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Games like The Séance of Blake Manor

If The Séance of Blake Manor is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Darkest Files, Victorian Dread and The bird of the North — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and eerie. 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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The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective adventure set in 1897 Ireland where players investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane within a remote manor hotel. The game blends character-schedule-tracking, evidence-logging, interaction-puzzles, and narrative-branching alongside time-management mechanics where time advances when performing labeled actions. Reviewers note the comic-book art style paired with full voice acting for characters, and players highlight how intertwined character mysteries drive the story forward while offering freedom to explore without strict time pressure. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, contemplative, eerie, and mysterious. The game launched in 2025 at 19.99 USD and holds a 95% positive rating from 2,461 Steam reviews, with a Metacritic score of 89. It is verified for play on Steam Deck.

About The Séance of Blake Manor: The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.

2025Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 89Windows · Linuxby Spooky Doorway
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Comic book art with full voice acting for charactersFolklore and historical setting enrich the atmosphereFreedom to explore without strict time pressureAtmosphericContemplativeEerie

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  1. The Darkest Files

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Top pick for The Séance of Blake Manor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Victorian Dread

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Séance of Blake Manor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    In this gothic point-and-click adventure, Eleanor Rosewood must confront a vampire haunting Victorian London. Gather evidence and seek help from the city’s diverse populace, each hiding their own secrets, in this atmospheric mystery.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. The bird of the North

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Séance of Blake Manor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    In 1921: a kidnapping, a revolution... Investigate and uncover the truth behind a dark, mysterious story.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Loco Motive

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Séance of Blake Manor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!

    2024IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Dahlia View

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Ranked #5 for The Séance of Blake Manor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.

    2021IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Ranked #6 for The Séance of Blake Manor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.

    2024AdventureSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Ranked #7 for The Séance of Blake Manor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Ranked #8 for The Séance of Blake Manor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    You are the one and only Duck Detective, a depressed and recently divorced duck who must quack the case. Inspect evidence, make de-duck-tions, and solve this no-murder mystery!

    2025IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Séance of Blake Manor

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Last Express Gold Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Reviewers of The Séance of Blake Manor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Step aboard the 1914 Orient Express in this award-winning mystery adventure from Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner. Described as one of the best adventure games of all time, The Last Express is an intrigue-filled adventure set aboard the luxurious Orient Express.

    2013Adventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Pathologic 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Reviewers of The Séance of Blake Manor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

    2019IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Reviewers of The Séance of Blake Manor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Intrigue and adventure await you on board the Titanic, the most famous ocean liner in history. As a British secret agent on a vital mission, it is up to you to change the course of history as you explore the world’s most luxurious ocean vessel in all its original splendour.

    2018AdventureSimulationCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Blue Prince

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management and a mysterious mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Reviewers of The Séance of Blake Manor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Roottrees are Dead

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Reviewers of The Séance of Blake Manor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

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Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Séance of Blake Manor at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

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

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

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

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    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 ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~95% under The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Papers, Please

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

    2013IndieAdventure9.99 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.

    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 The Séance of Blake Manor.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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!

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    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 ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Darkest Files

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Loco Motive

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!

    2024IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dahlia View

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.

    2021IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Séance of Blake Manor.

    Solving crime is no walk in the pond. You are a down-on-his-luck detective who also happens to be a duck. Use your powers of de-duck-tion to inspect evidence, fill in the blanks, and bust the case wide open! This is a short but twisty detective case.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Séance of Blake Manor

Is The Séance of Blake Manor verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — The Séance of Blake Manor 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 The Séance of Blake Manor cost?
The Séance of Blake Manor is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Séance of Blake Manor?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Séance of Blake Manor are The Darkest Files, Victorian Dread, The bird of the North.
Who developed The Séance of Blake Manor?
The Séance of Blake Manor was developed by Spooky Doorway and published by Raw Fury.

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