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2023PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified92 % positive14.79 €

You explore a meticulously recreated 1980s Japan in first person, sinking into a disturbing story full of unsettling horrors. Atmosphere and dread matter far more than fast-paced action.

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

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The closest matches for Hollow Cocoon are Amnesia: The Dark Descent, The Beast Inside and Infliction. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hollow Cocoon 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 €

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

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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The Beast Inside

Dread and tension

A story-driven psychological horror thriller in which a cryptanalyst unravels a century-old murder mystery across two timelines, solving puzzles, investigating environments and evading threats.

Infliction

Dread and tension

A story-driven first-person horror set in a suburban home, where you uncover a family's dark history across 13 years while a malevolent entity stalks you. It tells its story through the environment and tackles heavy taboo themes.

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.

Dread Flats

Dread and tension

You explore a murder building from a first-person view in 1990s China, piecing together the truth behind the killings and the missing people. Claustrophobic spaces and carefully placed scares make the eerie, twisted entities feel close.

The Last Door: Season 2

Dread and tension

A dark pixel-art horror mystery set in Victorian England, where you play Dr. Wakefield unraveling a secret society. Dense atmosphere, point-and-click puzzles and unsettling sound design drive its disturbing story.

Amnesia: Rebirth

Dread and tension

A first-person horror adventure set in the 1937 Algerian desert, where you play the defenseless Tasi, hiding from monsters, solving puzzles and slowly uncovering a disturbing truth. Its strengths are dense atmosphere and a dark, emotional story.

Gray Dawn

Dread and tension

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.

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Dread and tension

A linear, narrative-heavy first-person horror journey through Victorian London, where an industrialist descends into a monstrous machine searching for his missing children. It trims the survival mechanics of its predecessor in favor of a disturbing parable about greed and industry, carried by a superb score.

The Lightkeeper

Dread and tension

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.