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2018PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified67 % positive11.99 €

You talk with an abducted man trapped in an abandoned house, trying to help him through text conversation and light puzzles. Your choices and the time you take shape multiple endings in this tense, emotional tale.

Choices with consequences
Dread and tension
Strong, story-driven narrative
Dark, serious atmosphere

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The closest matches for Stay are Mad Father, Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You and The Cat Lady. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Stay special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Mad Father

95 %Match

2012PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified97 % positive−50 % ~~8.19 €~~ 4.09 €

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

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.

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Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

Choices with consequences

You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.

The Cat Lady

Dread and tension

A dark psychological horror adventure about a lonely, suicidal woman drawn into a fight against grotesque serial killers. With its gritty collage-like look, strong voice acting and heavy themes of depression and loss, it is an intense and emotional experience.

Home

Choices with consequences

An atmospheric pixel-art horror game where you wake in a strange house and piece together a murder. Your own reading of the clues shapes what really happened.

Ib

Dread and tension

A short, atmospheric psychological horror adventure in which a girl solves puzzles and evades living artworks inside an eerie museum. Your choices lead to multiple endings, making this freeware RPG Maker classic memorable.

No One Lives Under the Lighthouse

Choices with consequences

You take over as the new keeper of a remote island lighthouse after your predecessor vanished, and slowly slip into a creepy mix of pixel art, light puzzles and creeping dread. It is a short experience built on mood and mystery rather than combat.

Replica

Choices with consequences

You dig through a suspected terrorist's smartphone, reading messages, photos and apps, and decide how to judge them. A short, dark thriller about surveillance, morality and manipulation.

Sally Face

Dread and tension

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.

Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh

Choices with consequences

An interactive full-motion-video horror story in which you play Curtis Craig, a man with a fragile mind who doubts reality as gruesome murders unfold around him. It blends paranoia, provocative sexual themes and point-and-click puzzles in a distinctly 90s way.

Little Kite

Accessible and relaxed

A short, narrative-driven indie game about one tragic evening in a dysfunctional family where tensions boil over. The focus is on emotion and atmosphere rather than mechanics.