Games like Stay Still
If Stay Still is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nafanya the Poltergeist, EarWorm and The 5th Door — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Stay Still: Stay Still is a first-person horror adventure based on Vietnamese culture. The gameplay is focused on storytelling, puzzles and avoiding dangerous threats & spirits hunting you. Solve various puzzles, watch your surroundings, and of course survive.
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Nafanya the Poltergeist
WHY THIS
Top pick for Stay Still fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Still.
A game about a house spirit - Houseboy. With the name Nafanya. The player will have to get out of a multi-unit Soviet house, which is run by the Domovoi. To find the way out, you will have to solve riddles from the spirit, and maybe even make friends with him.
EarWorm
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Stay Still fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stay Still.
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
The 5th Door
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Stay Still fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Stay Still.
You find yourself in a quiet room with four doors. There's ALWAYS an anomaly. Choose wisely.
Ghost Frequency
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Stay Still fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Stay Still.
In Ghost Frequency, you are a ghost hunter from PIT - Paranormal Investigation Team. Your mission is to locate a sinister spirit using the EMF Ghost Detector to track paranormal activity, the IR Thermal Camera to reveal hidden entities, and the EVP Digital Recorder to capture eerie voices.
Dead of Night: Supermarket
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Stay Still fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stay Still.
Experience the dread of a midnight shift in a quiet supermarket. As mundane tasks blur with eerie events, discover that the darkness hides more than just silence.
Gate of Souls
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Stay Still fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Still.
I got a job as a night guard. They promise to pay a lot, but for my own safety I have to follow strange rules. As you progress, you'll have to find keys and open locked rooms. A first-person game with elements of horror. Explore the hospital and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight.
嗜憶 Swallow
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Stay Still fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Stay Still.
Swallow is a first-person psychological horror game with a heavy focus on story and exploration. Based on a true story, describe an unsolved case that took place on an isolated island of 20th century England. Players take control of a lighthouse keeper to uncover the truth.
Deadly Quiet
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Stay Still fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Still.
Deadly Quiet is a 4-player co-op asymmetrical horror game set in the eerie Hoia Baciu forest. Featuring a bodycam perspective, your fate depends on your actions and the cooperation of your entire team. But remember to STAY QUIET.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stay Still at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Stay Still on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Still.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Stay Still on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stay Still.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Stay Still on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stay Still.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Stay Still on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Stay Still.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stay Still on Steam right now. Shares Action with Stay Still.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Stay Still on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stay Still.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stay Still on Steam right now. Shares Action with Stay Still.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Stay Still on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stay Still.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 Stay Still.
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 Stay Still.
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 Stay Still.
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 Stay Still.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Stay Still.
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 Stay Still.
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 Stay Still.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Stay Still.
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.).
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More from Tarba Paul Cornel
Other recommendable Steam games by Tarba Paul Cornel, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Psychopathy Assessment
WHY THIS
Another title from Tarba Paul Cornel, the studio behind Stay Still. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Still.
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Stay Still 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Tarba Paul Cornel, the studio behind Stay Still. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Still.
Welcome to Stay Still 2, a spine-chilling first-person survival horror game. Based of the Vietnamese culture, this game unfolds as a daring experiment in which survival seems nearly impossible. Engage in a story gameplay, where puzzles are your key to progress, while surviving various threats.
Psychopath Massacre
WHY THIS
Another title from Tarba Paul Cornel, the studio behind Stay Still. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Still.
George Dinescu kidnapped you in his home in Romania. Get out alive while utilizing a V.H.S camera to film everything that happens inside. Torture, murder, and dismemberment take place inside the house, exposing the frightening legacy of a serial killer's decade of terror.
Christmas Mutilator
WHY THIS
Another title from Tarba Paul Cornel, the studio behind Stay Still. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Still.
Inspired by 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator™ is an immersive horror and home invasion game. Your husband and children are trapped in the storm, you are stuck in a cabin for the holidays. Use every tactic you can to stay alive and get out of your house as a vicious psychopath breaks in.
Deadly Quiet
WHY THIS
Another title from Tarba Paul Cornel, the studio behind Stay Still. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Still.
Deadly Quiet is a 4-player co-op asymmetrical horror game set in the eerie Hoia Baciu forest. Featuring a bodycam perspective, your fate depends on your actions and the cooperation of your entire team. But remember to STAY QUIET.
Frequently asked about Stay Still
- Does Stay Still run on Steam Deck?
- Stay Still 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 Stay Still cost?
- Stay Still is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Stay Still?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stay Still are Nafanya the Poltergeist, EarWorm, The 5th Door.
- Who developed Stay Still?
- Stay Still was developed by Tarba Paul Cornel and published by Galactic Crows, Asylum 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 Stay Still.
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