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Games like Lure

2021PC90 % positivefree

You fish at a forbidden Shinto shrine for an old man's money, and the quiet task slowly turns into an eerie unease. The game thrives on its dense atmosphere and the sense that something is deeply wrong here.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Fantasy setting

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In short: Games like Lure

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

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Best match

You Will (Not) Remain

94 %Match

2022PC, Steam Deck playable92 % positivefree

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

You are confined to your apartment while the city outside succumbs to an eldritch horror. It relies on claustrophobic atmosphere and isolation rather than combat.

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The Horror of Salazar House

Dread and tension

You play reporter Elisa exploring an abandoned mansion where an author and his whole family vanished decades ago. Solve puzzles and uncover the mystery step by step while the house's unsettling atmosphere closes in around you.

Phantasmagoria

Dread and tension

A 1990s point-and-click horror adventure with live-action video footage: as Adrienne you explore a sinister mansion and uncover its dark secret. Notorious for its graphic scenes and full-motion-video style.

God's Basement

Dread and tension

You explore a first-person afterlife in which the enigmatic "The Operator" guides you deeper into a seemingly endless purgatory. The game thrives on its eerie atmosphere and the slow uncovering of its mysterious secrets.

September 7th

Dread and tension

You follow Dima through a move that slowly turns into an unsettling nightmare, where evil elves watch and toy with you. The game's appeal lies in its eerie, surreal atmosphere and the constant uncertainty about what is real.

Firework

Dread and tension

As a rookie policeman you reopen a closed massacre case in a remote mountain village after a funeral fire. Between puzzles and eerie clues, you must work out whether the events are supernatural or a carefully staged murder.

Infliction

Respects your time

A story-driven first-person horror set in a suburban home, where you uncover a family's dark history across 13 years while a malevolent entity stalks you. It tells its story through the environment and tackles heavy taboo themes.

Graveyard Shift

Accessible and relaxed

You start your first night shift guarding a cemetery and watch strange events unfold through security cameras. The appeal lies in slowly investigating the grounds and the growing sense that the place hides something far worse than it first seems.

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