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Paragnosia

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?

What works

  • Unique camera-on-rails mechanic
  • Engaging anomaly spotting gameplay
  • Good atmosphere and sound design
  • High replayability with many anomalies
  • Affordable price or free availability

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Some anomalies can be very subtle or frustrating
  • Lack of tutorial or guidance
  • Repetitive environment and anomalies
  • Minor technical issues like lighting glitches

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • 50 Floors: The Paranormal Investigators Prologue

  • Ten Bells

  • Who's at the door?

  • Boris and the Dark Survival

  • False Dream

  • Creepy Shift: House For Sale

More violent

Games that feels like Paragnosia but with more combat and destruction

  • Dead Signal

  • Skull Hotel

  • [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント

  • Boogeyman

  • Five Nights at Freddy's 2

  • Emily Wants To Play

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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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Paragnosia: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026