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2015PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified67 % positive17.99 €

An oppressive horror exploration game where you navigate the snowbound Dyatlov Pass with only a map and compass, piecing together the mysterious tragedy through scattered notes. Marker-free navigation and eerie isolation create a dense, lonely atmosphere.

  • Dread and tension
  • Historical setting
  • Open world
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Kholat special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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2010PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable95 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about Kholat: dread and tension, a historical setting as well as a dark atmosphere.

Defenseless in a gloomy Prussian castle, you hide from monsters, ration lamp oil and fight to keep your sanity instead of fighting back. A genre-defining horror classic built on physics-based puzzles and relentless dread.

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Kona

Lots to discover

As private detective Carl Flaubert, you investigate strange events at a remote lake in snowbound 1970s Quebec. Thick winter atmosphere, a narrator's commentary and slow clue-hunting drive this quiet, eerie adventure.

The Lightkeeper

Dread and tension

A psychological horror adventure set in the 1920s, where you tend a lighthouse alone on a remote island as reality and delusion blur. Oppressive atmosphere and mounting dread drive the experience.

The Town of Light

Dread and tension

A harrowing first-person walking-style adventure set in the faithfully recreated Volterra psychiatric hospital in Italy. As Renée you piece together her troubled past and the grim reality of institutional psychiatry, with no combat and a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.

Martha Is Dead

Dread and tension

A dark first-person psychological thriller set in 1944 Italy, where you investigate your twin sister Martha's death while reality, folklore and wartime trauma blur together. Story and disturbing atmosphere take center stage, with photography and light puzzle elements.

Slender: The Arrival

Realistic visuals

A short first-person horror trip where you gather clues through dark forests and abandoned buildings, weaponless, while the Slender Man closes in. Tension comes from darkness, a flickering flashlight and sudden jump scares.

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.

Witch Hunt

Lots to discover

Witch Hunt is a horror game set in the 18th century where you explore a bleak world without a strict path. Its appeal lies in the heavy atmosphere, non-linear routes and discovering what hides in its shadows.

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Dread and tension

A linear, narrative-heavy first-person horror journey through Victorian London, where an industrialist descends into a monstrous machine searching for his missing children. It trims the survival mechanics of its predecessor in favor of a disturbing parable about greed and industry, carried by a superb score.

Amenti

Dread and tension

A photographer descends into the Great Pyramids to photograph a pharaoh's remains and falls under a curse that erodes his sanity. An atmospheric horror adventure set inside a sinister ancient tomb.

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