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Games like Dead Take

If Dead Take is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dad left me in the car, The Alley and Paradise's Secrets — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmosphere builds existential dread, anxious and atmospheric. 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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About Dead Take: Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.

2025IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 76Windowsby Surgent Studios
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Atmosphere builds existential dreadBeautiful modern mansion setting with excellent atmosphereDark hollywood story about the cost of fameAnxiousAtmosphericDark

Players who liked Dead Take also play

Steam players who put hours into Dead Take 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. Dad left me in the car

    WHY THIS

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

    Survival horror game about a girl trapped in a car

    2025ActionAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Alley

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Dead Take fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    A first-person psychological horror game. Explore a maze-like alleyway, using your camera to distinguish between supernatural "Ghost Traces" and deceptive "Ghost Feints" while escaping the relentless pursuit of a vengeful ghost.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Paradise's Secrets

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dead Take fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    After accepting the invitation from the Paradise company following the events we've experienced, nothing on our journey may turn out as we expect. You must be very careful to uncover all the mystery and reveal the truth. Learn everything and expose the true face of the Paradise company.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Mouthwashing

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling, point and click and atmospheric with Dead Take.

    Ranked #4 for Dead Take fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

    2024IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. His Last Film

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dead Take fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    What happened during the filming? Stan doesn't remember. Explore the decaying depths of an abandoned subway station, piece together a fragmented reality, and discover the horrifying truth behind his last film. Some memories are better left unmade.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. CHEW YOUR FOOD

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dead Take fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    It didn't chew you properly. Escape its stomach by crawling, solving puzzles, listening carefully, and avoiding monsters in this survival horror.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Luto

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Take.

    Ranked #7 for Dead Take fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. What Happened to Lily?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dead Take fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Dead Take

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. Resident Evil

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Take.

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

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Myst

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Dead Take.

    Reviewers of Dead Take cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. SILENT HILL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental storytelling, exploration and an atmospheric mood with Dead Take.

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

    Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Max Payne

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Take.

    Reviewers of Dead Take cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…

    2011Action9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lake

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Dead Take.

    Reviewers of Dead Take cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.

    2021IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. PT+

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Dead Take cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Dead Take.

    Use virtual reality to learn how to stretch and exercise your neck

    2020SportsStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Dead Take on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Take.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Dead Take on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Take.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Dead Take on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Dead Take on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Take.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Dead Take on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Dead Take on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Take.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Dead Take on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead Take.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Dead Take on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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. Shares Indie with Dead Take.

    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 Dead Take.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead Take.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Take.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Dead Take.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Dead Take.

    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 ↗
  8. 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 ↗

Frequently asked about Dead Take

Is Dead Take verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Dead Take is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Dead Take cost?
Dead Take is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dead Take?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Take are Dad left me in the car, The Alley, Paradise's Secrets.
Who developed Dead Take?
Dead Take was developed by Surgent Studios and published by Pocketpair Publishing.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Dead Take.

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