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Games like Stairs

2015PC68 % positive12.99 €

You play journalist Christopher Adams in first person, exploring grim locations to uncover the fates of three missing people. The focus is on oppressive atmosphere and psychological dread rather than combat.

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Stairs are Fears to Fathom: Carson House, Phantasmagoria and Fears to Fathom: Ironbark Lookout. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Stairs special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Fears to Fathom: Carson House

97 %Match

2023PCSteam Deck playable92 % positive4.99 €

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Realistic visuals
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

A short first-person horror game where you play house-sitter Noah spending a weekend in an eerie mansion as the threat slowly escalates. Tension comes from atmosphere, mundane tasks turning sinister, and sudden scares.

Phantasmagoria

Accessible and relaxed

A 1990s point-and-click horror adventure with live-action video footage: as Adrienne you explore a sinister mansion and uncover its dark secret. Notorious for its graphic scenes and full-motion-video style.

Doorways: Prelude

Accessible and relaxed

A short first-person horror adventure opener where you play a detective wandering through dark, unsettling places, solving puzzles and avoiding creepy creatures. Atmosphere and psychological tension take center stage.

Narcosis

Pure single-player experience

A claustrophobic underwater horror trek: as a stranded industrial diver you push through darkness, dwindling oxygen and creeping madness at the ocean floor to reach the surface.

Infliction

Realistic visuals

A story-driven first-person horror set in a suburban home, where you uncover a family's dark history across 13 years while a malevolent entity stalks you. It tells its story through the environment and tackles heavy taboo themes.

Blair Witch

Accessible and relaxed

A psychological horror game where you play an ex-soldier searching a cursed forest with your dog Bullet. The woods warp space and perception, and your dog is your key companion against fear and madness.

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