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01 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

79%

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.

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode
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02 Soma Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Soma

75%

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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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective
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03 Don't Knock Twice Cover

2017 · Switch, PC, PS4

Don't Knock Twice

68%

Don't Knock Twice is a single-player first-person survival horror game with support for virtual reality headsets. The player explores a large manor house in search of a missing daughter, interacting with almost every object and following hints delivered throug...

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68% Sehr nah dran
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel Puzzles Game feel
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04 Outlast Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Outlast

65%

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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65% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective
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05 Apsulov: End of Gods Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Apsulov: End of Gods

59%

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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59% Spannender Match
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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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06 Prey Cover

2017 · PC, PS4, XONE

Prey

58%

In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you...

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58% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective
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07 BioShock Cover

2007 · Mac, PC, PS3

BioShock

54%

BioShock is a horror-themed first-person shooter set in a steampunk underwater dystopia. The player is urged to turn everything into a weapon: biologically modifying their own body with Plasmids, hacking devices and systems, upgrading their weapons, crafting n...

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54% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Stealth Game feel
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08 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Cover

2017 · Stadia, Mac, Switch 2

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

53%

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the first game of the Resident Evil series to switch from 3rd-person to fully 1st-person perspective. A complete refresh of gameplay systems simultaneously propels the survival horror experience to another level. It is as much hor...

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53% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Survival Game feel
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09 What Remains of Edith Finch Cover

2017 · Mac, Switch, PC

What Remains of Edith Finch

52%

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of short stories about a cursed family in Washington State. Each story offers a chance to experience the life of a different family member with stories ranging from the early 1900s to the present day. The gameplay a...

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52% Spannender Match
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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Horror Game feel Puzzles Game feel
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10 Inside Cover

2016 · Mac, Switch, PC

Inside

49%

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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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode Stealth Game feel
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11 Silent Hill 2 Cover

2001 · PS2

Silent Hill 2

49%

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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49% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Horror Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode Survival Game feel Horror Game feel Challenging Game feel
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12 Call of Duty: World at War Cover

2008 · PC, PS3, X360

Call of Duty: World at War

49%

Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter set during World War II, focusing on the Pacific and Eastern Front theaters. The single-player campaign follows two perspectives: U.S. Marine Private C. Miller fighting against the Imperial Japanese Army acr...

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49% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Stealth Game feel
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13 Alien: Isolation Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Alien: Isolation

49%

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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Adventure Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Stealth Game feel
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14 Pacify Cover

2019 · Mac, Switch, PC

Pacify

47%

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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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Survival Game feel Horror Game feel
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15 Half-Life Cover

1998 · Linux, Mac, PC

Half-Life

46%

Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, a theoretica...

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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Horror Game feel Challenging Game feel
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16 Dishonored Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, X360

Dishonored

46%

Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets...

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Adventure Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Stealth Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Stealth Game feel Challenging Game feel
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17 Dream Alone Cover

2018 · Mac, Switch, PC

Dream Alone

46%

2D platform game with classic platform gameplay, deadly traps, dark storyline and unique hero abilities, all in Tim Burton's-like audio-visual.

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Adventure Genre Indie Genre Puzzle Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel Puzzles Game feel
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18 Dying Light Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, PC

Dying Light

45%

Dying Light is a first-person, action survival horror game set in a vast and dangerous open world. During the day, players traverse an expansive urban environment overrun by a vicious outbreak, scavenging the world for supplies and crafting weapons to defend a...

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45% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Stealth Game feel
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19 Resident Evil Village Cover

2021 · Stadia, Mac, Switch 2

Resident Evil Village

45%

Resident Evil Village is a first-person survival horror game and the sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. The game maintains elements from previous Resident Evil games, with players having to scavenge environments for items and manage their resources. However...

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Penumbra: Overture

45% Mutiger Treffer
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Adventure Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Stealth Game feel
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20 Metro Exodus Cover

2019 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Metro Exodus

44%

Metro Exodus is an epic, story-driven first person shooter from 4A Games that blends deadly combat and stealth with exploration and survival horror in one of the most immersive game worlds ever created. Explore the Russian wilderness across vast, non-linear le...

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Adventure Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Stealth Theme Survival Theme Single player Mode First person Perspective Stealth Game feel
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