Obscure similar games & best alternatives

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Obscure

Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2 • 2014

Should you play it?

For some time now, Leafmore High School has been the setting for unexplained disappearances. In this survival horror game, you take control of a group of 5 American students. With your friends, you try to unravel the mysterious happenings at this unremarkable-looking school. The night will be long and survival not will not be easy...

What works

  • Engaging cooperative gameplay
  • Atmospheric horror setting
  • Multiple playable characters with unique abilities
  • Good replay value with multiple endings and modes
  • Affordable price and nostalgic appeal

Things to keep in mind

  • Outdated graphics and fixed camera angles
  • Clunky controls on keyboard without mouse support
  • Limited online multiplayer (only local or remote play together)
  • Somewhat cheesy story and voice acting
  • Lack of widescreen support without patch

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Paranoia Place: Escape Together

  • Bureau of Contacts

  • Granny: Escape Together

  • The Devourer: Hunted Souls

  • Nuclear Nightmare

  • KLETKA

More expressive

Games that feels like Obscure but with more self-expression and customization

  • MetaPhysical

  • Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

  • Resident Evil 0

  • Project Unknown

  • Occult

  • Knights End

More competitive

Games that feels like Obscure but with more competition against others

  • Blood Typers

  • F.E.A.R. 3

  • Contagion

  • Resident Evil Revelations 2

  • Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

  • Resident Evil 6

Less social

Games that feels like Obscure but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Resident Evil 2 (1998)

  • Resident Evil (1996)

  • Propagation: Paradise Hotel

  • Dino Crisis

  • Resident Evil

  • Resident Evil 3 Nemesis (1999)

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

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Obscure: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026