Games like The Evil Within
Closest overall match: The Evil Within 2 (★ 4.1). Highest rated: Dead Space (2008) at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Bionic Commando (2009) at about 1 hours.
We compared The Evil Within against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. The strongest common threads are Third-Person Shooter, Third Person and Stealth. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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69%
1. The Evil Within 2
Shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Horror and Singleplayer; same developer; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
65%
2. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Shares Cinematic, Captions available, Third-Person Shooter, Stealth and Dark and 7 more tags; about 16h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
65%
3. Sunset Overdrive
Shares Captions available, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Full controller support and 4 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 59%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
64%
4. Sniper Elite 3
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
64%
5. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Shares Cinematic, Survival Horror, Zombies, Survival and Horror and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
64%
6. Alan Wake
Shares Cinematic, Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Dark and Survival and 8 more tags.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
63%
7. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Shares Stealth, Zombies, Horror, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
63%
8. Resident Evil Revelations
Shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Zombies, Survival and Third Person and 6 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
62%
9. Sniper Elite 4
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
62%
10. Lost Planet 3
Shares Captions available, Third-Person Shooter, Survival, Third Person and Horror and 4 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
61%
11. Hitman 3
Shares Cinematic, Third-Person Shooter, Stealth, Third Person and Full controller support and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
61%
12. Dead Space 3
Shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Dark, Survival and Third Person and 3 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
13. Zombie Army Trilogy
Shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Zombies, Survival and Third Person and 7 more tags; rated 0.7 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
14. Wolfenstein: The New Order
Shares Stealth, Horror, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; about 6h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
15. Dead Space (2008)
Shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Zombies, Dark and Survival and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
16. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shares Stealth, Dark, Survival, Third Person and Open World and 5 more tags.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
17. Shadow Warrior 2
Shares Open World, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
60%
18. Dead Island Riptide
Shares Zombies and Horror; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
60%
19. Prototype 2
Shares Stealth, Zombies, Third Person, Horror and Open World and 3 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
20. SOMA
Shares Walking Simulator, Survival Horror, Stealth, Survival and Horror and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
21. I Am Alive
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Dark, Survival, Third Person and Horror and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
22. STAR WARS Battlefront II
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
59%
23. Control
Shares Cinematic, Third Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
59%
24. Bionic Commando (2009)
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
59%
25. Mafia III
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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What is the best game like The Evil Within?
On our similarity model, The Evil Within 2 is the closest match to The Evil Within — shares Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter, Horror and Singleplayer; same developer; about 5h longer.
Which game like The Evil Within is rated highest?
Dead Space (2008) holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,222 players.
Are there games like The Evil Within on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 7 games like The Evil Within on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Evil Within 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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