Games like KARMA: The Dark World
If KARMA: The Dark World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Prove You're Human, Mango and RETRIEVAL — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its writing quality is exceptional, 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.
Get personalized picks →About KARMA: The Dark World: KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
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Prove You're Human
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Top pick for KARMA: The Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
An AI dares to dream she is human. You've been hired to put her in her place.
Mango
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with KARMA: The Dark World.
Second-strongest match for KARMA: The Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
RETRIEVAL
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for KARMA: The Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
RETRIEVAL is a first-person psychological horror game where you explore a looping house, collect scattered memory fragments, and search extracted keywords in an old computer terminal to uncover a tragic truth.
War Fantasy
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Ranked #4 for KARMA: The Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with KARMA: The Dark World.
The Stanley Parable with a loaded rifle. A psychological horror FPS where a demented commanding officer controls your every move, and the line between war simulation and real war dissolves into impossible, stunning spaces. You are not a soldier. You are being made into one.
Mother Zina
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Ranked #5 for KARMA: The Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
You’re a journalist who came to Russia for a report. After renting an apartment from Zinaida Petrovna, you quickly realize she’s hiding something - and this place isn’t meant for random tenants. To get out, you’ll have to dig into her past - and keep your sanity.
One-Eyed Likho
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Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with KARMA: The Dark World.
Ranked #6 for KARMA: The Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.
Backmooms
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Ranked #7 for KARMA: The Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
You’ve wandered into a strange dimension while shopping.A mysterious monster is chasing you.You must escape."Backmooms" is a first-person adventure game.
SLEEP AWAKE
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Shares an atmospheric mood with KARMA: The Dark World.
Ranked #8 for KARMA: The Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
In the last known city on Earth, people are disappearing in their sleep. Those who remain exist in a crisis of reckless experiments to keep awake. From Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) and Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails), SLEEP AWAKE blurs the boundaries between reality and imagination.
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The Evil Within
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Reviewers of KARMA: The Dark World cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
>observer_
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Shares an atmospheric mood with KARMA: The Dark World.
Reviewers of KARMA: The Dark World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
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.
Twin Peaks VR
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Reviewers of KARMA: The Dark World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
Twin Peaks VR brings people into the world of Twin Peaks using the immersive technology of VR. Based on the iconic television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, players will be able to experience several locations from the show including the Red Room, Glastonbury Grove, Sheriff's Department, Glass Box Observation and more.
MOTHERED - A ROLE-PLAYING HORROR GAME
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Shares an atmospheric mood with KARMA: The Dark World.
Reviewers of KARMA: The Dark World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
An immersive first-person horror adventure where you play the role of LIANA - a young girl who arrives home after major surgery and is met with a strange mannequin claiming to be her mother.
SILENT HILL 2
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Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with KARMA: The Dark World.
Reviewers of KARMA: The Dark World cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below KARMA: The Dark World at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under KARMA: The Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KARMA: The Dark World.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under KARMA: The Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under KARMA: The Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with KARMA: The Dark World.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~60% under KARMA: The Dark World on Steam right now. Shares RPG with KARMA: The Dark World.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~80% under KARMA: The Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with KARMA: The Dark World.
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!
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. Shares Indie with KARMA: The Dark World.
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 KARMA: The Dark World.
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. Shares Indie with KARMA: The Dark World.
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 Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
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. Shares Indie with KARMA: The Dark World.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with KARMA: The Dark World.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with KARMA: The Dark World.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with KARMA: The Dark World.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about KARMA: The Dark World
- Is KARMA: The Dark World verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — KARMA: The Dark World is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does KARMA: The Dark World cost?
- KARMA: The Dark World is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to KARMA: The Dark World?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside KARMA: The Dark World are Prove You're Human, Mango, RETRIEVAL.
- Who developed KARMA: The Dark World?
- KARMA: The Dark World was developed by POLLARD STUDIO LLC and published by Wired Productions, Gamirror 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 KARMA: The Dark World.
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