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2022PC

You survive the night by reporting alternate anomalies, spotting the differences between scenes until 6 AM. It mixes spot-the-difference puzzles with unsettling Mandela Catalogue-style horror.

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Dark, serious atmosphere

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The closest matches for Alternate Watch are Welcome to the Game, Dead Signal and Poppy Playtime. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Alternate Watch special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Welcome to the Game 95% match – Dread and tension
Newest alternative: Dead Signal 95% match – released 2023

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Welcome to the Game

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2016PC85 % positive

A tense first-person horror game in which you hunt for a Red Room on the Deep Web, solving puzzles while staying alert to threats lurking in your apartment.

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You work a night shift watching camera feeds, reporting anomalies and delivering shady packages. It blends spot-the-difference tasks and time pressure with creeping horror where almost nowhere feels safe.

Poppy Playtime

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A horror puzzle adventure set in an abandoned toy factory, where you use the GrabPack to manipulate circuits and flee from creepy toy monsters. Environmental puzzles mixed with chase sequences deliver short, intense scares.

Ao Oni

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A cult Japanese indie horror game in which you solve tricky puzzles in an abandoned mansion while fleeing the blue monster Ao Oni, which can ambush you at any moment.

Welcome to the Game II

Dread and tension

A horror puzzle game where you play a reporter delving into the deep web and a trap-filled building to help a woman in danger. Puzzles, surveillance and survival pressure create a tense, unsettling experience.

Phantasmagoria

Dread and tension

A 1990s point-and-click horror adventure with live-action video footage: as Adrienne you explore a sinister mansion and uncover its dark secret. Notorious for its graphic scenes and full-motion-video style.

The Witch's House MV

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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.

Penumbra: Overture

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A first-person survival horror set in a desolate Greenland mine, where you're nearly defenseless and rely on physics-based puzzles and hiding to survive. Its oppressive atmosphere and mouse-driven object interaction define the experience.

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An early interactive horror movie from Warp: as Laura you explore a creepy hospital in first person, solving puzzles to uncover why your father went on a killing spree. Its pre-rendered CGI cutscenes and disturbing themes like cannibalism made it infamous.

Colina: Legacy

Dread and tension

You wake up alone in your parents' car and head toward a sinister house where something watches from the shadows. The game blends an unsettling horror atmosphere with puzzles you must solve in the dark.