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2014PC14 % positive

An indie point-and-click horror adventure in which you wake from a nightmare to find your city devastated by an explosion at a neuroscience lab, solving puzzles to uncover what happened.

  • Dread and tension
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
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In short: Games like Paradigm Shift

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

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Phantasmagoria

95 %Match

1995USK 18PC87 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Paradigm Shift: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as puzzles to figure out.

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.

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Dark Fall

Dread and tension

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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Dread and tension

An early interactive horror movie from Warp: as Laura you explore a creepy hospital in first person, solving puzzles to uncover why your father went on a killing spree. Its pre-rendered CGI cutscenes and disturbing themes like cannibalism made it infamous.

Sanitarium

Dread and tension

A grim point-and-click adventure where an amnesiac man wakes in a disturbing asylum. Surreal chapters in which you step into different roles and a deeply unsettling atmosphere make it a classic of psychological horror.

Alpha Polaris

Calm and deliberate

In Alpha Polaris you explore a frozen outpost at the edge of the world, where unease builds slowly around its characters. The game leans on atmosphere and mood, drawing on Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos rather than cheap jump scares.

Gray Matter

Strong, story-driven narrative

A classic point-and-click adventure set in modern-day Oxford: as the student Samantha and the neuroscientist Dr. Styles, you solve puzzles around secret societies, illusion and the power of the human mind.

Bad Dream: Fever

Dread and tension

You wander a colorless, deserted city ravaged by an unknown plague, solving point-and-click puzzles as you encounter traces of fear, grief and loneliness. Its gloomy, painterly atmosphere is what makes this indie adventure stand out.

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