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2010USK 16PC, Steam Deck playable74 % positive9.99 €

As an archaeologist trapped in a buried cavern, you use a giant ball to solve physics puzzles, trigger traps and smash creatures. The ball's physics drive the whole first-person experience.

  • Dread and tension
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Action-packed real-time combat
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In short: Games like The Ball

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

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

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

Horror Turn-based combat High difficulty Roguelike runs Shooter Pixel art Grind Survival PvP Open world Card game

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Killing Time: Resurrected

86 %Match

2024USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified92 % positive24.50 €

Brings what grabs you about The Ball: dread and tension, puzzles to figure out as well as action-packed real-time combat.

You fight your way through a demon-infested mansion in a first-person shooter where deadly puzzles are as dangerous as the monsters. A tongue-in-cheek mystery about a famous riddle and an ancient Egyptian artifact keeps you digging deeper.

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Kraven Manor

Calm and deliberate

A horror puzzle game set in a creepy manor whose rooms you rearrange via a miniature scale model in the entry hall, opening new paths and uncovering secrets.

Tormented Souls

Pure single-player experience

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.

Killing Time

Action-packed real-time combat

Killing Time blends an early 3D shooter with puzzle solving and creeping horror inside a haunted castle, where you fight and think your way through time-bending dangers. Its gallows humor keeps the tension from ever feeling entirely serious.

The Crow's Eye

Calm and deliberate

An atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure set in an abandoned medical university, where you solve puzzles and uncover the disappearance of students and faculty two decades ago. It focuses on eerie tension rather than combat.

Poppy Playtime

Accessible and relaxed

A horror puzzle adventure set in an abandoned toy factory, where you use the GrabPack to manipulate circuits and flee from creepy toy monsters. Environmental puzzles mixed with chase sequences deliver short, intense scares.

The 7th Guest VR

Calm and deliberate

A VR remake of the 90s classic: you explore an eerie haunted mansion and solve devious puzzles to uncover its dark secret. VR makes the creepy atmosphere feel immediate.

Don't Knock Twice

Accessible and relaxed

A first-person horror game where you search a creepy manor for a missing daughter, combining items and solving small puzzles while a demonic witch may appear at any moment. It also supports VR headsets.

Realms of the Haunting

Pure single-player experience

A 1996 horror adventure blending first-person shooting with puzzles and exploration. You investigate a haunted house and uncover an occult threat, told through live-action cutscenes.

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