Games like Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
If Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is your kind of game, the closest matches are Amnesia: The Dark Descent, NineHells and SOMA — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautifully creepy atmosphere, voice acting enhances immersion and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is a 2013 first-person horror adventure developed by The Chinese Room and published by Frictional Games. Rather than survival mechanics, the game emphasizes atmospheric storytelling and psychological horror through note-reading, minimal puzzle-solving, and exploration. Set in a dark industrial setting, players navigate a narrative-focused experience at a relaxed pace that takes a short time to complete. Reviewers highlight that the voice acting enhances immersion while players describe the experience as atmospheric, dark, and emotionally resonant. The game supports Steam Deck play, runs on a single-player basis, and holds a Metacritic score of 72 with 65% positive Steam reviews from over 4,300 players at a price of $19.99.
About Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs: From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Top pick for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
NineHells
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Ninehells is a psychological horror first person single player, with an unraveling mystery, enriched with voice acting, and has virtual haunted attraction feeling. You play as Davie a man trying to remember his past while traveling though Hell. Play and find out what in the ninehells is going on!
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Third-strongest match for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Ranked #4 for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Kholat
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Ranked #5 for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Ranked #6 for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Don't Be Afraid 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Ranked #7 for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Don't Be Afraid
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Ranked #8 for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Reviewers of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Reviewers of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
Rebirth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Reviewers of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
You are the survivor of this post-apocalyptic world. You will search for food, gun, and medicine for keeping yourself alive. But it is not that easy. zombies are everywhere. So you have to be careful and alert all the time because they are dangerous. They can smell and feel you.
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Reviewers of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Outlast
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Reviewers of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Reviewers of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
Layers of Fear (2016)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Reviewers of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
Visage
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Reviewers of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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 ~50% under Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs on Steam right now. Shares Action with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
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More from The Chinese Room
Other recommendable Steam games by The Chinese Room, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Still Wakes the Deep
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Shares Action with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
You are the Nomad — an elder vampire awakening from a century-long slumber, new to the modern nights. Trapped in your Blood is a stranger’s voice. This entity, a vampire detective known as Fabien, will be your guide to 21st-century Seattle.
Dear Esther
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
Little Orpheus
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
This definitive edition of the multiple-award-winning hit by master storytellers The Chinese Room is remastered for the big screen and includes all bonus content of the original. A HERO WILL EMERGE!
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 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
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.
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
Kholat
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
Don't Be Afraid 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
Frequently asked about Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
- Does Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs run on Steam Deck?
- Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs 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 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cost?
- Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs are Amnesia: The Dark Descent, NineHells, SOMA.
- Who developed Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs?
- Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs was developed by The Chinese Room and published by Frictional Games.
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