Games like petrichor
by cumulet collective
Petrichor is a first person horror game inspired by Outer Wilds. Other older games inspired us for the graphics. You are in a cabin in the woods, some strange things are happening here.
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$24.99Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
May 16 · Simogo
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Stylized
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
PuzzleAdventureExplorationHorrorActionMysteryStylizedAction-AdventureIndiePsychological👍 3,110
$0.99Village
Sep 25 · STuNT
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Detective
A young boy has come to a distant village to visit his grandmother. Arriving at the final station, in some wilderness, we find newspaper clippings on the platform. This is where our tangled story begins.
ExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzleDetectiveInvestigationNatureWalking SimulatorFirst-Person3DPsychological Horror
$24.99ANIMAL WELL
May 9 · Billy Basso
Both: Exploration · Puzzle
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPuzzlePixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerHorror2DAtmosphericAdventure👍 22,819
$4.99Writer. Chapter 1
Jan 6 · Beshbarmak games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Detective
You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.
ExplorationPuzzleDetectiveWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorHorrorSimulationControllerLinear
-33%$2.00Petrichor: Reverie Edition
3 days ago · 6six6
Both: Puzzle
Petrichor is an escape room type puzzle game that follows a fateful incident in a man's life. After an accident in the wilderness... What fate awaits him as rain falls down onto the forest below? Can you escape it?
PuzzleEscape RoomLGBTQ+AtmosphericMysterySurrealAdventureStory RichSurvivalPsychological
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationDarkPuzzleSimulationDemonsInteractive FictionFirst-Person👍 932
$6.99SERPENT AT THE VERNISSAGE
Oct 23 · a trip by daniel bock
Both: First-Person · Exploration · Psychedelic
A psychedelic trip to an abandoned island paradise, where nothing is quite what it seems. Explore forgotten villas, sentient art pieces and sunken opera houses. And find your way back home before the archipelago swallows you whole.
AdventureActionFirst-PersonExplorationAction-AdventurePsychedelicSurrealAtmosphericPuzzle Platformer3D
-85%$2.69Puppet House
Oct 24 · Vecube Studio, Spirit Games Studio
Both: Psychedelic · Detective · Exploration
Puppet House is a puzzle-adventure horror with escape room elements. A freak ritual creates a killer puppet, murdering anyone who enters the ventriloquist’s mansion. Detective Rick, seeking missing locals, will soon face his greatest horror.
PsychedelicThrillerHorrorMysteryDetectiveStory RichCinematicExplorationSingleplayerPsychological Horror👍 190
-20%$7.99Ultradimensional
Aug 19 · VYPXR Studios
Both: Puzzle · First-Person
Explore over 40 interconnected levels, evade over 20 unique entities, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive a nonlinear backrooms horror experience with multiple routes, and extreme replayability.
ActionAdventureStrategyAction-AdventurePuzzle3DFirst-PersonAtmosphericHorrorMystery
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: First-Person · Exploration
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$4.99Screams from the Past
Oct 25 · Dream Pocket Studio
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · Detective
Uncover the dark past of an orphanage, gather clues and evidence, solve puzzles, and unveil the truth in a gripping suspense game. Your main mission is to unravel the mystery. Get ready for shocking revelations as you immerse yourself in the intriguing and chilling atmosphere.
AdventureExplorationInvestigationPuzzlePsychological HorrorRetroHorrorCrimeDetectivePsychological
$9.99PANICORE
May 31 · ZTEK Studio
Both: First-Person
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorCo-opMultiplayerFirst-PersonPvEStealthAtmospheric👍 10,746
$2.99Inside The Forest
Dec 6 · Stepan Tsokur
Both: First-Person · Exploration
You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.
AdventureHorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichFirst-PersonMultiple EndingsAtmospheric3DExplorationDark
$2.99Tempter
Jul 31 · Blue Pixel Games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
"Tempter" is a suspenseful first-person horror game that shows how humans can be even more dangerous than demons when they gain power. It centers on the struggle to save one's soul against a demon after breaking a pact.
ExplorationHidden ObjectPuzzleVisual NovelWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonSurrealHorrorAction
$14.99The Complex: Expedition
Jul 18 · pgWave
Both: Exploration
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
HorrorExplorationRealisticSingleplayerPsychological HorrorStory RichActionMysteryAdventureCinematic👍 2,621
-10%$9.90Poopy's Playland
3 days ago · EmilJoes Games
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
Play as a grieving mother whose child went missing in a playland one year ago. Use your trusty flashlight to navigate through the dark, solve replayable puzzles to progress forward, and hide from the unstable killer mascots! Investigate the mysteries and find out the truth...
ExplorationPuzzleHorrorSurvival HorrorAction-AdventureFemale Protagonist3DFirst-PersonColorfulRealistic
$2.99The Cost Of Bliss
Jan 5 · Andre David Dev
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · First-Person
Force to spend a month in a psych ward to cure your addiction, you fight yourself going through painful levels of withdrawal. To cope, you make friends with a man who helps ease your pain, in exchange for unsettling favours.
ExplorationFPSPuzzlePvE3DFirst-PersonHorrorPsychological HorrorChoices MatterLinear
$4.99Follow the meaning
Nov 22 · HiKing Mind Studio
Both: Puzzle · Detective
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
AdventurePuzzlePoint & Click2DHand-drawnMysteryMultiple EndingsIndieDetectiveSurreal👍 992