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Games like Effigy : The Descent

If Effigy : The Descent is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nightmares Mansion: Scary Dreams, Cheat Day and No Haste — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Effigy : The Descent: Effigy : The Descent is a first-person survival-horror game in which you will face statues, with your lantern as your only tool to stop them. Gather all artefacts from the cave and freedom will be yours !

2022ActionIndie4.99 USDWindowsby Efficiency
Effigy : The Descent — Steam game cover

Players who liked Effigy : The Descent also play

Steam players who put hours into Effigy : The Descent 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.

  1. Nightmares Mansion: Scary Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Effigy : The Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Effigy : The Descent.

    Explore a scary mansion in the first-person adventure horror game. Talk to kidnapped souls, collect grimoires, and discover the hidden secret inside the many doors. Your soul was stolen, and you found yourself in the underworld. Can you escape?

    2024ActionAdventureEarly Access5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cheat Day

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Effigy : The Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    Your wife is captured by demons! You must find the passwords to the doors to release demons so they free your wife. Try to survive and crack the puzzles to find the passwords.

    2022ActionIndieRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. No Haste

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Effigy : The Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    No Haste is a survival horror game. Sneak into a shopping mall to steal, be discreet and smart and don't get caught by the Rist creature!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Ten Bells

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Effigy : The Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. I'm on Observation Duty 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Effigy : The Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.

    2020IndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. iBLiS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Effigy : The Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. I'm on Observation Duty 5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Effigy : The Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

    2022Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Alone in the Dark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Effigy : The Descent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Effigy : The Descent.

    Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.

    2024ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Effigy : The Descent at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Effigy : The Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Effigy : The Descent on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Effigy : The Descent on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Effigy : The Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Effigy : The Descent.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Effigy : The Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Effigy : The Descent.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Effigy : The Descent on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Effigy : The Descent on Steam right now. Shares Action with Effigy : The Descent.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Effigy : The Descent on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Effigy : The Descent.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Effigy : The Descent.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Effigy : The Descent.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Effigy : The Descent.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Effigy : The Descent

How much does Effigy : The Descent cost?
Effigy : The Descent is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Effigy : The Descent?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Effigy : The Descent are Nightmares Mansion: Scary Dreams, Cheat Day, No Haste.
Who developed Effigy : The Descent?
Effigy : The Descent was developed by Efficiency and published by Rubika Supinfogame.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Effigy : The Descent.

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