Games like The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
If The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Infinitum: The Backrooms Story, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope and Nowhere — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive 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 →The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is a cinematic adventure horror game developed by Supermassive Games. Set at the close of the Iraq War, military personnel excavating a buried Sumerian temple become trapped with ancient supernatural creatures. Players navigate branching narratives where moral dilemmas force tough choices, and a character-trust system shapes relationships and outcomes. The game features quick-time events, free-camera exploration, and online cooperative multiplayer. Reviewers highlight the military setting as fresh for the genre, with character relationships impacting the story deeply. Supermassive Games' supernatural horror draws from ancient mythology to create an atmospheric experience. The game costs $29.99 and runs Playable on Steam Deck. It received 91% positive reviews from over 3,000 Steam users.
About The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes: At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.
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Infinitum: The Backrooms Story
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Top pick for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
INFINITUM is a horror open-world survival co-op story game for up to 4 players. Explore endless procedurally generated levels and uncover multiple endings, with every playthrough offering a unique experience.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
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Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Second-strongest match for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
Nowhere
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Third-strongest match for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Nowhere is a Nordic inspired Narrative Mystery/Horror game. Telling the tale of what happened to the Norse Gods after Ragnarok when their worship ended. Nowhere features a unique blend of realistic detective gameplay and survival horror in Nordic aesthetics.
MetaPhysical
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Ranked #4 for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Supernatural phenomena are on the rise. In MetaPhysical you and up to 5 other friends can go on the hunt for eerie creatures to put an end to their sinister activities! Whether it's an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.
Paranormal Cleanup
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Shares co op multiplayer and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Ranked #5 for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
Witch Hunters
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Ranked #6 for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
A locked-room investigation steeped in occultism. Play as a witch hunter sent to investigate a disturbing disappearance. Search the scene, question suspects, gather clues, and uncover the truth with a freedom inspired by tabletop role-playing games.
Something's Out There
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Ranked #7 for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Something's Out There is a micro-horror creature hunting game, featuring multiple unique creatures across multiple maps. Hunters work together using the tools provided at base or found around the map to track down, hunt, and ultimately kill the creature of which only stories claim exist.
Malum
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Ranked #8 for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Malum is the premier C-list horror game. Run from a motely collection of bizarre demons then summon in some guns to turn the tables on them. Best enjoyed with friends.
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Heavy Rain
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Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
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Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
Detroit: Become Human
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Shares quick time events, branching narrative and an immersive mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
The Walking Dead
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Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America) was a breakthrough in interactive narrative. This newly remastered edition features updated textures in HD, expanded controller support, and is based on the uncut and uncensored international version of the game.
Beyond: Two Souls
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
The Wolf Among Us
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
The Casting of Frank Stone™
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Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~67% under The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Portal 2
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Priced ~67% under The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
PEAK
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Priced ~73% under The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Don't Starve Together
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Priced ~50% under The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Inscryption
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Priced ~73% under The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
It Takes Two
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Priced ~53% under The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
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.
missed messages.
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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.
A Date with Death
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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The Quarry
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Shares quick time events and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
Little Nightmares III
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Little Nightmares III is an atmospheric adventure game in which you follow the journey of Low and Alone, two best friends in search of a way out of the Nowhere. In 2 players online cooperation or solo with an A.I., work together to solve puzzles and survive in this nightmarish world.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
The Casting of Frank Stone™
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
WHY THIS
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…
Directive 8020
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Shares quick time events, branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes - Friend's Pass
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Another title from Supermassive Games, the studio behind The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. Shares Adventure with The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.
Don’t play alone – invite a friend and share your House of Ashes experience. The Friends Pass works on a single save game and allows you and a friend one full playthrough of House of Ashes.
Frequently asked about The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
- Does The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes run on Steam Deck?
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 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 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes cost?
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes are Infinitum: The Backrooms Story, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, Nowhere.
- Who developed The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes?
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes was developed by Supermassive Games and published by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe.
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