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2010PC70 % positive

A classic point-and-click horror adventure: gruesome murders hit a small town after the body of a cruel aristocrat vanishes. You solve puzzles and investigate whether a supernatural monster is behind it.

Dread and tension
Historical setting
Puzzles and brain teasers
Dark, serious atmosphere

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The closest matches for Alter Ego are Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery and Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Alter Ego special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition

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2014PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive19.99 €

Historical setting
Dread and tension
Strong, story-driven narrative

A classic point-and-click adventure in which you play author Gabriel Knight, investigating ritual murders in New Orleans that lead to voodoo and a dark family secret. The anniversary edition adds HD visuals, new puzzles and extra scenes.

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The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

Dread and tension

A point-and-click mystery with live-action video in which you alternate between Gabriel and Grace while tracking werewolf murders in Munich. It delivers a moody gothic horror story and classic inventory puzzles.

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic point-and-click adventure in which writer Gabriel Knight investigates voodoo murders in New Orleans and learns he is heir to the Schattenjäger line. Strong writing, a gothic mood and tricky inventory puzzles define it.

The Last Door

Dark, serious atmosphere

A pixel-art point-and-click horror adventure set in Victorian England, built on thick atmosphere, eerie sound design and a dark mystery following Jeremiah Devitt. Classic adventure puzzles drive an episodic tale of buried secrets and creeping dread.

Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of The Baskervilles

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic detective adventure where you play Sherlock Holmes, gathering clues, deducing and solving puzzles across the foggy moors to uncover the truth behind the cursed spectral hound.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Dread and tension

A folk horror point-and-click adventure set in Victorian England, where antiquarian Thomasina Bateman investigates the secrets of an ancient barrow on the gloomy moors. Moody pixel art, creeping dread and a strong narrative define the experience.

Still Life

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim point-and-click crime thriller where you play FBI agent Victoria and her grandfather Gustav, investigating two eerily similar murder sprees set 75 years apart. Clue-hunting and puzzles drive the experience.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened - Remastered Edition

Puzzles and brain teasers

A detective adventure starring Sherlock Holmes that blends classic point-and-click puzzles with a dark, Lovecraft-inspired case. The remastered edition adds a third-person view alongside the original first-person perspective.

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Dread and tension

A horror adventure set in Showa-era Tokyo that weaves the urban legend of the Seven Mysteries of Honjo into clever curse-based puzzles and an intricate multi-protagonist story.

Post Mortem

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click thriller set in Paris, where you play a former detective with clairvoyant visions hunting a killer tied to occult rituals. Puzzles and interrogations drive a dense conspiracy story.

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