Games like Sense of Darkness
by Iurii Coseacov
Where am I? Is it a dream? The afterlife? Or just a hallucination? You have a rare chance to experience awakening in this adventure VR game. Are you ready to step into the darkness and discover what lies beyond the veil?
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$14.99MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Aug 5 · Pantumaca Barcelona, @CarlosGameDev, Dani Navarro, Luka Nieto
Both: Puzzle · Surreal · Exploration
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
AdventurePuzzleWalking SimulatorIndieSurrealAtmosphericFirst-PersonStrategyExplorationVR👍 855
$19.99Paper Beast
Jul 24 · Pixel Reef
Both: Exploration · VR · Puzzle
An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.
AdventureExplorationVRNaturePhysicsPuzzleSandboxSurrealAtmosphericColorful👍 529
$29.99Obduction
Aug 24 · Cyan, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · Surreal
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationIndieFirst-PersonMysterySurrealVRWalking SimulatorAtmospheric👍 3,032
$9.99HOST
Jul 1 · Garrett Fuselier
Both: Exploration · Puzzle · VR
When your spacecraft crashes on an unknown planet, you navigate your way through its dark and puzzling corridors. Using only your hands and your wits, will you discover your parasitic power before it's too late?
Early AccessExplorationPuzzleWalking Simulator3DFirst-PersonVRSurrealUndergroundLinear
-67%$9.89Metro Awakening
Nov 7 · Vertigo Games
Both: VR · Exploration · Dark
Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.
VRShooterExplorationStory RichFPSPost-apocalypticFuturisticDarkCinematicShoot 'Em Up👍 3,019
-65%$6.99Propagation: Paradise Hotel
May 4 · WanadevStudio
Both: VR · Horror · Exploration
Trapped inside the Paradise Hotel, you are desperate to find your sister. Explore dark surroundings, gather resources, and survive terrifying encounters. This intense single-player VR survival horror game with great storytelling will get your adrenaline pumping.
ActionSurvival HorrorVRZombiesShooterHorrorExplorationAdventureStealthPuzzle👍 679
$34.99Myst
Aug 26 · Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · VR
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonVRStory RichSingleplayerMultiple EndingsPoint & ClickIndie👍 2,003
-75%$4.99XING: The Land Beyond
Sep 21 · White Lotus Interactive
Both: VR · Puzzle
You died. Welcome to XING: The Land Beyond, an atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure for desktops and virtual reality. Enjoy your peaceful escape from the chaotic world of the living, and travel the lands of the dead.
AdventureIndieVRPuzzleRelaxingAtmosphericSingleplayerStory RichGreat SoundtrackFirst-Person👍 272
Fade Out
May 21 · PlaySys
Both: VR · Immersive Sim
This is a mystical escape room experience created in VR for real fans of this genre. Find the clues, solve the puzzles and escape the room. Actually many rooms. After all, is our journey a true escape or a mutated perception fooled by our fantasies? Find a new answer behind every new door.
VRMystery DungeonInvestigationImmersive SimHidden Object3DFirst-PersonWalking SimulatorDetectiveAlternate History
$2.99Tenshi
Jan 15 · Kuroki Yume
Both: Horror · Exploration · Immersive Sim
Don’t Blink. They’re Always Watching. Enter the haunting corridors of the Fukushima asylum, a short but intense bodycam-style horror game that will leave you breathless.
HorrorPsychological HorrorExplorationInvestigationRealisticImmersive SimHidden ObjectSurrealFirst-PersonPuzzle
-75%$6.24The Room VR: A Dark Matter
Mar 26 · Fireproof Games
Both: Puzzle · VR · Horror
The British Institute of Archaeology, London, 1908: The disappearance of an esteemed Egyptologist prompts a Police investigation into the unknown. Explore cryptic locations, examine fantastic gadgets and uncover an otherworldly discovery which blurs the line between reality and illusion.
AdventurePuzzleVRMysteryInvestigationSingleplayerAtmosphericLovecraftianEscape RoomHorror👍 3,866
-51%$0.49Heaven Forest - VR MMO
Dec 14 · Fabio Ferrara
Both: VR
The pressing human questions about life depend directly on our attitudes toward the universe. You'll find the answers you're searching for through a series of reasonings and clues during your journey in this game as well as in your own life.
