spate of disparate murders to a single Serial Killer, in this highly pressured Survival Horror Game. Focused on the real-life practices of forensic analysts, She’s Leaving allows the player to understand and uncover the truth behind the evidence they find. Throughout She's Leaving, yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to She's Leaving.

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  40. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 141 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    A 2D stealth Metroidvania with parkour platforming. Explore the majestic palace and ancient prisons of a kingdom under siege. Don the mantle of the legendary Sandfox as you venture into the ruins below, and discover the true threat from a sand-borne evil. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Siege and the Sandfox.

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  41. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 102 reviews

    "My Putrid Ponies" is a horror adventure set in a once-idyllic pony ranch now overrun by undead equines. As the last surviving, your mission is to uncover the mystery behind the ponies zombies outbreak while navigating through haunting landscapes filled with danger and despair. The Gameplays: Dynamic Gameplay Perspective: Engage in heart-pounding first-person gameplay for intense com… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Putrid Ponies.

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  42. 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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    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    68% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In My Head.

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  44. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    79% User Score Based on 930 reviews

    This is a creepy co-op horror game for 1-3 players. In which you find yourself locked in a crazy Granny's house. But Granny is not the only danger that awaits you in the house, someone else creepy lives in the basement. You have five days to get out of the house! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Granny: Escape Together.

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  45. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    73% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    This is an immersive horror game where you have to find your dog by shouting for "ROY" on your microphone. Microphone input is totally optionally and can be turned off which will switch to voice-acting instead for calling, but microphone input is highly recommended for the full experience. If you enjoyed it, please considering getting the game on steam here or on itch.io. It really support… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rotten Flesh - Cosmic Horror Survival Game.

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  46. 35%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    44% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    Light The Way is a first-person horror adventure game. It takes place in a storage house after your character is kidnapped by a stranger. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Light The Way.

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  47. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    93% User Score Based on 230 reviews

    Cat Burglar is a short, light-hearted, stealth, puzzle platformer with a pet charity awareness campaign. Help Kat find her way into the Dogo Corps base to discover Major Bulls' master plan. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cat Burglar: A Tail of Purrsuit.

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  48. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    74% User Score Based on 53 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 5 reviews

    Stifled is a Mic-Enabled Sound-Based Survival Thriller, where sound is the only way you see and the enemies HEAR your fear.  In Stifled, the sounds made by your in-game character and yourself through microphone input reveal the otherwise hidden world through ‘echolocation’. However, undue noise will attract the attention of creatures lurking in the darkness. To survive, you will have to tread the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stifled.

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  49. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    73% User Score Based on 271 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 30 reviews

    Perception is a first-person narrative horror adventure that tells the story of Cassie, a blind heroine who uses her extraordinary hearing and razor-sharp wits to unravel the mysteries of an abandoned estate that haunts her dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Perception.

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  50. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    73% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    Misery Mansion is a first-person survival horror game. After your car broke down you find yourself helpless in a forest. All alone you will search for help in the dark. You will discover and explore a mysterious old mansion. But soon all you want is to escape the horrors within. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Misery Mansion.

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