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2022PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable80 % positive29.99 €

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.

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

The closest matches for Martha Is Dead are The Beast Inside, The Town of Light and The Excavation of Hob's Barrow. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Martha Is Dead special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Beast Inside

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2019PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable83 % positive24.50 €

Brings what grabs you about Martha Is Dead: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a strong story.

A story-driven psychological horror thriller in which a cryptanalyst unravels a century-old murder mystery across two timelines, solving puzzles, investigating environments and evading threats.

The Town of Light

Historical setting

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.

Devotion

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A first-person atmospheric horror game set in 1980s Taiwan, where you explore a family's apartment as it slides into a religion-tinged nightmare. Puzzles and claustrophobic spaces gradually uncover a tragic story.

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

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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.

Immortality

Strong, story-driven narrative

You comb through footage from three unreleased films, using match cuts to jump between scenes and uncover what happened to actress Marissa Marcel. An unusual, dark mystery thriller weaving together film history, performance and obsession.

Sagebrush

Strong, story-driven narrative

An atmospheric first-person narrative game in which you explore an abandoned desert cult compound in New Mexico and piece together the fates of its members from the traces they left behind.

Infliction

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-driven first-person horror set in a suburban home, where you uncover a family's dark history across 13 years while a malevolent entity stalks you. It tells its story through the environment and tackles heavy taboo themes.

Reveil

Strong, story-driven narrative

A first-person narrative psychological thriller in which you wander through the memories of the troubled Walter Thompson and his dark past at a circus. Puzzles and exploration drive a oppressive, atmospheric story.

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