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2025PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified90 % positive−50 % 19.50 € 9.75 €

In Slender Threads you play an ordinary traveling salesman whose fate gets tangled with unseen forces in a peculiar town. This point-and-click thriller combines puzzle solving with an unsettling, mysterious atmosphere.

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  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for Slender Threads are Sally Face, Lorelai and Rusty Lake: Roots. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Slender Threads special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Sally Face

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2016PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified97 % positive2.99 €

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

An episodic point-and-click adventure about a boy with a prosthetic face who investigates a murder series and supernatural secrets in a gloomy apartment building. Its distinctive comic-like low-poly look, 90s atmosphere and emotional story set it apart.

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Lorelai

Dread and tension

A dark, emotional psychological horror point-and-click adventure about a young woman escaping a toxic family home. Story takes center stage, supported by unsettling imagery and puzzles.

Rusty Lake: Roots

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click puzzle game where you grow the Vanderboom family tree across generations. Bizarre, macabre puzzles and an eerie atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

Rusty Lake Paradise

Puzzles and brain teasers

An eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure on a remote island where the ten biblical plagues torment your family. Bizarre rituals, a dark atmosphere and surreal art make it classic Rusty Lake.

Strangeland

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click adventure set in a macabre, surreal carnival that mirrors the protagonist's psyche. Tricky puzzles and an oppressive yet hopeful story drive the experience.

Isolomus

Puzzles and brain teasers

Isolomus is a short, handcrafted horror adventure played point-and-click style. You solve puzzles and make choices that shape your path through its madness.

Belladonna

Dread and tension

A dark gothic point-and-click adventure in which you play a reanimated corpse girl waking in an abandoned laboratory, uncovering the mystery of your own death. Long texts in the style of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein shape its eerie mood.

Alpha Polaris

Dread and tension

In Alpha Polaris you explore a frozen outpost at the edge of the world, where unease builds slowly around its characters. The game leans on atmosphere and mood, drawing on Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos rather than cheap jump scares.

The Black Mirror

Puzzles and brain teasers

A gloomy gothic point-and-click adventure in which you play Samuel Gordon, exploring a sinister family estate to uncover the truth behind your grandfather's death and an ancient family curse.

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