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Them and Us

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.

What works

  • Authentic classic survival horror experience
  • Multiple camera modes (fixed, over-the-shoulder, first person)
  • Large, atmospheric environments with puzzles
  • Multiple endings and replayability
  • Challenging combat and resource management

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky combat and animations in places
  • Inventory management can be tedious
  • Some puzzles are obtuse or vague
  • Occasional performance issues and bugs
  • Limited story development and exposition

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Fear The Timeloop

  • Eternal Evil

  • Beyond Hanwell

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • Resident Evil

  • Tormented Souls 2

Less expressive

Games that feels like Them and Us but with less self-expression and customization

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

  • Lethe - Episode One

  • Outlast 2

  • Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward

  • Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人

  • Remothered: Tormented Fathers

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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).

Them and Us: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 04/08/2026