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2026PC92 % positive16.90 €

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.

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

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In short: Games like Hypnos

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

Similar in what way?

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93 %Match

2017PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable72 % positive16.79 €

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

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.

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Layers of Fear

Lavish presentation

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.

Visage

Dread and tension

A slow-burning first-person psychological horror game set in a shifting haunted house full of tragic stories. It relies on sustained dread, puzzles and sanity management rather than combat.

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.

Layers of Fear 2

Lots to discover

A psychological horror walking-sim where you play an actor wandering an ocean liner whose film sets shift and warp around you. Its strengths are oppressive atmosphere, environmental puzzles and a surreal, cinematic story.

Gray Dawn

Lots to discover

A psychological horror thriller in which you play a priest accused of murdering an altar boy, wandering through nightmarish, religiously charged scenes. Exploration and puzzles drive a dark, story-focused narrative.

Year Walk

Lots to discover

A short, eerie puzzle adventure rooted in Swedish folklore. You wander a chilling wintry world with a paper-cutout look, solving cryptic puzzles and meeting creatures from legend. Its dense atmosphere and hidden secrets make it stand out.

Lust from Beyond

Dread and tension

An erotically charged Lovecraftian horror set in a Victorian mansion, where you unravel cult secrets and puzzles. Its visuals draw on Giger and Beksiński for a disturbing, dark atmosphere.

Stasis

Dread and tension

A grim sci-fi horror point-and-click adventure in an isometric view: aboard a seemingly abandoned spaceship you solve classic item and computer puzzles while piecing together a disturbing story.

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.

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