Games Like SEPTEMBER 1999

SEPTEMBER 1999

A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

★ RHOME ★ THE STATIC SPEAKS MY NAME ★ OFF-PEAK ★ LAYERS OF FEAR (2016) ★ THE SURVEY ★ OBEY THE VOICE™ ★ NO70: EYE OF BASIR ★ THE MUSIC MACHINE ★ FINGERBONES ★ WELCOME TO KOWLOON ★ FEARS TO FATHOM - HOME ALONE ★ DISTURBING FEARS - WORKPLACE ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Rhome

89% 👍 OF 752
About This Game

Rhome is a first-person dark atmospheric exploration game made by students at SMU Guildhall. Players navigate an increasingly chaotic and psychologically unnerving environment to reveal the fate of Hailey Rhome. Proceeds from your purchase on Steam go to support student development.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore an M.C. Escher-inspired home where rooms shift into strange new arrangements.
  • …Solve puzzles that change the shape of the house and alter the spaces you navigate.
  • …Hear Hailey's voiced reactions as the house grows more chaotic and her fear increases.
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the static speaks my name

82% 👍 OF 5.8K
About This Game

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Inspect Palm Painting
  • …Complete Strange Chores
  • …Browse Online Chats
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Off-Peak

89% 👍 OF 1.8K
About This Game

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Find Ticket Pieces
  • …Explore Hidden Passages
  • …Hear Strange Conversations
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Layers of Fear (2016)

88% 👍 OF 27K
About This Game

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Shifting Rooms
  • …Read Clues in Art
  • …Piece Together Memories
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Obey the Voice™

87% 👍 OF 791
About This Game

You are here to listen to The Voice. Do what he says. But don't listen to other voices... Obey the Voice is a pressure-driven psychological horror experience built on constant threats and rule-based challenges, where survival depends on attention, timing, and decision-making under extreme stress.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Follow Voice Commands
  • …Spot Room Differences
  • …Decode Morse Codes
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No70: Eye of Basir

58% 👍 OF 443
About This Game

''No70: Eye of Basir'' is a story based first person perspective adventure game which focused on investigation. Players will help Aras and Erhan to solve the mystery about Basir and the No70 house.

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The Music Machine

87% 👍 OF 616
About This Game

A teenage girl and the vengeful ghost possessing her stumble onto horrors of cosmic proportions as the latter searches for a way to murder the former.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Investigate Island Murders
  • …Explore Surreal Locations
  • …Solve Environmental Puzzles
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Welcome to Kowloon

81% 👍 OF 2.0K
About This Game

This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Cramped Kowloon
  • …Find Cheap Housing
  • …Search for Keys
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Fears to Fathom - Home Alone

90% 👍 OF 11K
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.

Player reviews say 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.