Games like Layers of Fear
Closest overall match: What Remains of Edith Finch (★ 4.4). Quickest to finish: Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft at about 1 hours.
We compared Layers of Fear against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. What ties them together most: Walking Simulator, Short and Mystery. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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64%
1. What Remains of Edith Finch
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery, Exploration and Horror and 7 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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63%
2. Among the Sleep
Shares Walking Simulator, Survival Horror, Short, Dark and Exploration and 7 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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62%
3. The First Tree
Shares Surreal, Walking Simulator, Short, Exploration and Great Soundtrack and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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61%
4. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shares Supernatural, Lovecraftian, Walking Simulator, Short and Mystery and 10 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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61%
5. Firewatch
Shares Interactive Fiction, Mature, Walking Simulator, Short and Mystery and 3 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 93%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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61%
6. Get Even
Shares Psychedelic, Mature, Walking Simulator, Mystery and Dark and 9 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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61%
7. Gone Home
Shares Interactive Fiction, Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery and Point & Click and 6 more tags.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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60%
8. Oxenfree
Shares Supernatural, Lovecraftian, Multiple Endings, Walking Simulator and Short and 8 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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59%
9. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Shares Lovecraftian, Emotional, Interactive Fiction, Walking Simulator and Mystery and 8 more tags.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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59%
10. Tacoma
Shares Walking Simulator, Horror, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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59%
11. Seasons After Fall
Shares Great Soundtrack, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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59%
12. Kentucky Route Zero
Shares Interactive Fiction, Surreal, Mystery, Point & Click and Exploration and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Layers of Fear?
On our similarity model, What Remains of Edith Finch is the closest match to Layers of Fear — shares Walking Simulator, Short, Mystery, Exploration and Horror and 7 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; released within 1 year.
Are there games like Layers of Fear on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 8 games like Layers of Fear on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Layers of Fear on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 5 games like Layers of Fear on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Layers of Fear on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.