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Games like Simulacra

2017USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified92 % positive4.59 €

You dig through a missing woman's smartphone, reading messages, using apps and watching videos, to piece together a creepy mystery. A short, story-driven horror experience told through found-footage-style screen interaction.

Dread and tension
Strong, story-driven narrative
Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like Simulacra

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

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Best match

Immortality

96 %Match

2022USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck verified84 % positive19.50 €

You comb through footage from three unreleased films, using match cuts to jump between scenes and uncover what happened to actress Marissa Marcel. An unusual, dark mystery thriller weaving together film history, performance and obsession.

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Chaos;Child

Dread and tension

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Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo

Accessible and relaxed

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Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

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You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.