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2014PC71 % positive7.99 €

You explore an abandoned boarding school whose female students vanish one by one, and follow the trail of a killer. The game focuses on puzzles and an eerie, tense atmosphere.

  • Dread and tension
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Hope Lake are Last Seen Online, Inmates and True Fear: Forsaken Souls - Part 1. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hope Lake special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Last Seen Online

95 %Match

2023PCSteam Deck playable97 % positivefree

  • Dread and tension
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

Inmates

Dread and tension

You explore an eerie prison, examining every object and detail to piece together the stories of those locked inside. Its slow, atmospheric investigation gradually reveals why you ended up there yourself.

The Crow's Eye

Dread and tension

An atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure set in an abandoned medical university, where you solve puzzles and uncover the disappearance of students and faculty two decades ago. It focuses on eerie tension rather than combat.

The Exit 8

Pure single-player experience

You walk down an endless subway corridor and must spot any tiny anomaly: if you find one you turn back, otherwise you keep going. A single mistake resets your progress, turning calm observation into a tense, unsettling game.

Floor 9

Dread and tension

You are trapped in the eerie Hotel Liminal and must spot anomalies on each floor to escape. One wrong call sends you back to Floor 9, keeping tension high throughout.

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.

Dark Fall

Dread and tension

A Myst-style horror adventure set in an abandoned, haunted hotel. You search for your missing brother, solve puzzles, and are unsettled by a deeply eerie soundscape.

Shivers

Dread and tension

You spend a night in an abandoned museum of the strange and unusual, piecing together puzzles around cursed artifacts and missing people. Its slow, eerie mood and pre-rendered scenes make this early horror adventure memorable.

Conarium

Dread and tension

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.

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