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2014PC94 % positive−50 % 2.99 € 1.49 €

You play Sophie, who wanders into a town where everyone sleeps and something terrible waits. The game is a second chapter of the Strange Man series, built on atmospheric puzzle-adventure horror.

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  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for The Sand Man are Distraint 2, Mad Father and Corpse Party. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Sand Man special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Distraint 2

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2018PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified96 % positive8.79 €

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Accessible and relaxed

A short, grim 2D narrative adventure where you guide Price through oppressive environments, solving simple puzzles while confronting guilt and purpose. Mood and psychological storytelling take priority over challenge.

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Mad Father

Dread and tension

In Mad Father you wander through a disturbing tale of a deeply strange family, solving eerie puzzles in unsettling, dreamlike places. This remake adds refreshed graphics, new scenes, and a Blood Mode that changes events for a second playthrough.

Corpse Party

Dread and tension

You and a group of friends are trapped in a supernatural elementary school haunted by vengeful child spirits. The game thrives on its unsettling atmosphere and on slowly uncovering the story behind earlier murders.

Mad Father

Dread and tension

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.

The Supper

Dread and tension

A short pixel-art point-and-click horror adventure about the darkest depths of the human soul, following a kind woman whose life unravels when a mysterious voice begins speaking to her.

Distraint

Dread and tension

A short 2D psychological horror adventure where you play Price, an ambitious debt collector who seizes people's homes while his conscience unravels. Bleak atmosphere, light puzzles and a troubling story are the focus.

Fran Bow

Dread and tension

A dark point-and-click adventure in which you play a young girl with a mental illness who shifts between a brutal reality and a disturbing alternate world. Nightmarish hand-drawn art and inventory puzzles carry a bleak, emotional story.

My Big Sister

Dread and tension

A short, dark indie horror adventure in which you play Luzia trying to get home with her older sister after their abduction. The focus is on atmosphere, exploration and story rather than combat.

Sanitarium

Pure single-player experience

A grim point-and-click adventure where an amnesiac man wakes in a disturbing asylum. Surreal chapters in which you step into different roles and a deeply unsettling atmosphere make it a classic of psychological horror.

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