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199 games like The Emulator

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01 The Light Keeps Us Safe Cover
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THE LIGHT KEEPS US SAFE is a procedurally-generated apocalypse in which only The Light can save us. Use stealth and evasion to avoid terrifying machines that patrol the desolate world, and employ the powers of Light to unpick their deadly traps.

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The Emulator

100% Starker DNA-Match
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel Horror Game feel
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02 Penguin's Dogma Cover

2020 · PC

Penguin's Dogma

100%

A simple horror-style stealth game, where you can have fun playing tag with penguins. If you get caught three times, you lose. If you burn all of the penguins to a crisp, you win.

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The Emulator

100% Starker DNA-Match
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel Horror Game feel
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03 It Steals Cover

2020 · PC

It Steals

100%

AROUND EVERY CORNER. Face against stealthy antagonists that will take advantage of your expectations.

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The Emulator

100% Starker DNA-Match
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel Horror Game feel
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04 Intruders: Hide and Seek Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Intruders: Hide and Seek

81%

Intruders: Hide and Seek is a VR-compatible stealth game, in which you embody Ben, a 13 years old kid trying to cope with the worst night of his life...

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The Emulator

81% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel Horror Game feel
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05 Deadly Night Cover

2022 · PC

Deadly Night

81%

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 o...

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The Emulator

81% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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06 Outlast Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Outlast

73%

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enou...

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The Emulator

73% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel Horror Game feel
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07 Midnight Ghost Hunt Cover

2024 · PC

Midnight Ghost Hunt

72%

A chaotic multiplayer hide-and-seek game. Possess seemingly harmless objects as Ghosts or chase them down as Hunters before the clock strikes midnight!

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The Emulator

72% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Horror Game feel
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08 Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals Cover

2020 · PC, PS5, Series X|S

Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals

72%

Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals is a multiplayer horror party game with multiple modes where players take on the role of monsters or mortals from Dark Deception's universe (and other universes) and fight for soul shards in nightmarish mazes!

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The Emulator

72% Sehr nah dran
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Horror Game feel
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09 Soma Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Soma

65%

SOMA is a sci-fi horror game from Frictional Games, the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It is an unsettling story about identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human. Enter the world of SOMA and face horrors buried deep beneath the ocean waves...

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The Emulator

65% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel Horror Game feel
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10 Inside Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch, PC

Inside

63%

Inside is a puzzle-platformer developed by Playdead, presented in a 2.5D side-scrolling format with a dark, predominantly monochromatic visual style. The player controls an unnamed boy navigating a dystopian environment, solving environmental puzzles, avoiding...

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The Emulator

63% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel Horror Game feel
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11 This War of Mine Cover

2014 · Android, Linux, Mac

This War of Mine

63%

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war se...

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The Emulator

63% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel Horror Game feel
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12 Darq Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, XONE

Darq

61%

Darq tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who becomes aware of the fact that he is dreaming. To Lloyd's misfortune, the dream quickly turns into a nightmare and all attempts to wake up end in failure. While exploring the darkest corners of his subconscious, Lloyd l...

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The Emulator

61% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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13 Hrot Cover

2023 · PC

Hrot

61%

Hrot is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.

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The Emulator

61% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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14 Among Us Cover

2018 · Android, Switch, PC

Among Us

53%

Play with 4-15 player online or via local WiFi as you attempt to prepare your spaceship for departure, but beware as one or more random players among the Crew are Impostors bent on killing everyone! Originally created as a party game, we recommend playing wit...

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The Emulator

53% Spannender Match
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Indie Genre Action Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel
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15 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Cover

2013 · Android, Switch, PC

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

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Brothers is presented from a third-person view overlooking the two brothers. The brothers are moved individually by two thumbsticks on the controller. The controller triggers also cause the respective brother to interact with the game world, such as talking to...

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The Emulator

47% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Action Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel
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16 Amnesia: The Dark Descent Cover

2010 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror video game by Frictional Games. The game features a protagonist named Daniel exploring a dark and foreboding castle, while trying to maintain his sanity by avoiding monsters and other terrifying obstructions. The...

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The Emulator

47% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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17 Don't Starve Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Don't Starve

47%

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

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The Emulator

47% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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18 Mark of the Ninja Cover

2012 · Linux, Mac, PC

Mark of the Ninja

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Mark of the Ninja is a side-scrolling action stealth video game developed by Klei Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios. It was announced on February 28, 2012 and later released for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on September 7, 2012. A Microsoft...

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The Emulator

47% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Action Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel
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19 Limbo Cover

2010 · Android, Linux, Mac

Limbo

44%

Limbo is a black and white puzzle-platforming adventure. Players take the role of a young boy traveling through an eerie and treacherous world in an attempt to discover the fate of his sister.

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The Emulator

44% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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20 Little Nightmares Cover

2017 · Android, Stadia, Switch

Little Nightmares

44%

Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set in a mysterious world, Little Nightmares follows the journey of Six, a hungry little girl who must escape the Maw, an iro...

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The Emulator

44% Mutiger Treffer
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Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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