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1992PCSteam Deck playable92 % positive14.99 €

You experience one of the first survival horror games, pairing 3D characters with pre-rendered backgrounds that paved the way for Resident Evil. You fight with guns or melee weapons and solve puzzles to get through its eerie rooms.

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  • Challenging difficulty
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
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The closest matches for Alone in the Dark are Tormented Souls, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Alone in the Dark special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Tormented Souls

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Brings what grabs you about Alone in the Dark: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as puzzles to figure out.

A survival horror throwback to early Resident Evil with fixed camera angles, intricate puzzles and scarce ammo. You guide Caroline through a decaying mansion full of secrets and grotesque creatures.

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Dread and tension

Defenseless in a gloomy Prussian castle, you hide from monsters, ration lamp oil and fight to keep your sanity instead of fighting back. A genre-defining horror classic built on physics-based puzzles and relentless dread.

Kuon

Fantasy setting

A FromSoftware survival horror game set in Heian-era Japan, where you play several characters through a cursed castle full of demons and puzzles. Japanese folklore gives it a dark, eerie atmosphere.

Evil Tonight

Fantasy setting

You play exorcist Silvia, who can bring the evil of haunted places into physical form. Between fights, exploration and puzzles, you unravel a mystery that spirals out of control in a single night.

The Witch's House MV

Dread and tension

You explore a witch's house as a young girl, where traps can end your run at any moment and every room hides a puzzle. The unpredictable scares keep you on edge, and this remaster adds refreshed visuals and a new difficulty mode for returning fans.

Silent Hill

Dread and tension

As ordinary father Harry Mason, you search a fog-shrouded town for your missing daughter and slip into a nightmarish otherworld. Oppressive fog, unsettling industrial sound design and cryptic puzzles make this a defining psychological horror classic with multiple endings.

Shadowgate

Challenging difficulty

A classic point-and-click adventure where you explore a gloomy castle, solve tricky puzzles and can die in countless gruesome ways. The remake stands out for its thick atmosphere and strong soundtrack.

Silent Hill: Origins

Dread and tension

A prequel to the first Silent Hill, in which trucker Travis Grady shifts between the real town and its nightmare twin, solving puzzles and scraping through clunky melee fights. Oppressive atmosphere and disturbing monsters are the main draw.

Resident Evil

Challenging difficulty

The survival horror blueprint: scarce ammo, tight inventory and interlocking puzzles in a zombie-infested mansion, with fixed camera angles building constant dread and a campy charm.

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