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2015PC79 % positive5.89 €

A first-person retro horror puzzle game rendered in only black, white and red. You solve puzzles across nine tense levels while trying to escape "The Shadow".

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Into the Gloom are Imscared, Fear the Spotlight and Silence of the Sleep. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Into the Gloom special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Imscared

95 %Match

2016PCSteam Deck playable94 % positive3.99 €

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Pure single-player experience
  • Focus on a single character

A short first-person meta-horror nightmare that targets the player and the game itself. You hunt for keys and exits while the game constantly deceives you and breaks the fourth wall.

Fear the Spotlight

Dark, serious atmosphere

A short horror adventure set in a school at night, where Vivian and Amy sneak around, solve puzzles and evade a sinister spotlight after a séance goes wrong. Its look recalls classic PS1-era horror games.

Silence of the Sleep

Dark, serious atmosphere

A psychological horror adventure in which you play Jacob Reeves, a suicidal man who wakes with no memory in an abstract dream world. You solve puzzles and explore oppressive places to uncover the reason for his journey.

House

Distinctive, stylised art style

A pixel-art survival horror where you play a young girl exploring a constantly shifting house, solving puzzles and evading eerie threats. Oppressive atmosphere is the focus.

Misao

Dark, serious atmosphere

A freeware RPG Maker-style horror game in which you are trapped in a cursed school, solving puzzles and evading pursuers. Its bleak atmosphere and tragic story drive the experience.

The Witch's House

Dark, serious atmosphere

A short pixel-art horror game in the RPG Maker style: a girl explores a witch's house full of puzzles, deadly traps and sudden scares. Behind the cute look hides a dark, disturbing story with multiple endings.

Mad Father

Distinctive, stylised art style

A short RPG Maker horror adventure in which you play Aya, uncovering the dark secrets of her mad doctor father inside a mansion. Puzzles, chase sequences and multiple endings deliver a macabre yet emotional story.

Homebody

Distinctive, stylised art style

A retro-styled survival horror puzzler in which you solve puzzles and evade a relentless killer in a haunted house while a group of friends confronts memories of their past.

Janitor Bleeds

Distinctive, stylised art style

A retro-inspired horror game set in an old arcade, where you play a janitor solving puzzles and uncovering an eerie mystery. Details are based on limited metadata.

Distraint

Distinctive, stylised art style

A short 2D psychological horror adventure where you play Price, an ambitious debt collector who seizes people's homes while his conscience unravels. Bleak atmosphere, light puzzles and a troubling story are the focus.

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