Games like Outlying Islands
If Outlying Islands is your kind of game, the closest matches are Realization, 戾谈 and Cut to the Core — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and eerie. 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 Outlying Islands: A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
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Realization
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Top pick for Outlying Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
A self-staged arson at a sales center drags you into the murder case of a female sales agent. With both your career and life in shambles, you must find a way to clear your name. The path to the truth is fraught with danger. Can you rise from this abyss and reclaim the reality you once envisioned?
戾谈
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Shares an eerie mood with Outlying Islands.
Second-strongest match for Outlying Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
There is no English version of this game！There is no English version of this game！You wake up in a room full of mysteries, accompanied by a beautiful girl you have met before. In the following time, you will go on a heartbeat journey to the supernatural world with her.
Cut to the Core
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Outlying Islands.
Third-strongest match for Outlying Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
How much of someone can you cut away before there's nothing left? Find out in this chilling kinetic visual novel - IF YOU DARE!
CORPSE FACTORY
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Outlying Islands.
Ranked #4 for Outlying Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
Centum
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Shares point and click, environmental puzzle solving, psychological and an atmospheric mood with Outlying Islands.
Ranked #5 for Outlying Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.
Loretta
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Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Outlying Islands.
Ranked #6 for Outlying Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
蜉蝣之国的囚徒
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Shares psychological and an atmospheric mood with Outlying Islands.
Ranked #7 for Outlying Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
Fourteen from across the world are abruptly abducted to an isolated structure dubbed "Ephemera Manor". They are strangers, but now forced to partake in an ancient and eerie ritual—"the Feather-Burning Rite". A bloodstained drama spanning millennia has silently unfolded...
The Chrono Jotter
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Outlying Islands.
Ranked #8 for Outlying Islands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Outlying Islands at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~89% under Outlying Islands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
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?
GRIS
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Priced ~58% under Outlying Islands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
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.
The Test
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Priced ~78% under Outlying Islands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
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?
LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga
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Priced ~44% under Outlying Islands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
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!
The Room
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Priced ~44% under Outlying Islands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
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.
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~83% under Outlying Islands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~89% under Outlying Islands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
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.
A Short Hike
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Priced ~56% under Outlying Islands on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
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
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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!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
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.
missed messages.
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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.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Outlying Islands.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Outlying Islands
- Does Outlying Islands run on Steam Deck?
- Outlying Islands 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 Outlying Islands cost?
- Outlying Islands is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Outlying Islands?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Outlying Islands are Realization, 戾谈, Cut to the Core.
- Who developed Outlying Islands?
- Outlying Islands was developed by 九指画尸, 线娘 and published by 2P Games.
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