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2015PC34 % positive

You wake alone in a subway tunnel and must uncover what happened to you and the vanished passengers. Through eerie underground catacombs you solve puzzles and piece together a slowly unfolding mystery.

Dread and tension
Dark, serious atmosphere
Puzzles and brain teasers

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Best alternative overall: Layers of Fear 97% match – Dread and tension
Newest alternative: Last Seen Online 94% match – released 2023

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Layers of Fear

97 %Match

2016PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable89 % positive19.99 €

A psychological horror walking sim set in a mad painter's Victorian mansion that rearranges itself whenever you look away. Its shifting rooms and unsettling art slowly piece together a tragic tale of obsession and ruin.

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