Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Only If (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Only If 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: Transmissions: Element 120, which both open world, survival, horror, atmospheric and puzzle.
- Only If is tagged Free to Play, Adventure, First-Person, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Singleplayer, Walking Simulator 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.
- 11 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
- 1
Transmissions: Element 120
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, Horror and First-Person; 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 Free to PlayHorrorFirst-PersonFPSIndieSurvivalPuzzleWalking Simulator
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Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, Comedy and First-Person; released around the same time (2015).
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist at a glance Released 2015 Studio Crows Crows Crows Player sentiment 93% positive of 10,175 Price Free Free to PlayComedyFirst-PersonIndieWalking SimulatorFunnyCasualPuzzle
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Survival.
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 HorrorFirst-PersonSurvivalCasualPuzzleIndieFunny
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KUBOOM
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and First-Person; released around the same time (2016).
Cross-platform hurricane online 3D Shooter
KUBOOM at a glance Released 2016 Studio nobodyshot Player sentiment 64% positive of 4,563 Price Free Free to PlayFPSFirst-PersonIndieCasualSurvivalFunnyHorror
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VRChat
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Funny and First-Person; released around the same time (2017).
Join our growing community as you explore, play, and help craft the future of social VR. Create worlds and custom avatars. Welcome to VRChat.
VRChat at a glance Released 2017 Studio VRChat Inc. Player sentiment 75% positive of 268,090 Price Free Free to PlayFunnyFirst-PersonSimulationCasualComedy
- 6
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, Puzzle and Horror; 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 Free to PlayPuzzleHorrorCasualIndieFunnySimulation
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Firewatch
Why it matched: both open world, horror, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Walking Simulator, First-Person and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Firewatch at a glance Released 2016 Studio Campo Santo Player sentiment 91% positive of 99,328 Price $19.99 Walking SimulatorFirst-PersonIndieHorrorComedyFunnyCasual
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Chinese Parents
Why it matched: both survival, horror, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Casual and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?
Chinese Parents at a glance Released 2018 Studio 墨鱼玩游戏 Player sentiment 91% positive of 27,000 Price $9.99 SimulationCasualIndieFunnyHorrorPuzzleSurvival
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Bendy and the Dark Revival
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Indie.
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 HorrorFirst-PersonIndiePuzzleSurvivalCasual
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Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
Why it matched: both survival, horror and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Free to Play and First-Person; released around the same time (2015).
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion at a glance Released 2015 Studio Lag Studios Player sentiment 93% positive of 15,535 Price Free HorrorFree to PlayFirst-PersonIndieFunnySurvivalWalking SimulatorComedy
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The Stanley Parable
Why it matched: both atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Comedy, Indie and Walking Simulator; released around the same time (2013).
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
The Stanley Parable at a glance Released 2013 Studio Galactic Cafe Player sentiment 92% positive of 45,775 Price $14.99 ComedyIndieWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonFunnySurrealPuzzleCasual
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Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer
Why it matched: both survival, horror, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Funny.
Hello Neighbor Multiplayer. Secret Neighbor is a Multiplayer Social Horror Game where a group of intruders try to rescue their friend from the Neighbor's creepy basement. Only problem is one of the intruders is the Neighbor in disguise.
Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hologryph Player sentiment 86% positive of 19,379 Price $19.99 HorrorFirst-PersonFunnyIndiePuzzleCasualComedy
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Zombie Panic! Source
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Horror.
Dive into the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Panic! Source: a cooperative, survival-horror first-person-shooter. A fast-paced standalone modification.
Zombie Panic! Source at a glance Released 2008 Studio Zombie Panic! Team Player sentiment 85% positive of 7,862 Price Free Free to PlaySurvivalHorrorFPSIndieFirst-PersonCasual
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Anarchy Arcade
Why it matched: both open world, survival and relaxing; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, Indie and Simulation; released around the same time (2014).
Turn your entire digital life into a game. AArcade is a 3D desktop that launches shortcuts to absolutely anything you like. Join the anarchy of the persistent online metaverse, or remain in your own private reality. Casual in-game building features, plus hundreds of thousands of addons.
Anarchy Arcade at a glance Released 2014 Studio Elijah Newman-Gomez Player sentiment 68% positive of 2,197 Price Free Free to PlayIndieSimulationCasualFunnyFirst-PersonComedySurvival
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Scorn
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and First-Person.
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 HorrorPuzzleFirst-PersonWalking SimulatorSurrealIndieFPS
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BLOCKADE
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Indie.
BLOCKADE Classic! First Person Shooter in an editable procedural cubic world. A large arsenal of weapons, 4 teams at the same time and up to 32 players on one map. A large number of game modes!
BLOCKADE at a glance Released 2019 Studio Novalink Player sentiment 75% positive of 11,533 Price Free Free to PlayFPSIndieFirst-PersonSurvivalCasualHorror
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Puzzle and First-Person; released around the same time (2010).
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 HorrorPuzzleFirst-PersonIndieWalking SimulatorSurreal
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No More Room in Hell
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Survival and Horror; released around the same time (2013).
The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
No More Room in Hell at a glance Released 2013 Studio No More Room in Hell Team Player sentiment 90% positive of 76,511 Price Free Free to PlaySurvivalHorrorFPSFirst-PersonIndie
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Puzzle; 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 HorrorFirst-PersonPuzzleIndieFunnyFree to Play
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We Were Here
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Puzzle and Horror; released around the same time (2017).
Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?
We Were Here at a glance Released 2017 Studio Total Mayhem Games Player sentiment 89% positive of 33,121 Price Free Free to PlayPuzzleHorrorFirst-PersonIndieCasual
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Puzzle Agent
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Comedy; released around the same time (2010).
Created with indie comic artist Graham Annable's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, delivered with the distinctive Telltale storytelling style, Puzzle Agent is sure to challenge, thrill and engage in more ways than you can shake a cryptogram at!
Puzzle Agent at a glance Released 2010 Studio Telltale Player sentiment 89% positive of 2,838 Price $4.99 PuzzleCasualComedySurrealHorrorFunny
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Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Free to Play and First-Person; released around the same time (2016).
You wake up alone on the floor of an abandoned farmhouse. Daylight is quickly fading. You must find a way out. A thrilling horror experience for the five senses. This full model change to the "Isolated View", and photorealistic graphics of RE Engine mark a new beginning for survival horror.
Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour at a glance Released 2016 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 89% positive of 4,839 Price Free HorrorFree to PlayFirst-PersonSurvivalFPSPuzzle
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Why it matched: both survival, horror, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Walking Simulator and First-Person; 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 HorrorWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonIndiePuzzleSurreal
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The Witness
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric, puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, First-Person and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
The Witness at a glance Released 2016 Studio Thekla, Inc. Player sentiment 84% positive of 21,324 Price $39.99 PuzzleFirst-PersonIndieWalking SimulatorSurrealCasual
Common questions
What game is most like Only If?
Transmissions: Element 120, on the evidence we have. It both open world, survival, horror, 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 Only If" 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 Only If. 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.