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Games like Causality

2021PC92 % positive7.19 €

An indie survival horror game where you rescue three students trapped in a school haunted by psychic phenomena. Uncovering the cause-and-effect chain behind the events is central to the experience.

  • Dread and tension
  • Resources and survival
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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In short: Games like Causality

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

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Song of Horror

97 %Match

2019PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable80 % positive29.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Causality: dread and tension, scarce resources and survival as well as a dark atmosphere.

A classic fixed-camera survival horror told in episodes, where an unpredictable entity stalks you. Characters can die permanently, and puzzles plus dread behind every door drive the experience.

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Haunting Ground

Dread and tension

As the defenseless Fiona, you flee through a creepy castle alongside your dog Hewie. Instead of fighting, you hide, solve puzzles and command the dog while stalkers hunt you down.

Alone in the Dark

Dread and tension

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.

Tormented Souls

Dread and tension

A survival horror throwback to early Resident Evil with fixed camera angles, intricate puzzles and scarce ammo. You guide Caroline through a decaying mansion full of secrets and grotesque creatures.

Penumbra: Black Plague

Dread and tension

A claustrophobic first-person horror game set in an underground research facility, where you survive through physics-based puzzles and hiding rather than weapons. Atmosphere and fear of the unknown matter far more than combat.

Blair Witch

Dread and tension

A psychological horror game where you play an ex-soldier searching a cursed forest with your dog Bullet. The woods warp space and perception, and your dog is your key companion against fear and madness.

Penumbra: Overture

Dread and tension

A first-person survival horror set in a desolate Greenland mine, where you're nearly defenseless and rely on physics-based puzzles and hiding to survive. Its oppressive atmosphere and mouse-driven object interaction define the experience.

The Coma: Recut

Dread and tension

A Korean 2.5D survival-horror in which a student is hunted through his nightmarish school at night by a killer. You sneak, solve puzzles and gradually uncover the mystery behind the nightmare.

Saw

Dread and tension

As Detective Tapp you wake in an abandoned asylum and must survive Jigsaw's brutal traps through puzzles and grim survival. It delivers the bleak horror atmosphere of the film franchise.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Dread and tension

Classic survival horror set on a gloomy island where you play as either Carnby or Aline: he leans on weapons, she on puzzles. Fixed camera angles, scarce ammo and flashlight-lit tension drive the dread.

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