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2010PC70 % positive

A classic point-and-click horror adventure: gruesome murders hit a small town after the body of a cruel aristocrat vanishes. You solve puzzles and investigate whether a supernatural monster is behind it.

  • Dread and tension
  • Historical setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Alter Ego special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

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1995PC91 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Alter Ego: dread and tension, a historical setting as well as a strong story.

A point-and-click mystery with live-action video in which you alternate between Gabriel and Grace while tracking werewolf murders in Munich. It delivers a moody gothic horror story and classic inventory puzzles.

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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

The Last Door

Dark, serious atmosphere

A pixel-art point-and-click horror adventure set in Victorian England, built on thick atmosphere, eerie sound design and a dark mystery following Jeremiah Devitt. Classic adventure puzzles drive an episodic tale of buried secrets and creeping dread.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Dread and tension

A folk horror point-and-click adventure set in Victorian England, where antiquarian Thomasina Bateman investigates the secrets of an ancient barrow on the gloomy moors. Moody pixel art, creeping dread and a strong narrative define the experience.

Still Life

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim point-and-click crime thriller where you play FBI agent Victoria and her grandfather Gustav, investigating two eerily similar murder sprees set 75 years apart. Clue-hunting and puzzles drive the experience.

Post Mortem

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click thriller set in Paris, where you play a former detective with clairvoyant visions hunting a killer tied to occult rituals. Puzzles and interrogations drive a dense conspiracy story.

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