11 Best Atmospheric Games on Steam

Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood is an Adventure, Point-and-Click, Hidden Object and Single-player video game developed and published by Artifex Mundi. The game offers beautifully crafted adventure gameplay rich with horror, shadowy intrigue and plot twists. The player follows the trail of the preacher and struggles to reveal the secrets shrouded in the Ravenmwood Park. There are more than thirty-six achievements to unlock, and the game has thirty-six collectible to find. It has over fifty-five stunning and hand-drawn locations with various animated details. During the gameplay, the player needs to manipulate the environment to find the listed objects and include them in his inventory while scoring the points to become the master. Other levels will be unlocked as the advances in the game. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood includes prominent features such as Evidence Board, Atmospheric Soundtrack, 55 Stunting Locations, Detective-based Storyline, and more. With immersive gameplay, superb mechanics, and wonderful graphics, Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood is the best game to play.

XCOM 2 is a brand new Military Theme, Turn-based, Tactical Real Time Strategy and MMO video game by the popular Firaxis games. XCom 2 is the direct sequel to the 2012’s insanely popular XCom: Enemy Unknown and offers a similar gaming experience with enhanced mechanics and loads of new upgrades and perks. According to the story of the game, The aliens invaded again and this time the invasion was so strong and devastating that it sent the humanity in despair. The seized control over the major facilities and defeated the XCOM and surrendered with the Key operatives hiding in places nobody could know about. Alien’s Puppet ADVENT Administration prevailed, and Years later XCOM became a small resistance and started a new oppressive against the Aliens. This is where you get into the play as a Commander and the story takes another turn that writes the fate of Humanity. Now you must blow the soul back into XCOM and let the Aliens know about What XCOM is capable of. XCOM 2 is set in the future in the year 2035, after the events of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and allows you to get in the role of the Commander of an eponymous Tactical and Military Organization named as XCOM. XCOM 2 tasks you to take Charge of the New XCOM base named as Avenger, gather and train your forces and send them on a number of challenging missions in order to oppose the Alien enemies who have occupied a large area of the game world after the Invasion and are engulfing the world slowly but steadily. You must think strategically, deploy your forces on key spots, build new research and technological facilities, find and team up with Central Officer Bradford and launch a massive attack on Alien bases, gather up the resources such as Elerium Core, get Dr. Richard Tygan rescued and defeat the Aliens once and for all. XCOM 2 offers enhanced game mechanics, brilliant visuals, and a totally immersive gameplay along with all the brilliance it can offer. Do give it a go.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a Military Themed Tactical and Turn-Based RTS (Real Time Strategy) and MMO, Role Playing video game set in an era of Global Alien Invasion. The game is developed by Firaxis Games and allows you to control a technically advanced organization named as XCOM and defend the Earth. You are tasked to lead your troops in the field, fight off and capture the aliens, Build research labs, develop new technologies using alien technology, expand your Organization’s operations, manage XCOM’s assets, monitor alien activities and respond to wherever your assistance is required. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an outstanding strategy video game with a lot of campaigns, action packed game-play, sleek and state of the art Graphics, great cinematic animations, a lot of fun filled mini games etc. XCOM: Enemy Unknown offers an amazing standalone expansion named XCOM: Enemy Within that adds tons of new stuff (Weapons, new missions, more upgrade options etc.) to the main game. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a great MMO and Strategy video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.

The Room is a 3D puzzle, adventure, and mystery-based video game developed by Fireproof Games. The game offers a brilliant and challenging game-play in which you go through several boxes built using complex physical mechanisms. You are tasked with solving the mysterious puzzles to open the boxes. Each box has a different mystery that takes the character to new levels. Furthermore, it offers a tutorial mode to learn about the game environments and master gaming skills.

It offers layers of compelling problems that do not allow you to take your eyes away from the gaming screen. It consists of realistic graphics that provide you a natural view of various levels of the game. In addition, the amazing secrets of all the stages make it difficult for the user to stop playing. So start playing and solve enigmatic mysteries and give yourself an enhanced dose of entertainment.

Typoman is an incredible 2D Word, Side-scroll, Surreal, Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player Adventure video game developed and published by Brainseed Factory. The game offers impressive gameplay where the player slips into the role of the stick figure made of letters. The ultimate task of the player is to struggle to make his through the dark and hostile world. Despite the stature of the player, he has a special ability which he can use to craft words. During the gameplay, the player needs to unleash his inner power, and use his wits to select the word, because the words can either be a curse or a blessing. It has a dark environment which the player navigates from a side-scroll perspective. There are numerous stages, and the player has to complete each one at any cost. The player will encounter the mind-bending puzzles and must solve all of them to advance through the game. Typoman includes prominent features such as Distinct Soundtracks, Atmospheric World, Solve Challenging Puzzles, and more. Check it out, and have fun.

