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2020PC, Steam Deck playable91 % positive19.99 €

A first-person survival horror with roguelike elements that leans on an eerie atmosphere, tension and survival under pressure. Each run changes how exploration plays out.

  • Resources and survival
  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Dread and tension
  • Runs that play out differently every time
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In short: Games like Golden Light

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

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Monstrum

95 %Match

2015PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified91 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Golden Light: sneaking and hiding, dread and tension as well as scarce resources and survival.

A survival horror game on a derelict cargo ship with procedurally generated layouts. A stalking monster hunts you and death is permanent, so you must hide, outwit it and find a way out.

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Depths of Fear: Knossos

Runs that play out differently every time

As Theseus you descend into procedurally generated labyrinths beneath Knossos, trying to evade or slay the Minotaur. First-person hiding, fleeing and desperate fights make for a tense roguelike with permadeath.

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Sneaking and hiding

You are stranded at an abandoned desert gas station while your grip on reality slips away. Dark rituals and demonic pursuers make for a tense, oppressive horror survival experience.

The Dark Occult

Dark, serious atmosphere

An indie survival horror game for PC that relies on psychological dread, constant tension and grotesque creatures to build toward panic. Your only goal is to stay alive.

Darkwood

Resources and survival

Darkwood is a bleak top-down survival horror where you scavenge a eerie, partly randomized forest by day and barricade your hideout against horrors by night. Its surreal atmosphere and deliberately cryptic story create constant dread.

Stifled

Sneaking and hiding

In Stifled you can only perceive the world through sound: your footsteps and your own voice into the microphone reveal the darkness, but they also draw the creatures hunting you. The tension comes from constantly weighing seeing against staying silent.

Penumbra: Overture

Sneaking and hiding

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.

SCP: Containment Breach

Sneaking and hiding

You are a test subject trying to escape an SCP Foundation facility while escaped anomalies like the statue SCP-173 hunt you. Blinking as a mechanic, randomly generated corridors and constant dread make for a tense, scary experience.

Emily Wants to Play

Resources and survival

You play a pizza delivery guy trapped in an abandoned house, trying to survive hour after hour as another of Emily's toys comes to life and hunts you. Tense survival horror built on hiding, barricading and managing your resources.

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