Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like SIGNALIS (2026)
Every game below overlaps with SIGNALIS 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 survival, horror, psychological, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle.
- SIGNALIS is tagged Survival Horror, Psychological Horror, Female Protagonist, Sci-fi, Atmospheric, Lovecraftian, Dark, Mystery 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 survival, horror, psychological, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Puzzle, Dark and Psychological Horror; 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 PuzzleDarkPsychological HorrorLovecraftianViolentSci-fiSurvival Horror
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Dead Space
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2023).
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Dead Space at a glance Released 2023 Studio Motive Studio Player sentiment 91% positive of 70,458 Price $59.99 Third-Person ShooterSci-fiSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorShooterAction-AdventureDarkViolent
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Amnesia: Rebirth
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 8 player tags including Action-Adventure, Puzzle and Lovecraftian; 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-AdventurePuzzleLovecraftianSurvival HorrorDarkPsychological HorrorMysteryFemale Protagonist
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Atomic Heart
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, cyberpunk, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Mystery and Shooter; released around the same time (2023).
In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.
Atomic Heart at a glance Released 2023 Studio Mundfish Player sentiment 81% positive of 51,598 Price $59.99 PuzzleMysteryShooterSci-fiAction-AdventureCyberpunk
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Inside the Backrooms
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Survival Horror, Puzzle and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2022).
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
Inside the Backrooms at a glance Released 2022 Studio MrFatcat Player sentiment 80% positive of 46,767 Price $6.99 Survival HorrorPuzzlePsychological HorrorDarkMysterySci-fi
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Stray
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, cyberpunk, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Cyberpunk, Puzzle 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 CyberpunkPuzzleSci-fiDystopian Mystery
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Backrooms: Escape Together
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, science fiction, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Psychological Horror, Survival Horror and Puzzle; released around the same time (2022).
A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
Backrooms: Escape Together at a glance Released 2022 Studio Triiodide Studios Player sentiment 89% positive of 48,808 Price $9.99 Psychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleAction-AdventureSci-fi
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Poppy Playtime
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Survival Horror and Dark; released around the same time (2021).
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
Poppy Playtime at a glance Released 2021 Studio Mob Entertainment Player sentiment 88% positive of 141,927 Price Free PuzzleSurvival HorrorDarkMysteryPsychological HorrorAction-Adventure
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Pacify
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Psychological Horror, Survival Horror and Dark; released around the same time (2019).
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
Pacify at a glance Released 2019 Studio Shawn Hitchcock Player sentiment 86% positive of 42,748 Price $2.19 Psychological HorrorSurvival HorrorDarkSci-fiMysteryAction-Adventure
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Survival Horror and Dark.
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 PuzzleSurvival HorrorDarkMysteryPsychological HorrorViolent
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Psychological Horror, Dark and Puzzle.
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 Psychological HorrorDarkPuzzleMysteryLovecraftianSurvival Horror
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Psychological Horror, Mystery and Survival Horror.
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 Psychological HorrorMysterySurvival HorrorDarkLovecraftianPuzzle
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Survival Horror, Psychological Horror and Dark; 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 Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkPuzzleLGBTQ+
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Content Warning
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Psychological Horror, Survival Horror and Action-Adventure; released around the same time (2024).
Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)
Content Warning at a glance Released 2024 Studio Zorro Player sentiment 94% positive of 162,949 Price $4.95 Psychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAction-AdventureMysterySci-fi
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DEVOUR
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Survival Horror, Psychological Horror and Dark; released around the same time (2021).
DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.
DEVOUR at a glance Released 2021 Studio Straight Back Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 88,093 Price $9.99 Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkPuzzleViolent
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GhostWire: Tokyo
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, cyberpunk and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Action-Adventure, Mystery and Cyberpunk; released around the same time (2022).
Tokyo's population has vanished, and deadly supernatural forces prowl the streets. Use an arsenal of elemental abilities to unravel the truth behind the disappearance and save Tokyo.
GhostWire: Tokyo at a glance Released 2022 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 83% positive of 21,047 Price $59.99 Action-AdventureMysteryCyberpunkPsychological HorrorSurvival Horror
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Alan Wake
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Psychological Horror, Mystery and Third-Person Shooter.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Alan Wake at a glance Released 2012 Studio Remedy Entertainment Player sentiment 90% positive of 59,228 Price $1.49 Psychological HorrorMysteryThird-Person ShooterDarkCinematicSurvival HorrorShooter
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In Silence
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Survival Horror, Psychological Horror and Dark; released around the same time (2021).
In Silence is a multiplayer horror game. One player takes on the role of the monster who has hypersensitive hearing abilities and is almost completely blind. The other players(2-6) play as survivors, trying to escape or hunting the monster.
In Silence at a glance Released 2021 Studio Ravenhood Games Player sentiment 74% positive of 11,956 Price $3.99 Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorDarkPuzzleMystery
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Female Protagonist, Sci-fi and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Remedy Entertainment Player sentiment 86% positive of 63,191 Price $3.99 Female ProtagonistSci-fiThird-Person ShooterPsychological HorrorShooterViolent
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Psychological Horror, Survival Horror 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 Psychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleDarkLovecraftian
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Survival Horror, Psychological Horror and Violent.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard at a glance Released 2017 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 95% positive of 126,252 Price $19.99 Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorViolentPuzzleShooter
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Little Nightmares
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Dark, Puzzle and Psychological Horror.
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 DarkPuzzlePsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorFemale Protagonist
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F.E.A.R.
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Shooter, Psychological Horror and Dark.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
F.E.A.R. at a glance Released 2005 Studio Monolith Productions Player sentiment 94% positive of 19,502 Price $9.99 ShooterPsychological HorrorDarkSci-fiSurvival Horror
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Alien: Isolation
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Survival Horror, Sci-fi and Female Protagonist.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Alien: Isolation at a glance Released 2014 Studio Creative Assembly Player sentiment 93% positive of 66,658 Price $11.99 Survival HorrorSci-fiFemale ProtagonistPsychological HorrorShooter
Common questions
What game is most like SIGNALIS?
Scorn, on the evidence we have. It both survival, horror, psychological, 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 SIGNALIS" 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 SIGNALIS. 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.