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Games like Michigan: Report from Hell

2004PlayStation

You follow a news crew chasing strange phenomena, and much of the horror reaches you through live-action footage shown like a broadcast. This early-2000s survival horror stands out for its unusual, unsettling presentation.

  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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In short: Games like Michigan: Report from Hell

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Michigan: Report from Hell special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Alan Wake Remastered

88 %Match

2021USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch

Brings what grabs you about Michigan: Report from Hell: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as good gunplay.

An atmospheric psychological horror thriller in which writer Alan Wake fights darkness with light in the small town of Bright Falls, as a story he doesn't remember writing comes true. The remaster brings the TV-series-style storytelling back with upgraded visuals.

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Alone in the Dark

Challenging difficulty

A pioneer of survival horror: you explore a cursed 1920s mansion, solve puzzles and fight sparingly against monsters. Its 3D characters on pre-rendered backdrops and menacing mood shaped the entire genre.

Tormented Souls

Strong, story-driven narrative

A survival horror throwback to early Resident Evil with fixed camera angles, intricate puzzles and scarce ammo. You guide Caroline through a decaying mansion full of secrets and grotesque creatures.

The Thing

Dread and tension

As a squad leader in Antarctica, you fight a shape-shifting alien while deciding which teammates you can still trust. The trust and paranoia mechanics give this third-person horror shooter its tense, claustrophobic character.

Alan Wake

Dread and tension

A novelist hunts for his vanished wife in a misty Pacific Northwest town, fighting shadowy possessed foes with flashlight and gun while the pages of a manuscript he doesn't remember writing come true. Its TV-series-style episodic storytelling and eerie atmosphere are the main draw.

Condemned: Criminal Origins

Strong, story-driven narrative

A grim first-person horror thriller where you hunt serial killers as detective Ethan Thomas. Gritty melee combat with pipes, lockers and other scavenged objects plus a oppressive atmosphere define the experience.

Cold Fear

Dread and tension

A survival-horror shooter set on an abandoned Russian whaling ship in a raging storm. As a Coast Guard sailor, you fight through tight, shifting corridors against mutated creatures.

Cryostasis

Strong, story-driven narrative

An atmospheric first-person survival horror set aboard a Soviet nuclear icebreaker frozen in Arctic ice, where you hunt for heat to survive and relive the crew's final moments.

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