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Looking for games like Wake up? Here are top action recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Nightmare Crawler, Please Duology or My monstrous roommate. (étude).

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  1. Crawl through the darkness in this psychological horror visual novel with multiple endings, where you will traverse a surreal nightmare as you choose your own path and explore strange spaces in an attempt to wake up, if you can... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightmare Crawler.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    93% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Please Duology is a compilation containing two previously available games, Please and Please Follow, with added material expanding on the narrative universe of the titles. The games are both short, ambient walking simulators and the entire Duology experience can be completed in under an hour. PLEASE (ORIGINAL)Please takes place in an alternate timeline where we won the war. You are the repair per… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Please Duology.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics
    92% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    A surreal dream exploration game, both beautiful and terrifying. Shita ni is a surreal dream exploration RPG Maker game. Through the exploration of both beautiful and haunting dreamscapes, you will uncover the different facets of a young girl's mind. This game will not hold your hand. Instead, you will be free to investigate the mysteries of your surroundings at your own pace in whatever way you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to shita ni.

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  5. With only 5 minutes left until the deadline, the real nightmare has just begun.You play as Jian Xun, a 25-year-old scriptwriter drowning in deadline anxiety. Every time you wake up in your cramped, cyberpunk-style room, the piercing mechanical alarm clock is dead set at 11:55. This is not just high-pressure occupational anxiety; it's a life-and-death struggle for the dominance of consciousness. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INFINITY DEADLINE.

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  6. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    A short game poem and interactive fiction about The End. You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil. Explore brutalist ruins to collect memories of a dead world. Maybe your presence can heal what is left. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to she danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Hana's got some skeletons in her closet. For the past few years the hustle and bustle of the city has served as a great distraction, but the time has come for her to view the reality of what happened to her, "with open eyes." In "MINE MEMORY" - a short (~1 hour) yet gripping and dynamic visual novel, we dive deep into the memories and psyche of Hana. We navigate through her … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MINE MEMORY.

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  9. You were part of the Somnolence Research Project — a clinical program exploring the boundaries of dream-based therapy and cognitive mapping. During the procedure, an unauthorized surgical intervention was performed without your consent. You awoke inside the system — a simulated dream environment where no one was ever meant to regain consciousness. From that moment, reality and simulation began … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Somnolence.

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  10. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 85 reviews

    Once upon a time, in a swampland dreary, a fly awakened, weak and weary. Possessed of hunger, it set out on a search to find a morsel, a corpse, to stop starvation. But there was no death to be found in the swamp, only tormented life. It journeyed on, meeting strange creatures living in the swamp, ever sadder and more tortured, until, by chance, it happened on something delicious. PLAY AS A DIRT F… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hungry Fly.

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  11. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    88% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    ALSO AVAILABLE ON STEAM WITH ACHIEVEMENTS: PLAY HERE  ALSO ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE 63rd INDIEPOCALYPSE ZINE: HERE!! (BUT MAYBE DOWNLOAD IT HERE TOO IF YOU LIKE IT! HELPS A LOT!) You have arrived at Sarpedon, a surreal island at the edge of the known world. Armed only with a bag, a sword, and your wits, you must continue your task as given: REACH THE ISLAND SLAY THE BEAST RETURN WITH HE… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sarpedon.

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  12. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    96% User Score Based on 23 reviews

    1998. The members of Franklin High School’s dubious, under-equipped “Computer Club” break from precedent and take on a project: programming a world-simulator. Denise Novak, the ostensible club’s alleged president, anticipates the end result will be nothing special. A point-and-click, story-driven interactive fiction game. Features an intuitive, contextual menu-driven interface that demands neit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Amateur Deity Society.

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  13. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    An indie storytelling experience that goes beyond the lanes of the here and now into distant memories of a future planetary collapse. Destabilize the present and plunge into a neon psychohistory of a bizarre entity in distress. This is not a game about minigolf. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mini Mini Golf Golf.

