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Games like Saint Kotar

If Saint Kotar is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Test: Secrets of the Soul, Alone in the Dark and The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dialogue demands close attention, atmospheric and dark. 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 Saint Kotar: Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

2021IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby The-Mark Entertainment
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Players who liked Saint Kotar also play

Steam players who put hours into Saint Kotar 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. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Saint Kotar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Alone in the Dark

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Saint Kotar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    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 ↗
  3. The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Saint Kotar.

    Third-strongest match for Saint Kotar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Night Book

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Saint Kotar.

    Ranked #4 for Saint Kotar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

    2021Adventure2.54 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Call of Cthulhu®

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Saint Kotar.

    Ranked #5 for Saint Kotar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

    2018AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. DESOLATIUM

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Saint Kotar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

    2024IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Saint Kotar.

    Ranked #7 for Saint Kotar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.

    2014IndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Black Mirror

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Saint Kotar.

    Ranked #8 for Saint Kotar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    Scotland, 1926. Following the death of his father, David Gordon visits his ancestral home for the first time in his life. A life that is soon threatened by the dark secrets that claimed the sanity of many Gordons before him. Black Mirror Castle demands an offering.

    2017Adventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Saint Kotar at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Saint Kotar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Saint Kotar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Saint Kotar.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Saint Kotar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Saint Kotar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Saint Kotar.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Saint Kotar on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Saint Kotar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Saint Kotar.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Saint Kotar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Saint Kotar.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Saint Kotar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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 Saint Kotar.

    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 Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    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 Indie with Saint Kotar.

    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 and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Saint Kotar.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Saint Kotar.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Saint Kotar.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from The-Mark Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by The-Mark Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Saint Kotar: The Yellow Mask

    WHY THIS

    Another title from The-Mark Entertainment, the studio behind Saint Kotar. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    Follow the fear of Benedek Dohnany and Nikolay Kalyakin and play the onset of a dark and chilling narrative adventure. Make decisions and affect the events that precede a macabre series of murders, allegedly related to devil worship and witchcraft.

    2020IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Saint Kotar: The Crawling Man

    WHY THIS

    Another title from The-Mark Entertainment, the studio behind Saint Kotar. Shares Indie with Saint Kotar.

    This is a story about the fall of a man. Told in the form of an interactive comic book with sounds and animations, Saint Kotar: The Crawling Man follows the appalling life of Mojse, his fall from a beloved teacher to a bitter and vengeful leader of a sinister cult.

    2022IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Log Away

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Saint Kotar.

    Another title from The-Mark Entertainment, the studio behind Saint Kotar. Shares Indie with Saint Kotar.

    Build a cozy cabin that feels like home. Travel to peaceful Retreats in changing seasons and weather, decorate at your own pace, and collect Keepsakes with gentle backstories. No grind. No pressure. Just nature, animals, and time to breathe.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Night Book

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Saint Kotar.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

    2021Adventure2.54 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Call of Cthulhu®

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Saint Kotar.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

    2018AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. DESOLATIUM

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

    2024IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Black Mirror

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Saint Kotar.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Saint Kotar.

    Scotland, 1926. Following the death of his father, David Gordon visits his ancestral home for the first time in his life. A life that is soon threatened by the dark secrets that claimed the sanity of many Gordons before him. Black Mirror Castle demands an offering.

    2017Adventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Saint Kotar

Does Saint Kotar run on Steam Deck?
Saint Kotar 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 Saint Kotar cost?
Saint Kotar is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Saint Kotar?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Saint Kotar are The Test: Secrets of the Soul, Alone in the Dark, The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker.
Who developed Saint Kotar?
Saint Kotar was developed by The-Mark Entertainment and published by SOEDESCO.

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 Saint Kotar.

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