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2013PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable74 % positive19.99 €

A first-person puzzler where you use a magnetic glove to polarize objects and solve physics-based challenges, as Lovecraftian horror creeps into a high-tech training facility.

Puzzles and brain teasers
Dread and tension
Sci-fi setting
Dark, serious atmosphere

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The closest matches for Magrunner: Dark Pulse are Conarium, Stasis: Bone Totem and Stories Untold. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Magrunner: Dark Pulse special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Conarium 91% match – Dread and tension
Newest alternative: Stasis: Bone Totem 91% match – released 2023

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Conarium

91 %Match

2017PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable76 % positive19.50 €

An atmospheric first-person Lovecraftian adventure in which you play Frank Gilman, unraveling the fate of a doomed Antarctic expedition. Puzzles, eerie dreamlike realms and a bleak story take center stage rather than combat.

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Stasis: Bone Totem

Dread and tension

An isometric point-and-click horror adventure set in the icy deep sea, where a family confronts a sinister threat. Grim atmosphere, inventory puzzles and a dense sci-fi story take center stage.

Stories Untold

Dark, serious atmosphere

An anthology of four eerie episodes that blends retro-futuristic atmosphere with unusual puzzles solved through devices and terminals. The story unfolds step by step and builds toward a surprising twist.

Stasis

Dread and tension

A grim sci-fi horror point-and-click adventure in an isometric view: aboard a seemingly abandoned spaceship you solve classic item and computer puzzles while piecing together a disturbing story.

Observation

Dread and tension

You play S.A.M., the AI of a damaged space station, using cameras, systems and puzzles to uncover what happened to the crew. A slow-burning, eerie sci-fi thriller with strong atmosphere and an unusual perspective.

Moons of Madness

Dark, serious atmosphere

A first-person horror adventure set on a Mars research base, where you play an engineer solving puzzles while facing Lovecraftian cosmic dread. It focuses on atmosphere, isolation and story rather than combat.

SCP: Secret Files

Dread and tension

As an assistant researcher at the SCP Foundation, you investigate a series of paranormal anomaly cases built around puzzles and eerie atmosphere. It leans on mystery and mood rather than action.

Asemblance

Dread and tension

A short first-person psychological puzzle thriller in which you are trapped inside a memory-simulating machine and must explore the memories to break the cycle.

The Turing Test

Strong, story-driven narrative

A first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter's moon Europa, where you play engineer Ava Turing solving chambers built on energy and physics puzzles. Along the way it reflects on artificial intelligence, morality and what consciousness really means.

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

Strong, story-driven narrative

You dig through a missing person's phone, uncovering messages, apps and secrets while the Weeping Angels close in. A narrative found-phone horror set in the Doctor Who universe, driven by atmosphere and light puzzles.

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