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Games like The Falling Sun

2015PC47 % positive

An indie horror game set in late-WW2 Burma, where you play a young British officer exploring eerie jungle surroundings to uncover what happened to a missing armored division.

  • Historical setting
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like The Falling Sun

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

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2021PC, Steam Deck playable89 % positive7.39 €

Brings what grabs you about The Falling Sun: dread and tension, a historical setting as well as a dark atmosphere.

An indie horror game in which you explore an abandoned Soviet-era camp in Russia said to be haunted by restless souls. The focus is on eerie atmosphere and exploration rather than combat.

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The Lightkeeper

Dread and tension

A psychological horror adventure set in the 1920s, where you tend a lighthouse alone on a remote island as reality and delusion blur. Oppressive atmosphere and mounting dread drive the experience.

Amenti

Dread and tension

A photographer descends into the Great Pyramids to photograph a pharaoh's remains and falls under a curse that erodes his sanity. An atmospheric horror adventure set inside a sinister ancient tomb.

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.

The Town of Light

Historical setting

A harrowing first-person walking-style adventure set in the faithfully recreated Volterra psychiatric hospital in Italy. As Renée you piece together her troubled past and the grim reality of institutional psychiatry, with no combat and a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.

Kholat

Dread and tension

An oppressive horror exploration game where you navigate the snowbound Dyatlov Pass with only a map and compass, piecing together the mysterious tragedy through scattered notes. Marker-free navigation and eerie isolation create a dense, lonely atmosphere.

Inunaki Tunnel

Realistic visuals

You explore a real, notorious site in Japan, where local legends about a tunnel named after howling dogs quickly get under your skin. Its eerie atmosphere and unsettling mood are what make this short horror game stand out.

Gevaudan

Dread and tension

In this indie horror adventure you flee from an overwhelming beast while learning to overcome your own fear. The legend of the Beast of Gévaudan forms the unsettling backdrop.

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