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2021PC78 % positivefree

You answer an emergency call and quickly sense that something is deeply wrong inside the apartment. Its eerie atmosphere and slowly unfolding story make this short indie title stand out.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for He Needs His Medicine are Try to Fall Asleep, Gray Dawn and The Complex: Found Footage. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes He Needs His Medicine special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Try to Fall Asleep

94 %Match

2019PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive11.99 €

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

You play John Herrin, whose brain damage from an accident means you can only piece together his past by falling asleep. Within his dreams, visions and hallucinations make every attempt to rest harder than it looks.

Gray Dawn

Strong, story-driven narrative

A psychological horror thriller in which you play a priest accused of murdering an altar boy, wandering through nightmarish, religiously charged scenes. Exploration and puzzles drive a dark, story-focused narrative.

The Complex: Found Footage

Dread and tension

A walking-simulator horror game viewed through a VHS camera, in which you wander endless dreamlike Backrooms-style spaces. Its cryptic story raises more questions than it answers.

Simulacra: Pipe Dreams

Strong, story-driven narrative

You follow Teddy as he desperately tries to escape the grip of a cursed video game. Through live-action scenes and an unusual interface, you piece together the horrors bit by bit.

Hazing: Night Shift

Dread and tension

A short indie horror game with a VHS-tape look, where you play a young police officer investigating a creepy country house after a disturbing call. The found-footage presentation builds an oppressive mood.

The Closing Shift

Dread and tension

A short Japanese-style indie horror game in which you play a young woman working a late closing shift as eerie events unfold. Tension comes from atmosphere and mundane routine that gradually turns sinister.

Last Seen Online

Dread and tension

You sift through someone's computer files and solve puzzles to uncover the secrets hidden inside the machine. It blends escape-room style brain teasers with psychological horror inspired by early Flash games.

KinitoPet

Strong, story-driven narrative

A psychological horror game in which you interact with an early-2000s desktop assistant whose behavior on your PC grows increasingly unsettling. Its appeal lies in playing with the computer interface and the creeping unease.

The Baby In Yellow

Dread and tension

You babysit a child in an eerie house and must keep it content by feeding, changing and playing with it. Every neglected need raises the tension until the child becomes something you can no longer control.

Stigmatized Property

Dread and tension

In Stigmatized Property you investigate haunted Japanese apartments whose suspiciously cheap rents hide a dark secret. The tension comes from slowly piecing together clues until you uncover what really haunts each room.

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