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2021PCSteam Deck playable89 % positive5.69 €

A psychological horror game set in an abandoned Soviet-era apartment building, relying on oppressive atmosphere and exploration to build dread.

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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes From the Darkness special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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2010PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable95 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about From the Darkness: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a pure single-player experience.

Defenseless in a gloomy Prussian castle, you hide from monsters, ration lamp oil and fight to keep your sanity instead of fighting back. A genre-defining horror classic built on physics-based puzzles and relentless dread.

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Conarium

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An atmospheric first-person Lovecraftian adventure in which you play Frank Gilman, unraveling the fate of a doomed Antarctic expedition. Puzzles, eerie dreamlike realms and a bleak story take center stage rather than combat.

The Lightkeeper

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A psychological horror adventure set in the 1920s, where you tend a lighthouse alone on a remote island as reality and delusion blur. Oppressive atmosphere and mounting dread drive the experience.

Layers of Fear

Dread and tension

A psychological horror walking sim set in a mad painter's Victorian mansion that rearranges itself whenever you look away. Its shifting rooms and unsettling art slowly piece together a tragic tale of obsession and ruin.

Find Yourself

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A short first-person psychological horror game set in claustrophobic, eerie subway cars. You explore the surroundings and confront the fears of the main character.

Nightmare Files: Clap Clap

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You play a house sitter who notices stranger and stranger events in what looks like an ordinary home. This short indie horror game relies on an uneasy atmosphere and slow-building tension rather than action.

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