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  14. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    86% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    1953. North East Scotland. A research student travels to the small coastal village of Kellas Bay to study it's unique and strange ecology. They embark on a surreal journey from the lush forests and ancient cave systems surrounding the village, to the freezing depths of the North Sea in order to comprehend the primordial natural forces responsible for the area's curious phenomena. It Sleeps Belo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It Sleeps Below the Haar.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    96% User Score Based on 233 reviews

    Inside an old wooden box lies four curious items: a toy lizard, a captured moth, a screwdriver and a seashell. Each one has its own story to tell… Step into four hand-drawn memories and discover the mysteries lurking beneath the seemingly calm surface. Explore one story at a time, or play them in a single sitting, in this solo-play adventure about the stories we tell ourselves and how they shape o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miniatures.

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  16. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, character development
    97% User Score Based on 58 reviews

    Cyberside Picnic is a eulogy for the cyberian commonplace that just eluded us. A love letter to a lost future of alternative video games, delete and overwrite. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cyberside Picnic.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    97% User Score Based on 148 reviews

    Enter the memories of Raine as she explores the text-based world of VerdaMUCK, a simulation of the old network within the vast cerebrally-interconnected network of the near future. Meanwhile, a mysterious individual known only as The Navigator exposes the truths of the Cerenet as a conspiracy-in-the-making begins to unfold. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ESC.

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  19. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 142 reviews

    A short horror story about losing your identity. Face your traumas while riding a mysterious bus. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I Did Not Buy This Ticket.

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  20. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 15,095 reviews

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk.

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  21. Who are you?You wake up in Room 333 of an old, rundown hotel. You don't remember your name. You don't remember why you're here. You don't even remember what you look like. A voice urges you to wake up. You realize you need to escape this unsettling hotel. Every choice defines who you areIn The Long Awakening, every decision you make changes the course of the story—not merely between "good&q… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Long Awakening.

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  22. In Perfection is a psychological visual novel that mixes surreal story with point-and-click adventure. About the Game You are a poor, lonely writer suffering from OCD, trying to write the "perfect work." You judge every word you write, and even your own thoughts, like a very strict judge. But as you write more, you find something weird. The main character in your book, who also has a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 最完美的作品 In Perfection.

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  23. A survival horror game about liminality and depersonalization, telling the story of Scarlett Shinohara as she descends into warped recollections of her past in order to uncover her own future. Navigate treacherous rooms through in-between time while avoiding the nightmares of days gone by. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exipath.

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  24. 100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    100% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    Project Looking Glass is an explorative, non-linear, narrative-driven psychological horror game. A cold-war experiment has has opened a door it cannot close. In 1963. A secret government agency runs a classified program called Project Looking Glass: a technology that projects a subject's consciousness into the astral plane, displayed on cold-war cathode monitors. You are Subject 7, a grieving woma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Looking Glass.

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    Mayfly is a story-rich, quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. A short psychological horror experience focused on exploration, story and atmosphere. Search a detailed, highly explorable narrowboat setting that evolves as the mystery unfolds. Uncover clues and memories amidst unsettling shifts in the environment around you. Solve puzzles to guide Caroline on her journey to be reu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mayfly.

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  26. 44%Game Brain Score
    44% User Score Based on 6 reviews

    Evening Attendance  A SURREAL PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR GAME Hostel life is supposed to be loud laughter, late-night talks, and stories whispered across bunks. But what if all that noise... was hiding something darker? You are the hostel monitor. Your routine is simple: Wake up Mark attendance Deliver complaint letters Sleep Then... the dreams begin. Eggs with eyes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evening Attendance.

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  27. About This GameSubject 404 is a PSX-style psychological horror game where rapid-fire microgames become a system of obedience, pressure, and control. You wake up as a test subject inside an unknown facility. You are not given a name. You are not given answers. You are only given commands. A cold mechanical Panel speaks to you. Read its instructions. Understand them quickly. Obey before the timer… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SUBJECT 404.

