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Looking for games like The Tedium and You? Here are top open world simulation recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with PAGER, Backrooms - Surreality or Liminal Leap.

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  1. View Game
    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    89% User Score Based on 91 reviews

    ABOUT THE DEMO Thank you so much for playing the prototype and providing feedback!Thanks to your support, PAGER now has a 10-floor demo! I hope you enjoy it, and I’d love to hear what you think. If you like the demo, please consider adding PAGER to your wishlist. Thank you! ABOUT THE GAME PAGER is a 1-bit 3D Kafkaesque horror game set in a 90s office building.It’s your first day at work, an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PAGER.

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  2. 22%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    36% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    "If you're not careful and noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of flourescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented rooms to be trapped in."About the GameIn Backrooms - Surrealit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms - Surreality.

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  3. 46%Game Brain Score
    46% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Liminal Leap: A Descent into the Unfamiliar ____________________ Liminal Leap is a heart-pounding escape room challenge set in the unsettling world of the Backrooms. Reality warps, familiar spaces twist, and you're trapped in a labyrinthine facility – a distorted reflection of the everyday. Your mission: Escape. Uncover the secrets of this insidious place and find your way back to reality. F… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liminal Leap.

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  4. ENTER THE FORSAKEN TOMBThe tomb does not stay still. Rooms subtly change. Objects shift. Details feel… wrong. Your task is simple: observe carefully, identify anomalies, and choose the correct path forward. Miss something important, and you will find yourself returned to where you began. This is a game of perception, tension, and quiet unease – where certainty is never guaranteed. A PLACE T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forsaken Tomb.

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  5. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 185 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

    In BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH, immerse yourself in the haunting world of Shinji, a young hikikomori trapped in his Tokyo apartment. As his mind unravels, confront a malevolent entity watching from the shadows. Will you uncover the truth before it's too late? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH.

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  6. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    88% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    You're trapped in an endless loop within a liminal dimension, where each loop leads to increasingly unsettling places. Will you find the way out of this psychological horror? The game offers a unique déjà vu experience that blurs the lines between reality and illusion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Liminal Dimension.

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  7. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    64% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Step into the world of "Nevermind this", a hurt-pumping horror where confusion, chaos, fear, distraction and even fun come together for an unique game experience, in a cursed hut from old Lumberjack. Don't let them mess with your mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nevermind This.

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  8. View Game
    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development
    80% User Score Based on 80 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    The Gap is a short first-person horror experience taking place in a ghostly abandoned house on a lonely street corner. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Gap.

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  9. View Game
    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    79% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Frozen Shelter is a first-person indie walking simulator game made in realistic 3D graphics. As a location, the player will be presented with a bunker built during the Cold War of the USSR. The fascinating atmosphere of loneliness will put pressure on the player throughout the game. Background: The events take place in an alternative modern Russia. The epidemic that killed half of the world's po… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frozen Shelter.

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  10. View Game
    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    52% User Score Based on 221 reviews

    Coming home after visiting your doctor for the last time, you are told that you only have three more days to live. A sequence of short memory fragments flashing through as you try to run away from what you have done. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gone In November.

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  11. View Game
    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    67% User Score Based on 528 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 2 reviews

    Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Search.

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  12. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    98% User Score Based on 278 reviews

    Atmospheric first person aventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Through The Fragmentation.

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  13. View Game
    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 224 reviews

    It's winter break 1994 and schools out at Harthorn High School, but not all is silent in its empty classrooms and dark hallways... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Harthorn.

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  14. 42%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    42% User Score Based on 85 reviews

    Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 'n Verlore Verstand.

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  15. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    80% User Score Based on 897 reviews

    A short atmospheric terror game about liminal spaces. Escape the grasps of an underground neighborhood that is equal parts comforting and disturbing. If you've explored a dead mall, a foreclosed pool, or a school at night, you might already know what it's like to be in Anemoiapolis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1.

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  16. View Game
    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    77% User Score Based on 600 reviews

    A dark, surreal psychological horror game, in which a young girl finds herself locked in a shed, in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Wolf in Autumn.

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  17. View Game
    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    75% User Score Based on 203 reviews

    Recursive Ruin is a kaleidoscopic narrative-puzzle game. Explore an infinitely fractal world of strange beauty and mind-bending physics. Inhabit a despondent artist in search of meaning and experience a bittersweet story that cascades into the surreal. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Recursive Ruin.

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  18. View Game
    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization
    83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Mark Thompson accepts a late-night shift in a mysterious office, but what seemed like a routine night quickly turns into a nightmare. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Shift.

