Games like The Telephone
If The Telephone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bloody Ink, Cyberpunk Horror and PhobLack — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and immersive. 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 Telephone: The Telephone is a first-person psychological horror game that will transport you to a world governed by anxiety. You will have to explore the house in which you are locked and the mysterious town of Lonely Plain, searching for clues that can help Roberta regain her memory.
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Bloody Ink
WHY THIS
Shares survival management, inventory management and atmospheric with The Telephone.
Top pick for The Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Dive into a realm where time twists and shadows whisper secrets. Solve enigmatic puzzles, unearth Luca's past, and confront your deepest fears. Engage vocally to shape your destiny. Stay in the light, stay quiet, and survive the relentless pursuit of the Time Man.
Cyberpunk Horror
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Cyberpunk Horror - is a first-person horror game that conveys a real atmosphere of horror in a cyberpunk setting.
PhobLack
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
"I'm here to stay. But if I don't assert my presence, no one will notice me." PhobLack is a horror adventure game in which you explore a haunted ruin. In a dark and enclosed mansion, restore the ability to communicate with the outside world in order to call for rescue.
What Happened to Lily?
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Telephone.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
Who Knocks
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Who Knocks is a first person psychological horror game that will make your nightmares come true. You have just moved into a new home. Welcome the presences that will knock at your door. Solve puzzles, explore the environment and fight your nightmares.
Lost Luminosity
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Telephone.
The inheritance following his mother’s death turns into a series of mysterious events for Sam. Neighbors are complaining about strange noises and unexplained phenomena in the empty apartment. Intrigued, he decides to investigate what’s going on there himself.
Life after Death
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with The Telephone.
Ranked #7 for The Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Do you remember the scares that chased you in childhood? How did your limbs shake with fear, take your breath away, and you couldn't do anything about it? I invite you to live it all over again!
Save Twiks
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Telephone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Telephone.
“Save Twiks” - psychological horror from the first person. The Kitten named Twiks us lost in a giant train and you will have to go though real horror to find it. “Did you hear this? I think he just meowed in next car”.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Telephone at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Telephone.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under The Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Telephone.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Telephone.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under The Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Telephone.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Telephone.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Telephone on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Telephone.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
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 Telephone.
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 Telephone.
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 Telephone.
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 Telephone.
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 The Telephone.
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 Telephone.
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 Telephone.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Telephone.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Daniele Doesn't Matter
Other recommendable Steam games by Daniele Doesn't Matter, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Lost Alone Ep.1 - Sorellina
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Telephone.
Another title from Daniele Doesn't Matter, the studio behind The Telephone. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Growing up with his paternal grandmother, George emerges from the spiral of alcohol addiction by meeting his fiancée Hanna. But his childhood traumas will soon return to haunt him, pushing him into the abyss of despair.
Lost Alone Ep.2 - Paparino
WHY THIS
Shares jump scare triggering and an atmospheric mood with The Telephone.
Another title from Daniele Doesn't Matter, the studio behind The Telephone. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
After the events of Lost Alone EP.1 - Little Sister, George continues his nightmare, awakening in a house unknown to him. The horrors he experienced and tried to drown in alcohol are coming back to the surface.
Lost Alone Ep.3 - Nonnina
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with The Telephone.
Another title from Daniele Doesn't Matter, the studio behind The Telephone. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Responsible for the deaths of his girlfriend and sister, George is an alcoholic with a stormy past. Raised by a serial killer, George's life ends in suicide. But his story starts right from the end...
Who Knocks
WHY THIS
Another title from Daniele Doesn't Matter, the studio behind The Telephone. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Who Knocks is a first person psychological horror game that will make your nightmares come true. You have just moved into a new home. Welcome the presences that will knock at your door. Solve puzzles, explore the environment and fight your nightmares.
Lost Alone Ultimate
WHY THIS
Shares survival management, environmental storytelling and atmospheric with The Telephone.
Another title from Daniele Doesn't Matter, the studio behind The Telephone. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Lost Alone Ultimate is a first-person psychological horror game designed to convey anxiety, distress, and terror. You will have to explore three different houses, avoid staying in the dark, and face moments of fear that will not give you respite.
Bloody Ink
WHY THIS
Shares survival management, inventory management and atmospheric with The Telephone.
Another title from Daniele Doesn't Matter, the studio behind The Telephone. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Dive into a realm where time twists and shadows whisper secrets. Solve enigmatic puzzles, unearth Luca's past, and confront your deepest fears. Engage vocally to shape your destiny. Stay in the light, stay quiet, and survive the relentless pursuit of the Time Man.
Scary Shadow Spot - Last Farewell
WHY THIS
Another title from Daniele Doesn't Matter, the studio behind The Telephone. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Scary Shadow Spot: Last Farewell - Haunted by his past, Mark explores a haunted house where nothing is as it seems. Chilling puzzles and shocking truths await. Are you ready to uncover the mystery hidden in the shadows?
Scary Shadow Spot - Bitter Glass
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and atmospheric with The Telephone.
Another title from Daniele Doesn't Matter, the studio behind The Telephone. Shares Action and Indie with The Telephone.
Scary Shadow Spot: Bitter Glass. Without memory, John Doe wanders the desert until he finds refuge in a haunted saloon. The ghosts of the past demand justice, and every clue brings him closer to an unsettling truth. Are you ready to uncover the secret of the Bitter Glass?
Frequently asked about The Telephone
- Does The Telephone run on Steam Deck?
- The Telephone 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 The Telephone cost?
- The Telephone is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Telephone?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Telephone are Bloody Ink, Cyberpunk Horror, PhobLack.
- Who developed The Telephone?
- The Telephone was developed by Daniele Doesn't Matter and published by Doesn't Matter Games.
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