Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like INSIDE (2026)
Every game below overlaps with INSIDE 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: Limbo, which made by the same studio, Playdead.
- INSIDE is tagged 2.5D, Puzzle-Platformer, Atmospheric, Dark, Story Rich, Indie, Horror, Cinematic 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.
- 1 are from the same studio: Limbo.
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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Limbo
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Playdead; both horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including Puzzle-Platformer, Indie and Puzzle.
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 Puzzle-PlatformerIndiePuzzlePlatformerDarkHorrorMinimalistCinematic
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Little Nightmares II
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and Dark.
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 HorrorPuzzleDarkStory RichAction-AdventurePuzzle-PlatformerIndiePlatformer
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Little Nightmares
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Puzzle-Platformer and Dark; released around the same time (2017).
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Little Nightmares at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 95% positive of 116,529 Price $19.99 HorrorPuzzle-PlatformerDarkPuzzleIndieStory RichPlatformer2.5D
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FAR: Lone Sails
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including 2.5D, Puzzle and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
FAR: Lone Sails at a glance Released 2018 Studio Okomotive Player sentiment 95% positive of 26,389 Price $14.99 2.5DPuzzleIndieStory RichPuzzle-PlatformerPlatformerCinematicAction-Adventure
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Sally Face - Episode One
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Indie and Horror; released around the same time (2016).
An unsettling adventure following a boy with a prosthetic face. After a string of mysterious murders, Sal and his three friends discover something truly sinister casting shadows over their small town.
Sally Face - Episode One at a glance Released 2016 Studio Portable Moose Player sentiment 97% positive of 29,068 Price $2.99 Story RichIndieHorrorDarkPuzzleNarrative
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We Were Here Together
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Story Rich and Action-Adventure; released around the same time (2019).
As we explore these frozen wastes, misfortune strikes once again. Through the fierce blizzard, a flare lights the sky, followed by a cry for help over the radio - broken, dying... No one else can come to their rescue. Can we make it back - together?
We Were Here Together at a glance Released 2019 Studio Total Mayhem Games Player sentiment 82% positive of 17,696 Price $4.93 PuzzleStory RichAction-AdventureHorrorDarkIndie
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Batman: Arkham Asylum
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Action-Adventure and Controller.
Experience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.
Batman: Arkham Asylum at a glance Released 2009 Studio Rocksteady Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 87,223 Price $19.99 Story RichAction-AdventureControllerPuzzleHorrorDark
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Action-Adventure and Controller.
Experience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition at a glance Released 2010 Studio Rocksteady Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 87,230 Price $19.99 Story RichAction-AdventureControllerPuzzleHorrorDark
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Bendy and the Dark Revival
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Indie and Story Rich.
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Bendy and the Dark Revival at a glance Released 2022 Studio Joey Drew Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 16,194 Price $5.99 HorrorIndieStory RichDarkPuzzleAction-Adventure
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My Beautiful Paper Smile
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Story Rich and Puzzle.
Welcome, child, to your new home. Here you shall learn the art of perfection. Here you shall learn to smile. Be sure that smile doesn’t fade into sadness, or you will need to run and hide…
My Beautiful Paper Smile at a glance Released 2021 Studio Two Star Games Player sentiment 84% positive of 424 Price $14.99 HorrorStory RichPuzzleIndieDarkPuzzle-Platformer
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The Room
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Horror; released around the same time (2014).
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
The Room at a glance Released 2014 Studio Fireproof Games Player sentiment 98% positive of 31,750 Price $4.99 PuzzleIndieHorrorDarkStory Rich
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Fran Bow
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Puzzle and Horror; released around the same time (2015).
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 Story RichPuzzleHorrorIndieDark
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Story Rich and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Return of the Obra Dinn at a glance Released 2018 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 35,093 Price $19.99 PuzzleStory RichIndieMultiple EndingsHorror
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Horror; released around the same time (2018).
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Cube Escape: Paradox at a glance Released 2018 Studio Rusty Lake Player sentiment 97% positive of 12,197 Price Free PuzzleIndieHorrorStory RichDark
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Indie and Dark; released around the same time (2017).
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
What Remains of Edith Finch at a glance Released 2017 Studio Giant Sparrow Player sentiment 96% positive of 52,603 Price $4.99 Story RichIndieDarkPuzzleHorror
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Horror, Dark and Puzzle; released around the same time (2019).
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED at a glance Released 2019 Studio Steel Wool Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,118 Price $29.99 HorrorDarkPuzzleStory RichIndie
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Pony Island
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Horror; 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 PuzzleIndieHorrorDarkStory Rich
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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Indie, Horror and Story Rich; released around the same time (2015).
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 IndieHorrorStory RichDarkPuzzle
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and Dark; released around the same time (2017).
Bendy and the Ink Machine® is the first person puzzle action horror game that will forever ruin your childhood love of cartoons.
Bendy and the Ink Machine at a glance Released 2017 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 89% positive of 36,934 Price $5.99 HorrorPuzzleDarkIndieStory Rich
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Horror, Story Rich and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Layers of Fear (2016) at a glance Released 2016 Studio Bloober Team SA Player sentiment 88% positive of 27,676 Price $1.99 HorrorStory RichIndieDarkPuzzle
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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Story Rich 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 PuzzleStory RichHorrorMultiple EndingsDark
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Lucius
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and Indie; released around the same time (2012).
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 HorrorPuzzleIndieDarkStory Rich
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Amnesia: Rebirth
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Action-Adventure, Puzzle and Story Rich; released around the same time (2020).
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
Amnesia: Rebirth at a glance Released 2020 Studio Frictional Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 9,326 Price $29.99 Action-AdventurePuzzleStory RichHorrorDark
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Why it matched: both horror, story-rich, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Horror, Story Rich and Indie; released around the same time (2013).
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs at a glance Released 2013 Studio The Chinese Room Player sentiment 70% positive of 12,114 Price $19.99 HorrorStory RichIndieDarkPuzzle
Common questions
What game is most like INSIDE?
Limbo, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Playdead. 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 INSIDE" 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 INSIDE. 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.
What else did the makers of INSIDE do?
Limbo is also from Playdead, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
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.