Games like Slender: The Arrival
Closest overall match: Valley (★ 3.6). Highest rated: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter at ★ 3.8. Quickest to finish: Kona at about 2 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Slender: The Arrival — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Walking Simulator, Exploration and Survival Horror.
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70%
1. Valley
Shares Walking Simulator, Exploration, Horror, First-Person and Open World and 4 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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69%
2. Among the Sleep
Shares VR, Walking Simulator, Survival Horror, Short and Dark and 8 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
67%
3. Beyond Eyes
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, stats, Female Protagonist and Exploration and 4 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
67%
4. Betrayer
Shares Walking Simulator, Survival Horror, Dark, Survival and Exploration and 7 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
67%
5. Master Reboot
Shares Walking Simulator, Female Protagonist, Exploration, Horror and First-Person and 5 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Metacritic
- 59
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
66%
6. Dead Effect
Shares Survival Horror, stats, Survival, Steam Leaderboards and Horror and 6 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 59
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
65%
7. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Shares Walking Simulator, Short, Exploration, Horror and First-Person and 5 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
64%
8. Kona
Shares Walking Simulator, Survival Horror, Survival, Exploration and Horror and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
63%
9. Kholat
Shares Other, Walking Simulator, Survival Horror, Survival and Exploration and 7 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
63%
10. Chariot
Shares Female Protagonist, Steam Leaderboards, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
63%
11. Q.U.B.E. 2
Shares Other, VR, First-Person, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
63%
12. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Shares Walking Simulator, Survival Horror, Short, Dark and Survival and 4 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Slender: The Arrival?
On our similarity model, Valley is the closest match to Slender: The Arrival — shares Walking Simulator, Exploration, Horror, First-Person and Open World and 4 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 higher.
Which game like Slender: The Arrival is rated highest?
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.8/5 from 693 players.
Are there games like Slender: The Arrival on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 8 games like Slender: The Arrival on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Slender: The Arrival 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.
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