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Games like The Unknown Fear

If The Unknown Fear is your kind of game, the closest matches are BOKKIE, Black Cat and Into Death and Beyond — picked from the ranked list below. 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 The Unknown Fear: The Unknown Fear is about a prisoner, sentenced to death, that had his memory deleted. His only chance of changing his life is by retrieving a file on the main computer of a secret settlement. Will you be able to get a new life or will the imprisoned creature in the settlement devour your body?

2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDWindowsby After Lapsus
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Steam players who put hours into The Unknown Fear 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. BOKKIE

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Unknown Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    Dare to enter the world of "BOKKIE" where the line between childhood innocence and supernatural terror is blurred, and every corner hides a secret waiting to be unveiled. Will you brave the haunting whispers of the abandoned toys, or succumb to the darkness that lurks within?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Black Cat

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Unknown Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    This game is based on the story of Edgar Allan Poe and was created to convey a unique atmosphere of horror and hopelessness. This is a terrible story about man, who standed on the path of cruelty and learned all the facets of madness.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Into Death and Beyond

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Unknown Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    Into Death and Beyond is a gripping first-person survival horror game set on the hostile planet XB32-ENT. As bounty hunter Mark Helkins, scavenge for resources, solve puzzles, and confront terrifying mutants. Unravel dark secrets and capture a rogue alien before it hunts you down. Will you survive?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. DO NOT OPEN

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Unknown Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Unknown Fear.

    DO NOT OPEN is a terrifying short and paced first-person escape-room experience, based on randomness in puzzle combinations, and classic survival-horror mechanics. Each game will contain different rooms and puzzle combination, being different to solve.

    2022ActionAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Pyromaniac

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Unknown Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sniper Killer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Unknown Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    Eliminate your victims as a serial killer dubbed ‘The Sniper Killer’. Terrorize the city with your keen eye and thirst for blood while staying one step ahead of a detective hell bent on bringing you to justice.

    2024ActionIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Deadness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Unknown Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Unknown Fear.

    Deadness is a VR game of the horror genre that will literally knock you off your feet. Experience real fear and anxiety helplessly confined to a wheelchair in a super-realistic VR environment. Not for the faint of heart! This is no game anymore!

    2022ActionAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Maid of Sker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Unknown Fear fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    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!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Unknown Fear on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Unknown Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Unknown Fear.

    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 ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Unknown Fear on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Unknown Fear.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Unknown Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Unknown Fear on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Unknown Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Unknown Fear on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Unknown Fear on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Unknown Fear.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

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 The Unknown Fear.

    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 Action and Adventure with The Unknown Fear.

    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. 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 Unknown Fear.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Unknown Fear.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 The Unknown Fear.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Unknown Fear.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Unknown Fear.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Unknown Fear

How much does The Unknown Fear cost?
The Unknown Fear is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Unknown Fear?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Unknown Fear are BOKKIE, Black Cat, Into Death and Beyond.
Who developed The Unknown Fear?
The Unknown Fear was developed by After Lapsus.

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 The Unknown Fear.

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