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2019PC, Steam Deck playable88 % positive4.99 €

In this indie horror game you face the Red Mantle, a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit haunting school bathrooms. Its tension comes from an unsettling atmosphere and choices that decide whether you survive.

  • Dread and tension
  • Resources and survival
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Fantasy setting

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In short: Games like Aka Manto

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Aka Manto special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Ghost Train

90 %Match

2020PC78 % positive2.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Aka Manto: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as easy-to-grasp systems.

The Ghost Train is a horror game that sends you aboard an eerie train full of dread. Its atmosphere and unsettling mood are at the core as you make your way through the journey.

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Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner

Dread and tension

You take a graveyard-shift job at a lonely roadside diner under a blood moon, where ordinary chores turn into a struggle to survive. This first-person horror game draws on a dark creepypasta and rewards you for learning its rescue rules.

Knock-knock

Dread and tension

A surreal horror game where you play a lonely cabin dweller who must survive the night by turning on lights and hiding from strange visitors. Its eerie, dreamlike mood is the main draw.

The Caregiver

Dread and tension

You take on the role of a caregiver in an unsettling Japanese horror adventure where tension and psychological pressure drive the experience. You sneak through oppressive environments and have to keep yourself alive.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Linear, curated structure

A story-heavy entry in the horror series: as a technician in an underground facility you face short, tense nights with varied tasks rather than just watching cameras. The dark tale of Circus Baby and the animatronics drives the experience.

Yuki Onna

Dread and tension

You set out to find missing children in an abandoned mountain inn buried in ice and snow. It captures the feel of classic PS1 survival horror, where you hide, sneak and scrape by rather than fight.

Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Dread and tension

A horror survival game where you play a night guard in a haunted attraction, juggling cameras, ventilation and audio lures to evade a single animatronic and fend off hallucinations. Tension comes from resource management, jump scares and hidden lore.

The Baby In Yellow

Dread and tension

You babysit a child in an eerie house and must keep it content by feeding, changing and playing with it. Every neglected need raises the tension until the child becomes something you can no longer control.

Order 13

Dread and tension

A horror game where you pack and ship orders in a warehouse that hides something sinister. The mundane job gradually turns into a tense stealth and survival experience.

Home Sweet Home

Pure single-player experience

A first-person horror game rooted in Thai myths and spirit beliefs. You sneak past hunting ghosts, solve light puzzles and endure a tense, oppressive atmosphere.

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