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2025PC, Steam Deck playable80 % positive6.89 €

A photographer descends into the Great Pyramids to photograph a pharaoh's remains and falls under a curse that erodes his sanity. An atmospheric horror adventure set inside a sinister ancient tomb.

  • Dread and tension
  • Historical setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lore and world history

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In short: Games like Amenti

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

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

94 %Match

2010PEGI 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable95 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about Amenti: dread and tension, a historical setting as well as a dark atmosphere.

Defenseless in a gloomy Prussian castle, you hide from monsters, ration lamp oil and fight to keep your sanity instead of fighting back. A genre-defining horror classic built on physics-based puzzles and relentless dread.

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Detention

Historical setting

An atmospheric 2D horror adventure set in 1960s martial-law Taiwan, where you sneak through a haunted school and solve puzzles as a student. It blends political repression with Taiwanese folk religion and myth for a deeply unsettling story.

Conarium

Lore and world history

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.

The Lightkeeper

Historical setting

A psychological horror adventure set in the 1920s, where you tend a lighthouse alone on a remote island as reality and delusion blur. Oppressive atmosphere and mounting dread drive the experience.

Devotion

Historical setting

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.

Inunaki Tunnel

Calm and deliberate

You explore a real, notorious site in Japan, where local legends about a tunnel named after howling dogs quickly get under your skin. Its eerie atmosphere and unsettling mood are what make this short horror game stand out.

Visage

Lore and world history

A slow-burning first-person psychological horror game set in a shifting haunted house full of tragic stories. It relies on sustained dread, puzzles and sanity management rather than combat.

Year Walk

Lore and world history

A short, eerie puzzle adventure rooted in Swedish folklore. You wander a chilling wintry world with a paper-cutout look, solving cryptic puzzles and meeting creatures from legend. Its dense atmosphere and hidden secrets make it stand out.

Alone in the Dark

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A pioneer of survival horror: you explore a cursed 1920s mansion, solve puzzles and fight sparingly against monsters. Its 3D characters on pre-rendered backdrops and menacing mood shaped the entire genre.

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