Games like Layers of Fear (2016) on Steam

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DISTRAINT 2 You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.

Similarity 76%
Price -96% 0.41€
Rating 9.2
Release 13 Nov 2018
Scanner Sombre Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

Similarity 76%
Price -92% 0.48€
Rating 8.6
Release 26 Apr 2017
Penumbra Overture Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Similarity 76%
Price 9.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 06 Mar 2009
A Wolf in Autumn A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.

Similarity 76%
Price 1.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 27 Oct 2015
The Boba Teashop A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.

Similarity 75%
Price 4.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 20 Apr 2025
Fingerbones Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Similarity 75%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 03 Aug 2015
Slender: The Arrival 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.

Similarity 75%
Price -57% 8.43€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Oct 2013
Fuck You Witch Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes

Similarity 75%
Price -20% 7.80€
Rating 8.6
Release 29 Mar 2024
Perception An award-winning narrative thriller about a blind woman’s journey to uncover the truth about the mansion from her nightmares, or else become one of its victims.

Similarity 75%
Price 16.79€
Rating 6.9
Release 30 May 2017
The Hat Man: Shadow Ward 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.

Similarity 74%
Price 9.75€
Rating 6.4
Release 10 Jun 2016
When the Darkness comes When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Similarity 74%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 01 Mar 2019
Locked Up The game “Locked Up" is the first project developed in 2020 by the studio EMIKA_GAMES consisting of one person.

Similarity 74%
Price -34% 7.22€
Rating 7.5
Release 23 Apr 2020
Still Wakes the Deep 1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality.

Similarity 74%
Price -69% 11.08€
Rating 8.7
Release 18 Jun 2024
Mouthwashing The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

Similarity 73%
Price -57% 5.58€
Rating 9.4
Release 26 Sep 2024
Conarium Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Similarity 73%
Price -96% 0.84€
Rating 7.5
Release 06 Jun 2017
DREAM LOGIC DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

Similarity 73%
Price 4.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 06 Sep 2022
THRESHOLD In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Similarity 72%
Price 9.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 19 Nov 2024
[Nightmare Files] Clap Clap Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

Similarity 72%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 03 Jun 2024
Luto Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

Similarity 72%
Price -10% 17.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 21 Jul 2025
CINERIS SOMNIA "I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.

Similarity 72%
Price 12.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 09 Oct 2018
Visage 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.

Similarity 72%
Price -53% 14.38€
Rating 8.3
Release 29 Oct 2020
Mundaun Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.

Similarity 72%
Price 18.49€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Mar 2021
SCP: Secret Files SCP: Secret Files is a collection of paranormal cases from the SCP Foundation, an organization tasked with containing dangerous anomalies. You join as an assistant researcher for Dr. Raymond Hamm and complete a strenuous induction program that will make you question everything you know.

Similarity 71%
Price -94% 0.75€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Sep 2022
HORROR TALES: The Wine Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D

Similarity 71%
Price 11.79€
Rating 7.4
Release 30 Jul 2021