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Games like The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like The Vanishing of Ethan Carter” means here
DetectiveWalking SimulatorMysterySupernaturalExplorationAtmospheric
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.
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The Painscreek Killings
Detective · Walking Simulator · Mystery · Supernatural
91% of 6,261 reviews positive
92%
match
3
92%
match
4
91%
match
5
Return of the Obra Dinn
Detective · Mystery · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric
97% of 35,110 reviews positive
90%
match
6
Firewatch
Walking Simulator · Mystery · Exploration · Atmospheric
91% of 99,393 reviews positive · 101 playing now
90%
match
7
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Walking Simulator · Horror · Mystery · Lovecraftian
70% of 12,118 reviews positive
87%
match
8
87%
match
9
What Remains of Edith Finch
Walking Simulator · Mystery · Atmospheric · Exploration
96% of 52,656 reviews positive
87%
match
10
87%
match
11
Call of Cthulhu®
Detective · Lovecraftian · Mystery · Walking Simulator
79% of 13,895 reviews positive
86%
match
13
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Detective · Mystery · Supernatural · Puzzle
97% of 8,573 reviews positive
86%
match
15
84%
match
16
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Detective · Mystery · Lovecraftian · Supernatural
82% of 2,976 reviews positive
84%
match
17
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)
Detective · Lovecraftian · Mystery · Horror
74% of 905 reviews positive
83%
match
18
The Land of Pain
Walking Simulator · Mystery · Lovecraftian · Supernatural
74% of 773 reviews positive
83%
match
19
82%
match
21
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Detective · Mystery · Puzzle · Point & Click
80% of 3,950 reviews positive
82%
match
22
No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
Walking Simulator · Lovecraftian · Mystery · Horror
87% of 2,480 reviews positive
81%
match
23
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Detective · Mystery · Atmospheric · Puzzle
89% of 8,021 reviews positive
81%
match
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Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy
Detective · Mystery · First-Person · Puzzle
28% of 541 reviews positive
81%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Vanishing of Ethan Carter?
The closest matches to The Vanishing of Ethan Carter on Steam are The Painscreek Killings, INFRA, Homesick, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Return of the Obra Dinn. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Vanishing of Ethan Carter's, and shared tags include Detective, Walking Simulator, Mystery.
How are games like The Vanishing of Ethan Carter chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Detective, Walking Simulator, Mystery 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 Vanishing of Ethan Carter's. Popularity never affects the ranking.
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