Games Like Outlast

Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.

Why similar: Horror 34.4%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Gore 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%, First-Person 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest match by far, keeping Outlast's first-person helplessness, camcorder-driven exploration, graphic violence, and frantic hide-or-run horror intact.

Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Survival Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Even with its co-op structure, it recreates the same stealth-heavy evasion, night-vision terror, and grotesque experimentation that define Outlast.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 45%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Gore 10.8%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, First-Person 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the purest first-person no-combat horror games on Steam, built around hiding, fleeing, and slowly unraveling a horrifying place.

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Why similar: Horror 37.9%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Stealth 8.3%, First-Person 7.4%, Survival 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Outlast, it traps you in first-person against a relentless predator and turns hiding, sneaking, and panic management into the core gameplay loop.

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Stealth 9.5%, Survival 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person survival design, limited resources, and constant fear of being hunted make it feel like a harsher, more systemic cousin to Outlast.

Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

Why similar: Horror 36.4%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Gore 11.8%, First-Person 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same claustrophobic first-person horror, gruesome imagery, and desperate escape energy, even if it eventually gives you more combat options.

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 47.2%, Psychological Horror 16%, Survival Horror 14.6%, First-Person 5.7%, Dark 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: If you loved Outlast for oppressive first-person dread and psychological torment, Visage offers an even slower, more suffocating version of that feeling.

Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.

Why similar: Horror 46.9%, Survival Horror 13.7%, Gore 9.4%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, First-Person 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a very strong Outlast-style match thanks to its first-person stealth, chase sequences, puzzle-solving, and invulnerable supernatural threats.

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 33.8%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Gore 7.1%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Outlast's intimate first-person fear and disturbing imagery while pushing even harder into psychological horror and relentless tension.

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

Why similar: Horror 41.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Survival Horror 10.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Stealth 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its powerless stealth, unsettling sound design, and constant threat of death make it a foundational match for fans of Outlast's tension.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 29.7%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Gore 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more story-driven, it shares Outlast's vulnerable first-person horror, oppressive atmosphere, and fear of being defenseless in a nightmare environment.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 45.5%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9%, First-Person 8.2%, Stealth 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same lonely first-person descent into danger, with environmental storytelling and survival tension carrying most of the experience.

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: Horror 79.6%, Psychological Horror 7.5%, First-Person 3%, Atmospheric 2.8%, Survival Horror 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is less survival-focused, but its first-person psychological horror and warped, oppressive atmosphere hit a similar nerve to Outlast's descent into madness.

Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Why similar: Horror 48.5%, Survival Horror 26.4%, First-Person 6.7%, Survival 5.4%, Stealth 3%

Why You'll Like It: Its entire appeal is surviving a terrifying first-person cat-and-mouse scenario where hiding, listening, and improvising are more important than fighting.

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 43%, Survival Horror 14%, Gore 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.8%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person perspective, dark mansion horror, and repeated shifts into vulnerability and pursuit make it feel close to Outlast in tone and structure.

Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

Why similar: Horror 35.3%, Survival Horror 19%, Gore 13.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Survival 5%

Why You'll Like It: Though more combat-heavy and third-person, it shares Outlast's grotesque imagery, psychological horror themes, and relentless sense of being trapped in a nightmare.

Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

Why similar: Horror 50%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Psychological Horror 7%, First-Person 6.9%, Dark 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its stripped-down first-person run-and-hide horror captures the same raw helplessness and panic that make Outlast's chase scenes so effective.

A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 9.9%, First-Person 8.3%, Dark 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends first-person exploration, psychological breakdown, and disorienting horror in a way that will appeal to players who liked Outlast's atmosphere over combat.

A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

Why similar: Horror 33.7%, Survival Horror 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16%, First-Person 8%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a deeply claustrophobic first-person horror game with disturbing environments and a sustained sense of panic that lines up well with Outlast's mood.

Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

Why similar: Horror 31%, Gore 15%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Stealth 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This one is especially good if your favorite part of Outlast was sneaking past deadly enemies while trying not to be detected in a hostile enclosed setting.

Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.

Why similar: Horror 49.8%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Multiplayer 6%, First-Person 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its grim first-person perspective, psychological instability, and oppressive horror tone make it feel like a rougher, more punishing sibling to Outlast.

A bone-chilling body-horror game with escape room gameplay. Bad decisions have brought Matthew to this terrifying motel. Now it’s up to you to decide how to escape - will you make it out alive?

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Gore 14.4%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Survival 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person escape horror, gore, and repeated helpless encounters make it a solid pick if you want more grim survival and confinement.

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 60.7%, First-Person 7.6%, Survival Horror 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Psychological Horror 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: The vulnerable first-person perspective and constant sense of fear and disorientation echo the helplessness that makes Outlast so memorable.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

Why similar: Horror 59%, Survival Horror 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, Walking Simulator 6.2%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is lighter on mechanics, but its bleak first-person storytelling and nightmarish atmosphere make it a strong tonal recommendation for Outlast players.

Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

Why similar: Horror 27.5%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Gore 13.9%, Psychological Horror 10%, Survival 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Being hunted through a horrific environment by a killer while relying on stealth and puzzle-solving gives it a very recognizable Outlast-like structure.

When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?

Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Gore 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.3%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is another first-person psychological horror game where stealth, oppressive imagery, and disorientation matter more than empowerment.

