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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Adventure, Singleplayer, Atmospheric.

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Put on your headphones, close your eyes and watch the story in your imagination. What seems like a game may be something more. Is it a story waiting to be told or... felt? Enter the universe of Edgar A. Poe, where reason, like the devil, says "Goodnight".

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 76% — of 59 reviews
Released: 2022-06-23
Developer: The Midworld
Genres: Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,107 reviews2021
    Dev: Bit Golem
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    Median: 42 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%

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    Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.1%, Narration 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Visual Novel 8.3%

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    96% matchVery Positive84% of 342 reviews2019
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    94% matchVery Positive96% of 310 reviews2024
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    91% matchVery Positive83% of 110 reviews2026
    Dev: Randumb Studios
    Windows

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    90% matchMixed68% of 147 reviews2019
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    89% matchMostly Positive76% of 93 reviews2022
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    88% matchVery Positive85% of 621 reviews2018
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    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    87% matchMostly Positive77% of 247 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows

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    75% matchVery Positive98% of 111 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    78% matchVery Positive84% of 98 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    75% matchVery Positive95% of 853 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    77% matchVery Positive88% of 93 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    73% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2024
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    76% matchMostly Positive71% of 70 reviews2020
    Dev: Jan Jileček
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    78% matchMostly Negative33% of 105 reviews2018
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    71% matchVery Positive97% of 181 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2020
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    68% matchVery Positive86% of 164 reviews2024
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    69% matchVery Positive88% of 519 reviews2020
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    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 118 reviews2021
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    72% matchMixed53% of 93 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    65% matchVery Positive92% of 3,393 reviews2023
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