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2015PC, Steam Deck verified93 % positive4.99 €

A short 2D psychological horror adventure where you play Price, an ambitious debt collector who seizes people's homes while his conscience unravels. Bleak atmosphere, light puzzles and a troubling story are the focus.

  • Dread and tension
  • Emotional impact
  • Pixel art
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like Distraint

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Mad Father

99 %Match

2012PEGI 12PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified97 % positive8.19 €

Brings what grabs you about Distraint: dread and tension, emotional impact as well as pixel art.

A short RPG Maker horror adventure in which you play Aya, uncovering the dark secrets of her mad doctor father inside a mansion. Puzzles, chase sequences and multiple endings deliver a macabre yet emotional story.

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Mad Father

Dread and tension

In Mad Father you wander through a disturbing tale of a deeply strange family, solving eerie puzzles in unsettling, dreamlike places. This remake adds refreshed graphics, new scenes, and a Blood Mode that changes events for a second playthrough.

Paper Lily: Chapter 1

Emotional impact

A dark pixel-art adventure about a young person shut away at home after a traumatic event, who takes one last chance when a mysterious golden letter arrives. Puzzles, horror and emotional storytelling take center stage.

Fran Bow

Dread and tension

A dark point-and-click adventure in which you play a young girl with a mental illness who shifts between a brutal reality and a disturbing alternate world. Nightmarish hand-drawn art and inventory puzzles carry a bleak, emotional story.

Ib

Dread and tension

A short, atmospheric psychological horror adventure in which a girl solves puzzles and evades living artworks inside an eerie museum. Your choices lead to multiple endings, making this freeware RPG Maker classic memorable.

Rusty Lake: Roots

Dread and tension

A dark point-and-click puzzle game where you grow the Vanderboom family tree across generations. Bizarre, macabre puzzles and an eerie atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

Sally Face

Emotional impact

An episodic point-and-click adventure about a boy with a prosthetic face who investigates a murder series and supernatural secrets in a gloomy apartment building. Its distinctive comic-like low-poly look, 90s atmosphere and emotional story set it apart.

The Cat Lady

Dread and tension

A dark psychological horror adventure about a lonely, suicidal woman drawn into a fight against grotesque serial killers. With its gritty collage-like look, strong voice acting and heavy themes of depression and loss, it is an intense and emotional experience.

No One Lives Under the Lighthouse

Dread and tension

You take over as the new keeper of a remote island lighthouse after your predecessor vanished, and slowly slip into a creepy mix of pixel art, light puzzles and creeping dread. It is a short experience built on mood and mystery rather than combat.

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