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2020PC85 % positivefree

A sci-fi horror game set on an abandoned lunar station, where you solve puzzles and piece together clues within a time loop to escape. Isolation and creeping dread drive the experience.

  • Dread and tension
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like We Went Back

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

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Conarium

97 %Match

2017USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable76 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about We Went Back: dread and tension, a dark atmosphere as well as puzzles to figure out.

An atmospheric first-person Lovecraftian adventure in which you play Frank Gilman, unraveling the fate of a doomed Antarctic expedition. Puzzles, eerie dreamlike realms and a bleak story take center stage rather than combat.

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Stasis

Dread and tension

A grim sci-fi horror point-and-click adventure in an isometric view: aboard a seemingly abandoned spaceship you solve classic item and computer puzzles while piecing together a disturbing story.

Moons of Madness

Dread and tension

A first-person horror adventure set on a Mars research base, where you play an engineer solving puzzles while facing Lovecraftian cosmic dread. It focuses on atmosphere, isolation and story rather than combat.

Stasis: Bone Totem

Dread and tension

An isometric point-and-click horror adventure set in the icy deep sea, where a family confronts a sinister threat. Grim atmosphere, inventory puzzles and a dense sci-fi story take center stage.

Observation

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

The Crow's Eye

Puzzles and brain teasers

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.

Iron Lung

Dread and tension

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.

A Place, Forbidden

Puzzles and brain teasers

You wake up in an eerie library with no memory of how you got there, piecing together its secrets through puzzles and exploration. The oppressive atmosphere of dust, silence and the feeling of being watched is what makes it stand out.

Red Matter 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

You play agent Sasha, exploring an abandoned lunar base, solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter. Its tense, claustrophobic atmosphere and blend of brain teasers with brief combat set it apart.

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