Games like Tantalus

Chasing that mysterious and atmospheric feeling you got from Tantalus? These games make natural next picks for you.

Cheaper than Tantalus

Anomaly Corridor

Anomaly Corridor

Navigate a seemingly endless corridor, uncovering eerie anomalies as you struggle to escape your doomed ship!

100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Caught On Camera

Caught On Camera

Survive 6 hours as a night guard, monitoring for anomalies. Act fast, or risk losing your mind to the unexplained horrors that lurk beyond the…

88% of 67 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Monotonous Days Are...

Monotonous Days Are...

"Monotonous Days Are..." is a walking simulator horror game in which you explore a looping space.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$1.88
Paranormal Mutagens: Cargo

Paranormal Mutagens: Cargo

Paranormal Mutagens: Cargo is a first-person eldritch horror game.

100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
False Dream

False Dream

You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.

96% of 471 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Containment Manifest

Containment Manifest

Work the night shift at a sealed sorting facility. Inspect unknown objects, compare instrument readings, and decide: ACCEPT, REJECT, or CONTAIN.

100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$2.79
Scarecrow’s Curse

Scarecrow’s Curse

Anomali is a psychological observation game in which the player carefully examines rooms, detects changes and abnormal situations, and attempts to…

100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Normal Days

Normal Days

Sometimes you encounter anomalies. Find them or none and react correctly to go back to normal days.

100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
COMPARTMENT 666 : ANOMALY EXPRESS

COMPARTMENT 666 : ANOMALY EXPRESS

Spot the anomaly or die. Compartment 666 is a first-person horror exploration game where you inspect train compartments, find what changed, and…

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.49
Shellshock

Shellshock

You are a British WW1 soldier, trapped in an endless looping trench. Inspect your surroundings and report anything that is out of place.

88% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$2.39
Targeted –10 Days

Targeted –10 Days

Can you survive 10 Days in this anomaly-finding game? Stay vigilant, because YOU ARE THE TARGET!

100% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$2.49

Hidden gems like Tantalus

Ten Bells

Ten Bells

You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape.

96% of 582 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
I'm on Observation Duty 7

I'm on Observation Duty 7

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and…

93% of 433 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.99
Paragnosia

Paragnosia

Patrol your haunted rooms on a rail-mounted camera, catch every anomaly, and hold onto your doors until morning.

91% of 243 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$3.99
I'm on Observation Duty 6

I'm on Observation Duty 6

A night of camera feeds where spotting the smallest wrong detail is the whole job, and the whole dread.

93% of 658 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$11.99
I'm on Observation Duty 5

I'm on Observation Duty 5

Watch the cameras, spot what changed, and report it before the anomalies pile up past saving.

96% of 780 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Spectator

Spectator

You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity.

93% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Shift 87

Shift 87

Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift!

82% of 152 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Floor 9

Floor 9

Nine floors down to the exit of Hotel Liminal. Some are exactly as they should be. Some hide an anomaly.

80% of 181 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
I'm on Observation Duty

I'm on Observation Duty

One long night, a wall of monitors and your memory as the only tool: spot what changed before it's too late.

95% of 2,111 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$2.99
I'm on Observation Duty 3

I'm on Observation Duty 3

A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house.

77% of 353 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
Prey

Prey

You wake on Talos I, a lavish space station overrun by aliens that hunt you.

90% of 38,035 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 296$29.99
Anomaly Operation

Anomaly Operation

Anomaly Operation is a sci-fi horror observation game. Trapped in the security room, you must monitor a derelict ship via CCTV.

100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

Newest games like Tantalus

Prison Anomaly

Prison Anomaly

Trapped in a loop in a high-security prison. Inspect cells and surroundings for anomalies, avoid monsters, and press the correct button at the end…

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Storage Anomaly

Storage Anomaly

Storage Anomaly puts you in the role of a cashier assigned to identify unusual anomalies in a store's storage room.

90% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Anomaly Operation

Anomaly Operation

Anomaly Operation is a sci-fi horror observation game. Trapped in the security room, you must monitor a derelict ship via CCTV.

100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Below, Rusted Gods

Below, Rusted Gods

You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown.

86% of 399 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$7.99
THE ANOMALY UNIT

THE ANOMALY UNIT

Forced into working as an Anomaly Observer in a space stockroom, you must explore, observe carefully, and report inconsistencies.

100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Protocol: Umbra

Protocol: Umbra

You are the AI of a spaceship orbiting a mysterious celestial body at the edge of our solar system.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Anomaly Directive

Anomaly Directive

Assigned to monitor live surveillance feeds, you must identify and report anomalies before the threat escalates beyond containment.

100% of 9 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Anomaly 404

Anomaly 404

Don't trust your eyes. A spot-the-difference horror with photography and a mysterious story.

81% of 43 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Deep Space Corridor

Deep Space Corridor

In a mysterious space station, you are an investigator tasked with patrolling the corridors, searching for the smallest signs that something is wrong.

80% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Ghost Observation

Ghost Observation

Ghost Observation is a psychological horror anomaly detection game.

69% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
HUNTED

HUNTED

A sit 'n' survive set on board a spaceship. Aliens have made it inside, and you need to defend yourself.

91% of 11 Steam reviews are positiveFree