Games like Scarlet Hollow
If Scarlet Hollow is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, Cultist Simulator and To Find A Home — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and mysterious. 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 →Scarlet Hollow is a branching horror-mystery visual novel developed by Black Tabby Games, released in 2021 at $24.99. Players explore the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow following their aunt's death, navigating dense narrative paths where seven personality traits reshape every playthrough. The relationship system and trait-driven characterization mean that hidden scenes and dialogue unlock depending on player choices. Reviewers highlight how the game blends horror with slice-of-life elements seamlessly, with choices drastically altering story tone and characters feeling reactive and organic. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, immersive, mysterious, and unsettling, noting the replayability as immense since combinations of traits and choices reveal less than a fifth of the full content in a single run. The game is verified on Steam Deck and holds a 98% positive rating from 3657 Steam reviews.
About Scarlet Hollow: Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
Players who liked Scarlet Hollow also play
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scarlet Hollow.
Top pick for Scarlet Hollow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Cultist Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scarlet Hollow.
Second-strongest match for Scarlet Hollow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Scarlet Hollow.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
To Find A Home
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Scarlet Hollow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
You're a witch who has just been evicted. Your only option for tonight? Sharing a haunted house with a vampire, a werewolf, a ghost and a fellow witch with a same problem.
STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Scarlet Hollow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
Dark fantasy visual novel with romance and horror elements where emotions reveal hidden intentions and unlock choices that shape relationships and outcomes. Uncover the mystery behind Silviya’s husband’s death after their wedding night ends in tragedy.
Placebo Love
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scarlet Hollow.
Ranked #5 for Scarlet Hollow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
A lonely young man is guided by a silent Muse to solve the mystery behind his two Doppelganger Soulmates.
The Heirloom
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Scarlet Hollow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
Uncover the secrets of your family and your grandfather's old lighthouse as you seek the truth behind the unusual happenings in The Heirloom, a mysterious thriller adventure inspired by the atmosphere of the Hebrides and Scottish folklore!
Ravager - Moon-Friendly Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Scarlet Hollow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Early Access with Scarlet Hollow.
Ravager - Moon-Friendly Edition is a role-playing game where you play a young dragon, determined to reclaim his birthright. To do so, you will need to build your power, ally with dark forces, evade justice, and return to rule.
Snow White Ashes
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Scarlet Hollow fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
Lose your heart in this dark fairy-tale romance! Once upon a winter night, you enter the woods in search of a beast. But the hunter you find is so charming and sweet–is he truly the monster you seek?
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scarlet Hollow.
Reviewers of Scarlet Hollow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
Pillars of Eternity
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scarlet Hollow.
Reviewers of Scarlet Hollow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Scarlet Hollow.
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
Night in the Woods
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scarlet Hollow.
Reviewers of Scarlet Hollow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Elysium
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Scarlet Hollow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scarlet Hollow.
Reviewers of Scarlet Hollow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Scarlet Hollow.
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Café Stella and the Reaper's Butterflies
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scarlet Hollow.
Reviewers of Scarlet Hollow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
Takamine Kousei was living a carefree college life until, one day, he tragically died in an accident. But then, the bizarre happened: Takamine Kousei opened his eyes again. And what's more, when he woke up, it was the morning of the very day, he had died.
Scooby Doo! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Scarlet Hollow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
Solve the mystery of Kraken Cove with Scooby, Shaggy and the rest of the Mystery Machine Gang or help Bugs and Daffy discover who is behind the dastardly defective MOCME products that are creating chaos.
Cabernet
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Scarlet Hollow.
Reviewers of Scarlet Hollow cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scarlet Hollow at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Scarlet Hollow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
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 Scarlet Hollow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Scarlet Hollow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Scarlet Hollow on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Scarlet Hollow.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Scarlet Hollow on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Scarlet Hollow.
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 and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
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 Scarlet Hollow.
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. Shares Indie with Scarlet Hollow.
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 Scarlet Hollow.
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 and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
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 Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Hollow.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Scarlet Hollow.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Scarlet Hollow
- Is Scarlet Hollow verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Scarlet Hollow 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 Scarlet Hollow cost?
- Scarlet Hollow is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Scarlet Hollow?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scarlet Hollow are Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, Cultist Simulator, To Find A Home.
- Who developed Scarlet Hollow?
- Scarlet Hollow was developed by Black Tabby Games.
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