Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like CARRION (2026)
Every game below overlaps with CARRION on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Scorn, which both horror, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle.
- CARRION is tagged Villain Protagonist, Pixel Graphics, Gore, Action, Horror, Indie, Metroidvania, Violent by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Scorn
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Gore, Horror and Puzzle; released around the same time (2022).
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Scorn at a glance Released 2022 Studio Ebb Software Player sentiment 77% positive of 19,678 Price $39.99 GoreHorrorPuzzleLovecraftianViolentSci-fiIndie
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BONEWORKS
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Physics, Great Soundtrack and Puzzle; released around the same time (2019).
BONEWORKS is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure. Use found physics weapons, tools, and objects to fight across dangerous playscapes and mysterious architecture.
BONEWORKS at a glance Released 2019 Studio Stress Level Zero Player sentiment 92% positive of 36,454 Price $29.99 PhysicsGreat SoundtrackPuzzleViolentIndieHorrorSci-fiGore
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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Sci-fi and Horror; released around the same time (2016).
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma at a glance Released 2016 Studio Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 82% positive of 4,898 Price $19.99 PuzzleSci-fiHorrorGreat SoundtrackMatureGore
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Pony Island
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Pixel Graphics; released around the same time (2016).
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
Pony Island at a glance Released 2016 Studio Daniel Mullins Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 18,104 Price $4.99 PuzzleIndiePixel GraphicsHorrorGreat Soundtrack2DGore
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Blasphemous
Why it matched: both horror; shares 10 player tags including Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics and Gore; released around the same time (2019).
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Blasphemous at a glance Released 2019 Studio The Game Kitchen Player sentiment 90% positive of 66,881 Price $24.99 MetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsGore2DViolentIndiePlatformerBlood
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Lucius
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Villain Protagonist and Gore.
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Lucius at a glance Released 2012 Studio Shiver Games Player sentiment 81% positive of 10,912 Price $1.99 HorrorVillain ProtagonistGorePuzzleIndieMatureViolent
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Katana ZERO
Why it matched: both science fiction; shares 8 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack and Platformer; published by the same company; released around the same time (2019).
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Katana ZERO at a glance Released 2019 Studio Askiisoft Player sentiment 98% positive of 76,036 Price $14.99 Pixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackPlatformerIndie2DViolentGoreSci-fi
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DOOM
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Gore, Great Soundtrack and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2016).
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
DOOM at a glance Released 2016 Studio id Software Player sentiment 96% positive of 221,344 Price $19.99 GoreGreat SoundtrackSci-fiHorrorBloodViolent
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Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Horror and Gore; released around the same time (2018).
Help legendary horror icon Jason Voorhees stalk and slay campers across 100+ puzzle levels in a hilariously off kilter puzzle game. Jason will terrorize victims from the campgrounds of Crystal Lake to the highrises of Manhattan, from supermax prisons to space stations... and beyond!
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle at a glance Released 2018 Studio Blue Wizard Digital Player sentiment 94% positive of 6,080 Price Not listed PuzzleHorrorGoreViolentBloodIndie
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Little Nightmares II
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and Indie; released around the same time (2021).
Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
Little Nightmares II at a glance Released 2021 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 93% positive of 58,455 Price $29.99 HorrorPuzzleIndiePlatformerGreat SoundtrackViolent
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Half-Life 2
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Sci-fi, Physics and Great Soundtrack.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Half-Life 2 at a glance Released 2004 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 98% positive of 278,618 Price $9.99 Sci-fiPhysicsGreat SoundtrackHorrorPuzzle
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VVVVVV
Why it matched: both science fiction and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Platformer and Indie.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
VVVVVV at a glance Released 2010 Studio Terry Cavanagh Player sentiment 96% positive of 10,540 Price $4.99 Pixel GraphicsPlatformerIndieGreat Soundtrack2DSci-fiMetroidvaniaPuzzle
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Outer Wilds
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Puzzle and Indie.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Outer Wilds at a glance Released http Studio Mobius Digital Player sentiment 96% positive of 107,214 Price $14.99 Great SoundtrackPuzzleIndieSci-fiHorror
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Stray
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 4 player tags including Puzzle, Horror and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2022).
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
Stray at a glance Released 2022 Studio BlueTwelve Studio Player sentiment 97% positive of 177,458 Price $14.99 PuzzleHorrorSci-fiIndie
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SIGNALIS
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 4 player tags including Sci-fi, Lovecraftian and Puzzle; released around the same time (2022).
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
SIGNALIS at a glance Released 2022 Studio rose-engine Player sentiment 97% positive of 34,220 Price $19.99 Sci-fiLovecraftianPuzzleViolent
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Transmissions: Element 120
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 4 player tags including Horror, Indie and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2016).
TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?
Transmissions: Element 120 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Shokunin Player sentiment 95% positive of 9,952 Price Free HorrorIndieSci-fiPuzzle
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ICEY
Why it matched: both horror and science fiction; shares 7 player tags including Indie, 2D and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2016).
ICEY is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a META game in disguise. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through ICEY's eyes and learn the truth about her world. The narrator will constantly urge you in one direction, but you must ask, "Why? Why am I following his directions?“ Obey? Rebel?
ICEY at a glance Released 2016 Studio FantaBlade Network Player sentiment 90% positive of 27,873 Price $10.99 Indie2DGreat SoundtrackSci-fiMetroidvaniaPlatformerLovecraftian
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Fran Bow
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Horror and Indie.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
Fran Bow at a glance Released 2015 Studio Killmonday Games AB Player sentiment 97% positive of 22,936 Price $14.99 PuzzleHorrorIndieGore2DGreat Soundtrack
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Defy Gravity Extended
Why it matched: both science fiction and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Platformer, Indie and Puzzle; released around the same time (2016).
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Defy Gravity Extended at a glance Released 2016 Studio Paul Fisch Player sentiment 86% positive of 8,531 Price $0.55 PlatformerIndiePuzzle2DSci-fiGreat SoundtrackPhysics
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Gore and Puzzle.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent at a glance Released 2010 Studio Frictional Games Player sentiment 95% positive of 35,674 Price $1.99 HorrorGorePuzzleLovecraftianIndiePhysics
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Antichamber
Why it matched: both science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Great Soundtrack.
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Antichamber at a glance Released 2013 Studio Alexander Bruce Player sentiment 95% positive of 17,755 Price $19.99 PuzzleIndieGreat SoundtrackMetroidvaniaSci-fiPlatformer
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Doom 64
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Gore, Violent and Horror.
Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.
Doom 64 at a glance Released 1997 Studio Midway Games Player sentiment 93% positive of 8,793 Price $4.99 GoreViolentHorrorSci-fiPixel GraphicsGreat Soundtrack
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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Horror and Pixel Graphics.
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Jesse Makkonen Player sentiment 93% positive of 12,901 Price $0.69 IndieHorrorPixel Graphics2DPuzzleGore
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Limbo
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and Platformer.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
Limbo at a glance Released 2010 Studio Playdead Player sentiment 92% positive of 62,016 Price $12.49 IndiePuzzlePlatformer2DHorrorPhysics
Common questions
What game is most like CARRION?
Scorn, on the evidence we have. It both horror, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to CARRION" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with CARRION. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.