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Games like The Terrible Old Man
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like The Terrible Old Man” means here
Interactive FictionPoint & ClickLovecraftianDramaDarkThriller
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Interactive Fiction · Point & Click · Lovecraftian · Drama
92% of 3,286 reviews positive · 5 playing now
86%
match
2
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
Lovecraftian · Point & Click · Interactive Fiction · Dark
90% of 2,299 reviews positive
82%
match
3
Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask
Lovecraftian · Point & Click · Thriller · Hand-drawn
73% of 346 reviews positive
82%
match
5
No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
Lovecraftian · Thriller · Horror · Dark
87% of 2,480 reviews positive
81%
match
6
Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
Thriller · Interactive Fiction · Drama · Supernatural
91% of 1,146 reviews positive
80%
match
7
The Casting of Frank Stone™
Lovecraftian · Interactive Fiction · Thriller · Crime
62% of 5,979 reviews positive
79%
match
8
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Lovecraftian · Point & Click · Horror · Atmospheric
73% of 633 reviews positive
79%
match
11
The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Lovecraftian · Point & Click · Horror · Story Rich
95% of 2,467 reviews positive
78%
match
12
Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game
Point & Click · Lovecraftian · Horror · Mystery
81% of 617 reviews positive
78%
match
13
77%
match
14
77%
match
15
A Date in the Park
Interactive Fiction · Thriller · Point & Click · Drama
88% of 2,059 reviews positive
77%
match
17
Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes Collector's Edition
Lovecraftian · Interactive Fiction · Point & Click · Supernatural
91% of 498 reviews positive
76%
match
18
Old Man's Journey
Hand-drawn · Point & Click · Interactive Fiction · Drama
87% of 4,269 reviews positive
76%
match
19
Sally Face - Episode One
Interactive Fiction · Hand-drawn · Supernatural · Point & Click
97% of 29,166 reviews positive
76%
match
21
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Lovecraftian · Point & Click · Mystery · Horror
74% of 905 reviews positive
76%
match
22
76%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Terrible Old Man?
The closest matches to The Terrible Old Man on Steam are The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure, Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask, COLINA: Legacy, No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Terrible Old Man's, and shared tags include Interactive Fiction, Point & Click, Lovecraftian.
How are games like The Terrible Old Man chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Interactive Fiction, Point & Click, Lovecraftian count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches The Terrible Old Man's. Popularity never affects the ranking.
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