Rank 01Why this
Shares puzzle solving with The Forgotten Ones.
- $24.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2019
Games like The Forgotten Ones
- 11 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to The Forgotten Ones: The Beast Inside, Outlast, Penumbra Overture, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Granny Remake. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 03- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2009
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Granny Remake
Why this: Shares inventory management and puzzle solving with The Forgotten Ones.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Why this: Also Zombies and Survival Horror, like The Forgotten Ones.
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Cry of Fear
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Forgotten Ones.
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Nightmare of Decay
Why this: Shares stamina system and puzzle solving with The Forgotten Ones.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Forgotten Ones
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- 5Granny Remake
Shares inventory management and puzzle solving with The Forgotten Ones.
- 76% of 470 reviews
- 6Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Also Zombies and Survival Horror, like The Forgotten Ones.
- 94% of 25,574 reviews
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Shares stamina system and puzzle solving with The Forgotten Ones.
- 96% of 2,813 reviews
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Also World War II and Zombies, like The Forgotten Ones.
- 92% of 4,107 reviews
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- Released: 2014
- Developer: Bernt Andreas Eide
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 54% of 986 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Free To Play
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Constant feeling of being watched
- Free to play with substantial content
- Puzzles require cleverness
- Atmospheric
- Eerie
- Mysterious
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Why this: Shares inventory management and puzzle solving with The Forgotten Ones.
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Why this: Shares puzzle solving with The Forgotten Ones.
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Why this: Also Zombies and Survival Horror, like The Forgotten Ones.
About The Forgotten Ones
The closest matches to The Forgotten Ones: The Beast Inside, Outlast, Penumbra Overture, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Granny Remake. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Forgotten Ones is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Beast Inside, Outlast and Penumbra Overture — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, eerie and mysterious, and single out its inventory management and puzzle solving. 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 The Forgotten Ones: Losing his parents during the holocaust to a mad man of a doctor. You're to play as Grobuskna Vladinov, 20 years after the incident that changed his life dramatically. Grobuskna receives an unknown phone call that'll start a journey that'll twist your mind...
Is The Forgotten Ones worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 54% of 986 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.5 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Constant feeling of being watched
- Free to play with substantial content
- Puzzles require cleverness
- Resident evil inspired soundtrack
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Trash game fans, please, ignore the belows. I'm usually not critical about the games here. Indeed. Never. But it's not that. It',s just a joke. Not funny, rather... Ridiculous. I really don't know how it's got to my Steam library, so I…”
“This is basically a Loading Screen Simulator. It's not scary, has no suspense, just very tedious, boring, often unexplained puzzles where you get sent to one room to find one item, to use on an item 8 rooms away, to use on another item 6…”
People who play it also play: The Beast Inside, Outlast, Penumbra Overture
Frequently asked about The Forgotten Ones
Can I run it?
Does The Forgotten Ones run on Steam Deck?
The Forgotten Ones is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is The Forgotten Ones free to play?
Yes — The Forgotten Ones is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to The Forgotten Ones?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Forgotten Ones are The Beast Inside, Outlast, Penumbra Overture.
Who developed The Forgotten Ones?
The Forgotten Ones was developed by Bernt Andreas Eide.