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  19. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    96% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    Kizuyami | 刻闇  does not have a DRM-free Itch.io release. Your purchase will include a Steam key that you can immediately activate.  Kizuyami | 刻闇 is a first-person atmospheric psychological horror game that is set in Japan in the 1990s. Will you be able to uncover the mysteries and find your way out? Controls WASD - Movement/Swap Item (While Inventory is active)Left Shift (Hold) - InventoryLeft-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kizuyami | 刻闇.

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  20. View Game
    53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Sublimity is a a first-person horror game that takes you into The Backrooms - As the girl Chloe, you have fallen into The Backrooms and are exploring the surroundings while hiding from scary creatures. Try to uncover the story of The Backrooms and survive long enough to maybe find a way out... The Backrooms: The walls are a monotonous yellow and the atmosphere is characterized by silence and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sublimity.

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  21. After a night filled with nightmares, you find yourself in an unfamiliar mansion. All you know is that you must escape... But this place is no ordinary building; it’s a labyrinth filled with dark forces that are constantly trying to catch you. In every corner, in every room, dark memories from your past come to life, and every death pulls you back into the same nightmare. The only way out of thes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cursed Loop.

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  22. View Game
    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    80% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    Introducing Syke, a first-person exploratory puzzle game set in a mesmerizing and enigmatic reality. Awakening in a world of impossible physics, you play as an individual making their way through areas of surreal complexity. Through a multitude of engaging puzzles and clues, you will work to piece together a story that defines the nature of this very world. Features: Four distinct and visually s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Syke.

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  23. View Game
    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.

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  24. View Game
    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Delve into an intricate story about a grieving father, who finds himself involved in paranormal events related to a secretive cult and a mysterious girl. RepentExplore the story of Robert Watford, a retired cop with a heavy alcohol addiction and troubled past, as he starts his new job as a night shift guard of the Colony Tower. Rob will find himself in the middle of paranormal events involving a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Repent.

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  25. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 3,881 reviews
    Critic Score 57%Based on 8 reviews

    Inspired by Gone Home and Dear Esther, Scanner Sombre is a cave exploration experience. With stunning visuals and a terrifying theme, it is the 6th major video game released by Introversion Software. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scanner Sombre.

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  26. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 390 reviews

    Make your way through disturbing and eeire levels from the backrooms lore. Each level has unique objectives, optional objectives and resources. Bring whatever you get your hands on back to Traders Keep in The Hub or use your resources to craft new gear and equipment. Procedural Generation The Metro brings explorers to random unknown levels with unknown threats. The possibilities are nearly endles… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms Society.

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  29. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 674 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 6 reviews

    Infliction is a story driven first person physiological horror experience. Set in a regular suburban home, the story is told over alternating time periods spanning 13 years. Through environmental storytelling, Infliction tackles taboo subject matter. While you're discovering what has happened over the last 13 years, you're being stalked by an evil entity. Can you learn enough to vanquish the evil … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infliction.

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  30. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    84% User Score Based on 1,672 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 3 reviews

    Try your hand at renovating abandoned train stations and old trains. Bring back their former glory and make them function again. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Train Station Renovation.

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  31. Set in a Kafkaesque labyrinth full of office space, Decorporation is a surrealistic game, where you know two things for certain: The corporation that you work in, which is called The Corporation (huh...) is spreading something in the air that turns you into a workaholic. Someone is helping you from the outside and you are not sure why they would do that, but it's time to lift your skinny fists … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Decorporation.

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  32. View Game
    40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    54% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    You are Bixby, an agent within the bureaucratic metropolis known as the Ministry Of Order. As Lounge District's go-to detective, take a stroll through a retro-future so analog it'll make your head spin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Door To Door.

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  33. View Game
    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 192 reviews

    Say goodbye to southern hospitality in the backwoods of rural America.The Swine is a short horror experience that explores isolation, witchcraft, and unforeseen consequences in your rural homestead. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Swine.

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  34. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    69% User Score Based on 58 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 8 reviews

    A horror game about a guy lost in a mansion where everything is made of cardboard. Escaping from the house won’t be an easy task! Some of the rooms are locked and the player will need to solve different types of riddles to advance through the levels. The hints to solve the riddles will be hidden inside the furniture of the mansion but watch out! You don’t know what else is lurking inside those car… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paper Cut Mansion.

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  35. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    82% User Score Based on 251 reviews

    Scan the environment to see. Try and escape The Voidness, but you are not alone... The Voidness is a SCI-FI psychological horror game where it takes place in the void filled with just gloom and darkness, with your only ability to see is by scanning the map with your range finder device. Roam freely, scan, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Something is also lur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Voidness - Lidar Horror Survival Game.