Massively MultiplayerAdventureVRWalking SimulatorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpOpen World👍 128
$9.99Breakout 13
Jan 8 · ALT Lab
Both: Exploration · Immersive Sim · Puzzle
Breakout 13 is a thrilling narrative game with interactive cinematic experience. Based on true stories. Embark on a revealing journey as you attempt to break free from a negligent correctional institute and carve out your own path to justice. Each decision you make shapes the story.
FMVInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureExplorationImmersive SimChoices MatterLore-RichStory RichPuzzleMultiple Endings👍 6,900
-60%$7.99Ctrl Alt Ego
Jul 22 · MindThunk
Both: Immersive Sim · Puzzle · Philosophical
Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!
Immersive SimPuzzleSandboxPhysicsStealthPhilosophicalDark ComedyFPSRPGSci-fi👍 738
-80%$3.99The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood
Jun 4 · Carbon Studio
Both: VR · Exploration
Face the end of the world in the sequel to The Wizards. The critically acclaimed VR spellcaster returns with a gesture-based system, challenging enemies, grand adventure, and the ever-witty narrator.
ActionAdventureVRMagicFantasyStory RichExplorationFirst-PersonAction-AdventureAtmospheric👍 435
-86%$0.69White Day VR: The Courage Test
Oct 30 · SONNORI Corp
Both: VR · Horror · Dark
The Notorious cult-classic Korean horror White Day returns with a unique VR experience! Step into the eerie darkness of classroom 1-1 and earn your place in the Occult Club by braving the horrors within. Will you survive the courage test?
VRFirst-PersonHorrorHidden ObjectAtmosphericAdventureActionDarkImmersive3D
$19.99The Solus Project
Jun 7 · Hourences, Grip Games
Both: Exploration · VR
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
SurvivalAdventureExplorationSci-fiVRSurvival HorrorSingleplayerFirst-PersonAtmosphericSpace👍 2,471
$19.99Phasmophobia
Sep 18 · Kinetic Games
Both: Horror · VR · Dark
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
HorrorOnline Co-OpMultiplayerPsychological HorrorCo-opVRSupernaturalFirst-PersonInvestigationDark👍 684,124
-70%$2.09Scanner Sombre
Apr 26 · Introversion Software
Both: Exploration · Horror · VR
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
ExplorationHorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericIndieAdventureFirst-PersonVRSingleplayerShort👍 3,174
$16.99Space Accident VR
Jan 21 · VR-WRG
Both: Puzzle · Exploration · VR
Step into the future with our groundbreaking VR game set in the year 2119, where humanity embarks on a historic journey into space. Join the "CCM-1" (Callisto Colonization Mission) expedition, aimed at the enigmatic moon of Jupiter - Callisto.
AdventureActionPuzzleAction-AdventureExplorationPrecision PlatformerHidden ObjectCreature CollectorVRStylized👍 231
-50%$14.99The Midnight Walk
May 8 · MoonHood
Both: Horror · VR · Dark
Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.
AdventureHorrorAtmosphericDark FantasySingleplayerVRDarkStealthCinematicStory Rich👍 2,691
$0.99Buried Alive VR
Apr 3 · Mobigrow
Both: VR · Horror · Puzzle
Your worst nightmare just became reality - you are buried alive! There is no room for panic, you need to act quickly in order to survive. The coffin is full of different riddles and puzzles you need to solve to find your way out.
AdventureVRHorrorPuzzleExplorationSurvival HorrorChoices MatterSingleplayerEscape RoomGore
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · Philosophical · Exploration
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
$11.99Cosmic Awakening VR
Aug 25 · 3D Generation
Both: Horror · Exploration · VR
Cosmic Awakening VR is a first person VR survival exploration horror game. A game about immersion, exploration, and terror. It is a collection of horror scenarios set on a sci-fi stage. Explore the mysteries in a short linear experience, or try to survive as long as you can against unknown horrors.
