Games like The Derailed
If The Derailed is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Derailed: Devour the Harvest, Uncanny Tales: Cold Road and The Beast Inside — 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 The Derailed: The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.
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The Derailed: Devour the Harvest
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Top pick for The Derailed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Derailed.
The Derailed: Devour the Harvest - a standalone story set in the world of The Derailed. While investigating a mass disappearance, you find yourself at an abandoned factory. Answers lie within - but they come at a high price. Are you ready?
Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
WHY THIS
Shares hidden object search, environmental storytelling and atmospheric with The Derailed.
Second-strongest match for The Derailed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.
The Beast Inside
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Shares exploration and an atmospheric mood with The Derailed.
Third-strongest match for The Derailed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
Welcome to Kowloon
WHY THIS
Shares jump scares, environmental storytelling and atmospheric with The Derailed.
Ranked #4 for The Derailed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
Scorn
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with The Derailed.
Ranked #5 for The Derailed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Gray Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Derailed.
Ranked #6 for The Derailed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Still Wakes the Deep
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Derailed.
Ranked #7 for The Derailed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares jump scares and a dark mood with The Derailed.
Ranked #8 for The Derailed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Derailed.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Derailed at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~84% under The Derailed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~52% under The Derailed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Derailed.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~41% under The Derailed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
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 ~68% under The Derailed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~76% under The Derailed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
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 ~84% under The Derailed on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Derailed.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under The Derailed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Derailed.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under The Derailed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Derailed.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Derailed.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Derailed.
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. Shares Indie with The Derailed.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Derailed.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Derailed.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Derailed.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Scorn
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with The Derailed.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Gray Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The Derailed.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Derailed.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares jump scares and a dark mood with The Derailed.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with The Derailed.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Frequently asked about The Derailed
- Does The Derailed run on Steam Deck?
- The Derailed 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 The Derailed cost?
- The Derailed is listed on Steam at 6.29 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Derailed?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Derailed are The Derailed: Devour the Harvest, Uncanny Tales: Cold Road, The Beast Inside.
- Who developed The Derailed?
- The Derailed was developed by Deformed Dreams Studio.
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