Fear, anxiety, and laughter are the symbol of youth. Experience the true paranormal haunting with your friends from the first-person perspective and stay alive. The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation is an adaptation of a horror film, includes Taiwanese urban legend and an intriguing backstory.

Why similar: Horror 42.7%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, First-Person 12%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person ghost horror, chase sequences, and emphasis on evasion over fighting make it a worthwhile modern alternative.

You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.

Why similar: Horror 77.8%, First-Person 6%, Survival Horror 4.9%, Survival 3.9%, Adventure 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person horror game leans hard on vulnerability, dark exploration, and sudden pursuit, making it a natural fit for Outlast fans.

DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.

Why similar: Horror 52.8%, Survival Horror 15%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Psychological Horror 5.3%, Gore 3.7%

Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Why similar: Horror 50%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Gore 8.6%, First-Person 7.1%, Survival 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a familiar mix of first-person exploration, haunted interiors, and hide-from-the-threat gameplay that overlaps nicely with Outlast's core appeal.

Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

Why similar: Horror 48.5%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Multiplayer 9.6%, First-Person 6.1%

From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

Why similar: Horror 45.9%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Survival Horror 10.8%, Dark 6.9%, First-Person 6.8%

10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.

Why similar: Horror 59.2%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Gore 8.3%, Psychological Horror 4.4%, Survival 3.9%

Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

Why similar: Horror 48.5%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, First-Person 7.5%, Survival 5.8%

It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

Why similar: Horror 60.4%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 7%, Multiplayer 4.1%, First-Person 3.2%

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Horror 32.1%, Gore 20.3%, Psychological Horror 8.1%, First-Person 8%, Survival Horror 7.6%

The Guest is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.

Why similar: Horror 34.9%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Psychological Horror 15%, First-Person 10.2%, Dark 8.9%

The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.

Why similar: Horror 50.9%, Gore 19.3%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, First-Person 7.2%, Action 3.2%

Based on a true story, discover the horror of the Canton insane asylum as you attempt to rescue your daughter. Experience the scariest game of 2014.

Why similar: Horror 71.4%, First-Person 8.9%, Atmospheric 5%, Survival Horror 4.3%, Psychological Horror 2.4%

CASE: Animatronics is a truly scary and challenging first-person stealth horror on PC. Control of the police department is in the hands of anonymous hacker. All exits are locked. Electricity is off. Metallic thumps are getting closer. Will you survive, Detective Bishop?

Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Psychological Horror 8.6%, First-Person 6.9%, Gore 6.4%

Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿

Why similar: Horror 30.8%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Psychological Horror 13.3%, First-Person 9.4%, Dark 7.7%

Silent Rain is a challenging and immersive co-op horror game, for 1 to 4 players. Explore abandoned locations, solve puzzles, and gather information while trying to survive the threats lurking in the dark. How many tries will it take you to master your fear?

Why similar: Horror 26.2%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Gore 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, First-Person 8.2%

Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.

Why similar: Horror 61.5%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 5.4%, First-Person 3%

”Psycho” is a 3D horror game that allows you to explore and survive with your friends in the terrible mystery bunker.

Why similar: Horror 38.4%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Survival 8%, First-Person 5.5%

Enter the nightmarish world of Last Year, where you and four other classmates try to survive, fight back and ultimately escape a horrifying Fiend in this unique horror asymmetric game.

Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Gore 14.9%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Survival 6.9%

In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.

Why similar: Horror 43%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Psychological Horror 7.2%, Survival 5.6%

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Horror 25.6%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Stealth 8.9%, Dark 8.4%

Outlive is an intense game of survival! Run, hide and outsmart mutants in a post-apocalyptic world. No fighting allowed, only puzzles to solve. Created by an indie studio founded by a father and son.

Why similar: Horror 26.4%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Gore 16.3%, Psychological Horror 9%, First-Person 8.4%

Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.

Why similar: Horror 40.9%, Survival Horror 13.9%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, First-Person 7.9%, Multiplayer 5.5%

An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.

Why similar: Horror 55.3%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%, First-Person 3.4%

Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.

Why similar: Horror 34.1%, Gore 17.1%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Nudity 8.3%, Psychological Horror 7.2%

Forest Asylum 2 - An Indie Psychological Horror Game and the sequel to the well-received first part. Embark on a Therapy that will change your life!

Why similar: Horror 28.9%, Survival Horror 23%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Gore 9.2%, Dark 6.3%

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

Why similar: Horror 45.7%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Gore 15.9%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Survival Horror 4.8%

You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?

Why similar: Horror 64.9%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Psychological Horror 5%, First-Person 2.8%

You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...

Why similar: Horror 24.3%, Survival Horror 15.8%, Gore 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10.2%, Survival 7.9%

An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught

Why similar: Horror 33.5%, Survival Horror 19.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, First-Person 8.8%, Dark 7.5%

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.

Why similar: Horror 38.1%, Gore 18.9%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, First-Person 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.1%

The Backrooms: 1998 is a first-person found footage psychological horror survival game where it tells the story of a young teen after accidentally falling into the depths of The Backrooms in 1998. Roam freely, mark, explore and try unravel the story - however you are not alone. Don't scream.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.3%, Gore 21.7%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Survival 13.8%, Dark 8%

Explore abandoned locations, collect paranormal evidence, and survive the wrath of the former residents still haunting them. Team up with up to 3 friends to investigate by day, and hide for your life by night. What begins as an investigation quickly turns into a desperate struggle to stay alive.

Why similar: Horror 45.4%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, First-Person 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%