Games like The Medium
If The Medium is your kind of game, the closest matches are Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and Blair Witch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, eerie and immersive. 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 Medium is a 2021 adventure game by Bloober Team. Players explore two parallel realities simultaneously—the living world and the spirit realm—as medium Marianne. The game features fixed-camera angles, puzzle-solving, and split-reality exploration mechanics. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric and immersive, with players finding it eerie and unsettling as the story unfolds. Set in a deserted lakeside resort, the narrative draws on themes of trauma and psychological mystery. The game runs at normal difficulty with a medium-length campaign and supports solo play only. It costs $49.99 USD and is not supported on Steam Deck. The game holds an 89% positive rating from 3,891 Steam reviews.
About The Medium: A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Players who liked The Medium also play
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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Top pick for The Medium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Second-strongest match for The Medium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
Blair Witch
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Third-strongest match for The Medium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Ranked #4 for The Medium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
INDIKA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Ranked #5 for The Medium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
God's Basement
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Ranked #6 for The Medium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
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.
Alone in the Dark
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Medium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
Martha Is Dead
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Ranked #8 for The Medium fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Medium
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SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Reviewers of The Medium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Reviewers of The Medium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Reviewers of The Medium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Labyrinth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Reviewers of The Medium cross-mention this title as a similar play.
UPDATED! Embark on a new adventure: Assemble powerful decks of Heroes to invade rival dungeons and engage in epic PvP 3D battles--then, use the loot from your conquests to customize your own dungeon and put together a powerful deck of bosses and minions to defend your riches at all costs.
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WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Reviewers of The Medium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
To the Moon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Reviewers of The Medium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
The Last of them
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Medium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
You play as a detective solving gruesome murders in a haunting, desolate city. Explore dark alleys, uncover hidden clues, and solve puzzles to unravel the mystery. Can you find the killer before they strike again, or will you fall victim to the terror?
Persona 3 Reload
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Medium cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Medium at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Medium on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Medium on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
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.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Medium on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~84% under The Medium on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
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?
Dispatch
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under The Medium on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Medium on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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 Adventure with The Medium.
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.
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 Adventure with The Medium.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Bloober Team
Other recommendable Steam games by Bloober Team, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Cronos: The New Dawn
WHY THIS
Another title from Bloober Team, the studio behind The Medium.
A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.
Observer: System Redux
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Another title from Bloober Team, the studio behind The Medium. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Layers of Fear
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Another title from Bloober Team, the studio behind The Medium. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Star Trek: Shadow Frontier
WHY THIS
Another title from Bloober Team, the studio behind The Medium. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Star Trek: Shadow Frontier is a story-driven, action-adventure set in the expansive Star Trek universe. Step into the fractured mind of former Lieutenant Ro Laren (voiced by Michelle Forbes) as she seeks to rescue an old friend by embarking on a harrowing journey of survival and self-discovery.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
INDIKA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Medium.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Frequently asked about The Medium
- Does The Medium work on Steam Deck?
- The Medium is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does The Medium cost?
- The Medium is listed on Steam at 49.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Medium?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Medium are Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Blair Witch.
- Who developed The Medium?
- The Medium was developed by Bloober Team and published by Bloober Team SA, NA PUBLISHING INC..
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