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Games like Eleusis

If Eleusis is your kind of game, the closest matches are Left By Angels, DON'T STOP SMILING and Overlast — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful greek environments, lovecraftian horror twist and atmospheric. 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 Eleusis: Eleusis is a 3d first-person adventure game for Windows developed by Nocturnal Works using the technology of the unreal engine. It takes place in a seemingly abandoned village in Greece where the player character, while trying to seek refuge, finds himself in the center of a whirlwind of mysterious events.

2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDWindowsby Nocturnal works
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Steam players who put hours into Eleusis 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. Left By Angels

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Eleusis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. DON'T STOP SMILING

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Eleusis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Smile—and survive. A first-person “forced-smile” horror game that tracks your facial expression in real time. PC camera required.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  3. Overlast

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Eleusis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Crash land in a haunted forest, stalked by a relentless monster. Explore eerie ruins, solve dark puzzles, and gather mysterious artifacts to escape the nightmare that lurks amongst the forest

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hiding Star

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Eleusis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Single player game with puzzle elements and survival in a mysterious building, where you are chased by a mad attraction - Toothy Jack, who serves Hostess. Use ToyGun to solve puzzles and move forward

    2024IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Mansion Mystery

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Eleusis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Dive into 'Mansion Mystery,' an immersive VR puzzler. In a haunted mansion governed by real-world physics, ignite matches, shatter plates, solve intricate puzzles. Will you unravel the secrets and escape or be trapped forever?

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Amnesia: Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Eleusis.

    Ranked #6 for Eleusis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.

    2020IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cartonfall

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving with Eleusis.

    Ranked #7 for Eleusis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    It was another night shift at your job in a warehouse, when a madman with a box on his head, took control over the complex. Now you are under his control, to get out of here you have to solve his wicked riddles and smash through his weird cardboard structures by using anything you find in the boxes.

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Boiling Steel

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Eleusis.

    Ranked #8 for Eleusis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    "Boiling Steel" - is a sci-fi story-based FPS VR shooter. You are one of many who set off in search of a better life in the distant bastion of scientific progress. Immerse yourself in the thick of events and witness the inexplicable global cataclysm.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Eleusis

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. Penumbra Overture

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Eleusis.

    Reviewers of Eleusis cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

    2009ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Slender: The Arrival

    WHY THIS

    Shares item collection and an atmospheric mood with Eleusis.

    Reviewers of Eleusis cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Eleusis.

    Reviewers of Eleusis cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Eleusis.

    Enter Ravenwood Park and discover the secrets hidden in the mists…

    2014AdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. A列車で行こう8

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Eleusis cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Railroad management and City Development simulation game, A-Train 8 keeps the strong mechanics of the A-Train series with the whole map in 3D for the first time. A game to both control a 3D city, and enjoy watching the landscape you helped create.This game is only available in Japanese.

    2015Simulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Prey

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Eleusis.

    Reviewers of Eleusis cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Eleusis.

    In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

    2017ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Myst

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Eleusis.

    Reviewers of Eleusis cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    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.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. SILENT HILL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Eleusis.

    Reviewers of Eleusis cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Eleusis.

    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.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Eleusis.

    Reviewers of Eleusis cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.

    2025RPG49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Eleusis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eleusis.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Eleusis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eleusis.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Eleusis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Eleusis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eleusis.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Eleusis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Eleusis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eleusis.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Eleusis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Eleusis.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Eleusis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Eleusis.

    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 Adventure with Eleusis.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eleusis.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Eleusis.

    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 ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Eleusis

Does Eleusis work on Steam Deck?
Eleusis is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Eleusis cost?
Eleusis is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Eleusis?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eleusis are Left By Angels, DON'T STOP SMILING, Overlast.
Who developed Eleusis?
Eleusis was developed by Nocturnal works.

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 Eleusis.

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