Please, Don’t Touch Anything is a Puzzle-based and Single-player video game created by four Quarters. The game puts the player in the role of the main character, who is trapped in the mysterious room when his companions go for a break. There are numerous levels available, and the player encounters a control panel in front of him, labelled no to touch, the player is expected to interfere with to advances through the game. During the gameplay, the player must read the instruction carefully in the room to learn how to manipulate the panel to make the different combinations of actions to unlock a huge variety of endings. The player controls the game using point-and-click interface. It offers a mix of Hidden Object, Multiple Endings, Pixel Graphics, and Psychological Horror elements. Please, Don’t Touch Anything includes core features such as 25 Devious Games, Singular Pixel Art, Atmospheric Soundtrack, Achievements, and more. With immersive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and smooth controls, Please, Don’t Touch Anything is the best game to play.

Dark Echo is an Adventure, Atmospheric Puzzle, Psychological Horror, and Single-player video game developed and published by RAC7 Games. The game takes place in the terrible world and comes with a thrilling story, in which the player stuck in the darkness, and need your help escape. There is a chance for you to manipulate the world through sound. In the game, the primary task is to use the visualized sound to command the character your way through invading environments. The sounds you create throughout the game will bounce off hurdles and objectives, uncovering the surrounding world’s shape. The world is full of horrible creatures that devour both souls and sound. There are more than eighty challenging levels available that will leave you with an irrational horror of red lines. As the game advances, it becomes difficult to play, and you must complete each level at any cost to escape. During the gameplay, you will experience the foreboding soundtracks and can engage in a fabulous journey. Dark Echo includes core features such as Puzzle Solving Gameplay, Exploration, Stay Alive, and more. Check it out, and have fun.

Layers of Fear: Legacy is a Psychological Horror, Adventure, Atmospheric and Single-player video game created by Bloober Team SA and published by Aspyr. The game offers a terrific story, revolving around the painter, who is striving to create the Magnum Opus. During the gameplay, the player will learn dark story about his past while collecting crafted items to solve the tricky puzzles. The player must explore the environment of the changing house full of supernatural phenomena, where the each camera’s movement can shift the world and find out the true artist’s motive. The player explores the world from a first-person perspective, interact with environment and object to collect information about the task while solving tricky puzzles to advances through the game. The game offers the brilliant gameplay inspired by masterpiece paintings, décor and architecture from the nineteenth century. It offers original soundtracks and comes with an exciting story, focused on exploration. Layers of Fear: Legacy includes core features such as Psychedelic Horror, Victorian Setting, Classic Art, and more.

Kona is a Detective-based First-person Perspective, Adventure, Survival and Single-player video game takes place in the open world environment developed and published by Parabole. The game offers an exciting gameplay, where you takes on the role of the protagonist, who is a detective. During the gameplay, you have to navigate the eerie village to investigate the surreal events, and battle against foes and other elements to survive. The game tells the story, in which the industrialist purchases a haunting manor in Northern Canada. After discovering the unknown events, Hamilton calls the protagonist to handle the affair. You have to unleash your detective skills, explore the surreal environment, find clues and reveal the secrets behind the scene. It offers a vast environment to explore and the game consists of a series of missions. Kona offers prominent features such as Surreal Interactive Town, Northern Environment, Atmospheric Soundtrack, Third-person Storyteller, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant controls, Kona is the best game to play.

Detention is an Adventure, Role-playing, Horror-Survival and Single-player video game developed and published by Red Candle Games. The game takes place in the two-dimensional atmosphere set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. It includes religious elements based on Taiwanese mythology and culture. According to the story, the students named as Ray and Wei found themselves vulnerable and trapped in Greenwood High School, situated in the remote mountainous area. The beautiful place they once knew as completely changed and haunted by evil creatures called the Lingered. The player assumes the role of the protagonist with a task to manipulate the land, interact with non-player characters and objects to uncover the mystery behind the scene. The player can control the character using point-and-click interface and can face monsters and other strange creatures. There are a series of levels, and each level has a set of tasks that the player needs to accomplish at any cost to become the master. Detention includes prominent features such as 2D Atmospheric Horror Gameplay, Mind-bending Puzzles, Original Soundtracks, Appealing Graphics, and more. Try it out.

Never Alone is a Single Player, Local Co-operative, Atmospheric Puzzle-Platform video game by Upper One Games. The game offers a game-play divided into 8 chapters and allows you to be an Alaskan Eskimo girl named as Nuna who along with her Companion, an Arctic Fox follows the stories in every chapter and completes various and challenging puzzles. Never Alone lets you swap between the two characters (Nuna and Fox) according to the puzzles in front of you and lets you pick different objects, solve puzzles and restore the balance in the core of Eternal Blizzard. Exploration element of the game lets you explore the game world, interact with objects and solve various puzzles based on physics and environmental wonders. Never Alone lets you use Bola, a special weapon made with weights and interconnected cords to smash into closed areas and open them up, get into new environments and enjoy immersing yourself into an amazingly addictive and quite engaging gameplay. Never Alone offers a story deeply inspired by Alaskan Folklore, that includes sub stories such as Blizzard man, The Little People, Manslayer, The Rolling Heads, The Sky People etc. Try it out and see if you can survive in harsh physical environments and can solve the twisted puzzles.