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  28. What Did The Chicken See THE STORY: WELCOME TO THE SEWER: You have hit rock bottom. The world around you is decaying, rendered in brown hues and digital noise. You are not alone, but your companion is not a friend—it is a narrator who sees through the facade of modern existence. What Did The Chicken See is a dark, philosophical journey that challenges the player to question the systems that g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to what did the chicken see.

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  29. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    8 obscure horror games, based on surrealism, psychology, depression, fantasy, existentialism, analog horror and fear of all kinds. Ossa A surreal psychological horror game about the mind escaping from a dying body. Mosquito Face A psychological horror game about John and the invasion of mosquitoes. Timore Solum Short horror game about sadness. Stay. Cry. Queen Of Cards T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Obscure Horrors.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    88% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    This is simply a visual novel game about reminiscing the past. You and the girl named “Dirtie” stay together in this forgotten world. There are no goals to reach, nothing you must accomplish. You simply keep each other company, chatting idly about the old days — and that’s all there is. Gameplay Click on the screen to advance the story. Choose the options you want. Think about what Dir… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Denpa Nightmares.

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  31. Hourglass Sanatorium is a surreal adventure horror game in which you'll explore haunted mazes, meet strange characters and travel to a mysterious alternate world to meet your dead father. The game is based on the works of  surrealist writer and visual artist Bruno Schulz. Joseph wakes up without a ticket in an almost empty, archaic train. Suddenly he remembers... his father died. No, he didn't. H… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hourglass Sanatorium.

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  32. This game contains the following content Injury to animals Insects and other arthropods (especially spiders) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the cockspurs are the children of the wicked one; (Matthew 13:38) --------------------------------------------------------------… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dream Of A Cockspur.

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    BearPit is another game about dreams. A narrative-driven exploration of a human's condition, told through living, dreaming, and perspective. With a focus on that feeling of "it's All Wrong". What you can expect from this game: Live in a flat as someone might. Buy the things someone may buy. Decorate with things, play with things. Use up your energy the way someone might. And th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BearPit.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Testimonium is a very short, experimental and linear game designed to be completed in a single sitting (15 minutes). There is no save system and minimal replay value. It can be played for FREE or donated to on Itch. No one escapes Hell. Not truly. He thought it was just another Jehovah’s Witness. But when he opened the door, there was no one. Just a package. Inside: a VHS tape. No label. J… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Testimonium.

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    After slowly getting used to the monotony of the hospital, a letter is placed gently in front of you... The scrawl is as embarrassed about its content as the old woman is to have burdened you with it. It reads: We are all so glad to hear about your swift recovery, the state of drivers these days worry us all! Please can you continue towards that stead, the old pastor's ever so ill and we hear … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Parish.

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  36. Chapter 1 is now available! STORY Hibridya is a fantasy, romance and slice-of-life visual novel that tells the story of Alice, a 17-year-old girl who lives her life normally until a mysterious event suddenly takes her to an unknown place. A place where magical beings exist, beings she admires and only sees in stories. This is the world of hybrids: Hibridya. A world that has a strong connectio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hibridya.

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  37. When you wake up, you suddenly find yourself back in time, you have a vague memory, you don't know why you are here, and in the process of escaping, you may discover the truth hidden behind this place. The game requires players to explore different scenarios to trigger and find out different events and solve the mysteries around them step by step At the same time, it is also necessary to pay… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before waking up (梦醒边缘).

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Available on Survival in a Distorted Reality This is a horror game with elements of exploration and survival. You will explore a strange world, find ways to move forward, and control your fear. Reality will begin to distort, familiar things will become alien, and disturbing events will escalate. Gameplay and Features: Exploration – discover a world full of strange locations, u… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lobotomy.

