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Games like Evil Awaits™

If Evil Awaits™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outliver: Tribulation, ForMind and BERENICE: Videogame — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its heavily rewards exploration, 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.

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About Evil Awaits™: Uncover the mystery of Archdale Castle in this Indie Action Survival Horror when an explosion threatens to expose a family curse and a new epidemic

2024ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDWindowsby Chai Games
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Cheesy horror vibes satisfy survival horror itchHeavily rewards explorationLinear level design means youre rarely lostAtmosphericDarkEerie

Players who liked Evil Awaits™ also play

Steam players who put hours into Evil Awaits™ 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. Outliver: Tribulation

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Evil Awaits™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    A dark history comes calling in this "African Mythology meets Survival-Horror and Souls-like" experience! You play as the soldier who mysteriously ends up in a supernatural realm, of which her only way out is to partake in an ancient ritual... or so she believes.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. ForMind

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Evil Awaits™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    The freezing cold of the cryocapsule, the corpses of your colleagues, and the bone-chilling horror of the ocean depths. Due to an unknown catastrophe, the research complex is filled with monsters tearing their way out. Uncover the station’s dark secrets and find a way to safety.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. BERENICE: Videogame

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Evil Awaits™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    Trapped in an ever-shifting palace, a man searches for his lost beloved - but the deeper he goes, the more the world, and his mind, collapse into something else.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. No One Returns

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Evil Awaits™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    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 ↗
  5. Resident Evil 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Awaits™.

    Ranked #5 for Evil Awaits™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Evil Awaits™.

    Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Resident Evil Requiem

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Awaits™.

    Ranked #6 for Evil Awaits™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Evil Awaits™.

    Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.

    2026ActionAdventure69.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Last of Us™ Part I

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Awaits™.

    Ranked #7 for Evil Awaits™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Evil Awaits™.

    Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. REMNANT II®

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Awaits™.

    Ranked #8 for Evil Awaits™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Evil Awaits™.

    REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG49.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Evil Awaits™

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. REMNANT II®

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Awaits™.

    Reviewers of Evil Awaits™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Evil Awaits™.

    REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG49.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Resident Evil 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Awaits™.

    Reviewers of Evil Awaits™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Evil Awaits™.

    Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Awaits™.

    Reviewers of Evil Awaits™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Evil Awaits™.

    Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.

    2018Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Echoes of the Living

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Awaits™.

    Reviewers of Evil Awaits™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bio Goddess : Doomsday Begins

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Awaits™.

    Reviewers of Evil Awaits™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    Bio Goddess: Doomsday Begins is a third-person shooter survival game where players assume the role of a female high school student surviving in a school struck by a biochemical crisis. They investigate the events, uncover their connection to their father, and explore their own identity.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Evil Awaits™ at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Evil Awaits™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

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

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Evil Awaits™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Evil Awaits™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Evil Awaits™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Evil Awaits™.

    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 ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Evil Awaits™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Evil Awaits™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Evil Awaits™.

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

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Evil Awaits™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Evil Awaits™.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Evil Awaits™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 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. Shares Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    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 Evil Awaits™.

    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 and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Evil Awaits™.

    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 ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Evil Awaits™.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Evil Awaits™.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Evil Awaits™.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Evil Awaits™

How much does Evil Awaits™ cost?
Evil Awaits™ is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Evil Awaits™?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Evil Awaits™ are Outliver: Tribulation, ForMind, BERENICE: Videogame.
Who developed Evil Awaits™?
Evil Awaits™ was developed by Chai 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 Evil Awaits™.

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