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2025PEGI 16PC, Xbox, Steam Deck playable91 % positive24.99 €

A tense first-person horror trek through an abandoned lunar base styled after an 80s vision of the future, where you dodge hostile machines with a clunky tool while uncovering what happened to the crew. With almost no HUD, it relies on atmosphere, sound design and dread.

  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Dread and tension
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lavish presentation

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2022USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified96 % positive19.99 €

Fits your focus: Systems like Routine.

A classic survival horror game with scarce resources, inventory puzzles and a cryptic, melancholic sci-fi story. Its blend of retro 3D aesthetics, anime-inspired bleakness and cosmic dread creates a dense, unsettling atmosphere.

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Penumbra: Black Plague

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A claustrophobic first-person horror game set in an underground research facility, where you survive through physics-based puzzles and hiding rather than weapons. Atmosphere and fear of the unknown matter far more than combat.

Alien: Isolation

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A nerve-shredding survival horror game where, as Amanda Ripley, you are hunted through Sevastopol station by an unpredictable, unkillable Alien. Its faithful lo-fi retro-futurist look from the 1979 film and constant dread make hiding in lockers terrifying.

Amnesia: The Bunker

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A first-person horror game in a WW1 bunker where you survive with scarce resources, a hand-cranked light and an unpredictable monster stalking you. The semi-open, systemic layout lets you improvise routes, hiding spots and puzzle solutions.

Outlast

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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.

Penumbra: Overture

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A first-person survival horror set in a desolate Greenland mine, where you're nearly defenseless and rely on physics-based puzzles and hiding to survive. Its oppressive atmosphere and mouse-driven object interaction define the experience.

Song of Horror

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A classic fixed-camera survival horror told in episodes, where an unpredictable entity stalks you. Characters can die permanently, and puzzles plus dread behind every door drive the experience.

Granny

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You are trapped in a house and must escape within five days while an old woman hunts you by sound. Hiding, moving quietly and solving puzzles keep the tension constantly high.

Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition

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As Six, a small girl, you sneak and climb through the nightmarish vessel the Maw, evading grotesque giants. The Enhanced Edition sharpens the visuals while keeping the same dense, wordless, oppressive atmosphere.

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