Similar games

Games like Doorways: Prelude

2013PC58 % positive9.75 €

A short first-person horror adventure opener where you play a detective wandering through dark, unsettling places, solving puzzles and avoiding creepy creatures. Atmosphere and psychological tension take center stage.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Doorways: Prelude are Mad Father, The Mortuary Assistant and Phantasmagoria. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Doorways: Prelude special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Doorways: Prelude

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match

Show games from the same series

Best match

Mad Father

96 %Match

2012PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified97 % positive−50 % 8.19 € 4.09 €

Brings what grabs you about Doorways: Prelude: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a strong story.

A short RPG Maker horror adventure in which you play Aya, uncovering the dark secrets of her mad doctor father inside a mansion. Puzzles, chase sequences and multiple endings deliver a macabre yet emotional story.

Phantasmagoria

Dread and tension

A 1990s point-and-click horror adventure with live-action video footage: as Adrienne you explore a sinister mansion and uncover its dark secret. Notorious for its graphic scenes and full-motion-video style.

Penumbra: Overture

Dread and tension

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.

Among the Sleep

Dread and tension

A first-person horror adventure seen through the eyes of a toddler wandering a distorted home and eerie dreamscapes at night with a talking teddy bear. There is no combat, just hiding, light puzzles and a haunting story about comfort and a troubled family.

Fear the Spotlight

Dread and tension

A short horror adventure set in a school at night, where Vivian and Amy sneak around, solve puzzles and evade a sinister spotlight after a séance goes wrong. Its look recalls classic PS1-era horror games.

Layers of Fear

Dread and tension

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.

Song of Horror

Dread and tension

A classic fixed-camera survival horror told in episodes, where an unpredictable entity stalks you. Characters can die permanently, and puzzles plus dread behind every door drive the experience.

Feedback