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2020PCSteam Deck playable86 % positive19.99 €

A first-person survival horror with roguelike elements that leans on an eerie atmosphere, tension and survival under pressure. Each run changes how exploration plays out.

  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Dread and tension
  • Runs that play out differently every time
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Golden Light are Monstrum, Depths of Fear: Knossos and SCP: Containment Breach. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Golden Light special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Monstrum

96 %Match

2015PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified91 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Golden Light: sneaking and hiding, dread and tension as well as runs that differ every time.

A survival horror game on a derelict cargo ship with procedurally generated layouts. A stalking monster hunts you and death is permanent, so you must hide, outwit it and find a way out.

Depths of Fear: Knossos

Runs that play out differently every time

As Theseus you descend into procedurally generated labyrinths beneath Knossos, trying to evade or slay the Minotaur. First-person hiding, fleeing and desperate fights make for a tense roguelike with permadeath.

SCP: Containment Breach

Sneaking and hiding

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.

Ad Infernum

Sneaking and hiding

You are stranded at an abandoned desert gas station while your grip on reality slips away. Dark rituals and demonic pursuers make for a tense, oppressive horror survival experience.

The Dark Occult

Pure single-player experience

An indie survival horror game for PC that relies on psychological dread, constant tension and grotesque creatures to build toward panic. Your only goal is to stay alive.

Stifled

Sneaking and hiding

In Stifled you can only perceive the world through sound: your footsteps and your own voice into the microphone reveal the darkness, but they also draw the creatures hunting you. The tension comes from constantly weighing seeing against staying silent.

The Persistence

Runs that play out differently every time

The Persistence is a first-person stealth horror built for VR, where you sneak through a starship whose layout reshuffles after every death. You hide behind cover and peek around corners while hunting enemies try to find you.

Gloomwood

Sneaking and hiding

Gloomwood is a stealth survival horror set in a cursed Victorian city, drawing on immersive sims and classics like Thief and Resident Evil. You sneak, scrounge scarce resources and use eccentric weapons while exploring a dark, secret-filled world.

Penumbra: Overture

Sneaking and hiding

A first-person survival horror set in a desolate Greenland mine, where you're nearly defenseless and rely on physics-based puzzles and hiding to survive. Its oppressive atmosphere and mouse-driven object interaction define the experience.

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