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2018PC

A single-player adventure in late-1940s Paris where you play a failed pianist investigating the murders of your famous brothers while battling mental illness and public suspicion.

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

The closest matches for The Piano are The Last Door: Season 2, Kara no Shoujo and Still Life. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Piano special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Last Door: Season 2

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2016PC94 % positive9.99 €

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

A dark pixel-art horror mystery set in Victorian England, where you play Dr. Wakefield unraveling a secret society. Dense atmosphere, point-and-click puzzles and unsettling sound design drive its disturbing story.

Kara no Shoujo

Historical setting

A dark detective visual novel set in 1956 Japan, where investigator Reiji probes gruesome murders tied to an all-girls academy and his wife's death. It is a disturbing, mature, strongly narrative-driven mystery.

Still Life

Dread and tension

A grim point-and-click crime thriller where you play FBI agent Victoria and her grandfather Gustav, investigating two eerily similar murder sprees set 75 years apart. Clue-hunting and puzzles drive the experience.

The Last Door

Historical setting

A pixel-art point-and-click horror adventure set in Victorian England, built on thick atmosphere, eerie sound design and a dark mystery following Jeremiah Devitt. Classic adventure puzzles drive an episodic tale of buried secrets and creeping dread.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Historical setting

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.

Martha Is Dead

Historical setting

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.

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.

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