Cry of Fear/Similar games
Games like Cry of Fear
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Cry of Fear” means here
HorrorFree to PlaySurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological
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
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Horror · Free to Play · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
91% of 232,363 reviews positive
96%
match
2
Passing Pineview Forest
Horror · Free to Play · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
65% of 1,698 reviews positive
96%
match
3
96%
match
4
Minds Eyes
Horror · Free to Play · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
69% of 1,841 reviews positive
94%
match
5
Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour
Horror · Survival Horror · Free to Play · Psychological Horror
89% of 4,829 reviews positive
94%
match
6
The Backrooms Game FREE Edition
Horror · Free to Play · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
80% of 3,601 reviews positive
92%
match
7
91%
match
8
Fear Therapy
Horror · Psychological Horror · Psychological · Survival Horror
67% of 4,741 reviews positive
90%
match
9
90%
match
10
Silent Hill Homecoming
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival
48% of 3,935 reviews positive
90%
match
11
90%
match
12
We Went Back
Horror · Free to Play · Psychological · Psychological Horror
86% of 4,775 reviews positive
90%
match
13
Hide and Shriek
Horror · Free to Play · Psychological Horror · Psychological
82% of 5,324 reviews positive
90%
match
14
Outlast
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
96% of 137,645 reviews positive · 620 playing now
89%
match
15
Evil Inside - Prologue
Horror · Survival Horror · Free to Play · Psychological Horror
67% of 1,045 reviews positive
89%
match
16
89%
match
17
Slender: The Arrival
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · First-Person
88% of 9,313 reviews positive
89%
match
18
In Silence
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Online Co-Op
74% of 11,951 reviews positive
89%
match
19
DEVOUR
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Online Co-Op
91% of 87,879 reviews positive · 1,084 playing now
89%
match
20
Inside the Backrooms
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Online Co-Op
80% of 46,564 reviews positive
89%
match
21
88%
match
22
88%
match
23
Dead by Daylight
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Online Co-Op
78% of 922,077 reviews positive · 84,023 playing now
88%
match
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88%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Cry of Fear?
The closest matches to Cry of Fear on Steam are SCP: Secret Laboratory, Passing Pineview Forest, Black Rose, Minds Eyes, Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Cry of Fear's — shared tags include Horror, Free to Play, Survival Horror.
How are games like Cry of Fear chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Horror, Free to Play, Survival 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 Cry of Fear's. Popularity never affects the ranking.