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Games like Unavowed

If Unavowed is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blackwell Epiphany, The Blackwell Legacy and Blackwell Deception — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters are deeply developed, writing quality is exceptional 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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Unavowed is a point-and-click adventure game released in 2018 by Wadjet Eye Games, set in New York with a supernatural noir atmosphere. The gameplay focuses on character interaction, puzzle-solving, and branching choices that affect the narrative outcome. Reviewers highlight the deeply developed cast of characters and note that voice acting enhances the overall experience. Players describe the game as atmospheric, emotional, and whimsical. The title is verified for Steam Deck and holds a 95% positive rating from over 1,800 Steam reviews, offering a medium-length solo adventure at $14.99.

About Unavowed: A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.

2018IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 87Windows · macOS · Linuxby Wadjet Eye Games
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Characters are deeply developedVoice acting enhances the experienceWriting quality is exceptionalAtmosphericEmotionalWhimsical

Players who liked Unavowed also play

Steam players who put hours into Unavowed 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. Blackwell Epiphany

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

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

    The last game in the Blackwell series.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Blackwell Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click adventure and an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

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

    When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blackwell Deception

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

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

    Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Blackwell Convergence

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

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

    The third game in the Blackwell series

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Blackwell Unbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

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

    The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

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

    FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer. Three years later, the investigation into Scott’s murder has gone cold -- but Erica’s work has only just begun.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Whispers of a Machine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

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

    Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

    2019Adventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

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

    Revisit of one of adventure gaming’s greatest classics by master storyteller Jane Jensen! Struggling bookstore owner Gabriel Knight investigates the sinister Voodoo Murders in New Orleans, discovering the secrets of his family history and unfolding his destiny in this tale of horror and suspense.

    2014Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Unavowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Unavowed.

    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 Unavowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    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 Unavowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Unavowed.

    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 Unavowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    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 Unavowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Unavowed.

    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 Unavowed on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Unavowed.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Unavowed.

    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 Unavowed.

    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 Unavowed.

    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 Unavowed.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Unavowed.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Unavowed.

    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 ↗

More from Wadjet Eye Games

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

  1. The Blackwell Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click adventure and an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Unavowed. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Old Skies

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Unavowed. Shares Adventure with Unavowed.

    A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.

    2025Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blackwell Epiphany

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Unavowed. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    The last game in the Blackwell series.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Shardlight

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click adventure, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Unavowed. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.

    2016IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Blackwell Unbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Unavowed. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Blackwell Convergence

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Unavowed. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    The third game in the Blackwell series

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Blackwell Deception

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Unavowed. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Emerald City Confidential™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Another title from Wadjet Eye Games, the studio behind Unavowed. Shares Adventure with Unavowed.

    <p>Work with the world's most cunning detective in the shadowy underbelly of the Emerald City of Oz! As Petra, you'll be lured deep into mysteries involving new foes and familiar faces; Scarecrow, Lion, and Toto included. This is Oz as you've never seen it before!

    2009Adventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Blackwell Epiphany

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    The last game in the Blackwell series.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Blackwell Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares point and click adventure and an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blackwell Deception

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.

    2012IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Blackwell Convergence

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    The third game in the Blackwell series

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Blackwell Unbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Unavowed.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unavowed.

    The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.

    2012IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Unavowed

Is Unavowed verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Unavowed 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 Unavowed cost?
Unavowed is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Unavowed?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Unavowed are Blackwell Epiphany, The Blackwell Legacy, Blackwell Deception.
Who developed Unavowed?
Unavowed was developed by Wadjet Eye Games.

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 Unavowed.

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