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2015PC34 % positive

You wake alone in a subway tunnel and must uncover what happened to you and the vanished passengers. Through eerie underground catacombs you solve puzzles and piece together a slowly unfolding mystery.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
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In short: Games like Despair

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

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Layers of Fear

95 %Match

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

Brings what grabs you about Despair: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a calm pace.

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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Echo Night

Dread and tension

An early first-person horror adventure from From Software in which you explore a derelict ghost ship, solving puzzles and uncovering the pasts of restless spirits. Atmosphere, exploration and mystery matter more than combat.

Imscared

Respects your time

A short first-person meta-horror nightmare that targets the player and the game itself. You hunt for keys and exits while the game constantly deceives you and breaks the fourth wall.

Dark Fall

Dread and tension

A Myst-style horror adventure set in an abandoned, haunted hotel. You search for your missing brother, solve puzzles, and are unsettled by a deeply eerie soundscape.

Kraven Manor

Dread and tension

A horror puzzle game set in a creepy manor whose rooms you rearrange via a miniature scale model in the entry hall, opening new paths and uncovering secrets.

Conarium

Dread and tension

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 Crow's Eye

Dread and tension

An atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure set in an abandoned medical university, where you solve puzzles and uncover the disappearance of students and faculty two decades ago. It focuses on eerie tension rather than combat.

Last Seen Online

Dread and tension

You sift through someone's computer files and solve puzzles to uncover the secrets hidden inside the machine. It blends escape-room style brain teasers with psychological horror inspired by early Flash games.

Shivers

Dread and tension

You spend a night in an abandoned museum of the strange and unusual, piecing together puzzles around cursed artifacts and missing people. Its slow, eerie mood and pre-rendered scenes make this early horror adventure memorable.

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