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Games like Friday the 13th

1989

You switch between six camp counselors, defending the children at Crystal Lake from Jason while racing the clock. It is a notoriously tough 8-bit horror action game based on the film.

  • Dread and tension
  • A party of several characters
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Open world

The closest matches for Friday the 13th are Slender: The Eight Pages, Granny and SCP: Containment Breach. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Friday the 13th special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Slender: The Eight Pages

84 %Match

2012PC

Brings what grabs you about Friday the 13th: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a realistic look.

You wander a dark forest at night with a weak flashlight, collecting eight pages while the Slender Man stalks you. Its minimalist design and creeping dread made the free game a viral horror hit.

Granny

Dread and tension

You are trapped in a house and must escape within five days while an old woman hunts you by sound. Hiding, moving quietly and solving puzzles keep the tension constantly high.

SCP: Containment Breach

Dread and tension

You are a test subject trying to escape an SCP Foundation facility while escaped anomalies like the statue SCP-173 hunt you. Blinking as a mechanic, randomly generated corridors and constant dread make for a tense, scary experience.

Fatal Frame

Dread and tension

Instead of guns, you wield an antique camera to exorcise ghosts through the viewfinder. A haunted-mansion Japanese horror classic with thick atmosphere and tense, well-timed shots.

Slender: The Arrival

Realistic visuals

A short first-person horror trip where you gather clues through dark forests and abandoned buildings, weaponless, while the Slender Man closes in. Tension comes from darkness, a flickering flashlight and sudden jump scares.

Miasmata

Open world

As a plague-stricken scientist stranded on a remote island, you map the land yourself through triangulation, gather plants to craft medicine, and avoid a stalking creature that hunts you.

Wick

Easy to pick up

You explore a dark forest alone at night with only a candle, hunting for the ghosts of lost children. Your candlelight is both protection and a limited resource, creating constant tension.

Siren

Dread and tension

A survival horror classic where you play several villagers in Hanuda and use sightjacking to see through enemies' eyes while sneaking past the eerie Shibito. Its non-linear story told via the Link Navigator is as distinctive as it is punishingly difficult.

Rake

Pure single-player experience

You play Gordon Davis, a researcher hunting ghosts, Bigfoot and other cryptids. Its appeal lies in the eerie atmosphere and the tension between exploring and the constant threat of what lurks nearby.

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