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As an occult investigator, you explore a silent deep-sea mining station in the Pacific while your sanity frays. It leans on Lovecraftian dread and mystery rather than action.
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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.
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A blood-soaked horror thriller where you play a kidnapped surgeon in an underwater facility, dying and looping again and again to uncover the truth behind a parasitic horror.
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A harrowing combat-free horror journey through a ruined deep-sea research station that confronts you with unsettling questions about consciousness and identity. Its philosophical story lingers long after the credits roll.
