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2024PC90 % positive6.89 €

An indie horror adventure set in an eerie post-Soviet apartment block where strange things happen. You work your way up floor by floor to the roof to save a helpless man.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Panelak are Someday You'll Return, Layers of Fear and Gray Dawn. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Panelak special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Someday You'll Return

95 %Match

2020PC86 % positive

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover

A psychological horror adventure in which a father searches the Czech woods for his missing daughter. Its story of guilt and a troubled past takes center stage, supported by exploration, puzzles and a few stealth moments.

Layers of Fear

Accessible and relaxed

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.

Gray Dawn

Lots to discover

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.

Conarium

Accessible and relaxed

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.

The Crow's Eye

Lots to discover

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.

Echo Night

Lots to discover

An early first-person horror adventure from From Software in which you explore a derelict ghost ship, solving puzzles and uncovering the pasts of restless spirits. Atmosphere, exploration and mystery matter more than combat.

Layers of Fear 2

Lots to discover

A psychological horror walking-sim where you play an actor wandering an ocean liner whose film sets shift and warp around you. Its strengths are oppressive atmosphere, environmental puzzles and a surreal, cinematic story.

Mad Father

Accessible and relaxed

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.

Nightmare Files: Clap Clap

Accessible and relaxed

You play a house sitter who notices stranger and stranger events in what looks like an ordinary home. This short indie horror game relies on an uneasy atmosphere and slow-building tension rather than action.

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