Games like SIGNALIS
If you like SIGNALIS (survival horror, sci-fi and retro), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Alien: Isolation
- In common: exploring and story
When you want to be properly scared and have the energy for sustained tension.
Resident Evil 2
- In common: story
When you have energy and fancy being scared in a campaign you can finish in about 8-10 hours.
Amnesia: The Bunker
- In common: exploring
- Difference: less story
When you want to be properly scared in a short adventure: a first playthrough takes around five or six hours.
SOMA
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: less management
When you want an unsettling sci-fi story that makes you think, in sessions of one or two hours.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: less action
When you fancy being properly scared with the lights off, in hour-long sessions.
In Sound Mind
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: less management
When you fancy psychological horror in chapters: each tape lasts a couple of hours and has its own boss.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
- In common: story
When you're in the mood for a linear, moving story over a few evenings: it lasts between 10 and 15 hours, across 17 chapters.
Little Nightmares
- Difference: less management
When you want an unsettling experience you can finish in one or two sessions.
Transistor
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: less management
When you want a short action adventure where every fight takes some thought, and you can finish it in a few hours.
Rise of the Tomb Raider™
- In common: story and exploring
- Difference: less management
When you're in the mood for a spectacular action adventure of around 15 hours, with areas you explore at your own pace.
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 SIGNALIS
A Replika searches for her lost partner in a facility run by a totalitarian regime. Classic survival horror with limited inventory, puzzles and a cryptic story full of references, styled like early PlayStation games.
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