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Games like Gloom

2017PC83 % positive9.99 €

A dark Lovecraft-inspired adventure in which an amnesiac wanders a nightmarish dream realm, hunting for the lost pages of the Necronomicon.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lore and world history
  • Lots to discover

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In short: Games like Gloom

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

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Best match

Fatal Frame III: The Tormented

89 %Match

2005PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Gloom: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a deep world history.

A Japanese ghost horror game where you fight spirits by photographing them with a supernatural camera instead of using guns. Nightly returns to a haunted mansion through Rei's dreams create a tense, oppressive atmosphere with close-range ghost duels.

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DreadOut 2

Dread and tension

A survival horror adventure steeped in Indonesian ghost folklore. You hunt spirits with a smartphone camera, explore urban areas and fight in a supernatural parallel world.

Fatal Frame

Dread and tension

Instead of guns, you wield an antique camera to exorcise ghosts through the viewfinder. A haunted-mansion Japanese horror classic with thick atmosphere and tense, well-timed shots.

Hollow Cocoon

Dread and tension

You explore a meticulously recreated 1980s Japan in first person, sinking into a disturbing story full of unsettling horrors. Atmosphere and dread matter far more than fast-paced action.

Sanitarium

Dread and tension

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.

Perception

Dread and tension

You play Cassie, a blind woman who explores a haunted abandoned estate using echolocation and sound. An atmospheric narrative horror mystery where you hide from a sinister presence while piecing together the history of the house.

Hypnos

Dread and tension

A first-person adventure that drops you into a Lovecraftian megastructure dreamscape centered on the Nameless City. It focuses on eerie atmosphere, exploration and mystery.

One-Eyed Likho

Dread and tension

A grim first-person horror adventure in greyscale, based on a Slavic folk tale about the one-eyed embodiment of misfortune, Likho. Oppressive atmosphere and folklore take center stage.

Cursed Mountain

Dread and tension

As mountaineer Eric Simmons, you search an abandoned Himalayan village for your missing brother. Tibetan mythology, oppressive atmosphere and ghost fights using ritual gestures define this survival horror adventure.

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