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Games like Stairs

2015PC68 % positive12.99 €

You play journalist Christopher Adams in first person, exploring grim locations to uncover the fates of three missing people. The focus is on oppressive atmosphere and psychological dread rather than combat.

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

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In short: Games like Stairs

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

Similar in what way?

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

Not for me Exclude horror, turn-based combat, pixel art …

Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

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Best match

Phantasmagoria

98 %Match

1995USK 18PC87 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Stairs: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a strong story.

A 1990s point-and-click horror adventure with live-action video footage: as Adrienne you explore a sinister mansion and uncover its dark secret. Notorious for its graphic scenes and full-motion-video style.

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Dread and tension

An early interactive horror movie from Warp: as Laura you explore a creepy hospital in first person, solving puzzles to uncover why your father went on a killing spree. Its pre-rendered CGI cutscenes and disturbing themes like cannibalism made it infamous.

The Closing Shift

Dread and tension

A short Japanese-style indie horror game in which you play a young woman working a late closing shift as eerie events unfold. Tension comes from atmosphere and mundane routine that gradually turns sinister.

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