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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…

Similarity 81%
Price 24.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 09 May 2024

Quern - Undying Thoughts

Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

Similarity 78%
Price 22.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Nov 2016

Draugen

Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.

Similarity 77%
Price 19.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 29 May 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 75%
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Dec 2020

The Painscreek Killings

Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

Similarity 75%
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 27 Sep 2017

DREAM LOGIC

DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

Similarity 74%
Price 4.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Sep 2022

Paradise Lost

It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.

Similarity 74%
Price 14.79€
Rating 6.3
Release 24 Mar 2021

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 73%
Price 18.49€
Rating 9.4
Release 24 Apr 2017

Mars: War Logs

An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.

Similarity 73%
Price 4.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 26 Apr 2013

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 73%
Price 9.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 14 Feb 2017

SCP: Secret Files

SCP: Secret Files is a collection of paranormal cases from the SCP Foundation, an organization tasked with containing dangerous anomalies. You join as an assistant researcher for Dr. Raymond Hamm and complete a strenuous induction program that will make you question everything you know.

Similarity 72%
Price 12.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Sep 2022

What Never Was

What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.

Similarity 72%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 11 Jan 2019

Maquette

Maquette is a first-person recursive puzzle game that takes you into a world where every building, plant, and object are simultaneously tiny and staggeringly huge.

Similarity 72%
Price 18.49€
Rating 6.7
Release 02 Mar 2021

Deliver Us The Moon

Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future, where Earth's natural resources are depleted. A lone astronaut is sent to the moon on a critical mission to save humanity from extinction.

Similarity 72%
Price 24.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Oct 2019

Riven

Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

Similarity 72%
Price 33.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Jun 2024

Bright Lights of Svetlov

Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.

Similarity 71%
Price 3.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 14 Sep 2021

Never Again

Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.

Similarity 71%
Price 13.79€
Rating 7.7
Release 09 May 2019

The Cursed Forest

Immerse yourself in the obscure and mysterious autumnal forest, where every wrong step could be your last. As you travel uncover the dark story behind this place, where beauty and danger have become as one.

Similarity 71%
Price 11.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 26 Feb 2019

Grunn

A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?

Similarity 71%
Price 12.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 04 Oct 2024

Summerland

Summerland is a first-person narrative game about morality and the afterlife. You take control of Matthew, a detective reliving the events of his past, being questioned on his morals along the way. In every door lies another memory, and every memory unlocks another door.

Similarity 71%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 01 Dec 2020

Firmament

Firmament is a new puzzle-adventure game by the legendary game studio behind the best-selling games Myst and Riven. Featuring deep storytelling and world-building, discover the story of this seemingly abandoned world as you explore and unlock the mysteries of 3 unique Realms… and beyond!

Similarity 71%
Price 33.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 18 May 2023

The Land of Pain

The Land of Pain is a Lovecraftian horror adventure. After something strange appears in the woods, you'll have to learn how to survive as you fend off a dark and disturbing evil. Flee from an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and unravel the ancient mystery that's befallen this land.

Similarity 71%
Price 11.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 13 Sep 2017

Tell Me Why

Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.

Similarity 70%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Aug 2020

The Alien Cube

Worlds collide as your cursed inheritance throws you into the middle of a series of mysterious events. Discover terrifying secrets as you follow your uncle’s disappearance, and confront a terrible truth that will change your life forever in this cosmic horror first-person adventure.

Similarity 70%
Price 19.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 14 Oct 2021

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Similarity 70%
Price 19.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 14 Apr 2016

The Moon Sliver

You are on a bleak, cold, windy island. And you seem to be alone... but fires and candles still burn. As you explore, a story of guilt, loneliness, and faith begins to take shape. And it becomes obvious that something is hunting you...

Similarity 70%
Price -50% 0.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 28 Oct 2014

The Suicide of Rachel Foster

Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Similarity 70%
Price 16.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 19 Feb 2020

Mundaun

Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.

Similarity 70%
Price 18.49€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Mar 2021

Firewatch

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Similarity 70%
Price 19.50€
Rating 8.9
Release 09 Feb 2016

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

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 70%
Price 2.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 12 May 2015

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 70%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Apr 2018

Red Matter

Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.

Similarity 69%
Price 24.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Nov 2018

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 69%
Price 14.79€
Rating 7.6
Release 15 Aug 2013

Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room

You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?

Similarity 69%
Price 8.19€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Oct 2020

This Bed We Made

This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links guests together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder!

Similarity 69%
Price 24.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 01 Nov 2023

Metamorphosis

Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.

Similarity 69%
Price 24.50€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 Aug 2020

Fibrillation HD

Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.

Similarity 69%
Price -50% 2.49€
Rating 8.2
Release 11 Apr 2017

The Inheritance of Crimson Manor

Explore a beautiful and Enigmatic Victorian Manor with a dark secret, In this gothic horror story first person exploration puzzle game filled with fine art, secret passages and mysterious mechanical puzzles playing as the executor of the last will from the enigmatic Railroad Magnate Hadley Strange.

Similarity 68%
Price 14.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 05 May 2022

God's Basement

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Similarity 68%
Price -80% 2.49€
Rating 7.1
Release 16 Oct 2018

Left Alone

Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?

Similarity 68%
Price 6.89€
Rating 7.1
Release 28 Apr 2016

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Similarity 68%
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 25 Sep 2014

REVEIL

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Similarity 68%
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Mar 2024

SOMA

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Similarity 68%
Price 28.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 21 Sep 2015

Chasing Static

A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

Similarity 67%
Price 12.49€
Rating 8.2
Release 14 Oct 2021

Through the Woods

Through the Woods is a third-person Norse horror adventure set in a forest on the western shores of Norway that tells the story of a mother and her missing son.

Similarity 67%
Price 19.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 27 Oct 2016

Syberia: The World Before

Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.

Similarity 67%
Price 39.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 18 Mar 2022

Layers of Fear

All stories must come to an end, even twisted and eerie ones. The canvas. The stage. The novel. This narrative-focused psychological horror experience is ready for its final brushstrokes, its curtain call, its final chapter. Are you ready to return and face your fears one last time?

Similarity 66%
Price 29.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 15 Jun 2023