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278 games like Down the Shaft

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01 Apsulov: End of Gods Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Apsulov: End of Gods

98%

You awake in a sanctuary of steel and concrete, built to honor the Nordic Gods and to house an artifact, buried in the earth aeons ago. Unveil the secrets of the inhabitants, the artifact, and the nine realms of Yggdrasil in Apsulov: End of Gods.

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Down the Shaft

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02 The Dark Occult Cover

2018 · PC

The Dark Occult

98%

The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

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Down the Shaft

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03 Darq Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, XONE

Darq

90%

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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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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04 Infliction Cover

2018 · Switch, PC, PS4

Infliction

90%

Infliction is a story driven first person physiological horror experience. Set in a regular suburban home, the story is told over alternating time periods spanning 13 years. Through environmental storytelling, Infliction tackles taboo subject matter. While you...

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Down the Shaft

90% Starker DNA-Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Horror Game feel
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05 Don't Knock Twice Cover

2017 · Switch, PC, PS4

Don't Knock Twice

78%

Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. To save her estranged daughter, a guilt-ridden mother must uncover the frightening truth behind the urban tale of a vengeful, demonic witch. One knock to wake h...

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Down the Shaft

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06 Scorn Cover

2022 · PC, PS5, Series X|S

Scorn

76%

Scorn is an atmospheric first person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry. It is designed around an idea of "being thrown into the world". Isolated and lost inside this dream-like world you will explore different...

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Down the Shaft

76% Sehr nah dran
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07 The Outlast Trials Cover

2024 · PC, PS4, PS5

The Outlast Trials

76%

The Outlast Trials is a survival horror game you can play by yourself or with other players online. You'll have to survive the twisted, sadistic and bizarre experiments of the Murkoff Corporation, alone or in a group up to 4 players.

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Down the Shaft

76% Sehr nah dran
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08 Signalis Cover

2022 · Switch, PC, PS4

Signalis

74%

Signalis is a classic survival horror experience with a unique aesthetic, full of melancholic mystery. Investigate a dark secret, solve puzzles, fight off nightmarish creatures and navigate dystopian, surreal retrotech worlds as Elster, a technician Replika se...

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Down the Shaft

74% Sehr nah dran
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09 Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion Cover

Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for me...

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Down the Shaft

74% Sehr nah dran
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10 Routine Cover

2025 · PC, XONE, Series X|S

Routine

74%

Routine is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror title set on an abandoned Lunar base designed around an 80’s vision of the future. Curious exploration turns into a need for survival when a lunar base goes completely quiet. Searching for answers puts you face to face w...

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Down the Shaft

74% Sehr nah dran
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11 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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Down the Shaft

73% Sehr nah dran
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12 Blair Witch Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Blair Witch

73%

Inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, experience a new story-driven psychological horror game that studies your reactions to fear and stress. A STORY OF THE HUMAN DESCENT INTO DARKNESS Experience an original story based on the legend of Blair Witch f...

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Down the Shaft

73% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Horror Game feel
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13 Remothered: Tormented Fathers Cover

2018 · Switch, PC, PS4

Remothered: Tormented Fathers

71%

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the first chapter of the long-awaited third person game trilogy. Playing as Rosemary, you will have to face psychopaths and fanatics. A web of lies where murders and obsessions come to life. A revolutionary experience created f...

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Down the Shaft

71% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel
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14 Amnesia: Rebirth Cover

2020 · Linux, Switch 2, PC

Amnesia: Rebirth

70%

Amnesia: Rebirth is a new descent into darkness from the creators of the iconic Amnesia series. Set in the desolate landscape of the Algerian desert, the game will focus on new character Tasi Trianon as she sets out on a harrowing journey through devastation a...

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Down the Shaft

70% Sehr nah dran
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15 Pacify Cover

2019 · Mac, Switch, PC

Pacify

70%

An indie, multiplayer, horror game with fast paced game play for up to 4 players. Teams will need to explore an eerie mansion with a rumored past of funeral services including contacting deceased loved ones. A scary girl roams the house, and players need to ke...

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Down the Shaft

70% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Horror Game feel
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16 Layers of Fear 2 Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Layers of Fear 2

70%

Layers of Fear 2 is a first-person psychological horror game with an emphasis on exploration and story. Players control a Hollywood actor who heeds the call of an enigmatic director to take on the lead role in a film shot aboard an ocean liner. Beware, for all...

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Down the Shaft

70% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Horror Game feel
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17 When the Darkness comes Cover
69%

Taking around an hour on the first play-through, "When The Darkness Comes" feels like you're wandering around a glitchy hard drive full of abstract dreams and beautiful nightmares. The narrator initially makes it feel like a comedic game, but it soon starts to...

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Down the Shaft

69% Sehr nah dran
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18 Mouthwashing Cover

2024 · Switch, PC, PS5

Mouthwashing

68%

The five crew members of The Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

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68% Sehr nah dran
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19 Kholat Cover

2015 · Mac, Switch, PC

Kholat

68%

Kholat is a game developed by independent studio IMGN.PRO, inspired by true events known as the "Dyatlov Pass Incident". We follow the path of a group of Russian students, that went for an expedition in the northern Ural Mountains. The team does not reach its...

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Down the Shaft

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20 Neverending Nightmares Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Neverending Nightmares

67%

Neverending Nightmares is a psychological horror game inspired by the developer's actual battle with mental illness. In the game, you take on the role of Thomas who awakens from a terrible nightmare only to find that he is still dreaming. As he descends deeper...

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Down the Shaft

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