Games like Amnesia: The Dark Descent
If you like Amnesia: The Dark Descent (horror, first person and defenceless), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
SOMA
- In common: story and exploring
When you want an unsettling sci-fi story that makes you think, in sessions of one or two hours.
In Sound Mind
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: more action
When you fancy psychological horror in chapters: each tape lasts a couple of hours and has its own boss.
Little Nightmares
When you want an unsettling experience you can finish in one or two sessions.
Amanda the Adventurer
- In common: story
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you want short, unsettling horror: a first playthrough takes under an hour, and there are five endings.
Alien: Isolation
- In common: exploring and story
When you want to be properly scared and have the energy for sustained tension.
Amnesia: The Bunker
- In common: exploring
When you want to be properly scared in a short adventure: a first playthrough takes around five or six hours.
SIGNALIS
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: more action
When you want atmospheric, enigmatic horror best enjoyed in sessions of one or two hours.
INSIDE
- In common: story
When you have a free afternoon and want a short, polished work you can play in one sitting.
Outer Wilds
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: more relaxed
When you feel like exploring and thinking calmly, with at least an hour ahead of you. Every loop ends with a discovery.
What Remains of Edith Finch
- In common: story
- Difference: more relaxed
When you have a quiet afternoon and want a complete, moving experience with no difficulty at all.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Amnesia: The Dark Descent
You wake up with no memory in a Prussian castle and something is hunting you in the dark. You can't fight: only hide, flee and ration your lantern oil while your sanity suffers. One of the most influential horror games.
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