Games like Welcome to Kowloon
If Welcome to Kowloon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Don't Play This, Psalm 5:9-13 and Lair of Torment — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its affordable short horror experience, atmospheric and dark. 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 Welcome to Kowloon: This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
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Don't Play This
WHY THIS
Top pick for Welcome to Kowloon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.
Psalm 5:9-13
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Welcome to Kowloon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Lair of Torment
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Welcome to Kowloon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Welcome to Kowloon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!
Abandoned Souls
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Welcome to Kowloon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
From The Darkness
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Welcome to Kowloon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
9 Childs Street
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Welcome to Kowloon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
This is a first-person indie horror game. In 9 Childs Street you will find the terrifying atmosphere of a recently abandoned house, and its captive inhabitants, through the eyes of a curious little boy in a red cap.
Locked Up
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Welcome to Kowloon.
Ranked #8 for Welcome to Kowloon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
The game “Locked Up" is the first project developed in 2020 by the studio EMIKA_GAMES consisting of one person.
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Welcome to Kowloon
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SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, exploration and an atmospheric mood with Welcome to Kowloon.
Reviewers of Welcome to Kowloon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
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.
The Cat Lady
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Welcome to Kowloon.
Reviewers of Welcome to Kowloon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Welcome to Kowloon cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Welcome to Kowloon.
Reviewers of Welcome to Kowloon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
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.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Welcome to Kowloon.
Reviewers of Welcome to Kowloon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Visage
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Welcome to Kowloon.
Reviewers of Welcome to Kowloon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
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.
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Welcome to Kowloon.
Reviewers of Welcome to Kowloon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Maid of Sker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Welcome to Kowloon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Welcome to Kowloon at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Welcome to Kowloon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Welcome to Kowloon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Welcome to Kowloon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Welcome to Kowloon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
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 ~79% under Welcome to Kowloon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
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 ~86% under Welcome to Kowloon on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Welcome to Kowloon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Welcome to Kowloon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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 Welcome to Kowloon.
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 Welcome to Kowloon.
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 Welcome to Kowloon.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
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 Welcome to Kowloon.
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 Welcome to Kowloon.
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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Psalm 5:9-13
WHY THIS
Another title from a1esska, the studio behind Welcome to Kowloon. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
"Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.
Don't Play This
WHY THIS
Another title from a1esska, the studio behind Welcome to Kowloon. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.
Lair of Torment
WHY THIS
Another title from a1esska, the studio behind Welcome to Kowloon. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター]
WHY THIS
Another title from a1esska, the studio behind Welcome to Kowloon. Shares Indie with Welcome to Kowloon.
Gift Collector [ギフトコレクター] - this is a New Year's horror game from the first person, in the Japanese style and genre of walking simulator. Collect gifts and make the kids happy on New Year's Eve. But don't forget that Midnight is a time of miracles!
Psalm 2
WHY THIS
Another title from a1esska, the studio behind Welcome to Kowloon. Shares Indie and Adventure with Welcome to Kowloon.
First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.
Frequently asked about Welcome to Kowloon
- Does Welcome to Kowloon work on Steam Deck?
- Welcome to Kowloon is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Welcome to Kowloon cost?
- Welcome to Kowloon is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Welcome to Kowloon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Welcome to Kowloon are Don't Play This, Psalm 5:9-13, Lair of Torment.
- Who developed Welcome to Kowloon?
- Welcome to Kowloon was developed by a1esska, Notex, N4bA and published by N4bA, Notex, a1esska.
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