Games like ASYLUM
If ASYLUM is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Whisperer, Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder and SOMA — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, eerie 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 ASYLUM: An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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Steam players who put hours into ASYLUM 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.
The Whisperer
WHY THIS
Top pick for ASYLUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Second-strongest match for ASYLUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Third-strongest match for ASYLUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
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.
Gray Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Ranked #4 for ASYLUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Still Wakes the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Ranked #5 for ASYLUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
The Land of Pain
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking and an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Ranked #6 for ASYLUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Ranked #7 for ASYLUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
The Coma 3: Bloodlines
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking and an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Ranked #8 for ASYLUM fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Reviewers mention these as similar to ASYLUM
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Scratches - Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Reviewers of ASYLUM cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with ASYLUM.
Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.
Outlast
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ASYLUM cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Serena
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Reviewers of ASYLUM cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization... This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games.
Myst
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Reviewers of ASYLUM cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
AMNESIA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Reviewers of ASYLUM cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
After a series of events now shrouded in mystery, our protagonist - a young man - fell into a coma, losing all recollection of the person he used to be. He is given a clean slate. All that’s left to do now is to carefully and thoroughly investigate every facet of your former self.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ASYLUM at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ASYLUM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ASYLUM.
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 ASYLUM on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ASYLUM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ASYLUM.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ASYLUM on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ASYLUM.
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!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under ASYLUM on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
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 ASYLUM.
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 ASYLUM.
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 ASYLUM.
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 ASYLUM.
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 ASYLUM.
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 ASYLUM.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
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.
Gray Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
The Land of Pain
WHY THIS
Shares backtracking and an atmospheric mood with ASYLUM.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
Frequently asked about ASYLUM
- Is ASYLUM verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — ASYLUM 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 ASYLUM cost?
- ASYLUM is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ASYLUM?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ASYLUM are The Whisperer, Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, SOMA.
- Who developed ASYLUM?
- ASYLUM was developed by Senscape.
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 ASYLUM.
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