Games like The Vanishing of Ethan Carter on Steam

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[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 45%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 03 Jun 2024
Mad Experiments: Escape Room Award-nominated escape game. Alone or with up to 5 players, explore 3 unique rooms, solve mind-bending puzzles, and unravel the dark secrets of the Professor Cheshire and his experiments.

Similarity 44%
Price -85% 2.31€
Rating 6.3
Release 16 Apr 2020
The Complex: Found Footage Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 18 Aug 2022
Siren Head: Awakening Siren Head: Awakening is a first-person horror game based on Trevor Henderson's artwork. You're stuck with your car in the middle of a dark forest with nothing but your flashlight. Seek escape by finding items necessary to survive while a terrifying monster lurks the shadows.

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 30 Oct 2020
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics

Similarity 44%
Price 8.19€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Feb 2021
Telling Lies Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

Similarity 44%
Price -87% 2.50€
Rating 6.2
Release 23 Aug 2019
Gamedec - Definitive Edition Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

Similarity 44%
Price -92% 2.51€
Rating 7.7
Release 16 Sep 2021
The Bad Kids As an adaptation of the popular suspecse TV series, Cat's Cradle, this game combines investigation, solving puzzles and reasoning with original stories, which can build a more Immersive experience. Game will build new stories based on original setting and focus on the inner world of the character.

Similarity 44%
Price 7.70€
Rating 7.2
Release 17 Jan 2023
Neverending Nightmares 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.

Similarity 44%
Price -84% 2.47€
Rating 7.4
Release 26 Sep 2014
Boxes: Lost Fragments As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.

Similarity 44%
Price -98% 0.33€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Feb 2024
Through Abandoned: The Forest You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned.

Similarity 44%
Price -88% 0.49€
Rating 7.2
Release 09 Aug 2016
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

Similarity 44%
Price -34% 5.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 19 May 2017
Blacksad: Under the Skin BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!

Similarity 44%
Price -98% 0.59€
Rating 8.2
Release 14 Nov 2019
√Letter - Root Letter - When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.

Similarity 44%
Price -90% 1.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 07 Jul 2017
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 is the final chapter of the psychological thriller trilogy. With point-and-click mechanics, intricate puzzles, and cinematic cutscenes, immerse yourself in a dark horror experience that redefines the genre.

Similarity 44%
Price 9.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 21 Apr 2025
Blair Witch Inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, experience a new story-driven psychological horror game that studies your reactions to fear and stress.

Similarity 44%
Price -96% 1.20€
Rating 7.7
Release 30 Aug 2019
ASYLUM An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.

Similarity 44%
Price -27% 17.88€
Rating 8.1
Release 13 Mar 2025
The Operator Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

Similarity 44%
Price -45% 7.71€
Rating 9.0
Release 22 Jul 2024
Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs This is the 2nd half of the Umineko When They Cry sound novel series, featuring episodes 5 through 8. This steam version features multi-language options, swap-able renewed character sprites, as well as the original BGMs and un-cut content.

Similarity 44%
Price 27.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 17 Nov 2017
There Exists Nobody You arrive at a deserted street that feels familiar yet is filled with unease. Pick up your camera, capture the hidden anomalies, and break this endless loop.

Similarity 44%
Price 4.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 11 Dec 2024
Blameless Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.

Similarity 44%
Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Oct 2016
The Complex: Expedition When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?

Similarity 44%
Price 14.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 18 Jul 2025
Narcosis Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

Similarity 44%
Price -94% 0.79€
Rating 7.4
Release 28 Mar 2017
Through Abandoned: The Underground City It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Similarity 44%
Price -80% 0.20€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Jul 2015