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Games like Miasmata

2012PC, Steam Deck playable77 % positive14.99 €

As a plague-stricken scientist stranded on a remote island, you map the land yourself through triangulation, gather plants to craft medicine, and avoid a stalking creature that hunts you.

  • Resources and survival
  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Lots to discover
  • Open world

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In short: Games like Miasmata

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

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Darkwood

94 %Match

2017USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified94 % positive19.99 €

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

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.

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The Evil Within 2

Resources and survival

Survival horror in which Sebastian Castellanos dives into the surreal STEM world to rescue his daughter. Semi-open town hubs, scarce resources and the freedom to sneak or fight create constant tension.

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows

Sneaking and hiding

An atmospheric horror game in which a small girl sneaks through a Japanese town at night, hiding from spirits while searching for her lost friend. Helplessness, silence and a miniature diorama look create an oppressive, melancholic mood.

Granny

Sneaking and hiding

You are trapped in a house and must escape within five days while an old woman hunts you by sound. Hiding, moving quietly and solving puzzles keep the tension constantly high.

Monstrum

Sneaking and hiding

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.

Outlast

Sneaking and hiding

As a defenseless journalist armed only with a night-vision camcorder, you creep through a nightmarish asylum where hiding and running are your only options. Relentless, unfiltered terror with no way to fight back.

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.

Yomawari: Night Alone

Sneaking and hiding

A young girl wanders a eerie Japanese town at night searching for her sister and dog. Defenseless, she relies on a flashlight, hiding and running from disturbing spirits, all in a bleak storybook-like art style.

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