Into The Gloom similar games & best alternatives

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Into The Gloom

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2015

Should you play it?

It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds.

What works

  • Strong atmosphere and sound design
  • Multiple endings and replay value
  • Challenging but fair puzzles
  • Affordable price
  • Effective horror experience despite pixel graphics

Things to keep in mind

  • Short gameplay length
  • Some frustrating puzzle design and save system
  • Linear level design
  • Lack of chapter select or multiple save slots
  • Some grammar and translation issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut

  • Shadows 2: Perfidia

  • Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

  • Garten of Banban 0

  • The spy who shot me™

Less violent

Games that feels like Into The Gloom but with less combat and destruction

  • Backrooms: Lost Tape

  • Grunn

  • Born Into Fear

  • Master Reboot

  • The Backroom - Lost and Found

  • Fever Meme

More expressive

Games that feels like Into The Gloom but with more self-expression and customization

  • Studio System : Guardian Angel

  • The Upturned

  • Manny's

  • killer7

  • Garten of Banban 3

  • Tomb Raider V: Chronicles (2000)

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Into The Gloom: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Continuation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026