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Shares environmental clues with Decay: The Mare.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2015
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
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- 76% of 432 reviews
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Shining Gate Software
- Price: $4.99checked Oct 31
- 72% of 481 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 60
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Atmosphere builds dread without cheap jumpscares
- Psychological spiral makes you question reality
- Puzzles feel intentional not walkthrough dependent
- Atmospheric
- Immersive
- Mysterious
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About Decay: The Mare
The closest matches to Decay: The Mare: Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, Dead Take, SOMA, Layers of Fear (2016), and ASYLUM. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Decay: The Mare is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, Dead Take and SOMA — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, immersive and mysterious, and single out its backtracking puzzles and environmental clues. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Decay: The Mare: Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
Is Decay: The Mare worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 72% of 481 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 98% positive across 204 new reviews, 27 points above its all-time score.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Atmosphere builds dread without cheap jumpscares
- Psychological spiral makes you question reality
- Puzzles feel intentional not walkthrough dependent
- Story unfolds through haunting visuals and minimal dialogue
People who play it also play: Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, Dead Take, SOMA
Frequently asked about Decay: The Mare
Can I run it?
How much does Decay: The Mare cost?
Decay: The Mare is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Decay: The Mare?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Decay: The Mare are Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, Dead Take, SOMA.
Who developed Decay: The Mare?
Decay: The Mare was developed by Shining Gate Software and published by Daedalic Entertainment.