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2026PC

A narrative first-person horror game with flight elements: you pilot between comms towers in a vast megastructure doing maintenance jobs, as routine work turns increasingly sinister. From the creator of Lorn's Lure.

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

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In short: Games like The Hollowing

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

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Iron Lung

92 %Match

2022PEGI 16PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable92 % positive7.79 €

Brings what grabs you about The Hollowing: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as a sci-fi setting.

You pilot a cramped submarine blindly through an ocean of blood on an alien moon, relying on coordinates, maps and photos. Its claustrophobic, oppressive atmosphere makes this short game an intense horror experience.

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Observation

Sci-fi setting

You play S.A.M., the AI of a damaged space station, using cameras, systems and puzzles to uncover what happened to the crew. A slow-burning, eerie sci-fi thriller with strong atmosphere and an unusual perspective.

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-heavy entry in the horror series: as a technician in an underground facility you face short, tense nights with varied tasks rather than just watching cameras. The dark tale of Circus Baby and the animatronics drives the experience.

Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story

Sci-fi setting

A 2.5D horror adventure in the vein of Clock Tower and Fatal Frame, set in a neon-soaked Neo Hong Kong. As Mei-Lin Mak you explore a haunted building, solve puzzles and evade ghosts while reality and the supernatural blur together.

Asemblance

Sci-fi setting

A short first-person psychological puzzle thriller in which you are trapped inside a memory-simulating machine and must explore the memories to break the cycle.

Gray Dawn

Strong, story-driven narrative

A psychological horror thriller in which you play a priest accused of murdering an altar boy, wandering through nightmarish, religiously charged scenes. Exploration and puzzles drive a dark, story-focused narrative.

Visage

Lots to discover

A slow-burning first-person psychological horror game set in a shifting haunted house full of tragic stories. It relies on sustained dread, puzzles and sanity management rather than combat.

Madison

Strong, story-driven narrative

A first-person psychological horror game where an instant camera bridges the human world and the beyond. You develop photos yourself to solve disturbing puzzles while surviving a deeply unsettling atmosphere.

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