Games like The Occultist
If The Occultist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Clown House: Lunacy, Grinnel and Ritual Tides — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative 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 →About The Occultist: The Occultist is a first-person narrative thriller. You play as Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator who travels to an abandoned British island after his father's disappearance. Explore Godstone island, face supernatural entities, and uncover long-buried occult rituals.
Players who liked The Occultist also play
Steam players who put hours into The Occultist 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.
Clown House: Lunacy
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Occultist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
A narrative horror experience where violence is a trap. Unravel the secrets of a derelict mansion and its uncanny clown residents. Solve puzzles. Observe the clowns, deduct their needs and what angers them to survive. And never harm the residents of the Clown House. It has eyes.
Grinnel
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Occultist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
If you stop, the light dies. If you turn, darkness takes over. As a patient trapped in Grinnel, escape this psychological horror nightmare with Dr. Esin. Use your visor in the atmospheric labyrinth and never look back; in this surreal thriller, your gaze is your worst enemy.
Ritual Tides
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Occultist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
Ritual Tides is a story rich, psychological horror game set on the dark, atmospheric, isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, as you fight for survival against Lovecraftian horrors.
Enigma of Fear
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Occultist.
Ranked #4 for The Occultist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
Supernormal
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Occultist.
Ranked #5 for The Occultist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
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.
Alone in the Dark
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Occultist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Occultist.
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
The Séance of Blake Manor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Occultist.
Ranked #7 for The Occultist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Occultist.
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.
The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Occultist.
Ranked #8 for The Occultist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Occultist.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Occultist
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SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Occultist.
Reviewers of The Occultist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Occultist.
Reviewers of The Occultist cross-mention this title as a similar play.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Occultist.
Reviewers of The Occultist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Occultist.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Occultist.
Reviewers of The Occultist cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Occultist.
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 The Occultist at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under The Occultist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Occultist.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Occultist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Occultist.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Occultist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Occultist on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Occultist.
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.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Occultist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Occultist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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 The Occultist.
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 Action and Adventure with The Occultist.
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 Action and Indie with The Occultist.
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 The Occultist.
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 The Occultist.
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 Action and Indie with The Occultist.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Occultist.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Occultist.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about The Occultist
- Does The Occultist work on Steam Deck?
- The Occultist is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does The Occultist cost?
- The Occultist is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Occultist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Occultist are Clown House: Lunacy, Grinnel, Ritual Tides.
- Who developed The Occultist?
- The Occultist was developed by DALOAR and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
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 Occultist.
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