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Condemned: Criminal Origins

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 • 2012

Should you play it?

What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?

What works

  • Intense and visceral melee combat
  • Strong atmospheric horror and sound design
  • Engaging crime thriller narrative
  • Creative use of environmental weapons
  • Challenging enemy ai

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Some repetitive gameplay in later chapters
  • Technical issues in pc port requiring fixes
  • Linear level design limits exploration
  • Dated graphics and animations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • F.E.A.R.

  • Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

  • Remothered: Tormented Fathers

  • Nightmare House: The Original Mod

  • CASE: Animatronics

  • Fear the Timeloop - Prologue

More expressive

Games that feels like Condemned: Criminal Origins but with more self-expression and customization

  • Haydee 2

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • Selaco

  • Them and Us

  • Resident Evil Requiem

  • PIGFACE

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • F.E.A.R.

  • F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

  • TRON 2.0

  • Blood: Refreshed Supply™

  • Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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).

Condemned: Criminal Origins: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026