Games like Palmyra Orphanage
If Palmyra Orphanage is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mists of Aiden, The Story of Henry Bishop and Doorways: The Underworld — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its light management matters, multiple endings reward replayability and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Palmyra Orphanage: Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
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Steam players who put hours into Palmyra Orphanage also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Mists of Aiden
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Top pick for Palmyra Orphanage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
The Story of Henry Bishop
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Second-strongest match for Palmyra Orphanage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.
Doorways: The Underworld
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Third-strongest match for Palmyra Orphanage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
File Destined
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Palmyra Orphanage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
Home Sweet Home
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Ranked #5 for Palmyra Orphanage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
God's Basement
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Ranked #6 for Palmyra Orphanage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
Manhunt
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Ranked #7 for Palmyra Orphanage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
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.
Friday the 13th: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Ranked #8 for Palmyra Orphanage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
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!
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Visage
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Reviewers of Palmyra Orphanage cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Mists of Aiden
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Reviewers of Palmyra Orphanage cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Tales of Terror: House on the Hill Collector's Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Palmyra Orphanage cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Find your sister and escape from a terrifying haunted house!
Locked Up
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Reviewers of Palmyra Orphanage cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
The game “Locked Up" is the first project developed in 2020 by the studio EMIKA_GAMES consisting of one person.
Sweet Home
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Reviewers of Palmyra Orphanage cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Palmyra Orphanage at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Palmyra Orphanage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Palmyra Orphanage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Palmyra Orphanage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Palmyra Orphanage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Palmyra Orphanage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Palmyra Orphanage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Palmyra Orphanage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Sally Face - Episode One
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Palmyra Orphanage on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Steppe Hare Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Steppe Hare Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Inn-Sanity
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Another title from Steppe Hare Studio, the studio behind Palmyra Orphanage.
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
Crimson Snow (2023)
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Another title from Steppe Hare Studio, the studio behind Palmyra Orphanage. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Christmas is a joyful time, but this time something dark is hiding behind the holiday decorations. Your actions will determine whether you and your girlfriend survive Christmas night.
Mists of Aiden
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Another title from Steppe Hare Studio, the studio behind Palmyra Orphanage. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
Irony Of Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Another title from Steppe Hare Studio, the studio behind Palmyra Orphanage. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
In the Irony of Nightmare things aren't always as they seem. Those who decide to solve all puzzles of the game, not only will unravel true secret of house, but also will open completely different ending of the story.
Mother Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Steppe Hare Studio, the studio behind Palmyra Orphanage. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
It’s a humorous project about a young parent's difficult weekdays. If you feel worried, irritated, you don’t understand what’s going on and what you must do next, so don’t worry. We want to give you exactly these feelings in our game.
Prognostic
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Palmyra Orphanage.
Another title from Steppe Hare Studio, the studio behind Palmyra Orphanage. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.
Give Me Your Coins
WHY THIS
Another title from Steppe Hare Studio, the studio behind Palmyra Orphanage. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Give Me Your Coins is a fast-paced platformer built on precision and momentum. Try to get out of the magic chest, go through the several dozen levels created inside his wooden body.
SpellFront
WHY THIS
Another title from Steppe Hare Studio, the studio behind Palmyra Orphanage. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
SpellFront is a single-player first person shooter that takes place in the world of a medieval fantasy, experiencing the attack of the aliens. The player assumes role of an ancient sorcerer who must find a way to defeat invaders with only her might and her magic.
Frequently asked about Palmyra Orphanage
- How much does Palmyra Orphanage cost?
- Palmyra Orphanage is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Palmyra Orphanage?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Palmyra Orphanage are Mists of Aiden, The Story of Henry Bishop, Doorways: The Underworld.
- Who developed Palmyra Orphanage?
- Palmyra Orphanage was developed by Steppe Hare Studio.
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