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Anshar Studios, Bloober Team · 2023 · 79 % positive of 1,374

24 games that play like Layers of Fear and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Layers of Fear (2016), Layers of Fear VR and Layers of Fear 2 (2019).

Player tags

  • Psychological Horror
  • Horror
  • First-Person
  • Adventure
  • Story Rich
  • Psychedelic
  • Exploration
  • Atmospheric

At a glance

What games like Layers of Fear have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Layers of Fear: Psychological Horror (24 of 24), Horror (24) and First-Person (23).
  • They came out between 2009 and 2025, 5 of them after Layers of Fear (2023).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Amnesia: The Dark Descent (94 % positive of 34,108).
  • 4 games both play and look like Layers of Fear, among them Layers of Fear (2016), Layers of Fear VR and Layers of Fear 2 (2019).

By gameplay

Plays like Layers of Fear

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Anthology of Fear75 % positive of 278Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  2. The Medium88 % positive of 8,739Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Story Rich
  3. True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 393 % positive of 322Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  4. Doorways: Prelude61 % positive of 627Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  5. Into The Gloom80 % positive of 263Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  6. Amnesia: The Dark Descent94 % positive of 34,108Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  7. Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition94 % positive of 2,752Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  8. ASYLUM87 % positive of 348Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  9. The Shore72 % positive of 1,842Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  10. Horror Story: Hallowseed67 % positive of 325Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  11. Insomnis91 % positive of 259Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person
  12. Unholy63 % positive of 216Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · First-Person

By look

Looks like Layers of Fear

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Maid of Sker79 % positive of 2,218
  2. Escape First 362 % positive of 211
  3. Silver Chains69 % positive of 1,219
  4. AFFECTED: The Manor - The Complete Edition78 % positive of 184
  5. Sinister Night60 % positive of 173
  6. Layers of Fear 2 (2019)71 % positive of 2,325
  7. HORROR TALES: The Wine79 % positive of 453
  8. The 7th Guest VR94 % positive of 480
  9. The Renovator: Origins85 % positive of 217
  10. The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me55 % positive of 4,641
  11. Obey the Voice™86 % positive of 794
  12. SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION82 % positive of 1,207

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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