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2020PC, Steam Deck playable92 % positivefree

A small pixel-art indie adventure where you smash vermin and office furniture with a sledgehammer against a ticking clock. The office setting and mystery hints give it an odd, offbeat mood.

  • Pixel art
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Fast pace
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like Perfect Vermin

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

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No One Lives Under the Lighthouse

79 %Match

2020PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified86 % positive7.19 €

Brings what grabs you about Perfect Vermin: pixel art, a dark atmosphere and a distinctive art style.

You take over as the new keeper of a remote island lighthouse after your predecessor vanished, and slowly slip into a creepy mix of pixel art, light puzzles and creeping dread. It is a short experience built on mood and mystery rather than combat.

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We Become What We Behold

Distinctive, stylised art style

A short, satirical browser game by Nicky Case where you play a news photographer framing events, watching how media coverage feeds fear and polarization in society. With minimal means it delivers a biting commentary on news cycles.

Yume Nikki

Easy to pick up

A wordless dream-exploration game where you wander surreal, unsettling dreamscapes as Madotsuki, collecting Effects. There is almost no plot, leaving all meaning to the player's own interpretation.

Amanda the Adventurer 2

Easy to pick up

You play Riley, exploring the eerie Kensdale Public Library and solving puzzles while digging into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer. Its blend of mystery and found-footage creepiness is built on a tense, atmospheric mood.

Five Nights at Candy's

Easy to pick up

You work the night shift at an eerie pizzeria where animatronic characters come alive. Its appeal lies in the unsettling atmosphere and the gradually revealed mystery behind the place.

Splatterhouse

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A classic arcade beat 'em up where you brawl through a cursed mansion as Rick, empowered by the Terror Mask. Gory horror in the vein of Friday the 13th and Evil Dead 2 meets tough, linear action.

One Finger Death Punch

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A lightning-fast kung-fu brawler played with just two buttons: you click left or right to hit enemies at exactly the right moment. The result is fluid, movie-like fight choreography that feels like a rhythm and reflex test.

The Last Door: Season 2

Distinctive, stylised art style

A dark pixel-art horror mystery set in Victorian England, where you play Dr. Wakefield unraveling a secret society. Dense atmosphere, point-and-click puzzles and unsettling sound design drive its disturbing story.

Anodyne

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A surreal, Zelda-inspired pixel-art adventure where you roam the dreamlike subconscious of Young. Odd dungeons, bosses and strange places create a moody, cryptic and melancholic experience.

Mad Father

Easy to pick up

A short RPG Maker horror adventure in which you play Aya, uncovering the dark secrets of her mad doctor father inside a mansion. Puzzles, chase sequences and multiple endings deliver a macabre yet emotional story.

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