HorrorExplorationVRSci-fiPsychological HorrorAtmosphericAliensDarkSpaceDemons
$24.99CRYODEATH VR
Feb 1 · Kerag Elisaar
Both: VR · Horror · Exploration
CRYODEATH is a hard VR survival horror aboard the Evriskon, a deep-space station too vast to ever learn. One life per engineer: die and the next wakes somewhere else entirely, so route knowledge is worthless. Scavenge, craft and improvise while something hunts you.
VRActionHorrorSpaceProcedural GenerationExplorationMystery DungeonImmersive SimDungeon CrawlerHidden Object
$29.99In Death
Oct 2 · Sólfar Studios
Both: VR · Horror
Created exclusively for VR, In Death is a Roguelite Shooter set in the godless afterlife. Battle through procedurally generated levels and dungeons in intense ranged combat, coupled with a unique locomotion system perfectly attuned to your fighting style.
VRActionIndieRogueliteAction RoguelikeViolentHorrorShooterArcheryRoguelike👍 928
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul
Aug 15 · VRWERX
Both: Horror · VR
AVAILABLE TO PLAY IN NON-VR (KEYBOARD/MOUSE AND CONTROLLER) VR HEADSET NO LONGER REQUIRED.“PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive.
HorrorVRAdventureRPGSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorGoreSingleplayerIndieMultiplayer👍 729
-92%$0.79ALICE VR
Oct 27 · Carbon Studio
Both: VR · Exploration
Alice VR is a single player story-driven exploration game with puzzles designed to be a unique VR experience. Set on a mysterious planet and inspired by Alice in Wonderland, it's a thrilling, immersive adventure with beautiful graphics and an atmospheric electronic soundtrack.
AdventureIndieVRExplorationMystery👍 239
-50%$12.49A Chair in a Room : Greenwater
Mar 30 · Wolf & Wood Interactive Ltd
Both: Horror · VR · Puzzle
Explore your surroundings as the protagonist of your own horror story as you immerse yourself in this tense VR thriller set in America’s Deep South. Navigate your way through your memories, piecing together the clues and puzzles, to solve the mystery of how you have awoken in the sinister Greenwater Institute, known only as Patient No.
HorrorVRAdventureIndieSimulationPuzzleStory RichGreat SoundtrackGothicPsychological Horror👍 598
-70%$7.49Viewfinder
Jul 18 · Sad Owl Studios
Both: Puzzle · Surreal
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Puzzle PlatformerPuzzleFirst-PersonSingleplayerAbstractSurrealPsychologicalAdventurePhysicsAtmospheric👍 11,929
$17.99Dreamcore
Jan 23 · Montraluz
Both: Exploration · Surreal · Horror
Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
ExplorationWalking SimulatorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonSurreal3DHorrorNonlinearRelaxingAtmospheric👍 1,881
-50%$2.99Escape First 2
Jun 20 · OnSkull Games
Both: Puzzle · Horror · VR
"Escape First 2" is the second installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
AdventurePuzzleCasualCo-opHorrorVRExplorationHidden ObjectFirst-Person3D👍 259
-70%$3.59The Shore VR
Feb 14 · Ares Dragonis
Both: VR · Exploration · Horror
The Shore VR is a first-person story-driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations. You will play the role of a man who ends up on a mysterious island. Strong elements of Lovecraftian horror, struggle to survive in an unknown world.
VRLovecraftianExplorationPsychological HorrorMythologyOpen WorldFPSAction-AdventureHorrorFirst-Person
$15.99Backrooms: Lost Tape
Dec 23 · Cortez Productions
Both: Horror · Dark · Exploration
You work in the cinema as an usher and accidentally fell into the Backrooms, now being trapped, needing to unravel the mysteries of the yellow rooms in order to get out of this place, but be careful, there are entities that will be in your way.
HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkExplorationSingleplayerAtmosphericLore-RichMysteryInvestigation👍 1,334
-50%$2.99Escape First
May 10 · OnSkull Games
Both: Puzzle · Horror · VR
"Escape First" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
AdventurePuzzleMultiplayerCasualCo-opHorrorVRSimulationOnline Co-OpExploration👍 381
