Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like The Evil Within 2 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with The Evil Within 2 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: The Evil Within, which made by the same studio, Tango Gameworks.
- The Evil Within 2 is tagged Horror, Survival Horror, Psychological Horror, Story Rich, Open World, Action, Adventure, Gore 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 from the same studio: The Evil Within.
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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The Evil Within
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Tango Gameworks; both zombie, open world, survival, horror, psychological, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 12 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2014).
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
The Evil Within at a glance Released 2014 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 85% positive of 33,579 Price $19.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorGoreThird PersonSurvivalZombiesDark
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Metro Exodus
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror, psychological, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including Story Rich, First-Person and Horror; released around the same time (2020).
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Metro Exodus at a glance Released 2020 Studio 4A Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 135,440 Price $29.99 Story RichFirst-PersonHorrorSurvivalShooterStealthSurvival HorrorGreat Soundtrack
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Resident Evil Village
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival, horror, psychological, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Survival Horror, Horror and First-Person; released around the same time (2021).
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Resident Evil Village at a glance Released 2021 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 96% positive of 153,329 Price $39.99 Survival HorrorHorrorFirst-PersonZombiesGoreStory RichViolentDark
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror, psychological, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and First-Person; released around the same time (2017).
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 HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonGoreZombiesPsychological HorrorViolentSurvival
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Prey
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror, psychological, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Story Rich; published by the same company; released around the same time (2017).
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Prey at a glance Released 2017 Studio Arkane Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 54,539 Price $29.99 HorrorFirst-PersonStory RichSurvival HorrorStealthPsychological HorrorGreat Soundtrack
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Call of Cthulhu
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror, psychological, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Psychological Horror and Story Rich; released around the same time (2018).
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Call of Cthulhu at a glance Released 2018 Studio Cyanide Studio Player sentiment 79% positive of 13,871 Price $19.99 HorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichFirst-PersonDarkSurvival HorrorStealthGore
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We Happy Few
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror, psychological, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Survival, First-Person and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2018).
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
We Happy Few at a glance Released 2018 Studio Compulsion Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 13,772 Price $59.99 SurvivalFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorHorrorStealthDarkSurvival HorrorStory Rich
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Resident Evil 4
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 11 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Third-Person Shooter.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Resident Evil 4 at a glance Released 2005 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 97% positive of 274,646 Price $39.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorThird-Person ShooterZombiesStory RichSurvivalDarkThird Person
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Friday the 13th: The Game
Why it matched: both open world, survival, horror, psychological, stealth and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Gore; released around the same time (2017).
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
Friday the 13th: The Game at a glance Released 2017 Studio IllFonic Player sentiment 80% positive of 76,840 Price Not listed HorrorSurvival HorrorGoreSurvivalViolentThird PersonStealthPsychological Horror
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Far Cry
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival, horror, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, First-Person and Stealth.
A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry®, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels. Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island.
Far Cry at a glance Released 2004 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 82% positive of 11,764 Price $9.99 ShooterFirst-PersonStealthStory RichHorrorGreat SoundtrackSurvivalZombies
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Manhunt
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, stealth and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including Gore, Violent and Stealth.
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
Manhunt at a glance Released 2003 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 71% positive of 9,522 Price $3.49 GoreViolentStealthHorrorPsychological HorrorDarkSurvival HorrorThird Person
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological, stealth and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2014).
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Hitman: Contracts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Io-Interactive A/S Player sentiment 87% positive of 3,658 Price $8.99 StealthThird PersonGreat SoundtrackDarkShooterThird-Person ShooterFirst-PersonGore
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Resident Evil Revelations
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Horror, Zombies and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2013).
Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.
Resident Evil Revelations at a glance Released 2013 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 81% positive of 18,430 Price $19.99 HorrorZombiesSurvival HorrorThird-Person ShooterThird PersonSurvivalShooterGore
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Resident Evil 0
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Horror, Zombies and Survival Horror; released around the same time (2016).
Before the mansion, before the destruction of Raccoon City, there was Resident Evil 0. Now remastered with improved visuals and sounds, as well as the all-new Wesker Mode, there's never been a better time to experience the origins of the Resident Evil story.
Resident Evil 0 at a glance Released 2016 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 80% positive of 19,622 Price $19.99 HorrorZombiesSurvival HorrorThird PersonSurvivalStory RichGoreThird-Person Shooter
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Dying Light
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival, horror, stealth and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including Zombies, Survival Horror and Horror; released around the same time (2015).
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Dying Light at a glance Released 2015 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 95% positive of 494,569 Price $24.99 ZombiesSurvival HorrorHorrorFirst-PersonSurvivalGoreStealthStory Rich
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Little Nightmares
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Horror, Dark and Story Rich; 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 HorrorDarkStory RichStealthPsychological HorrorGreat SoundtrackThird PersonSurvival Horror
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Resident Evil 2
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Zombies, Survival Horror and Horror.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Resident Evil 2 at a glance Released 1998 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 97% positive of 221,677 Price $39.99 ZombiesSurvival HorrorHorrorThird PersonGoreStory RichViolentSurvival
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Resident Evil
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Survival Horror, Zombies and Horror.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Resident Evil at a glance Released 1996 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 92% positive of 36,244 Price $19.99 Survival HorrorZombiesHorrorSurvivalThird PersonStory RichGoreShooter
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Resident Evil
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Survival Horror, Zombies and Horror.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Resident Evil at a glance Released 2002 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 92% positive of 36,244 Price $19.99 Survival HorrorZombiesHorrorSurvivalThird PersonStory RichGoreShooter
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Dead Space (2008)
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Third Person.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
Dead Space (2008) at a glance Released 2009 Studio EA Redwood Shores Player sentiment 92% positive of 29,163 Price $19.99 HorrorSurvival HorrorThird PersonThird-Person ShooterGoreShooterDarkStory Rich
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Alan Wake
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Horror, Third Person and Story Rich.
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 HorrorThird PersonStory RichPsychological HorrorGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterDarkSurvival Horror
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Resident Evil: Revelations
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Horror, Zombies and Survival Horror.
Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.
Resident Evil: Revelations at a glance Released 2012 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 81% positive of 18,426 Price $19.99 HorrorZombiesSurvival HorrorThird-Person ShooterThird PersonSurvivalShooterGore
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Alien: Isolation
Why it matched: both survival, horror, psychological, stealth and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Horror, Survival Horror and Stealth; released around the same time (2014).
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 HorrorSurvival HorrorStealthFirst-PersonSurvivalPsychological HorrorGreat SoundtrackGore
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Days Gone
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival, horror and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Zombies, Survival and Story Rich; released around the same time (2021).
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Days Gone at a glance Released 2021 Studio Bend Studio Player sentiment 93% positive of 116,763 Price $39.99 ZombiesSurvivalStory RichThird PersonHorrorThird-Person ShooterSurvival HorrorViolent
Common questions
What game is most like The Evil Within 2?
The Evil Within, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Tango Gameworks. 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 The Evil Within 2" 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 The Evil Within 2. 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 The Evil Within 2 do?
The Evil Within is also from Tango Gameworks, 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.