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As a squad leader in Antarctica, you fight a shape-shifting alien while deciding which teammates you can still trust. The trust and paranoia mechanics give this third-person horror shooter its tense, claustrophobic character.
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The closest matches for The Thing are Left Alive, Code Violet and Dead Space: Extraction. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Thing special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A grim survival shooter with stealth elements set in a war-torn city, where you scavenge scarce resources and avoid enemies and mechs. Yoji Shinkawa's character design and the mech art give it a distinctive look.
89 %
Dark, serious atmosphere
A third-person action horror game where you play Violet, a girl pulled from the past, trying to escape an infested bioengineering complex. You sneak, hide or fight your way past the creatures.
89 %
Dark, serious atmosphere
An on-rails shooter in the Dead Space universe that shows the early Necromorph outbreak on the Aegis VII colony through several survivors. Aimed shooting, limb dismemberment and a grim atmosphere deliver cinematic, intense horror.
89 %
Realistic visuals
A survival-horror shooter set on an abandoned Russian whaling ship in a raging storm. As a Coast Guard sailor, you fight through tight, shifting corridors against mutated creatures.
89 % 9.99 €
Dark, serious atmosphere
A stealth-action thriller in which you play amnesiac John Vattic and use psychic powers to slip through levels. The story alternates between past and present, gradually uncovering his dark history.
88 %
Dark, serious atmosphere
A PlayStation classic blending survival horror with real-time combat and RPG elements. As FBI agent Aya Brea you hunt mutated creatures in a grim atmosphere while upgrading your weapons and abilities.
88 %
Challenging difficulty
Capcom's survival horror classic sends agent Regina into a research facility overrun by dinosaurs. Scarce ammo, puzzles and relentless raptors keep the tension high throughout.
87 % −90 %Challenging difficulty
A love letter to '90s survival horror classics, with scarce ammo, a fiddly manual reloading system and puzzles in a small town overrun by mutants, told through three playable characters.
87 % −90 %Dark, serious atmosphere
A dark, story-driven first-person shooter set in the ruined Moscow metro after nuclear war, mixing stealth, scarce ammo and horror atmosphere. The Redux edition adds improved visuals and all DLC.
87 % −80 %Dark, serious atmosphere
A claustrophobic first-person horror game set in an underground research facility, where you survive through physics-based puzzles and hiding rather than weapons. Atmosphere and fear of the unknown matter far more than combat.