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Games like Penumbra: Black Plague

30 games that play like it. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Penumbra: Black Plague
Penumbra: Black Plague

Like Penumbra: Black Plague

30 games, the closest first

  1. 1

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    Much the same as Penumbra: Black Plague

    Loved · 95%Lovecraftian · Horror

  2. 2

    Outlast

    Much the same as Penumbra: Black Plague

    Loved · 96%Survival Horror · Horror

  3. 3

    DEVOUR

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but co-op

    Loved · 90%Horror · Survival Horror

  4. 4

    Friday the 13th: The Game

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but third-person, and more divisive

    Liked · 80%Survival Horror · Horror

  5. 5

    Outlast 2

    Much the same as Penumbra: Black Plague

    Loved · 91%Psychological Horror · Survival Horror

  6. 6

    MADiSON

    Much the same as Penumbra: Black Plague

    Liked · 87%Psychological Horror · Horror

  7. 7

    Scorn

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but more divisive

    Mixed · 77%Lovecraftian · Horror

  8. 8

    Call of Cthulhu

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but a detective game, and more divisive

    Mixed · 79%Lovecraftian · Psychological Horror

  9. 9

    SOMA

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but sci-fi

    Loved · 96%Psychological Horror · Horror

  10. 10

    Amnesia: Rebirth

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but more divisive

    Mixed · 77%Stealth · Lovecraftian

  11. 11

    Little Nightmares

    Much the same as Penumbra: Black Plague

    Loved · 95%Horror · Stealth

  12. 12

    Manhunt

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but more divisive

    Mixed · 71%Stealth · Horror

  13. 13

    Remothered: Tormented Fathers

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but more divisive

    Mixed · 72%Horror · Psychological Horror

  14. 14

    Bendy and the Dark Revival

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but cartoony

    Loved · 92%Horror · Survival Horror

  15. 15

    The Evil Within 2

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but a third-person shooter, and three times the hours

    Loved · 92%Survival Horror · Horror

  16. 16

    Among the Sleep

    Much the same as Penumbra: Black Plague

    Liked · 89%Horror · Survival Horror

  17. 17

    Hello Neighbor

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but harder

    Liked · 86%Stealth · Horror

  18. 18

    Silent Hill: Homecoming

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but third-person

    Divisive · 47%Survival Horror · Horror

  19. 19

    The Evil Within

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but a third-person shooter, and three times the hours

    Liked · 85%Survival Horror · Horror

  20. 20

    Poppy Playtime

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but a mystery

    Liked · 88%Horror · Survival Horror

  21. 21

    Bendy and the Ink Machine

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but cartoony, and a mystery

    Liked · 89%Horror · Survival Horror

  22. 22

    Alien: Isolation

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but with aliens, and three times the hours

    Loved · 93%Stealth · Survival Horror

  23. 23

    Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but in VR, and twice the hours

    Loved · 95%Survival Horror · Horror

  24. 24

    In Silence

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but co-op

    Mixed · 74%Stealth · Horror

  25. 25

    Little Nightmares II

    Much the same as Penumbra: Black Plague

    Loved · 93%Horror · Stealth

  26. 26

    Layers of Fear (2016)

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but a walking sim, and psychedelic

    Liked · 88%Psychological Horror · Horror

  27. 27

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but free to play, and with robots

    Loved · 95%Horror · Survival Horror

  28. 28

    Dead by Daylight

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but team-based, and 13 times the hours

    Mixed · 78%Survival Horror · Horror

  29. 29

    Lost in Vivo

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but retro

    Loved · 91%Psychological Horror · Lovecraftian

  30. 30

    Granny

    Penumbra: Black Plague, but in VR, and harder

    Loved · 94%Survival Horror · Horror

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