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Games like Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

2013PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable69 % positive19.50 €

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.

  • Dread and tension
  • Strong soundtrack
  • Historical setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Layers of Fear

93 %Match

2016USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable89 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as emotional impact.

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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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.

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.

Stories Untold

Strong soundtrack

An anthology of four eerie episodes that blends retro-futuristic atmosphere with unusual puzzles solved through devices and terminals. The story unfolds step by step and builds toward a surprising twist.

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.

Among the Sleep

Emotional impact

A first-person horror adventure seen through the eyes of a toddler wandering a distorted home and eerie dreamscapes at night with a talking teddy bear. There is no combat, just hiding, light puzzles and a haunting story about comfort and a troubled family.

Conarium

Strong, story-driven narrative

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.

White Night

Strong, story-driven narrative

A 1930s noir survival horror game where you are injured and trapped in a haunted manor, relying on matches as your only light. Its stark black-and-white art makes darkness the central threat.

Still Life

Emotional impact

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.

Sanitarium

Emotional impact

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.

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