Rank 01Why this
Shares hidden object search and environmental storytelling with Carnival.
- $4.49 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
Games like Carnival
- 19 games
- Updated May 5, 2026
Players who liked Carnival also play
The closest matches to Carnival: Abscission, An English Haunting, The Dark Rites of Arkham, The Last Door - Collector's Edition, and ASYLUM. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Shares environmental storytelling and point and click with Carnival.
- $9.79 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2024
Rank 03Why this
Shares point and click adventure and point and click with Carnival.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2026
Rank 04 
The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Carnival.
Rank 05 
ASYLUM
Why this: Shares environmental storytelling with Carnival.
Rank 06 
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
Why this: Shares narrative driven and hidden object search with Carnival.
Rank 07 
Shadows of the Afterland
Why this: Shares point and click and dialogue choices with Carnival.
Rank 08 
Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
Why this: Shares point and click adventure with Carnival.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Carnival
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- 1Abscission
Shares hidden object search and environmental storytelling with Carnival.
- 92% of 87 reviews
- 2An English Haunting
Shares environmental storytelling and point and click with Carnival.
- 96% of 247 reviews
- 3The Dark Rites of Arkham
Shares point and click adventure and point and click with Carnival.
- 97% of 276 reviews
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- 6Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
Shares narrative driven and hidden object search with Carnival.
- 96% of 119 reviews
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- 8Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
Shares point and click adventure with Carnival.
- 64% of 55 reviews
- 9Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Shares environmental storytelling and branching narrative with Carnival.
- 89% of 356 reviews
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- 12The Supper: New Blood
Shares point and click adventure and environmental storytelling with Carnival.
- 90% of 60 reviews
- 13STASIS: BONE TOTEM
Shares environmental storytelling and puzzle solving with Carnival.
- 93% of 1,376 reviews
- 14The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Shares point and click adventure and puzzle solving with Carnival.
- 93% of 1,857 reviews
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- Released: 2025
- Developer: Beyond Booleans
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 100% of 47 reviews
- Genres: Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Atmospheric lovecraftian horror with folk horror elements
- Beautiful ambient soundtrack and evocative pixel art
- Blurs disturbing scenes with pixel art
- Atmospheric
- Dark
- Eerie
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Why this: Shares environmental storytelling with Carnival.
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Carnival.
Beholder 2
Why this: Shares multiple endings with Carnival.
Fran Bow
Why this: Shares narrative driven and point and click with Carnival.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ASYLUM
Why this: Shares environmental storytelling with Carnival.
Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
Why this: Shares narrative driven and hidden object search with Carnival.
Shadows of the Afterland
Why this: Shares point and click and dialogue choices with Carnival.
About Carnival
The closest matches to Carnival: Abscission, An English Haunting, The Dark Rites of Arkham, The Last Door - Collector's Edition, and ASYLUM. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Carnival is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abscission, An English Haunting and The Dark Rites of Arkham — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, dark and eerie, and single out its branching narrative and dialogue choices. 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.
About Carnival: Carnival is an atmospheric folk horror point-&-click featuring low-resolution pixel art graphics, locations drawn from Venice itself, and developing relationships with NPCs, allowing the player to influence events in the game and achieve multiple different endings.
Is Carnival worth buying?
Too few reviews to call
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- Only 47 Steam reviews so far, not enough to judge.
- Price when we last checked (Oct 3): $11.99. Check Steam for today's price.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Atmospheric lovecraftian horror with folk horror elements
- Beautiful ambient soundtrack and evocative pixel art
- Blurs disturbing scenes with pixel art
- Creepy immersive atmosphere
People who play it also play: Abscission, An English Haunting, The Dark Rites of Arkham
Frequently asked about Carnival
Can I run it?
Does Carnival run on Steam Deck?
Carnival is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
What games are most similar to Carnival?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Carnival are Abscission, An English Haunting, The Dark Rites of Arkham.
Who developed Carnival?
Carnival was developed by Beyond Booleans.