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264 games like Anchorhead

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01 Shade Cover

2000 · Linux, Mac, PC

Shade

94%

A one-room interactive fiction game set in your apartment.

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Anchorhead

94% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Horror Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Cragne Manor Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, PC

Cragne Manor

94%

Cragne Manor is an 'exquisite corpse' text adventure commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Michael Gentry's Anchorhead, in which each of its 84 rooms was created by a different author.

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Anchorhead

94% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Horror Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Voodoo Castle Cover

1979 · Acorn Electron, Apple][, Atari8bit

Voodoo Castle

80%

You are Count Cristo and a curse has been put on you. Your have to lift the curse in this text adventure using two word commands.

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Anchorhead

80% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Horror Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Robin & Orchid Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, PC

Robin & Orchid

74%

High school journalists spend the night in a church, investigating reports of a ghost. A piece of interactive fiction written by Ryan Veeder and Emily Boegheim.

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Anchorhead

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Foo Foo Cover

2016 · Linux, Mac, PC

Foo Foo

74%

Someone's been bopping the field mice on the head, and only Good Fairy, Senior Detective can find out who. A parser-driven noir adventure based on the interactive fiction of Ryan Veeder.

Your match for

Anchorhead

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Death off the Cuff Cover

2010 · Android, Linux, Mac

Death off the Cuff

74%

They all stare at you expectantly, like children waiting to be told a bedtime story. Who can blame them? You are, after all, Antoine Saint Germain, the great French detective. No criminal has ever been a match for you, and everybody is looking forward to a des...

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Anchorhead

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 An Act of Murder Cover

2007 · Linux, Mac, PC

An Act of Murder

74%

A country house mystery with a randomized culprit.

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Anchorhead

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Mystery House Possessed Cover

2005 · Linux, Mac, PC

Mystery House Possessed

74%

This intricate all-text reworking draws on the Gothic, as well as Clue, to simulate seven characters working to outwit the killer in their midst.

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Anchorhead

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Until Dawn Cover

2024 · PC, PS5

Until Dawn

68%

A remake of Until Dawn, an interactive drama survival horror video game originally released in 2015. The remake features overhauled visuals, new camera controls, prologue rework, new collectables, new areas and interactions, and a new "Stay Calm" mechanic.

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Anchorhead

68% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Until Dawn Cover

2015 · PS4

Until Dawn

67%

Until Dawn is an interactive drama survival horror video game. It was originally planned as a first-person game for the PlayStation 3's motion controller PlayStation Move, but the motion controls were later dropped when it became a PlayStation 4 exclusive game...

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Anchorhead

67% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Beyond Cover

2005 · Linux, Mac, PC

Beyond

67%

A mysterious death, a secret to be revealed… and someone who wants to know the truth, at any cost.

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Anchorhead

67% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Mystery Theme
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 The Quarry Cover

2022 · PC, PS4, PS5

The Quarry

63%

It's late summer in the remote forests of upstate New York, and the teen counselors of Hackett's Quarry have the camp to themselves for one final night. That means no kids, no adults, and no rules. In this thrilling cinematic tale, you control the fates of all...

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Anchorhead

63% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 Higurashi When They Cry Hou: Ch.1 Onikakushi Cover
63%

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experie...

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Anchorhead

63% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Horror Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 Alien: Isolation Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Alien: Isolation

60%

Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game based on the Alien franchise. As Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, you will navigate through an increasingly volatile world as you find yourself confronted on all sides by a panicked population and an unpredict...

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Anchorhead

60% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 Ever17: The Out of Infinity Cover

2002 · Android, DC, PC

Ever17: The Out of Infinity

60%

Ever 17: The Out of Infinity is a visual novel video game developed by KID. It is the second entry in the Infinity series; it is preceded by Never 7: The End of Infinity, and followed by Remember 11: The Age of Infinity, 12Riven: The Psi-Climinal of Integral,...

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Anchorhead

60% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Horror Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Horror Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Cover
59%

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.

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Anchorhead

59% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Horror Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

17 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma Cover

2016 · 3DS, PC, PS4

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

54%

Zero Time Dilemma is the third and final entry in the Zero Escape series. It is a story focused mystery/thriller visual novel with multiple endings that involves player choices and puzzle rooms.

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Anchorhead

54% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Horror Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Horror Game feel
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18 Home Cover

2012 · Mac, Switch, PC

Home

53%

Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.

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Anchorhead

53% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Horror Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Kara no Shoujo Cover

2008 · PC

Kara no Shoujo

53%

Set in 1956, Reiji is investigating a series of strange crimes that revolve arround an all-female academy, which may be involved with the murder that killed his wife. Also, he meets Toko Kuchiki, a strange girl who hires Reiji for the job to "find her real se...

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Anchorhead

53% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Text Perspective Horror Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Silent Hill 2 Cover

2001 · PS2

Silent Hill 2

52%

The second entry in the Silent Hill franchise, Silent Hill 2 is a narrative-focused third-person psychological survival horror game with emphasis on combat, exploration and puzzle-solving elements which follows James Sunderland, a man who receives a letter, se...

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Anchorhead

52% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Adventure Genre Horror Theme Mystery Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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