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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Similarity 83%
Price 9.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 14 Feb 2017

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

Similarity 83%
Price 19.50€
Rating 6.8
Release 10 Sep 2013

Gone Home

June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

Similarity 82%
Price 14.79€
Rating 7.6
Release 15 Aug 2013

Kona II: Brume

Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.

Similarity 79%
Price -80% 5.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 18 Oct 2023

Rainy Season

This is a story about an ordinary family spending time at home during the rain.

Similarity 79%
Price 3.29€
Rating 8.9
Release 19 Aug 2020

[Chilla's Art] Inunaki Tunnel | 犬鳴トンネル

Inunaki tunnel (or Inunaki village) is a famous Japanese horror spot where people have been killed or burnt to death.

Similarity 77%
Price 2.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 19 Nov 2019

When the Darkness comes

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Similarity 77%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 01 Mar 2019

The Star Named EOS

The Star Named EOS is a story-rich puzzle adventure built around photography. Recreate compositions of past photos to uncover the truth of a family mystery. Experience a harmonious mixture of beautiful hand-drawn art and engaging puzzles on a journey of reminiscence.

Similarity 76%
Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 22 Jul 2024

The Beginner's Guide

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Similarity 76%
Price 9.75€
Rating 8.6
Release 01 Oct 2015

9.03m

The media is quick to put figures to death tolls in such disasters, and 9.03m tries to remind people of the individuals behind those figures. 9.03m is set on Baker Beach in San Francisco, where debris from the tsunami has washed ashore in the years following the tsunami. To play, you must find the butterflies.

Similarity 76%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 20 Nov 2013

Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

Similarity 74%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 24 Sep 2021

A Place, Forbidden

A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.

Similarity 74%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 25 Jun 2020

What Remains of Edith Finch

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Similarity 74%
Price 18.49€
Rating 9.4
Release 24 Apr 2017

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina

Similarity 74%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 04 Dec 2015

The Stanley Parable

The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.

Similarity 73%
Price 14.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 17 Oct 2013

BABBDI

Find your way out of BABBDI. A short, first person exploration experience.

Similarity 71%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.4
Release 22 Dec 2022

[Chilla's Art] Stigmatized Property | 事故物件

Stigmatized Property, 事故物件 (Jiko bukken) is a horror game inspired by haunted apartment rooms in Japan. These properties are known to have cheap rents and you play to find out the exact reason why.

Similarity 71%
Price 2.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 25 Oct 2019

Awkward Dimensions Redux

They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...

Similarity 71%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 21 Oct 2016

Event[0]

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Similarity 71%
Price 19.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 14 Sep 2016

Off-Peak

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Similarity 71%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 21 Oct 2016

the static speaks my name

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Similarity 71%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 10 Aug 2015

Thirty Flights of Loving

Explore the world of Thirty Flights of Loving through a first-person short story. Take a deep dive with high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.

Similarity 71%
Price 4.99€
Rating 6.1
Release 20 Aug 2012

Rhome

Rhome is a first-person dark atmospheric exploration game made by students at SMU Guildhall. Players navigate an increasingly chaotic and psychologically unnerving environment to reveal the fate of Hailey Rhome. Proceeds from your purchase on Steam go to support student development.

Similarity 70%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Feb 2020

Virginia

Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.

Similarity 70%
Price 9.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 22 Sep 2016

Krypta FM

Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?

Similarity 68%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Jul 2024

The NADI Project

The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.

Similarity 68%
Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 01 Jun 2016

The Novelist

The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be.

Similarity 68%
Price 4.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 10 Dec 2013

my eyes deceive

Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.

Similarity 67%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 03 Feb 2024

The Longest Walk

The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.

Similarity 67%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 09 Sep 2022

Titan Station

Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station. After arriving, his mundane work turns into a struggle for his very life as he makes a shocking discovery.

Similarity 67%
Price 9.75€
Rating 8.4
Release 11 Nov 2022

Fears to Fathom - Home Alone

Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.

Similarity 67%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Jul 2021

[Chilla's Art] Okaeri | おかえり

Okaeri is a VHS Japanese psychological horror game about a middle school girl and her mother who recently moved to a new house.

Similarity 67%
Price 2.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 06 Sep 2019

Silver Chains

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Similarity 67%
Price -90% 2.49€
Rating 6.7
Release 06 Aug 2019

Nephise Begins

Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather.

Similarity 67%
Price -25% 0.74€
Rating 6.1
Release 24 Apr 2017

Bendy: Secrets of the Machine

Some things are better left forgotten.

Similarity 67%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 14 Apr 2024

Nephise

Nephise is a short and atmospheric puzzle game with narration. It is a relaxing and mysterious experience especially with the help of its music.

Similarity 67%
Price -25% 0.74€
Rating 6.7
Release 14 Mar 2017

Kona

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Similarity 67%
Price 14.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Mar 2017

Home is Where One Starts...

Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.

Similarity 67%
Price 2.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 12 May 2015

Mimic Search

Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.

Similarity 65%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 02 May 2024

lure

To make some money from an old man, you are asked to fish at the forbidden Shinto shrine.

Similarity 65%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Apr 2022

Devolverland Expo

Devolverland Expo is a first-person 'marketing simulator' set within an abandoned convention center after the annual Devolver Digital game expo was mysteriously canceled.

Similarity 65%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 11 Jul 2020

We Went Back

We Went Back is a time-looping horror game in which you wake up in an abandoned space station utterly alone. The exit door is locked and you must find a way to escape what lurks within. Find clues, experience dynamically changing environments and confront terror in order to find a way out.

Similarity 65%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 03 Apr 2020

Shattered Lights

Shattered Lights is a VR psychological horror room-scale experience, which focuses on drawing the player into the game with unparalleled immersion.

Similarity 65%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 11 Jun 2019

Call of the Sea

Call of the Sea is an otherworldly tale of mystery and love set in the 1930s South Pacific. Explore a lush island paradise, solve puzzles and unlock secrets in the hunt for your husband’s missing expedition.

Similarity 65%
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Dec 2020

SEPTEMBER 1999

A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Similarity 65%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 10 Oct 2018

Infliction

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

Similarity 65%
Price 17.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 17 Oct 2018

Marie's Room

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Similarity 65%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Apr 2018

That Dragon, Cancer

An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

Similarity 65%
Price 9.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 11 Jan 2016