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2017 PCSteam Deck verified 6.99 € 90 % positive Very positive, 4,097 reviews on Steam

You explore a pitch-black cave armed only with a LIDAR scanner that paints the surroundings as glowing point clouds. A short, eerie walking-sim style experience with a quietly mysterious story.

What defines Scanner Sombre:

  • Lots to discover
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Lavish presentation
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Scanner Sombre are Perception, Kid A Mnesia Exhibition and The Path. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Scanner Sombre special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Perception

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2017 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable 16.79 € 73 % positive Mostly positive, 608 reviews on Steam

  • Lots to discover
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lavish presentation

You play Cassie, a blind woman who explores a haunted abandoned estate using echolocation and sound. An atmospheric narrative horror mystery where you hide from a sinister presence while piecing together the history of the house.

Kid A Mnesia Exhibition

Distinctive, stylised art style

A walkable, surreal art installation built around Radiohead's Kid A and Amnesiac. You wander without combat or pressure through strange spaces filled with artwork and music, making it an atmospheric experience more than a traditional game.

The Path

Accessible and relaxed

An experimental psychological horror art game that reimagines Little Red Riding Hood in modern times: six sisters are told to stay on the path, but straying into the woods leads to symbolic, unsettling encounters with the wolf.

Lust from Beyond

Distinctive, stylised art style

An erotically charged Lovecraftian horror set in a Victorian mansion, where you unravel cult secrets and puzzles. Its visuals draw on Giger and Beksiński for a disturbing, dark atmosphere.

Mundaun

Distinctive, stylised art style

A horror adventure set in a remote Alpine valley, rendered entirely in a pencil-sketch style. You explore eerie places, solve handcrafted puzzles and survive unsettling encounters with scarce resources.

The Complex: Found Footage

Accessible and relaxed

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.

Silt

Distinctive, stylised art style

In a surreal, monochrome hand-drawn underwater world, you possess sea creatures and use their abilities to solve environmental puzzles. Its eerie, enigmatic atmosphere carries the whole journey.

Pools

Lavish presentation

A liminal-space exploration game that favors eerie atmosphere over conventional horror. You wander through endless, near-identical pool rooms, trying to orient yourself and find the way out.

Layers of Fear 2

Lavish presentation

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.

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