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Games like Secret Files: Sam Peters

If Secret Files: Sam Peters is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lost Horizon, Secret Files 3 and A New Beginning - Final Cut — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its gorgeous background art, nostalgic secret files vibe 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 Secret Files: Sam Peters: Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster - cryptozoologists are trying to track these creatures down and research them. One also appears in the legends of the Ashanti people in Ghana. These tell of human-like creatures that lurk in the trees at night and take their victims off to their caves to suck their blood: the...

2013Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Animation Arts
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Steam players who put hours into Secret Files: Sam Peters 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. Lost Horizon

    WHY THIS

    Shares hotspot highlighting, inventory combination and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Top pick for Secret Files: Sam Peters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could...

    2010Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Secret Files 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory combination and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Second-strongest match for Secret Files: Sam Peters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    The bestselling Secret Files franchise celebrates its return! The dream couple Max and Nina have announced their forthcoming wedding.

    2012Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. A New Beginning - Final Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Third-strongest match for Secret Files: Sam Peters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Still Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Ranked #4 for Secret Files: Sam Peters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Still Life 2 also now available!

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Still Life 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Ranked #5 for Secret Files: Sam Peters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Who is hiding behind Mr. X? Still Life 2 reveals the long-awaited ending of Still Life and spells a new investigation for Agent Victoria McPherson. In Fall 2008, Victoria is sent to Maine where Ellen Dunnigan's body has just been found.

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Dark Eye: Memoria

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Ranked #6 for Secret Files: Sam Peters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    In Memoria, players travel through different time periods, following two distinct protagonists: Sadja, a southern princess who wants to be a war hero, and Geron, a bird catcher who wants to lift a curse from his girlfriend.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Resonance

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Ranked #7 for Secret Files: Sam Peters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.

    2012IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Violett Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Shares hint system and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Ranked #8 for Secret Files: Sam Peters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Dragged by her parents, a young and rebellious teenage girl – Violett, moves to an old spooky house in the middle of nowhere. Forced away from her friends and life in the city; she imagines how boring life in countryside will be: spending day after day, bored in her room with absolutely nothing to do.

    2013IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Secret Files: Sam Peters

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. Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory combination and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Reviewers of Secret Files: Sam Peters cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    The sequel to the award winning adventure hit Secret Files Tunguska. Famine in Africa, floods in Southeast Asia, economic crisis in Europe, and civil wars in South America, the world is on the brink of disaster.

    2009Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Secret Files 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory combination and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Reviewers of Secret Files: Sam Peters cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    The bestselling Secret Files franchise celebrates its return! The dream couple Max and Nina have announced their forthcoming wedding.

    2012Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. JurassicDragon and the Binary Relic

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Secret Files: Sam Peters cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    JurassicDragon and the Binary Relic invites the player to explore the secrets of the museum and to escape the grovelling fiend. dodge, press and explore the mysterious facility to find what is lurking within.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Secret Files: Sam Peters at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Secret Files: Sam Peters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Secret Files: Sam Peters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Secret Files: Sam Peters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Secret Files: Sam Peters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!

    2009Adventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Room

    WHY THIS

    Shares hint system and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Priced ~50% under Secret Files: Sam Peters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.

    2014IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~85% under Secret Files: Sam Peters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Secret Files: Sam Peters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Secret Files: Sam Peters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    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 ↗
  2. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

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

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Supper

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Samsara Room

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Children of Clay

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗

More from Animation Arts

Other recommendable Steam games by Animation Arts, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Lost Horizon

    WHY THIS

    Shares hotspot highlighting, inventory combination and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Another title from Animation Arts, the studio behind Secret Files: Sam Peters. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could...

    2010Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Secret Files: Tunguska

    WHY THIS

    Shares hotspot highlighting, inventory combination and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Another title from Animation Arts, the studio behind Secret Files: Sam Peters. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Unravel one of the greatest mysteries of our time! On the 30th June 1908 an explosion with the combined energy of 2000 Hiroshima bombs rocked the region of Tunguska in Central Siberia and felled over 6,000 square km of trees. The explosion could be heard from as far as 1,000km away.

    2009Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Monolith

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Another title from Animation Arts, the studio behind Secret Files: Sam Peters. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.

    2023IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory combination and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Another title from Animation Arts, the studio behind Secret Files: Sam Peters. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    The sequel to the award winning adventure hit Secret Files Tunguska. Famine in Africa, floods in Southeast Asia, economic crisis in Europe, and civil wars in South America, the world is on the brink of disaster.

    2009Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Secret Files 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory combination and an atmospheric mood with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Another title from Animation Arts, the studio behind Secret Files: Sam Peters. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    The bestselling Secret Files franchise celebrates its return! The dream couple Max and Nina have announced their forthcoming wedding.

    2012Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Preston Sterling

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Animation Arts, the studio behind Secret Files: Sam Peters. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Preston Sterling and the Legend of Excalibur is the first episode of an adventure series that will transport you into the world of English myths and legends. Tackle tricky puzzles and enjoy an exciting story, lovable characters and stunning scenes and locations!

    2016IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Gabby's Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Animation Arts, the studio behind Secret Files: Sam Peters. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    Embark on a journey through the fantastical world of Larion in this action-adventure inspired by timeless classics of the genre. Solve clever puzzles, overcome perilous dungeons, and unlock new abilities — while discovering that imagination is not a weakness, but a force that can change everything.

    2027ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Secret Files: Tunguska - Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Animation Arts, the studio behind Secret Files: Sam Peters. Shares Adventure with Secret Files: Sam Peters.

    The award-winning adventure classic returns as a remaster with modernized visuals and updated technology. Join Nina and Max on a globe-spanning investigation filled with puzzles, conspiracies, and danger – and uncover the secret of Tunguska that changes everything!

    2026AdventureSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Secret Files: Sam Peters

Does Secret Files: Sam Peters run on Steam Deck?
Secret Files: Sam Peters 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 Secret Files: Sam Peters cost?
Secret Files: Sam Peters is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Secret Files: Sam Peters?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Secret Files: Sam Peters are Lost Horizon, Secret Files 3, A New Beginning - Final Cut.
Who developed Secret Files: Sam Peters?
Secret Files: Sam Peters was developed by Animation Arts and published by Ravenscourt.

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