The Evil Within/Similar games
Games like The Evil Within
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like The Evil Within” means here
Survival HorrorHorrorPsychological HorrorGoreZombiesThird-Person Shooter
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 Evil Within 2
Survival Horror · Horror · Psychological Horror · Gore
92% of 30,758 reviews positive
99%
match
2
Friday the 13th: The Game
Survival Horror · Horror · Gore · Psychological Horror
80% of 76,923 reviews positive
98%
match
3
Outlast
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Gore
96% of 137,645 reviews positive · 548 playing now
98%
match
4
94%
match
5
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Survival Horror · Horror · Psychological Horror · Zombies
95% of 124,494 reviews positive · 2,235 playing now
93%
match
6
Resident Evil 4
Survival Horror · Horror · Zombies · Third-Person Shooter
97% of 267,741 reviews positive
93%
match
7
91%
match
8
Resident Evil Village
Survival Horror · Horror · Zombies · Psychological Horror
96% of 151,508 reviews positive · 2,895 playing now
91%
match
9
Resident Evil Revelations
Survival Horror · Horror · Zombies · Third-Person Shooter
81% of 18,185 reviews positive
91%
match
10
The Beast Inside
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Gore
82% of 12,073 reviews positive
90%
match
11
Dead by Daylight
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Gore
78% of 922,077 reviews positive · 79,105 playing now
90%
match
12
DEVOUR
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Dark
91% of 87,879 reviews positive · 990 playing now
89%
match
13
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Gore
95% of 35,534 reviews positive · 77 playing now
89%
match
15
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Gore
87% of 4,352 reviews positive
88%
match
16
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Survival Horror · Horror · Zombies · Third-Person Shooter
78% of 31,841 reviews positive
87%
match
17
Resident Evil 2
Survival Horror · Zombies · Horror · Gore
97% of 218,463 reviews positive · 4,553 playing now
87%
match
18
87%
match
19
The Outlast Trials
Survival Horror · Horror · Psychological Horror · Stealth
93% of 108,255 reviews positive
86%
match
20
Inside the Backrooms
Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Dark
80% of 46,564 reviews positive
86%
match
21
86%
match
22
Dead Space (2008)
Horror · Survival Horror · Gore · Third-Person Shooter
92% of 29,015 reviews positive · 89 playing now
85%
match
23
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Survival Horror · Horror · Psychological Horror · Dark
94% of 25,917 reviews positive
84%
match
24
Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Survival Horror · Horror · Psychological Horror · Dark
93% of 16,763 reviews positive
84%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Evil Within?
The closest matches to The Evil Within on Steam are The Evil Within 2, Friday the 13th: The Game, Outlast, Outlast 2, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Evil Within's — shared tags include Survival Horror, Horror, Psychological Horror.
How are games like The Evil Within chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Survival Horror, Horror, Psychological 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 Evil Within's. Popularity never affects the ranking.