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You guide Jennifer through an isolated research building while the relentless stalker Scissorman hunts her, relying on puzzles and hiding rather than fighting. Its oppressive atmosphere and point-and-click controls make it an early pioneer of survival horror.

  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

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Party Hard

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2015PEGI 16PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable91 % positive−80 % 9.75 € 1.95 €

Brings what grabs you about Clock Tower: sneaking and hiding, a dark atmosphere as well as puzzles to figure out.

You play a fed-up neighbor who sneaks into parties and quietly eliminates every guest by setting traps, dodging witnesses and outwitting the police. Pixel art and dark humor meet tricky stealth-puzzle levels.

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Penumbra: Overture

Sneaking and hiding

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.

Welcome to Hanwell

Focus on a single character

You explore a city where nightmares have become part of everyday life. Every building is a distinct location with its own story, and together they reveal the fate of Hanwell.

Hell is Us

Puzzles and brain teasers

A bleak action-adventure set in a war-torn country that drops quest markers and hand-holding, so you navigate by clues, notes and conversations. Puzzles and tense melee fights against eerie creatures born of a mysterious calamity round it out.

Penumbra: Black Plague

Sneaking and hiding

A claustrophobic first-person horror game set in an underground research facility, where you survive through physics-based puzzles and hiding rather than weapons. Atmosphere and fear of the unknown matter far more than combat.

War Mongrels

Strong, story-driven narrative

An isometric real-time tactics game set on the Eastern Front of WWII, where you lead a small band of deserters through grim missions. Stealth, careful planning and morally difficult choices are at its core.

Homebody

Sneaking and hiding

A retro-styled survival horror puzzler in which you solve puzzles and evade a relentless killer in a haunted house while a group of friends confronts memories of their past.

Fear the Spotlight

Sneaking and hiding

A short horror adventure set in a school at night, where Vivian and Amy sneak around, solve puzzles and evade a sinister spotlight after a séance goes wrong. Its look recalls classic PS1-era horror games.

Echo Night

Puzzles and brain teasers

An early first-person horror adventure from From Software in which you explore a derelict ghost ship, solving puzzles and uncovering the pasts of restless spirits. Atmosphere, exploration and mystery matter more than combat.

Mad Father

Strong, story-driven narrative

A short RPG Maker horror adventure in which you play Aya, uncovering the dark secrets of her mad doctor father inside a mansion. Puzzles, chase sequences and multiple endings deliver a macabre yet emotional story.

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