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Games like Silent Hill

1999USK 18PlayStation

As ordinary father Harry Mason, you search a fog-shrouded town for your missing daughter and slip into a nightmarish otherworld. Oppressive fog, unsettling industrial sound design and cryptic puzzles make this a defining psychological horror classic with multiple endings.

  • Dread and tension
  • Resources and survival
  • Strong soundtrack
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like Silent Hill

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

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Resident Evil

95 %Match

1996USK 18PlayStation, Steam Deck verified92 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Silent Hill: dread and tension, scarce resources and survival as well as a dark atmosphere.

The survival horror blueprint: scarce ammo, tight inventory and interlocking puzzles in a zombie-infested mansion, with fixed camera angles building constant dread and a campy charm.

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In Sound Mind

Strong soundtrack

A first-person psychological horror where you dive into the nightmares and memories of a therapist's patients. Inventive environmental puzzles, unusual boss fights and a standout original soundtrack define the experience.

Crow Country

Dread and tension

A retro-styled survival horror game set in an abandoned theme park, mixing puzzle solving, careful resource management and tense exploration. Its low-poly look and moody atmosphere recall classics like Resident Evil and Silent Hill.

Tormented Souls

Dread and tension

A survival horror throwback to early Resident Evil with fixed camera angles, intricate puzzles and scarce ammo. You guide Caroline through a decaying mansion full of secrets and grotesque creatures.

Tormented Souls II

Dread and tension

Old-school survival horror where Caroline explores the decaying Villa Hess, solves intricate puzzles, manages scarce resources and fights grotesque creatures to rescue her sister from a cult.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Dread and tension

Classic survival horror set on a gloomy island where you play as either Carnby or Aline: he leans on weapons, she on puzzles. Fixed camera angles, scarce ammo and flashlight-lit tension drive the dread.

Alone in the Dark

Dread and tension

A pioneer of survival horror: you explore a cursed 1920s mansion, solve puzzles and fight sparingly against monsters. Its 3D characters on pre-rendered backdrops and menacing mood shaped the entire genre.

Post Trauma

Dread and tension

A classic-style survival horror game with fixed camera angles reminiscent of the old Resident Evil and Silent Hill titles. As Roman you solve puzzles, explore a nightmarish world and choose whether to avoid or fight its creatures.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Dread and tension

Defenseless in a gloomy Prussian castle, you hide from monsters, ration lamp oil and fight to keep your sanity instead of fighting back. A genre-defining horror classic built on physics-based puzzles and relentless dread.

Heartworm

Emotional impact

A survival horror game in the spirit of the 90s that blends fixed camera angles with over-the-shoulder views. You fend off threats with a camera and solve puzzles about death in a world built from memories.

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