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2019USK 16PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable75 % positive39.99 €

As a 1920s private eye in the half-drowned town of Oakmont, you solve eerie cases by reconstructing crime scenes and drawing your own conclusions, with little hand-holding, in a Lovecraftian nightmare. Thick atmosphere and morally grey decisions carry the game, while the combat is serviceable rather than great.

  • Dread and tension
  • Lore and world history
  • Historical setting
  • Choices with consequences
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The Sinking City 2

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2026PEGI 18PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch83 % positive49.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Sinking City: dread and tension, a deep world history as well as a dark atmosphere.

A survival horror game set in a flooded Arkham, where you scrape by on scarce resources while fighting Lovecraftian horrors and exploring an oppressive, drowned city.

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Historical setting

You play detective Cole Phelps in 1940s Los Angeles, cracking cases by interrogating witnesses and reading their facial expressions to spot lies. The detailed postwar city and gripping crime stories are what make it stand out.

Pathologic

Lore and world history

A bleak survival-horror RPG set in a steppe town ravaged by plague. Over twelve days you play one of three outsiders, scrambling for scarce resources and truth in an uneasy, cryptic world that offers little reassurance.

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Lore and world history

A classic point-and-click adventure in which writer Gabriel Knight investigates voodoo murders in New Orleans and learns he is heir to the Schattenjäger line. Strong writing, a gothic mood and tricky inventory puzzles define it.

Amnesia: The Bunker

Historical setting

A first-person horror game in a WW1 bunker where you survive with scarce resources, a hand-cranked light and an unpredictable monster stalking you. The semi-open, systemic layout lets you improvise routes, hiding spots and puzzle solutions.

Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet

Lore and world history

As astronomer John Parker you travel to the 1910 New England town of Illsmouth and uncover a Lovecraftian mystery tied to a comet and ancient beings. A classic point-and-click adventure with tough puzzles, thick atmosphere and unforgiving mistakes.

Lamentum

Choices with consequences

A pixel-art survival horror set in mid-1800s New England, where you explore a creepy mansion, solve puzzles and decide whom to trust while hostile creatures lurk around every corner.

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