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Games like Silenus

If Silenus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, SOMA and That Dragon, Cancer — 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 Silenus: Uncover the secrets of an oil refinery operated by an obscure organization in this short, atmospheric narrative adventure.

AdventureWindows · macOSby Geography of Robots
Silenus — Steam game cover

Players who liked Silenus also play

Steam players who put hours into Silenus 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. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

    WHY THIS

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

    From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. SOMA

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. That Dragon, Cancer

    WHY THIS

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

    An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dead Take

    WHY THIS

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

    Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

    2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Blair Witch

    WHY THIS

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

    A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

    2019IndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    WHY THIS

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

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Mundaun

    WHY THIS

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

    Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure16.99 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.

    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 Silenus.

    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.

    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 Adventure with Silenus.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. 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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Silenus.

    From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. SOMA

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Silenus.

    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.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. That Dragon, Cancer

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Silenus.

    An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dead Take

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Silenus.

    Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

    2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Mundaun

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Silenus.

    Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Silenus.

    Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Silenus

What games are most similar to Silenus?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Silenus are Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, SOMA, That Dragon, Cancer.
Who developed Silenus?
Silenus was developed by Geography of Robots.

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 Silenus.

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