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Games like Okaeri

2019PCSteam Deck playable65 % positive2.99 €

In Okaeri, you come home expecting a warm welcome from your mother and find the familiar house turning eerie, inspired by short Japanese horror films. It leans on a tense atmosphere and small puzzles rather than action.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Okaeri are True Fear: Forsaken Souls - Part 1, Mad Father and True Fear: Forsaken Souls - Part 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Okaeri special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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True Fear: Forsaken Souls - Part 1

97 %Match

2016PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified92 % positive8.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Okaeri: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a relaxed difficulty.

A point-and-click horror adventure where you solve puzzles and hunt for hidden objects while unraveling a dark mystery with a missing child. It focuses on atmosphere, suspense and a creepy story rather than combat.

Mad Father

Dread and tension

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.

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.

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Pure single-player experience

An early interactive horror movie from Warp: as Laura you explore a creepy hospital in first person, solving puzzles to uncover why your father went on a killing spree. Its pre-rendered CGI cutscenes and disturbing themes like cannibalism made it infamous.

Unmourned

Dread and tension

A first-person psychological horror game where you play Jason, haunted by escalating paranormal events in a new home, and must uncover what happened to the previous owners to lift the curse.

Simulacra

Dread and tension

You dig through a missing woman's smartphone, reading messages, using apps and watching videos, to piece together a creepy mystery. A short, story-driven horror experience told through found-footage-style screen interaction.

Sanitarium

Pure single-player experience

A grim point-and-click adventure where an amnesiac man wakes in a disturbing asylum. Surreal chapters in which you step into different roles and a deeply unsettling atmosphere make it a classic of psychological horror.

The White Door

Pure single-player experience

A dark point-and-click puzzle adventure from Rusty Lake: as an amnesiac patient you follow the clinic's daily routine and dive into dreams to uncover Robert Hill's past. The story is told almost wordlessly.

Gray Dawn

Dread and tension

A psychological horror thriller in which you play a priest accused of murdering an altar boy, wandering through nightmarish, religiously charged scenes. Exploration and puzzles drive a dark, story-focused narrative.

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