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  36. View Game
    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    63% User Score Based on 246 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 5 reviews

    You wake up on a base in a new, unexplored planet. Your landing craft is torn to pieces and your gear is scattered. Why are you here? What is your mission? How will you ever get back home to your family? Corpse of Discovery is a thought-provoking first-person planetary exploration game located on 6 unexplored planets. As the player, all you know is that to return home, you must complete the miss… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corpse of Discovery.

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  37. View Game
    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    51% User Score Based on 100 reviews
    Critic Score 54%Based on 4 reviews

    The Fridge is Red is an anthology of different first person horror stories. Each episode explores a specific theme and experiments with gameplay ideas. Liminal spaces, surreal encounters and uncanny strangers. You will see a completely mundane settings spiraling down into distorted psychological terror. Experience the dreadful trip inspired by the retro analogue and PS1-era horrors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fridge is Red.

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  38. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 126 reviews

    Adam - Lost Memories is a psychological horror puzzle game, based on personal experiences with child abuse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adam: Lost Memories.

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  39. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    90% User Score Based on 21 reviews
    Critic Score 54%Based on 2 reviews

    The Cinema Rosa is an immersive PC and Mac exploration game and puzzle game set in an abandoned cinema. The game explores themes of: loss, romance, nostalgia and regret, aiming to take the player on an emotional journey through the psychological effects of a relationship. You take on the role of a protagonist exploring his past through various personal demons. As you explore, you encounter vario… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cinema Rosa.

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  40. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    67% User Score Based on 51 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    “A Place for the Unwilling” is a narrative adventure game where the city is the actual protagonist. No puzzles or “game over” screens, just you, the city and the dozens of stories which are taking place in there. Days pass and the fate of the city is yet to be decided. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Place for the Unwilling.

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  41. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    81% User Score Based on 2,418 reviews

    They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams... Interactive Dream Journal & Diary; Awkward Dimensions Redux is a personal game. Lasts 20 minutes to an hour with less traditional... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Awkward Dimensions Redux.

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  42. View Game
    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    75% User Score Based on 343 reviews

    Cybernetic Fault is a satirical adventure game with an anti-science storyline. The player will feel himself in the role of a romantic scientist, who is not shy about his incompetence and puts bold experiments on reality and common sense. He doesn't have time to read the instructions for the equipment and make calculations! Without a decisive break with classical science, the world can no longer be… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cybernetic Fault.

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  43. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    94% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    The year is 1983. After a skydiving accident, you awaken with your cheek pressed against a damp beige carpet. The tacky, off-white wallpaper looks yellow on your video camera's view screen. The fluorescent lights, randomly placed in the drop ceiling above, buzz loudly as they bathe the place in their sickly glow. And what is that smell? Sounds echo through the endless halls from no clear dir… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.

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  44. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    80% User Score Based on 110 reviews

    Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Nights.

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  45. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    How long can you hold out? What if the mazes are very confusing? What if everything drives you crazy? What if you need food and water? Can a person leave the backroom?Key Features Intricate level design You'll go crazy, but you won't be able to learn the map! Immersive AI (Sight and Hearing) AI's behavior is utterly unpredictable. Even I can't anticipate its next move. Online Co-op You can play… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Backrooms: Steps into the abyss.

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  46. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    85% User Score Based on 712 reviews

    Add the full Dark Fracture experience to your wishlist Join our community About the GameDark Fracture: Prologue is the introductory chapter of the first-person psychological horror experience Dark Fracture. In this free stand-alone game, you will get a taste of what it is like to face the inner chaos of a tormented mind. Witness the world change around you as the barrier between reality… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Fracture: Prologue.

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  47. 43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    62% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    New low poly version for legendary lawnmower game saga. Drive and cut grass in big open world and try to find all hidden items in this driving simulation If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lawnmower game 2026.

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  48. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization
    72% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    Our story begins with a college student waking up in a mysterious Western-style mansion filled with uncanny statues, trap doors, and spooky mechanisms. To make matters worse...he can't seem to remember much of anything. The only clues he has are a shattered phone and scattered fragments of memory. As he explores the creepy building, he encounters a stunning young woman who also claims to be trappe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    85% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    Midnight Snack is a short and surreal first-person horror game where you wander through an eerie forest using the dials of a microwave. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Midnight Snack.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 573 reviews

    The Lightkeeper is a psychological horror game set in the atmospheric and heavy ambiance of the 1920s. Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lightkeeper.

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