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  39. You are in the AirLoveEngine, a dream emulator that provides an immersive recreation of your dreams! Gameplay:  First person perspective Running Jumping Zooming in/out Special abilities in certain levels Levels: Explore 20 different main levels based off REAL dreams Each level has its own objective, some levels may not even have any objective Most levels feature platforming, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AirLoveEngine.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Employee 925 is a short psychological horror game about compliance and the quiet erosion of self in the workplace. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Employee 925.

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  41. "Wrap" is a horror and suspense puzzle game with local Chinese themes. The player will play a debut seven or eight years lack of still not famous "walk-on", "luck to turn", received three important film in the hometown, so back home, by the way to visit sister-in-law... The setting of the game takes place in Wushan Town in the early 21st century. After a tragic … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 杀青.

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  42. 44%Game Brain Score
    44% User Score Based on 6 reviews

    Evening Attendance  A SURREAL PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR GAME Hostel life is supposed to be loud laughter, late-night talks, and stories whispered across bunks. But what if all that noise... was hiding something darker? You are the hostel monitor. Your routine is simple: Wake up Mark attendance Deliver complaint letters Sleep Then... the dreams begin. Eggs with eyes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evening Attendance.

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    Face your fears, survive the chaos. Wake up. Work. Drink. Sleep. Repeat. That was your life — until everything went out of control. Now, everything is... wrong. Your apartment is rotting. The bar is empty and silent. And the office has become a maze where creatures wait in the dark. You’re not a hero. You have no weapons. You can only run — or get caught. The Game: FoMO is a first-person psycholog… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FoMO.

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  44. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Onto Maizilind Unto Infinity (OMUI) is a first-person narrative horror game about humankind’s suicidal instincts, interweaving grand geopolitical destruction with personal tragedy. It unfolds as a world-ending nightmare: a playful childhood afternoon quickly descends into the trauma of the Iranian Revolution, transforms into a nuclear apocalypse, and concludes with the sudden death of my Uncle Ram… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Onto Maizilind Unto Infinity.

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  45. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    A surreal, minimalist spooky ride through impossible geometry, deadly traps and caustic commentary from the observers of the player's attempt to stay alive for just a little longer, as a toxin kills them little by little. The game has text graphics and uses the character set from the original PC from 1981. It's presented as if running on that hardware, on a green phosphor monitor - with just a hi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out Of Memories.

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  46. ABOUT THIS GAME Amber of Jinn is a recurring nightmare you can’t escape from, a VR survival horror game developed by Stixor Technologies. Every night you must contend with spirits from pre-Islamic folklore without going mad in the process. Explore a liminal post-colonial maze and become a student of dream logic or perish before you wake up. In a wilfully ignored part of South-Asia stands a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Amber of Jinn.

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  48. 51%Game Brain Score
    51% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    50 Years of Text Games (2023) told the story of the first half century of interactive fiction in a whirlwind tour of fifty text-based computer games, one for each year between 1971 and 2020. Now available as a standalone volume is this companion book, stuffed with extra chapters and bonus materials that couldn't fit in the main volume. Inside you'll find twelve new chapters and 85 pages covering … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Further Explorations: 50 Years of Text Games.

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  49. 54%Game Brain Score
    54% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    In recent nights, your dreams have been haunted by a city of unknown origin. It stands as an enigma to you, with parts of its design and structure seemingly mocking the familiarities of human architecture. Feeling drawn to something, you begin exploring the city. Vignettes: The Dream City is a dungeon crawler set in the surreal city you've been dreaming about, ceaselessly, for months. Throughout … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vignettes: The Dream City.

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  50. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    93% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    "We have no idea what you'll find there, but we need to prevent the Basilisk from being completed. Over."You find yourself in a utopian setting, immersed in the matrix of an omnipotent AI that holds all knowledge and wisdom. There is no clarity as to how you got here, but a mission looms before you.This is a variable-time mental experience. The suggestion that this could cause disturbances is unse… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROKO'S BASILISK.

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