Games Like The Dire

The Dire

Dean Holt, popular Urbex vlogger, sets off on another exploration of an abandoned home but this time things aren't going as planned. Something dark is lurking inside and Dean quickly finds himself in over his head

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Analog - Skin off

93% 👍 OF 338
About This Game

Skin Off is an analog horror game where you play as a teenager spending a summer night alone at your uncle’s house. As you wait for your friends to arrive the next day, a strange message is broadcasted on national television, signaling the start of a nightmare you can’t escape.

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SOMA

96% 👍 OF 52K
About This Game

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.

In this game, you can…

  • …wake up after a brain scan in Toronto and realize you're now in a corroded underwater facility, with your old life possibly copied over.
  • …face an enemy you can't look at directly without dying, turning your own sight into a hazard.
  • …reach an ending that forces you to live with the consequences of what it means to copy a mind and leave another self behind.
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Five Nights at Freddy's 3

90% 👍 OF 11K
About This Game

Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great l

In this game, you can…

  • …use recorded "hello" and "haha" sounds on cameras to lure the animatronic into different rooms
  • …hear thumping in the vents, seal the one he's in, and keep switching seals as he reroutes toward your office
  • …get hit by phantom hallucinations that kick you off cameras, trigger system failures, or freeze you in place until they vanish
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Fears to Fathom - Home Alone

90% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game where each episode unveils a short story narrated by the ones who survived.

In this game, you can…

  • …get a texted photo from your mom showing someone standing at your front door.
  • …hide under your bed and wait out a long, tense police response while the doorbell keeps ringing.
  • …rush upstairs after hearing footsteps on the stairs, then dive back into hiding as the intruder gets closer.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!

96% 👍 OF 226K
About This Game

The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

In this game, you can…

  • …have a character break the fourth wall and address you like she knows you're at the computer.
  • …check the game's files for secrets as part of what the story is asking you to do.
  • …watch the story pretend to restart, then keep changing as it reveals it wasn't actually over.
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The Outlast Trials

93% 👍 OF 108K
About This Game

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

In this game, you can…

  • …get hit with hallucinogenic chemicals and start seeing a skeleton in a black suit while you're still being hunted.
  • …run twisted objectives like destroying evidence, electrocuting the snitch, refueling generators, and hauling boxes through hostile maps.
  • …roam a shared hub between trials, decorate your room, and challenge people to chess or arm wrestling.
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

96% 👍 OF 34K
About This Game

A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

In this game, you can…

  • …be the voice in a girl's head, choosing whether to reassure her or tear her down.
  • …get addressed directly as if you're a new medication, and have to type "No" with the exact capitalization the game demands.
  • …walk to a store by counting steps and obsessing over where each foot lands so the "predestined coordinates" stay correct.
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Escape the Backrooms

90% 👍 OF 158K
About This Game

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.

In this game, you can…

  • …crouch-walk right past certain entities in Level 5 and they'll completely ignore you as long as you stay low.
  • …bunny hop across the Habitable Zone, then keep pushing toward safe zones even after the lights go out.
  • …sprint forever while talking in proximity voice chat, with your friends' screams echoing and distorting through different areas.
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Outlast

96% 👍 OF 137K
About This Game

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

In this game, you can…

  • …use a camcorder's night vision to see in total darkness, but every second burns battery so you have to keep scavenging while you're hunted.
  • …get through most of the game with no weapons at all.
  • …get grabbed, thrown through windows, and dragged through doors when enemies catch you instead of just taking damage.