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Games like The Shore
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like The Shore” means here
LovecraftianPsychological HorrorHorrorNarrationUnderwaterExploration
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
Call of Cthulhu®
Lovecraftian · Psychological Horror · Horror · Narration
79% of 13,895 reviews positive
84%
match
2
82%
match
3
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
Lovecraftian · Horror · FPS · First-Person
68% of 3,362 reviews positive
82%
match
4
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · Puzzle
73% of 633 reviews positive
81%
match
5
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Lovecraftian · Narration · Action-Adventure · Psychological Horror
82% of 2,976 reviews positive · 29 playing now
80%
match
6
80%
match
7
The Sinking City Remastered
Lovecraftian · Narration · Action-Adventure · Psychological Horror
76% of 5,624 reviews positive
79%
match
8
79%
match
9
A Place, Forbidden
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
85% of 456 reviews positive
79%
match
10
Still Wakes the Deep
Lovecraftian · Psychological Horror · Horror · Dark Fantasy
88% of 13,041 reviews positive
78%
match
11
The Designer's Curse
Lovecraftian · Psychological Horror · Horror · Exploration
88% of 812 reviews positive
78%
match
12
SOMA
Lovecraftian · Psychological Horror · Horror · Philosophical
96% of 52,716 reviews positive · 100 playing now
78%
match
13
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Lovecraftian · Horror · Philosophical · Story Rich
66% of 2,522 reviews positive
77%
match
14
77%
match
15
No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · Exploration
87% of 2,480 reviews positive
77%
match
16
76%
match
17
Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
94% of 2,973 reviews positive
76%
match
19
Penumbra Overture
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
90% of 4,164 reviews positive
76%
match
20
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Lovecraftian · Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
95% of 35,708 reviews positive · 30 playing now
76%
match
22
75%
match
24
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
Lovecraftian · Dark Fantasy · Horror · Puzzle
90% of 2,299 reviews positive
75%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Shore?
The closest matches to The Shore on Steam are Call of Cthulhu®, Reveal The Deep, Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth, Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, Sherlock Holmes The Awakened. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Shore's, and shared tags include Lovecraftian, Psychological Horror, Horror.
How are games like The Shore chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Lovecraftian, Psychological Horror, Horror 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 Shore's. Popularity never affects the ranking.