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2007 PlayStationXbox

A grim first-person shooter about a mob hitman who gains the supernatural power of the Darkness, wielding demonic tentacles and minions in a gritty New York. Its strong story and atmosphere set it apart.

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Strong, story-driven narrative
Action-packed real-time combat
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Trench Tales

90 %

2025 PC 24.50 €

Dark, serious atmosphere
Strong, story-driven narrative
Action-packed real-time combat

A story-driven third-person action game set in a bleak alternate world between the two World Wars. You wield special powers and a customizable arsenal to fight fallen soldiers across gothic landscapes while unraveling its mysteries.

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Alan Wake

12.99 €

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A novelist hunts for his vanished wife in a misty Pacific Northwest town, fighting shadowy possessed foes with flashlight and gun while the pages of a manuscript he doesn't remember writing come true. Its TV-series-style episodic storytelling and eerie atmosphere are the main draw.

Crisol: Theater of Idols

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A grim first-person horror shooter set on the unholy island of Tormentosa, where your own blood is both weapon and resource. Sacrificing your health to fight defines every encounter.

Clive Barker's Undying

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An atmospheric horror shooter set in 1920s Ireland, where Patrick Galloway investigates a family curse. First-person gunplay mixes with spellcasting, gloomy manors and a creepy tale penned by Clive Barker.

Silly Polly Beast

−30 % 13.65 €

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

29.99 €

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You play Gabriel Belmont as Dracula in a dark hack-and-slash adventure that shifts between medieval castles and a modern city. Heavy combat with blood and shadow weapons meets a dramatic vampire saga.

Condemned 2: Bloodshot

Dark, serious atmosphere

A brutal first-person horror thriller where you play ex-detective Ethan Thomas, brawling with pipes, fists and guns while using forensic tools to solve murders. Grim atmosphere and heavy melee combat define the experience.

BrokenLore: Unfollow

−22 % 15.21 €

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A surreal horror game where you play a bullying victim fighting nightmarish monsters while unraveling a dark mystery. It explores the mental health toll of social media.

The Chant

−90 % 2.49 €

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An action horror game set on a remote island where a New Age cult's ritual goes horribly wrong. You fight surreal, hallucinatory horrors using spiritual abilities and improvised weapons in a dark, unsettling world.

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival

39.99 €

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A brutal first-person survival horror game set in the Hellraiser universe, where you harness the powers of a puzzle box to survive a deadly bargain with Pinhead.