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2021 PC 7.19 € 92 % positive Very positive, 243 reviews on Steam

An indie survival horror game where you rescue three students trapped in a school haunted by psychic phenomena. Uncovering the cause-and-effect chain behind the events is central to the experience.

What defines Causality:

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Causality are Silent Hill: Downpour, The Tartarus Key and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Causality special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Silent Hill: Downpour

96 %

2012 PlayStationXbox

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Lots to discover

A psychological survival horror in which an escaped convict wanders the rain-soaked, fog-draped town of Silent Hill, solving puzzles and fending off monsters with improvised melee weapons. Moral choices and optional side quests add to the oppressive, bleak atmosphere.

The Tartarus Key

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person puzzle adventure where Alex wakes in a sinister mansion full of traps and watching cameras and must escape with fellow captives. Your decisions shape who survives and which ending you reach.

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Pure single-player experience

A reimagining of the first Silent Hill in which Harry searches for his daughter while an in-game psychological profile reshapes the story, characters and monsters based on how you play. There is no combat, only chases through an ice-bound nightmare, puzzles and heavy atmosphere.

Those Who Remain

Dark, serious atmosphere

A psychological horror thriller set in a small American town cursed by a demon and swallowed by darkness. As Edward you explore, solve environmental puzzles, avoid threats lurking in the shadows and make moral choices.

Corpse Party: Blood Drive

Pure single-player experience

The sequel to Book of Shadows sends a group of students back into the cursed Heavenly Host Elementary School. It focuses on gruesome horror storytelling, puzzles and exploration, now with 3D chibi graphics and traditional anime-style cutscene art.

Cosmic Fear

Dark, serious atmosphere

A Lovecraft-inspired horror adventure where you investigate inexplicable cosmic phenomena, solve puzzles and survive unsettling encounters. The focus is on eerie atmosphere and discovery.

Silent Hill 2

Dark, serious atmosphere

A landmark of psychological horror where James's search for his dead wife through fog-shrouded Silent Hill becomes a harrowing confrontation with guilt and grief. Oppressive atmosphere, symbolic monsters and multiple endings make it unforgettable.

Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within

Dark, serious atmosphere

A point-and-click survival horror on PlayStation where you play a defenseless heroine evading killers and supernatural threats. Multiple endings, puzzles and constant stalking dread drive the tension.

Saint Kotar

Dark, serious atmosphere

A psychological point-and-click horror adventure in a remote Croatian town, where you investigate occult happenings and a disappearance. Your choices decide whether the characters keep their humanity or sink into madness.

Silent Hill

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

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