Games like Violet
If Violet is your kind of game, the closest matches are TRAUMA Broken Paradise, Coralina and A Space for the Unbound — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Violet: Twenty years have passed, but some scars never heal... Echoes of a forgotten past call your name. Do you dare to listen, Catherine? With nods to classic survival horror, brace yourself for an unforgettable journey through Markwell Castle.
Players who liked Violet also play
Steam players who put hours into Violet 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.
TRAUMA Broken Paradise
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint system, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Violet.
Top pick for Violet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Violet.
A childhood stolen by brutality, a mind shattered by loss... In the ruins of a forgotten past, Sophia Markwell searches for the truth—will the ghosts of her parents’ murder lead her to redemption, or deeper into madness? And who’s Catherine?
Coralina
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Violet.
Second-strongest match for Violet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Violet.
A RETRO RPG about lost MEMORIES in the LIMBO! Coralina needs to solve cases, alongside a Crow with a tophat.
A Space for the Unbound
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Violet.
Third-strongest match for Violet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Violet.
A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats.
INDIKA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Violet.
Ranked #4 for Violet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Violet.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Psychonauts 2
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting with Violet.
Ranked #5 for Violet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Violet.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
Spec Ops: The Line
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Violet.
Ranked #6 for Violet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Violet.
A Third-Person modern military Shooter designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations.
Devil's Hunt
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Violet.
Ranked #7 for Violet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Violet.
The war between Demons and Angels takes you to hell and back in Devil’s Hunt. Play as Desmond in this third-person action adventure game, as he discovers his demonic powers with the fate of the world hanging in the balance of the greatest conflict known to humankind.
DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Violet.
Ranked #8 for Violet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Violet.
Hell has invaded Earth, and to save it, you must battle mightier demons with even more powerful weapons. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) introduced players to the brutal Super Shotgun, the infamous Icon of Sin boss, and more intense FPS action.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Violet
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Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Violet.
Reviewers of Violet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Violet.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
SILENT HILL 2
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, exploration and an atmospheric mood with Violet.
Reviewers of Violet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Violet.
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.
DreadOut
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Violet.
Reviewers of Violet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Violet.
DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.
Hunting grounds
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Violet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Violet.
Hunting grounds - Take on a fleet of space pirates as you pilot your starship in this arcade shoot'em up! Blow up enemies and collect bonuses in the vastness of the vast space and break new score records. How far can you go on this adventure?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Violet at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Violet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Violet.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Violet on Steam right now. Shares Action with Violet.
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 ~47% under Violet on Steam right now. Shares Action with Violet.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Violet on Steam right now. Shares Action with Violet.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Violet on Steam right now. Shares Action with Violet.
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 ~63% under Violet on Steam right now. Shares Action with Violet.
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.
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.
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 Violet.
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 with Violet.
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 Adventure with Violet.
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 Adventure with Violet.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
‘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
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
TRAUMA Broken Paradise
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint system, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Violet.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Violet.
A childhood stolen by brutality, a mind shattered by loss... In the ruins of a forgotten past, Sophia Markwell searches for the truth—will the ghosts of her parents’ murder lead her to redemption, or deeper into madness? And who’s Catherine?
A Space for the Unbound
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Violet.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Violet.
A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats.
INDIKA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Violet.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Violet.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Violet.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Violet.
Hell has invaded Earth, and to save it, you must battle mightier demons with even more powerful weapons. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) introduced players to the brutal Super Shotgun, the infamous Icon of Sin boss, and more intense FPS action.
Frequently asked about Violet
- Is Violet verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Violet is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Violet cost?
- Violet is listed on Steam at 18.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Violet?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Violet are TRAUMA Broken Paradise, Coralina, A Space for the Unbound.
- Who developed Violet?
- Violet was developed by OneManOnly Studios.
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 Violet.
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