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Games like Amenti

If Amenti is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Lightkeeper, I MUST FIND HER and Down the shaft — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its anxious, atmospheric and dark. 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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Amenti is a first-person adventure horror game set in the Great Pyramids of ancient Egypt, developed and published by Darkphobia Games in 2025. Players take on the role of a photographer documenting Pharaoh Rudamon's remains who becomes trapped by a sinister curse awakening within the tomb. The game features environmental-puzzle-solving, inventory-based puzzles, light-based challenges, hidden collectibles, and first-person exploration across detailed corridors. Reviewers highlight that the ancient Egyptian setting feels authentic with atmospheric lighting, and players describe the experience as eerie, mysterious, and anxious. Jump-scares are described as relentless and well-timed by players. The game runs approximately 1-2 hours and is currently priced at $6.99 USD with an 81% positive rating from over 1,000 Steam reviews. It does not support Steam Deck and is designed for solo play in short sessions.

About Amenti: A photographer enters the Great Pyramids to photograph Pharaoh Rudamon’s remains, but is soon overwhelmed by a sinister curse, as the ancient tomb awakens dark forces that claw at his sanity.

2025Adventure6.99 USDWindowsby Darkphobia Games
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Ancient egyptian setting feels authenticCreepy egyptian pyramid setting with detailed corridorsEffective jumpscares and atmospheric lightingAnxiousAtmosphericDark

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Steam players who put hours into Amenti 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. The Lightkeeper

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with Amenti.

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

    Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

    2025IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. I MUST FIND HER

    WHY THIS

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

    April 27, 1986 — during the mass evacuation of the city of Pripyat, a bus convoy with residents of the city disappears. Oleg Suvorov goes in search of the missing convoy to FIND his little daughter, who was on one of the missing buses

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Down the shaft

    WHY THIS

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

    Down the Shaft is a first person horror game where you take on the duty to keep an Elder God forever contain within the cave. In order to do that, you must keep the machines that maim them active. But beware, their minions are on the loose and they won't let you do your job so easy.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  4. Dire Echo

    WHY THIS

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

    Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.09 USDSteam ↗
  5. Mother Zina

    WHY THIS

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

    You’re a journalist who came to Russia for a report. After renting an apartment from Zinaida Petrovna, you quickly realize she’s hiding something - and this place isn’t meant for random tenants. To get out, you’ll have to dig into her past - and keep your sanity.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Nightmare Hospital

    WHY THIS

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

    Nightmare Hospital is a fast-paced horror game focused on chase sequences. You will play as a patient, encountering various entities in the hospital, and understanding and deciphering their rules is the only way to safely leave the hospital.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  7. HouseWarming

    WHY THIS

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

    Brian Lewis buys an old house, hoping for a quiet and orderly life. But on the very first night, the house begins to behave strangely... What starts as a harmless incident slowly turns into something far more terrifying... What if someone else is inside?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation5.94 USDSteam ↗
  8. Obey the Voice™

    WHY THIS

    Shares stealth, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Amenti.

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

    You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

    2026IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Amenti

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Amenti.

    Reviewers of Amenti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Outlast

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Amenti.

    Reviewers of Amenti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slender: The Arrival

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Amenti.

    Reviewers of Amenti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Graveyard Shift

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Amenti.

    Reviewers of Amenti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Guarding the graveyard shift is often considered one of the most terrifying jobs globally, but night guarding at Whispering Winds Cemetery surpasses any other cemetery in horror! Being Night Security in this place will turn into a nightmare for you that you may never forget.

    2023IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Lightkeeper

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with Amenti.

    Reviewers of Amenti cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

    2025IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Amenti at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Amenti on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Amenti on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Amenti on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Amenti on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Amenti on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Amenti on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Sally Face - Episode One

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Amenti on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.

    2016IndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Streets of Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Amenti on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Amenti.

    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 Amenti.

    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 Amenti.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Darkphobia Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Darkphobia Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. The Lightkeeper

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving, hidden collectibles and atmospheric with Amenti.

    Another title from Darkphobia Games, the studio behind Amenti. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

    2025IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Graveyard Shift

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click, environmental puzzle solving and atmospheric with Amenti.

    Another title from Darkphobia Games, the studio behind Amenti. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Guarding the graveyard shift is often considered one of the most terrifying jobs globally, but night guarding at Whispering Winds Cemetery surpasses any other cemetery in horror! Being Night Security in this place will turn into a nightmare for you that you may never forget.

    2023IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Homeless

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Darkphobia Games, the studio behind Amenti. Shares Adventure with Amenti.

    Beneath the dazzling lights of New York, a sinister darkness lurks. In the hour when the whole city is sleeping, a strange and terrifying man emerges from the darkness, intent on shattering your mind and spirit

    2024Adventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Amenti

Does Amenti work on Steam Deck?
Amenti is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Amenti cost?
Amenti is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Amenti?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Amenti are The Lightkeeper, I MUST FIND HER, Down the shaft.
Who developed Amenti?
Amenti was developed by Darkphobia Games.

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