Games Like Penumbra: Requiem

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 56.2%, Puzzle 15.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Adventure 8.1%, First-Person 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this title refines the physics-based interaction and stealth-horror mechanics introduced in the Penumbra series.

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

Why similar: Horror 48%, Adventure 16.4%, Puzzle 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the core narrative experience that directly precedes the events and mechanics of Requiem.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 50.3%, Adventure 15.6%, Puzzle 10%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational entry in the series that established the physics-based puzzle mechanics and dark, underground atmosphere.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Puzzle 19%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features the same signature physics-based environmental interaction and deep, philosophical horror found in the Penumbra series.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

Why similar: Horror 64.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Puzzle 6.9%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same engine and atmospheric DNA as the Penumbra series, focusing on narrative-driven horror and environmental puzzles.

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.

Why similar: Horror 68.8%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 10.2%, First-Person 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person horror game that excels at creating a sense of vulnerability and mystery through environmental exploration.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Horror 37.8%, Adventure 25.2%, Indie 11.1%, Puzzle 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian horror game that relies heavily on environmental puzzle-solving and atmospheric discovery.

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 60.2%, Adventure 16.6%, Atmospheric 8%, Indie 7.7%, First-Person 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title features significant physics-based interaction and a dark, shifting atmosphere that mirrors the tension of the Penumbra games.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Horror 40.5%, Adventure 18.3%, Puzzle 17.3%, Atmospheric 14.3%, First-Person 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in psychological horror that uses environmental manipulation to create a constant sense of unease.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Horror 32%, Atmospheric 21.8%, Adventure 16.3%, Puzzle 14%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on environmental storytelling and non-linear puzzle solving within a highly atmospheric, isolated setting.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Horror 81.3%, First-Person 18.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dense, claustrophobic atmosphere paired with complex environmental puzzles and psychological horror.

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 50.4%, Adventure 17.1%, Indie 9.9%, Puzzle 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror adventure that incorporates puzzle elements and a dark, oppressive atmosphere.

DYING: Reborn is a first-person Room Escape puzzle game in which players must tackle all kinds of puzzles in a series of dark and eerie environments. Gameplay revolves around collecting, discovering and putting together pieces of a twisted story that will make your hair stand on end...

Why similar: Puzzle 30.9%, Adventure 27.9%, Horror 23.4%, Indie 17.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person puzzle-horror game that emphasizes room-based exploration and object interaction.

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.7%, Horror 20.5%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Adventure 16.7%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique exploration game that prioritizes environmental puzzle-solving and industrial atmosphere over traditional combat.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 70.7%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Adventure 8.7%, First-Person 6.6%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply unsettling psychological horror game that emphasizes exploration and intricate, object-based puzzle solving.

'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

Why similar: Horror 28.5%, Puzzle 27%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 12.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An escape-room style horror game that focuses heavily on logic-based puzzles within a dark, mysterious setting.

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Adventure 27.5%, Puzzle 14.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror experience that blends Lovecraftian themes with tactile, first-person puzzle mechanics.

Re-live a dark and haunting tale in this fixed camera puzzle-horror game RE-miniscent of the first generation of survival horror games.

Why similar: Adventure 28.1%, Horror 27.9%, Indie 18.7%, Puzzle 15.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror game that utilizes photography and environmental puzzles to build tension and reveal the narrative.

The dark will reveal all!Explore the macabre past of an old mansion in the 1930's and solve puzzles of light and shadows in this fully black & white survival horror! Players are trapped in this nightmare where darkness is a constant threat!

Why similar: Horror 42.9%, Adventure 27.6%, Puzzle 22.5%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired horror game that uses light and shadow as core mechanics for both puzzle-solving and survival.

Lethe is a first person adventure with survival horror elements. Explore an atmospheric and frightening world and uncover the dark secrets of your origins.

Why similar: Horror 29.2%, Adventure 23.9%, Puzzle 15.1%, Indie 15.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person horror adventure that features physics-based interaction and a focus on stealth and puzzle-solving.

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Adventure 21.8%, Atmospheric 16.9%, Puzzle 10.2%, Indie 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric survival-mystery game that requires players to solve environmental puzzles to uncover a dark secret.

A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

Why similar: Puzzle 56.5%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Horror 11.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on puzzles, its tactile, physics-based interaction is the gold standard for the genre Penumbra helped pioneer.

Taking place in a single mansion in Candlewood, northeast USA, in the early 20th Century, House of Caravan is a sinister adventure filled with dark secrets and vexing puzzles.

Why similar: Horror 40.6%, Adventure 19.8%, Puzzle 16.5%, Indie 15.9%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person mystery game that relies on puzzle-solving and exploration within a confined, eerie location.

Adventure horror with many puzzles and an interesting story.

Why similar: Adventure 35.8%, Horror 26.3%, Indie 21%, Puzzle 16.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric puzzle-adventure that captures a similar sense of isolation and mystery.

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

Why similar: Horror 38.6%, Puzzle 17.6%, Atmospheric 14%, Adventure 13.6%, First-Person 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven psychological horror game that uses environmental puzzles to guide the player through a disturbing story.

Hypnosis, memories, delusions and a disturbing secret revolve around silence of mind.

Why similar: Horror 26.5%, Adventure 22.7%, Indie 21.9%, Puzzle 18.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric horror game that leans into puzzle-solving and exploration to build its unsettling world.

A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.

Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Puzzle 24.9%, Adventure 17.2%, Atmospheric 14%, First-Person 9.5%

Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.

Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 15.6%, Atmospheric 14.5%, First-Person 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery-focused horror game that emphasizes exploration and environmental interaction in a dark setting.

Coma:Mortuary is the introduction part of a trilogy about events in the world of the dead. The game`s genre is Adventure-Ambient with Horror-quest element.

Why similar: Horror 56.4%, Adventure 20%, Indie 13.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%, First-Person 3%

Why You'll Like It: A walking simulator with horror elements that focuses on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.

Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Adventure 20.6%, Puzzle 20.2%, Indie 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%

A first-person horror game Incoming Evil, you will explore an unsolved event about 3 missing people. Nobody knows what happened to them, the police could not solve the case. You are an experienced detective; the case handed over to you.

Why similar: Horror 34%, Puzzle 19.2%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 12.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.

Why similar: Horror 28%, Adventure 26.7%, Indie 21%, Puzzle 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Blasfemia is a first-person horror game. You are trapped in a seemingly normal apartment but realize early on that you're not alone. Explore a handcrafted, detail rich environment in a tense and terrifying atmosphere and try to find a way out before an ominous entity gets to you.

Why similar: Horror 38%, Adventure 19.8%, Puzzle 19.1%, Indie 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Adventure 22.2%, Puzzle 17.4%, Indie 9.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%

Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.

Why similar: Adventure 28.6%, Horror 25%, Indie 18.4%, Puzzle 13.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%

The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

Why similar: Adventure 27.5%, Horror 24%, Puzzle 18.8%, Indie 18.7%, Atmospheric 11%

Like Clay is a story driven adventure game with horror elements. Find out what happened to a friend of yours by reading messages and listening to audio files. Search for hidden doors and items, solve light puzzles and survive deadly foes and lethal traps.

Why similar: Horror 42.2%, Indie 29.1%, Adventure 28.8%

Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Adventure 30.3%, Puzzle 15%, Atmospheric 11.8%, First-Person 4.6%

Anna - Extended Edition has been given an overhaul based on the feedback of the thousands of players of the original Anna.

Why similar: Horror 46.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Puzzle 14%, Indie 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.8%

You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Adventure 25.2%, Indie 17.2%, Puzzle 14.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Time loop puzzle horror, where you're stuck in a failed experiment and must escape or face being eaten for eternity.

Why similar: Horror 41.7%, Puzzle 25.4%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 6.1%

ENIGMA TECHNOLOGIES invites you to delve into the mind of an AI. Seamlessly blending first-person exploration with point-and-click mechanics, THE ENIGMA MACHINE's completely unique presentation offers an increasingly unnerving atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Puzzle 23.9%, Indie 20.6%, Atmospheric 13.7%

Relive dark footage recorded from the perspective of multiple characters in this unique first person horror.

Why similar: Horror 51.4%, Adventure 28%, Indie 20.6%

The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...

Why similar: Horror 61.9%, Adventure 21.4%, Indie 12.6%, First-Person 4.1%

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 57.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Atmospheric 10%, Indie 8.7%, Puzzle 6.6%

THANATOS is a first-person psychological horror mystery game that involves finding clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering secrets to prevent a friend from taking their own life.

Why similar: Adventure 33.5%, Horror 30.1%, Puzzle 27.8%, First-Person 8.6%

I Can't Escape: Darkness is a quicksand trap for the senses - the more you listen and look for clues, the deeper you fall into a damp, living dungeon. Plunge into the depths and scrape together whatever tools you can find, then try to escape one of the most diabolical puzzles of all time!

Why similar: Horror 45%, Adventure 18.8%, Atmospheric 16.6%, Indie 12%, First-Person 7.6%

Are you ready to investigate a mysterious occurrence at a remote lighthouse? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.2%, Horror 28.4%, Adventure 25%, Indie 17.5%

Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.

Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Puzzle 28%, Indie 12.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Atmospheric 7%

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Adventure 20.4%, Atmospheric 16.5%, Indie 12.9%, Puzzle 9.3%

Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.

Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Indie 32%, Puzzle 22.1%, First-Person 8.2%

Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.

Why similar: Horror 85.4%, First-Person 14.6%

The House of E. is a story-driven puzzle game with horror elements and a creepy atmosphere.

Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Puzzle 23.8%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Adventure 12.5%, First-Person 7.3%

Mummy Sandbox is a first person digging simulator meets point & click adventure. Traverse forgotten sandboxes and dig up corpses to learn their secrets!

Why similar: Horror 39.7%, Puzzle 23.7%, Adventure 23.2%, First-Person 7%, Indie 6.3%

The first three games of the Forgotten Hill series joined together with new contents, new locations, new puzzles and secrets revealed: let's follow Larson's First Steps in Forgotten Hill!

Why similar: Horror 36.3%, Puzzle 26.9%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 8.2%, First-Person 7.5%

A first-person atmospheric horror-puzzle game that focuses on the narrative to tie together the gruesome world with creative puzzles. Explore the mind of a twisted serial killer who wants nothing else than to show his work of art as well as tell his story to the world.

Why similar: Horror 34.6%, Puzzle 23%, Adventure 21.8%, Atmospheric 16.4%, First-Person 4.2%

Enter the twisted world of Forgotten Hill in a new third dimension

Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Adventure 32%, Puzzle 18.2%, Indie 7%, First-Person 6.8%