Infliction similar games & best alternatives

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Infliction

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.

What works

  • Intense psychological horror atmosphere
  • Detailed and immersive environment
  • Engaging narrative and story
  • Well-crafted sound design
  • Polished experience for a solo developer

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Some bugs and glitches reported
  • Lack of running mechanic frustrates some players
  • Linear progression limits autonomy
  • Some players found story confusing or incomplete

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Visage

  • The Designer's Curse

  • 港詭實錄ParanormalHK

  • Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人

  • Fear the Timeloop - Prologue

  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic

Less violent

Games that feels like Infliction but with less combat and destruction

  • Decay: The Mare

  • Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

  • Born Into Fear

  • A Chair in a Room : Greenwater

  • Out of Sight

  • Luto

More relaxing

Games that feels like Infliction but with a more relaxing feel

  • Hollowbody

  • Locked Up

  • In Sound Mind

  • The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier

  • The Scourge | Tai Ương

  • You Deserve

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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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).

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

Last update: 03/08/2026