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2013USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable96 % positive14.79 €

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.

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  • Dread and tension
  • Resources and survival
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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In short: Games like Outlast

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

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Slender: The Arrival

97 %Match

2013USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable88 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about Outlast: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a realistic look.

A short first-person horror trip where you gather clues through dark forests and abandoned buildings, weaponless, while the Slender Man closes in. Tension comes from darkness, a flickering flashlight and sudden jump scares.

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Dark, serious atmosphere

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Dark, serious atmosphere

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Sneaking and hiding

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