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2014PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable87 % positive14.99 €

A classic point-and-click adventure where you explore a gloomy castle, solve tricky puzzles and can die in countless gruesome ways. The remake stands out for its thick atmosphere and strong soundtrack.

  • Dread and tension
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong soundtrack
  • Pixel art
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In short: Games like Shadowgate

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

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The Witch's House MV

89 %Match

2018PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable95 % positive14.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Shadowgate: dread and tension, pixel art as well as puzzles to figure out.

You explore a witch's house as a young girl, where traps can end your run at any moment and every room hides a puzzle. The unpredictable scares keep you on edge, and this remaster adds refreshed visuals and a new difficulty mode for returning fans.

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The 7th Guest

Strong soundtrack

A landmark of the CD-ROM era: you roam Henry Stauf's haunted mansion solving tough logic puzzles, rewarded with eerie full-motion video revealing the fate of his guests. Campy horror atmosphere meets notoriously hard brainteasers and a memorable score.

Tormentum: Dark Sorrow

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim point-and-click adventure where you solve puzzles as a prisoner in a nightmarish castle. Its oppressive, surreal world draws heavily on the paintings of H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński.

The Witch's House

Dread and tension

A short pixel-art horror game in the RPG Maker style: a girl explores a witch's house full of puzzles, deadly traps and sudden scares. Behind the cute look hides a dark, disturbing story with multiple endings.

Mad Father

Dread and tension

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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Strong soundtrack

A short, atmospheric psychological horror adventure in which a girl solves puzzles and evades living artworks inside an eerie museum. Your choices lead to multiple endings, making this freeware RPG Maker classic memorable.

Mad Father

Strong soundtrack

In Mad Father you wander through a disturbing tale of a deeply strange family, solving eerie puzzles in unsettling, dreamlike places. This remake adds refreshed graphics, new scenes, and a Blood Mode that changes events for a second playthrough.

Loom

Strong soundtrack

A classic LucasArts adventure where you play a young Weaver who solves puzzles by playing melodies on a distaff instead of using a typical inventory. Its unusual musical magic and melancholic, fairy-tale world set it apart.

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