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2020 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable 9.75 € 81 % positive Very positive, 816 reviews on Steam

A horror adventure where you play a kidnapped boy exploring his captor's enormous house, solving puzzles and evading threats. Tension comes from its oppressive atmosphere and grim discoveries.

What defines Don't Be Afraid:

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Don't Be Afraid are Today is my Birthday, Cosmic Fear and Baptiste. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Don't Be Afraid special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Today is my Birthday

97 %

2020 PC 8.19 € 58 % positive Mixed, 80 reviews on Steam

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover
  • Pure single-player experience

A classic indie horror game where you must escape an overwhelming threat with very few tools. Exploring, solving problems and hiding decide whether you survive.

Cosmic Fear

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Baptiste

Dark, serious atmosphere

An indie horror adventure in which you play Tom, grieving his father's death, exploring a gloomy mansion. Oppressive darkness, sound design and voice acting aim to deliver sustained dread.

Silver Chains

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person horror game set in an abandoned manor where you gather clues, solve puzzles and evade a stalking evil. Dark atmosphere and uncovering the mystery drive the experience.

Panelak

Dark, serious atmosphere

An indie horror adventure set in an eerie post-Soviet apartment block where strange things happen. You work your way up floor by floor to the roof to save a helpless man.

Fobia: St. Dinfna Hotel

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person psychological horror game in which you explore a haunted hotel, solve puzzles and manage scarce resources. It blends classic survival horror with an eerie mystery story, made by a Brazilian indie studio.

Husk

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic-style first-person horror game where you explore the eerie town of Shivercliff, solve puzzles and try to survive while searching for your family.

Kriophobia

Dark, serious atmosphere

As lone geophysicist Anna, you explore a snowbound military base on a Russian island where deadly cold and eerie apparitions lurk. You uncover a disturbing past while surviving in an oppressive horror atmosphere.

Decay: The Mare

Puzzles and brain teasers

A psychological horror adventure in which a drug-addicted patient is trapped in an endless nightmare inside a clinic. It pays homage to classics like Resident Evil and Silent Hill with puzzles and a bleak atmosphere.

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