Games like Manhunt
If Manhunt is your kind of game, the closest matches are Friday the 13th: The Game, Dead by Daylight and Anthology of Fear — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, grim and tense. 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 →Rockstar North's Manhunt is a stealth action game set in the oppressive urban decay of Carcer City, released in 2008 at $9.99. Players navigate through dark, grim environments using environmental hiding and stealth execution mechanics, where a tiered execution system rewards creative brutality and tactical positioning matters far more than firepower. A gang alert system means that once spotted, enemies hunt relentlessly, creating tense scenarios where survival depends on careful planning. Reviewers note the VHS-era grindhouse aesthetic feels authentic and creates an unsettling atmosphere, with the oppressive setting immersing players in the brutal world. Currently playable on Steam Deck with a 67% positive rating from nearly 3,000 Steam reviews.
About Manhunt: 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.
Players who liked Manhunt also play
Steam players who put hours into Manhunt 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.
Friday the 13th: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Manhunt.
Top pick for Manhunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Manhunt.
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!
Dead by Daylight
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Manhunt.
Second-strongest match for Manhunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
Anthology of Fear
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Manhunt.
Third-strongest match for Manhunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Take part in a one-man investigation and solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Find out the truth by exploring unsettling liminal locations. Discover the story chapter by chapter, with each one unveiling their common tragedy.
Carnival Hunt
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Manhunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Carnival Hunt is an asymmetric multiplayer horror game set inside a living, ever-shifting mechanical carnival designed by the Puppetmaster. One player becomes the Carnival Monster, while others play as puppet Bunnies struggling to survive, ascend, and escape the hunt.
Outlast 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Manhunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Manhunt.
Ranked #6 for Manhunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Doorways: The Underworld
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Manhunt.
Ranked #7 for Manhunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Doorways: The Underworld is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Manhunt fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Manhunt.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Manhunt
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POSTAL
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Manhunt.
Reviewers of Manhunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Manhunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Manhunt.
Reviewers of Manhunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Manhunt.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Manhunt.
Reviewers of Manhunt cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Condemned: Criminal Origins
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Manhunt.
Reviewers of Manhunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Manhunt.
What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?
Butcher's Creek
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Manhunt.
Reviewers of Manhunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Manhunt.
A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.
Condemned to Clean
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Manhunt cross-mention this title as a similar play.
You are a cleaner, not by calling, but by sentence. Condemned to Clean is a single-player simulator where you restore a provincial beach. Explore, collect trash, pay your debt, and do small deeds for a greater purpose!
Kingpin — Life of Crime
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Manhunt.
Reviewers of Manhunt cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Kingpin is a tale of revenge. Take control of a street gang and order your recruits to attack, defend or even do a little safe-cracking to pick up some needed cash. Use that cash to buy nastier weapons and take down your punk enemies in this intense first-person shooter. Being the Kingpin is half attitude and all action.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Manhunt at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Manhunt on Steam right now. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Manhunt on Steam right now. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Manhunt.
Priced ~90% under Manhunt on Steam right now. Shares Action with Manhunt.
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 ~70% under Manhunt on Steam right now. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Manhunt on Steam right now. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Manhunt on Steam right now. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Manhunt on Steam right now. Shares Action with Manhunt.
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.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Manhunt on Steam right now. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
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.
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. Shares Action with Manhunt.
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 Action with Manhunt.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Manhunt.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Manhunt.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Manhunt.
Another title from Rockstar North, the studio behind Manhunt. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Grand Theft Auto V for PC offers players the option to explore the award-winning world of Los Santos and Blaine County in resolutions of up to 4k and beyond, as well as the chance to experience the game running at 60 frames per second.
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Manhunt.
Another title from Rockstar North, the studio behind Manhunt. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez all have one thing in common - they live in the worst city in America. Liberty City worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't.
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Manhunt.
Another title from Rockstar North, the studio behind Manhunt. Shares Action with Manhunt.
Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.
Frequently asked about Manhunt
- Does Manhunt run on Steam Deck?
- Manhunt is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Manhunt cost?
- Manhunt is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Manhunt?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Manhunt are Friday the 13th: The Game, Dead by Daylight, Anthology of Fear.
- Who developed Manhunt?
- Manhunt was developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.
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 Manhunt.
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