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A cult Japanese indie horror game in which you solve tricky puzzles in an abandoned mansion while fleeing the blue monster Ao Oni, which can ambush you at any moment.
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The closest matches for Ao Oni are Misao, Alone in the Dark and Alone in the Dark 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ao Oni special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
93 %
Best match
A freeware RPG Maker-style horror game in which you are trapped in a cursed school, solving puzzles and evading pursuers. Its bleak atmosphere and tragic story drive the experience.
92 % −75 %Challenging difficulty
A pioneer of survival horror: you explore a cursed 1920s mansion, solve puzzles and fight sparingly against monsters. Its 3D characters on pre-rendered backdrops and menacing mood shaped the entire genre.
92 % −75 %Challenging difficulty
Detective Edward Carnby hunts through a gloomy mansion full of zombie pirates to rescue a kidnapped girl. It blends early survival horror with item puzzles, 3D characters over pre-rendered backdrops, and enemies that often must be beaten through trickery.
91 % −75 %Challenging difficulty
Detective Carnby explores a Wild West ghost town overrun by zombie outlaws, solving puzzles and fighting back with revolvers and rifles. It is classic early-3D survival horror with fixed camera angles.
90 %
Pure single-player experience
A short pixel-art horror game in the RPG Maker style: a girl explores a witch's house full of puzzles, deadly traps and sudden scares. Behind the cute look hides a dark, disturbing story with multiple endings.
90 % 7.79 €
Lots to discover
You are trapped in a house and must escape within five days while an old woman hunts you by sound. Hiding, moving quietly and solving puzzles keep the tension constantly high.
90 % −80 %Pure single-player experience
A first-person survival horror set in a desolate Greenland mine, where you're nearly defenseless and rely on physics-based puzzles and hiding to survive. Its oppressive atmosphere and mouse-driven object interaction define the experience.
90 % free
Pure single-player experience
A surreal first-person puzzle adventure in which you wake up as Anthony after a night of heavy partying in an unfamiliar, eerie mansion and must escape while a menacing radio voice obstructs you. The puzzles are deliberately unconventional and unpredictable.
88 % −30 %Lots to discover
As paranormal detective Mia, you search for your missing father in a pixel-art horror adventure. You gather clues, solve puzzles and fend off creepy monsters.
87 %
Pure single-player experience
A horror puzzle game where you play a reporter delving into the deep web and a trap-filled building to help a woman in danger. Puzzles, surveillance and survival pressure create a tense, unsettling experience.