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2025PEGI 16PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified90 % positive19.50 €

In Slender Threads you play an ordinary traveling salesman whose fate gets tangled with unseen forces in a peculiar town. This point-and-click thriller combines puzzle solving with an unsettling, mysterious atmosphere.

  • Dread and tension
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

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2023PEGI 16PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified95 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Slender Threads: dread and tension, a strong story as well as puzzles to figure out.

A horror adventure set in Showa-era Tokyo that weaves the urban legend of the Seven Mysteries of Honjo into clever curse-based puzzles and an intricate multi-protagonist story.

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