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Games like The Chant

If The Chant is your kind of game, the closest matches are Misguided Remastered, No One Returns and GYLT — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, mysterious 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.

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About The Chant: A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.

2022ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Brass Token
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Players who liked The Chant also play

Steam players who put hours into The Chant 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. Misguided Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Chant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    Misguided Remastered: Third-person action-horror. Silvia, high school girl trapped in otherworld nightmare. Desperately search for missing best friend & mom's cherished letter her only memory. Survive Indonesian folklore horrors with axe/knife combat, solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. No One Returns

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Chant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    Have you ever wondered what happens if you wake up and everyone is simply gone? No One Returns is a third-person survival horror game. Play as Denis, search a chillingly silent city for clues about your missing family while fighting the frightening zombies swarming the streets.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. GYLT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Chant.

    Third-strongest match for The Chant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.

    2023ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Alone in the Dark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Chant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    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 ↗
  5. Apartment No 129

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Chant.

    Ranked #5 for The Chant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    Emir, who has an interest in mysterious events, steps alone into the abandoned apartment known as "Apartment No 129" to trace the trail of a paranormal event that occurred in 2009 and shook the country. However, he will find himself in an unexpected confrontation within this horror apartment.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Unmourned

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Chant.

    Ranked #6 for The Chant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    Unmourned is a first-person psychological horror game where Jason moves into a new house only to be haunted by escalating paranormal events. Driven by fear, he must uncover the truth behind the previous owners' disappearance. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Life is Strange: Reunion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Chant.

    Ranked #7 for The Chant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?

    2026ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Supernormal

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Chant.

    Ranked #8 for The Chant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Chant

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. SILENT HILL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Chant.

    Reviewers of The Chant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    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.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Tomb Raider Game of the Year

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Chant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.

    2013ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Oxenfree

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Chant.

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

    Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Stranger Things 3: The Game

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Chant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!

    2019ActionAdventureDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Chant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    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 ~60% under The Chant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Chant on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chant.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Chant on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chant.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Chant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    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. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Chant on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chant.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Chant on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chant.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under The Chant on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chant.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    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 Action with The Chant.

    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 Adventure with The Chant.

    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.

    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 Action and Adventure with The Chant.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Chant.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck 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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Chant

Does The Chant run on Steam Deck?
The Chant 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 Chant cost?
The Chant is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Chant?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Chant are Misguided Remastered, No One Returns, GYLT.
Who developed The Chant?
The Chant was developed by Brass Token and published by Prime Matter.

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 The Chant.

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