Games like The Dark Layer

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SS.Archives

SS.Archives

This is a text adventure game with elements of horror, suspense, and puzzle-solving.

88% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Echoes of Dread

Echoes of Dread

Explore a haunted mansion, piece together a family's fate and survive what still walks its halls.

88% of 134 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$4.99
Myths of Rules

Myths of Rules

Follow contradictory ghost rules through a branching text adventure, gather clues, and puzzle out who wrote them.

87% of 1,013 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$2.99
Anomalies Detective

Anomalies Detective

A psychological horror game with a chapter-based plot, thriller and unusual elements!

74% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Ghost Case

Ghost Case

Ghost case is a horror adventure game.

59% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Dark Days

Dark Days

A Supernatural Thriller from the indie creators of "White Night" and “Under The Waves” now remastered for PC gamers.

72% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Insight

Insight

Insight is a single-player horror story game shrouded in mystery.

88% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Who am I: Remedy

Who am I: Remedy

A found footage horror game where you'll try to remember who you are and escape the time loop while documenting everything on a typewriter.

85% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$3.14
Fearful Injection

Fearful Injection

Find anomalies, talk to ghosts and survive the night.

93% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
darkcase : the basement

darkcase : the basement

You play as a ghosthunter investigating paranormal darkcases.

60% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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
Spooky Shelter

Spooky Shelter

A girl named Sarah stood in front of the old abandoned orphanage where she had spent her childhood.

67% of 46 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Hidden gems like The Dark Layer

[Redacted] The Safehouse

[Redacted] The Safehouse

You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.

99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Desktop Explorer

Desktop Explorer

Dig through files and clues with a peculiar program to find out what happened to someone who vanished.

95% of 2,607 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$17.99
Playable Archive

Playable Archive

Search a renovated New England home for clues, question the dead and piece together what really happened there.

96% of 527 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35Free
The Wellmonts Case

The Wellmonts Case

The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine.

95% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Omen Exitio: Hunger

Omen Exitio: Hunger

A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney.

87% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Gretlow Tapes

The Gretlow Tapes

Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game.

92% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Paranormal Night Shift

Paranormal Night Shift

Paranormal Night Shift is an observation and spot the anomaly game set in a haunted house in the 1980s.

94% of 108 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$3.99
Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.

Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.

I made this first-person single player ghost hunting simulation game, trying to take an authentic approach at investigating ghosts.

92% of 867 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Unmourned

Unmourned

Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events.

79% of 265 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Among The Whispers - Provocation

Among The Whispers - Provocation

More than ghost hunting—this is about uncovering the truth, deep within the estate.

78% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Remnant Records

Remnant Records

Remnant Records is a horror investigation game for 1 to 4 players.

79% of 420 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
CaseCracker

CaseCracker

Dig through case files, cross-reference every receipt and transcript, and follow the evidence through five connected mysteries.

89% of 3,345 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 33$3.99

Newest games like The Dark Layer

Playable Archive

Playable Archive

Search a renovated New England home for clues, question the dead and piece together what really happened there.

96% of 527 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 35Free
Ghost Case

Ghost Case

Reopen a 20-year-old murder case after receiving messages from the afterlife.

100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
H.P Supernatural Event Archives

H.P Supernatural Event Archives

This is a text-based interactive adventure game with a suspenseful horror theme.

76% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Desktop Explorer

Desktop Explorer

Dig through files and clues with a peculiar program to find out what happened to someone who vanished.

95% of 2,607 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 61$17.99
Creepy Support

Creepy Support

Save people from terrible paranormal dangers as a support operator of a secret SCP-like organization!

89% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Apestin Explorer

Apestin Explorer

You are a detective about to enter the island where the crime of the century happened. Disturbing crimes were hidden behind power and influence.

100% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Omen Exitio: Hunger

Omen Exitio: Hunger

A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney.

87% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
蚀界档案

蚀界档案

A dice-driven, Lovecraftian tactical RPG. Explore, solve mysteries, and battle on the strategic grid.

75% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
[Redacted] The Safehouse

[Redacted] The Safehouse

You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend.

99% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Ghost In The Feed

Ghost In The Feed

In this psychological horror puzzle game, test your vigilance in a spooky hidden object challenge.

100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Wellmonts Case

The Wellmonts Case

The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine.

95% of 235 Steam reviews are positive$8.99