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2017PC61 % positive2.99 €

In this indie horror adventure you flee from an overwhelming beast while learning to overcome your own fear. The legend of the Beast of Gévaudan forms the unsettling backdrop.

  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Dread and tension
  • Historical setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Gevaudan are Detention, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Through the Woods. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Gevaudan special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Detention

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2017PCPlayStationNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified95 % positive11.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Gevaudan: sneaking and hiding, dread and tension as well as a historical setting.

An atmospheric 2D horror adventure set in 1960s martial-law Taiwan, where you sneak through a haunted school and solve puzzles as a student. It blends political repression with Taiwanese folk religion and myth for a deeply unsettling story.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Historical setting

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.

Through the Woods

Sneaking and hiding

An atmospheric psychological horror adventure set in a Norwegian forest, where a mother searching for her missing son is haunted by Norse myths and folklore. The narrated story and oppressive mood take center stage.

Amenti

Historical setting

A photographer descends into the Great Pyramids to photograph a pharaoh's remains and falls under a curse that erodes his sanity. An atmospheric horror adventure set inside a sinister ancient tomb.

Among the Sleep

Sneaking and hiding

A first-person horror adventure seen through the eyes of a toddler wandering a distorted home and eerie dreamscapes at night with a talking teddy bear. There is no combat, just hiding, light puzzles and a haunting story about comfort and a troubled family.

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Historical setting

An atmospheric first-person horror game set in World War I where you sneak through trenches, solve puzzles and evade nightmarish creatures while uncovering a soldier's traumatic past.

Alone in the Dark

Pure single-player experience

A pioneer of survival horror: you explore a cursed 1920s mansion, solve puzzles and fight sparingly against monsters. Its 3D characters on pre-rendered backdrops and menacing mood shaped the entire genre.

Amnesia: The Bunker

Historical setting

A first-person horror game in a WW1 bunker where you survive with scarce resources, a hand-cranked light and an unpredictable monster stalking you. The semi-open, systemic layout lets you improvise routes, hiding spots and puzzle solutions.

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