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2024PC, Steam Deck playable84 % positive11.79 €

A sci-fi survival horror set in a remote Antarctic research complex, where you solve puzzles, fend off or flee monsters, and can reach multiple endings.

  • Resources and survival
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Sci-fi setting

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

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Penumbra: Black Plague

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2008PEGI 16PC, Steam Deck playable93 % positive9.75 €

Fits your focus: Combat like Zero Protocol.

A claustrophobic first-person horror game set in an underground research facility, where you survive through physics-based puzzles and hiding rather than weapons. Atmosphere and fear of the unknown matter far more than combat.

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Penumbra: Overture

  • Combat like Zero Protocol

A first-person survival horror set in a desolate Greenland mine, where you're nearly defenseless and rely on physics-based puzzles and hiding to survive. Its oppressive atmosphere and mouse-driven object interaction define the experience.

Amnesia: The Bunker

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A first-person horror game in a WW1 bunker where you survive with scarce resources, a hand-cranked light and an unpredictable monster stalking you. The semi-open, systemic layout lets you improvise routes, hiding spots and puzzle solutions.

SCP: Containment Breach

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You are a test subject trying to escape an SCP Foundation facility while escaped anomalies like the statue SCP-173 hunt you. Blinking as a mechanic, randomly generated corridors and constant dread make for a tense, scary experience.

Silver Chains

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A first-person horror game set in an abandoned manor where you gather clues, solve puzzles and evade a stalking evil. Dark atmosphere and uncovering the mystery drive the experience.

Soma

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A harrowing combat-free horror journey through a ruined deep-sea research station that confronts you with unsettling questions about consciousness and identity. Its philosophical story lingers long after the credits roll.

Outlast

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As a defenseless journalist armed only with a night-vision camcorder, you creep through a nightmarish asylum where hiding and running are your only options. Relentless, unfiltered terror with no way to fight back.

Routine

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A tense first-person horror trek through an abandoned lunar base styled after an 80s vision of the future, where you dodge hostile machines with a clunky tool while uncovering what happened to the crew. With almost no HUD, it relies on atmosphere, sound design and dread.

Song of Horror

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A classic fixed-camera survival horror told in episodes, where an unpredictable entity stalks you. Characters can die permanently, and puzzles plus dread behind every door drive the experience.

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