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2024PC90 % positive6.89 €

An indie horror adventure set in an eerie post-Soviet apartment block where strange things happen. You work your way up floor by floor to the roof to save a helpless man.

  • Dread and tension
  • Interconnected level design
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover

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In short: Games like Panelak

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

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Someday You'll Return

95 %Match

2020PC86 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Panelak: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as lots to discover.

A psychological horror adventure in which a father searches the Czech woods for his missing daughter. Its story of guilt and a troubled past takes center stage, supported by exploration, puzzles and a few stealth moments.

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Layers of Fear

Calm and deliberate

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.

Conarium

Calm and deliberate

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.

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.

The Crow's Eye

Lots to discover

An atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure set in an abandoned medical university, where you solve puzzles and uncover the disappearance of students and faculty two decades ago. It focuses on eerie tension rather than combat.

Layers of Fear 2

Interconnected level design

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.

Echo Night

Lots to discover

An early first-person horror adventure from From Software in which you explore a derelict ghost ship, solving puzzles and uncovering the pasts of restless spirits. Atmosphere, exploration and mystery matter more than combat.

Visage

Interconnected level design

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.

Dark Fall

Lots to discover

A Myst-style horror adventure set in an abandoned, haunted hotel. You search for your missing brother, solve puzzles, and are unsettled by a deeply eerie soundscape.

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